Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

Nothing says "functional" like using aluminum spacers with a steel stem :P

Nothing like paying $28AUD postage for a 10mm spacer from Japan, especially when you were in that store in person a few weeks prior and forget to buy some.

I have found some for cheaper postage, but a friend may be making some as well.

What levers / gear shifters are you using there?

Shimano M6000 Deore shifters and Alivio BL-T4000 brake levers.

Rear derailleur is Deore as well.

Nice! What crankset is that? Looks functional albeit elegantly so.

Think it's a non fluted campagnolo record crankset, with an adaptor to run a 74 BCD chainring. Quite clever.

I have found some for cheaper postage, but a friend may be making some as well.

Nice. I recently jumped on Blue Lug's free postage sale to buy a shameful amount of steel and brass bits and bobs.

Yeah unfortunately I bought a t-shirt when I was in Blue Lug, so I don’t want to buy another one to get free postage on some stem spacers. Plus the Australian dollar is so rubbish right now.

Those cranks with the adaptor for smaller rings brought me to this luxurious niche product:

http://www.redclovercomponents.com/store/p11/144_BCD_Triplizer%2C_42_Teeth.html

New tutto called the "tutto plus" seems very functional. Clearance for 45c, mounts for mudguards, racks and panniers and a rear derailleur hanger too. Not a fan of the colour though and seems pretty expensive to me.

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I always thought someone should make a ~46t/110BCD one of these that would accept a 30t chainring. There's GRX now though I suppose. But this could be cheaper, and not necessitate throwing away your old crankset

and seems pretty expensive

Cinelli :P

If you want a 46/30 there's always the triple conversion. Cheaper than buying that chainring and bolts.

Mine was less ugly 😘

Don't be ungrateful!

That's what I've got, but it's hard to find decent triple cranks these days. Probably not economically viable to produce a special subcompact chainring when GRX is £80 or whatever.

There's actually a stash of NOS FC-6603 in the UK (details available upon request)... But yes now there's a £80 Shimano option (vs the £250 Sugino) it's not really worth the hassle.

One of the problem with the older chainset is that it's basically a race gearing (52-39) with a 30t inner ring.

Thanks @gaston and @che

I got a set of 105 triple cranks (that I've made into a "compact" double) for about £20 from my LBS. Just as the result of completely idle conversation. Obviously they were second hand but were just lying around in the spare parts tub.

FC-R563

or 105 FC-5703

Would both be good candidates for this too

also @t0-ster and @Verbs_&_Nouns both fully sick