Let's offroad / mountain bike / mtb / ride dirt

Alfine. 10p. Quiet.

Explodes after 2000km tho

That's quite loud.

It makes a slightly different sound, depending on what gear i'm in ;-)

Alfine. 10p

Bargain

It makes a slightly different sound, depending on what gear i'm in ;-)

The sound of a once-filled wallet, slowly collapsing in on itself, like a doomed star.

That's cheating. I knew it was a trap.
That is not a freehub... hub and so cannot be compared. Not fair.

lol, I can't afford a wallet anymore.

Quiet is the new loud

Shimano been winning at sneaky crit hubs for eleventybillionyears already. Their old MTB stuff was quiet too. Don't scare off the bunyips.

I prefer noisy hubs. I like people to know when I'm taking the piss and freewheeling behind them

Has anyone used an adapter to fit 11/8 fork into a tapered 1 1/8 top and 1.5 lower headset? I assume something like this would work
https://www.jejamescycles.com/hope-tapered-headset-reducer.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIi_rQoqbW3gIVD53tCh2lRw4_EAQYCCABEgKOB_D_BwE

Might be a bit bobbins but would let me use my surly fork I already have while I save for something bouncy

Yeah it will be fine.

I have one of the Cane Creek reducer crown races kicking about I think, could have a look for it and pass it on for beer money

Yeh great, though I’m in Manchester. They’re only £8 so unless you get a cheap pint in London you might be best hanging onto it
Presumably they’ll all fit any headset?

I get a pretty cheap pint in Norwich :)

Not 100% sure but I think Hope, Cane Creek, FSA etc all use 36deg bearings, so should be compatible

Shall I just buy this questionable groupset from china?

I want to ride!

Just buy a 1x10 shimano/sram setup with a sunrace 42t cassette like the rest of us

grrr.
But think how much more fun I'll be able to have with 12 gears!!

Think how much poorer you’ll be

But I'll be fun rich

Fine someone sell me a sram 10s rear mech. I've got an X5 shifter lying around I think

Only when fully laden bike packing in the lakes or Scotland have I wished for a 50t on the back.

10s running 32x42 or a 34 up front if you want to go really fast is more than enough for pretty much everything the UK has to offer. If it's too steep to ride up in 32x42 you're probably fine walking anyway.

These are annoyingly sensible suggestions

Do you even have wheels and disc rotors yet?

Yes! I'm only gearing short of buildable

GX mech or Saint shifter/Zee mech combo. DOOOOIT