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

excellent, thank you!

yes my thought about this! saves me the most money in the long run, and spreads the wear over the casette - on my 1x with a dinner plate i just use 3 gears most days.

@gubhi a big compliment coming from someone with many nice bikes themselves!

2X is the new 1X

I was watching the 90s adaption of Midsummer's Night Dream this morning and pretty sure Christian Bale is riding the Homer. And big shoutout to Ally McBeal's dynamo angle

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You're welcome.

Aside from the inital faff of installing a FD at the correct height and angle, I've never had any issues with them in friction setups.

I've found a gap of 10 teeth to be very usable as well.
So much that I never converted the triple on my Pelago to a sub-compact double.

Plus the symmetry of two shifters is easy on the eyes.

Glad to see Swinley Forest getting some love too, I think a lot of MTB people dismiss it because it’s not Hardcore™️ enough, but it’s actually lovely.

I originally bought 3x classic deore fd for the Raleigh but couldn’t set it up properly with the 2x 46/30 cranks. It was always rubbing somewhere. In the end i bought another damn cheap old shimano 600 2x fd and that’s doing a perfect job. So I guess most old 2x fds should be fine.

Let me have a rummage through my parts bin at home to see if I have a suitable mech sitting around.

very kind josh!

@BareNecessities has just pulled one out of his "mech graveyard" and offered to send my way so im hoping this fits the bill!

@oddo thank you for your experience - i'm hoping the smaller tooth gap helps me out here and have sought some advice from random mtb forums and people are split - it seems largely to depend on what and what on, im hoping im in the "it works camp" as strictly speaking it should? but it's good to know any old road one will do!

@MisterMikkel yes! i might get the lovely guys down at sbc to do this - i'm quite fond of them and they always do a lovely job for a very fair price - also means i can spend time riding which is important in this weather!

@rawspuds it's honestly excellent , having ridden epping and swinley now, swinley is by a gravel bike (TM) is far preferred , it's prime for under biking and just cruising fire roads and military land - epping is nice, but i definately feel i need a proper mtb to get the most out of it for a day ride, that said i've spent less time there.

i need a proper mtb

You won't for Epping, but in general, yes, you do

Bikepacking is fucking dead girls,

45c+ RIGS? In the fucking BIN,

Trad tourers are back in for 2022

We’re loading our panniers and taking the kitchen sink,

No more wobbly rackless crap

List your rons bags now before the bottom of the market falls out

INVEST in TUBUS stock NOW

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Ah fucks sake!
I've just got a new bar bag with minimal front rack.

jan heine will be facing a class action any day now, the way he’s lead people astray? Despicable.

Never been a fan of Jan (directly), but suppose I get his diluted opinions from Uncle Ron.
I'll just live with my new set-up, because by the time I've actually decided to act minimal will be on trend again!

Looking good! Now ditch the 1x, and you're cooking.

INVEST in TUBUS stock NOW

pls dont make my trade secrets public

Does owning 5 Tubus racks put me in the golf club now?

no thats just your pension pot

I’ve just ridden to catford and I fucking love panniers, when do I get my 2 up 2 down and a side helping of “woke nimbyism”

Trad tourers are back in for 2022

Yes! Been waiting for this news for years.

Long live the triple.

partner got a new bike

please excuse the knocked over plant pot, gift from my housemate who knocked it over before they left for work

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solid build, middleburn cranks never go out of style.
this is a surly ogre? with karate monkey seattube bend...

This is indeed an ogre! All credit goes to @Thrasher as he put it together for what one can only say is a very very forum price!

Looks good bagged up

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Bloody hell. That’s awesome.

how does it feel to ride a rig with far superior braking system?