Current Projects chat and miscellany

mr mdcc....thanks for picking this up. i feel honoured (",)

the frame is a leader 722 and renowned for less than ideal clearance. its steel, it cost £100, I'm happy...case in point:

i have this exact fork from a previous build...its 44mm rake. the why is all about aesthetics. i don't like the shape of the fork, especially around the rear of the brake drilling. also I figured (rightly or wrongly) by going from 44mm to 30mm i might tighten the clearance up a bit.

i realise this might make the handling less relaxed, but given the HT angle, its not going to be too bad. so that's where I'm coming from really. appreciate your comments!

Just get an Alpina fork, 23mm rake, looks good and used by alot of companies under disguise of paint.

just built this with the purchase of just a frame, rear wheel, chain and cog new. everything else is what i had lying around and im sharing the front wheel with my road bike. going to be swapping a arione on later today and im probably going to put road drops and levers on this, but cant afford to for a while.

is that a sora crankarm?

ultegra 6600 with the outer ring removed

ah cool... what's the chainline like?

also ive never used shimano pedals fixed before and have had unclipping problems when on my mtb so probably going to be switching to Time very soon. in the meantime i have just increased the spring tension. does any one have a pair theyre willing to part with for a low price or trade for these m520s

spd are fine riding fixed as long as you have the single direction release cleats.

I've unclipped on single direction. ordered atacs that very evening

argh ok its huge and i cant make the picture any smaller, but its pretty decent

multi release have thankfully never touched my shoes, but ive seen people using them unclip way too easily

i have no idea which spd cleats i have, how do you tell? should sort it out since ill have a brakeless bike soon..

multi realease are silver - code is sh56. sh51 is single release

edited: whoops, wrong way round. 3rd time lucky

^no.

I know you edited, but you're still wrong.

SH55/566 are both multi. and not necessarily silver.

multis should have a huge M on them:

single release is SH51

those are old, this is the current packaging and they are always silver now

sh55 is single release

orly.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/shimano/sh55-spd-cleats-multi-release-ec005323

this is the current packaging and they are always silver now

so what? you can still get NOS ones.

They look exactly the same so whats the difference sorry?

I have M ones though, big fat M on the bottom of my feet right now!

^multi. change them for brakeless.

read again: http://www.lfgss.com/post3208235-68577.html

I see, ive never tried releasing any other way... will pick up some new ones ASAP!

so what? you can still get NOS ones.

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=NOS+shimano+sh56+cleats&oq=NOS+shimano+sh56+cleats&sugexp=chrome,mod=0&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#q=NOS+shimano+sh56+cleats&hl=en&prmd=imvns&source=lnms&tbm=shop&sa=X&ei=zqSKUKyHMqG30QW6w4GIAw&ved=0CA4Q_AUoBQ&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&fp=7de7542767aaad1&bpcl=35466521&biw=852&bih=402

http://www.totalcycling.com/a-z/pedals/pedal_cleats_mtb/PD_SHIMANO_SH56.html

I see, ive never tried releasing any other way... will pick up some new ones ASAP!

take this opportunity to switch to ATAC.especially if you're planning on riding brakeless.

I have some new cleats you can have for less than RRP.

#NLTCBMBC

^ Id be interested but atac pedals are expensive and I'd need 2 pairs >.< hmm...

take this opportunity to fit a brake.especially if you're planning on riding brakeless.

FTFY.

Broke my brake cable on my way to work yesterday, will be replacing it this weekend, my average speed has dropped from 17-18mph to 15.5mph.

One pair, swap them around.

Apollo, how do you tell when atac cleats are done? I know their lifespan is shorter than spd which is endless.