Current Projects chat and miscellany

dibs.

Get an 11-34 cassette and any hub is 11 speed.

Well either way I need a new wheel or wheel set. It’s a road bike with a double so anything over 30t on the back would be unnecessary

Looking good, finally got some proper guards (although they look like the could do with a little fettle)

nice but not pricey 11 speed rear wheel for rim brakes

Shimano RS100 is only £65 or less new, how not pricey do you want?

I spent over 5 hours fannying about with them, finally paid my lbs to sort them out, I'm not going near them again any time soon, ha ha. I think I tried to wedge slightly too large tyres and guards into the frame, it's a bit tight.

I hadn’t thought of that. Is an RS300 worth £30 extra?

Is an RS300 worth £30 extra?

Depends what you're using it for. 300 will be faster at the cost of being weaker and harder to fix.

Much envy, looks really good!

Cheers! It's a bit of a mish mash of parts but I'm really enjoying it.

Found this under the stairs in my rented house. Landlord rode it once, snapped mech hanger and then never used it again. 2016 ish.
Where would I grab a new mech hanger for it?
I reckon chain, wire brush some rust off the cassette, and maybe bar tape plus the new mech hanger and it's good to go

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SJS Cycles keep millions of mech hangers and dropouts on the shelf. You’ll just need to work out which one it needs.

Cheers! Don't have a mech hanger alignment tool so straight swap and no filing would be ideal

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Where would I grab a new mech hanger for it?

JFGI. Searching "orbea avant mech hanger" brings multiple sources including Orbea and Wiggle

my bad cheers @gbj_tester. I did do that before on a trek mtb once and got an ebay one that looked spot on, but had to file it down and get a shop to align it. Was keen to avoid that

Buy a Wheels Mfg one, it'll be better than the OEM.

@Lolo cheers :)

@bobble https://wheelsmfg.com/derailleur-hangers/2-fasteners-derailleur-hangers/derailleur-hanger-85.html

This is coming along. Just need some carbon wheels and it’ll be finished (and sub 6kg).

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@miller cheers. Ended up cheaping out and it is mounted inside out. Was only looking at how it bolts on not how the mech bolts in. Annoying!

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Would still work like that no? Better also to have the lip on the "rear", all my hangers have it like that.
Maybe even the reason why it snapped in the first place?

The picture of the silver one fitted is the way around that it should be!

@Rodolfo wdym sorry? Not following edit -see what you mean actually.
@PhilDAS doesn't bolt in though because it is threaded to take the mech from the opposite side I think (if that makes sense). I can screw the mech in to it like this but not how it is fitted on the picture

Stuck

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The little tooth at the bottom should always point in the direction it is where you have it fitted there. The derailleur B screw needs to press up against it. It does go that way.

I'm not sure on the threading. Perhaps run a tap through it if you can borrow one

@PhilDAS thanks :)