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Nice!

Looks good, what are the new tyres?

How is the chain tensioned, EBB or magic gear?

Hoods away from perfection.

Big fan of that.

pasela's, but I can't help thinking it might be amazing to have a mismatched pair of coloured gravelkings...

the chain is tensioned with an EBB

trp hylix hoods are really long, quite challenging to set for BDHU approval

That looks like a lot of fun!

Yeah they are, they also work perfectly though so I know the conundrum after using the previously pretty much the perfect maintenance free brake.

Just really awkward to use.

This is perfect!

thanks, i'd say it's about 85%
the BB seems to be a bit creaky when climbing out of the saddle and the chainline is slightly out.
i'm on the hunt for a 40 or 42 tooth chainring with a bit less offset than the standard apex one.

Get a direct mount 3 bolt chainring with 3mm offset from AliExpress. Will sleeken things up in the process!

good shout. do you have any links or recommended sellers?

Just search "3 bolt chainring". There are plenty about, one of them will tickle your fancy. I have some ZRace, Goldix and Zeroing ones. Racework also in the wishlist.

Why oh why would they have made a 104bcd crankset where a chainring will fit the outer, but not the inner?

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Triple?

Yes, it is a 104/64 triple, but the same ring that fits in the outermost position doesn’t fit the middle - is this common?

I was just going to use a 2x out with a 64 inner and a bashguard on the outside, but the 2x outer only fits outside

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It does seem inevitable. Though I’d probably start with the dremel.

start with the dremel

I'd start with the file. Safe edge against the flange.

That sounds like a good idea!

New project for late summer and fall touring. Campus tr10 with a bombtrack fork of some kind. I hope they will work together. 🤞

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Bombtrack Arise 2 forks.

Nice geo, could be used with 650b or 700c.

Only downside is the fork crown is not drill from the front, only from the rear.

Did it myself with a regular drill and plenty of cursing when the tap bit snapped!

It’s actually going to be a 26”er with rohloff and silly things. But may need to run it mullet with a 650b to make the front geometry right, will see

I'll say 26" will be fine, 584 vs 559 is close enough.

Mockup seems to confirm this (700c with no tire was as close as i could get in the rear.)

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My Kinesis GX Race is finally finished (for now). Just went for a really short punt around Beckenham Place Park and it's loads of fun to ride. Not exactly the gnarliest terrain but it just rolled over everything I pointed it at, including some chunky roots and stuff.

Changes/upgrades - different pedals, a bigger cassette (it's 11-28 at the minute which feels a bit heavy), another couple of links for the chain if I can dig some out and eventually hydro brakes. This was cobbled together from parts from my road bike which was cobbled together in the first place. I reckon I'll take my first stab at tubeless as well. I've also got some wholly unnecessary orange Hope bits to chuck on.

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