MAJs gay bikes [she’s in her fitness era]

I feel all this. My 50c tires measure 45mm. Not sure a 25 or 30mm internal, polished, rim brake rim exists though, and I couldn't afford it if it did.

Looks great with the drops IMO. What's the deal with the Ourys on the drops? Style points, extra comfort?

Really the hubs need rebuilding onto wider rims

This wont solve anything, if anything even a tiny bit out of true wheel will make the pads rub. When I had mini Vs I went from open pro to archetype to HED, nothing solved the mini V issues. Eventually went canti which didnt have any of those issues but at the end of the day they were .. cantis.

Sheldon talks about mechanical advantage of cable pull for cantis vs mini v somewhere

word of warning; cantis require a bit of faff adjusting

Discs are the ultimate truth

Or drum brakes

Just style, saw it on some bikes when I was putting the bars together a year or so ago, knowing the “source material” I’m sure their only purpose was “shifting more product per bike”

it’s quite nice in hand.

@amey think the only true way around this is to just ignore it, and get the rims built with box sections next time so I don’t care about Finnish being rubbed off when setting up the pads 🧠

@Yemble lightest wide tumble less one is velocity quill at 21 mm but £99 a rim!! Velo orange has a tubeless one that is a tad wider but weigh as much as the bike you’ll put them on and have no machined track, kinlin adhns is 520~g a rim, 20mm internal and £25 a rim, but not tubeless! Then there is the pancetti brevet??? 80-90£? Rim tubeless, lightish, crust has one which is similar but lol @ that - big tyre rim brake really on its death bed tbqh - especially with the desire for 29 50mm+

Ooh yeah, those Crust 23i rims are probably the best bet. I don't think they were out when I built this set on Pacenti Brevets. Can't justify that spend, but if I were doing it again I'd probably go those in 650b to leave a bit of room for fenders. Hoping to move somewhere that gets actual rain later this year.

Kinlin 22,26,31 all tubeless compatible, not overly expensive, 19mm internal.

It's not like you're using brifty so could get full size Vs and dedicated v brake levers maybe? Are they less irritating to dial in?

Cantis are the truth, so elegant, so boujie and anyone saying otherwise is likely a shill for Big Disc.

Added in, it’s such a visceral experience descending with cantis, if you survive then you’ll never have felt more alive.

In essence, any canti fettling is time we’ll spent on the road to enlightenment #believe

Ambrosio P20 used to be £15 on Spa Cycles

think the only true way around this is to just ignore it

👌

For @amey

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cottagecore functional maximalism

excellent, this is exactly what I want for my backyard

Noting the gravel

Going to the garden landscaper and saying “give me Home Counties 2000s chic, and extra garden centre stoneware” will make you the talk of SE postcodes

Back at swinley, might stay another night to get another loop in in the evening, it’s just so nice!

38c on some rooty single track, drop bars? Monster cross is dead, long live the gravel bike.

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How're you finding the drop bars??

Heteronormative tanwalls! And there I was ready to buy some black paselas to show my allyship.

like them a lot, same bars I had on my pompino way back when and I hated them then, so have came to the conclusion what I hated was the lack of gears

@youramericanlover look in my defence these were free!!!!

Black sport contacts or ramparts any day now…

unrelated but kinda related?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgyr2Br0BK4&ab_channel=crustbikes

the funny part of this is im reliably informed that garett is bummed out these barely sold , relative to crusts other "pro models"

you really cannot shift rim brake ATBS/ MTBLITES in 2022

want to go to 2x on my surly - could really gain from having a lower gear off road, but do not want any lower gear on road

i'm looking at putting these 34/24t rings on my cranks

https://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/turbine_4_bolt_2x11_chainring_set_(10464_bcd)-10713

i have a friction shifter for the front mech, the frame (cross check) is bottom pull i believe?

what front mech do i have to get to make this all work, will any deore style one do the job?

maybe this?

https://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/xt_t8000_10-speed_front_derailleur-8370

has 22t capacity (the jump is just 10) - fits both types of cable pull - talk about chainstay angle??!!? do i need to worry about this?

everythang is cool as f on this thread @Maj

the TJD bike

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Make sure to a get a Top Swing/Conventional Swing, but the mech you've linked looks like it should do the job nicely.
MTB doubles are vnice imo as you don't have to spend silly money on cassettes