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[QUOTE=Malaysian;2818829]is it 9 speed triple?

I've a pair of these somewhere, which could be the solution?

Im running 8 speed. But yeah combo shifters COULD be the solution. But from experimenting with fitting the ones I have. I get the feeling that with even combo shifters, the gear levers would interfere with the bar.

I also own about 4 sets of good quality 8 and 9 speed shifters. (Deore, Deore LX, STX RC) so am keen to use them before buying even more stuff!

what about running the levers inboard?

*Don't know if this could help, just throwing it out there

If you mean on the "hand" side of the brake lever, I tried this but it puts the brake levers in a totally unusable angle. even with the shifters in this wacky setup, It will surely still be faster to shift than the 8 speed DT friction shifters I have on my road bike. And I prefer using those friction DT shifters to the perfectly setup Sora STI's that came on the kona.

Thumb shifters above the bar seems to be the preferred set up on Promenades

are you mr brewer?

Nope, just want it.

Thank you :)

Thumb shifters above the bar seems to be the preferred set up on Promenades

Do you know where I can see some pictures?

Thanks.

internetz.

i can't believe i made the effort to google that for you and copy and paste them into here. it's definitely bed time.

I'd be tempted just to buy bar-end shifters. They are brilliant IMO. Then if you dont like the set-up, simply buy some Paul thumbies to attach them to.

I have a pair of 9 speed DA bar-end shifters that I'm not using.

yeah that one^

27C Challenge Paris-Roubaix on Mavic TN719- opinions on running these tubeless with Stans sealant in order to avoid pinch flats on the Paris-Roubaix in June?

[quote=mdcc_tester;2809414]

Im running 8 speed. But yeah combo shifters COULD be the solution. But from experimenting with fitting the ones I have. I get the feeling that with even combo shifters, the gear levers would interfere with the bar.

I also own about 4 sets of good quality 8 and 9 speed shifters. (Deore, Deore LX, STX RC) so am keen to use them before buying even more stuff!

Bar end shifter.

You can easily fetch a 8-9 speeds one for as little as £15 in a jumble.

27C Challenge Paris-Roubaix on Mavic TN719- opinions on running these tubeless with Stans sealant in order to avoid pinch flats on the Paris-Roubaix in June?

Hillbilly was showing me that tyres last night, look great.

The TN719 is reasonably wide (24mm), I don't think it's completely necessary to run them tubeless.

May not be necessary, however would running them tubeless reduce the chance of pinch-flatting, without introducing any disadvantages that outweight that one advantage?

I highly doubt it as the bend in the bar doesn't allowed enough room to push the lever further forward in order to get enough flat to put your hand on.

May not be necessary, however would running them tubeless reduce the chance of pinch-flatting, without introducing any disadvantages that outweight that one advantage?

the reason why I said the wider rims because it reduced pinch puncture (like on 23c with a 23mm width rims).

"may" not be necessary because I don't know whether the 24mm width of your rims is enough to reduced the risk of pinch puncture, I know it does on my 25c tyres with 25mm rims.

May not be necessary, however would running them tubeless reduce the chance of pinch-flatting, without introducing any disadvantages that outweight that one advantage?

surely at 100+ psi the sealant just sprays out when you get a puncture? thought that was why nobody really used road tubeless..

I wasn't going to run them at anywhere near that pressure- they are at 60 psi right now. They are quite large tyres in terms of width and volume

fair enough, i thought they were standard 25mm tyres.

Marked up as 27's but look much wider than that- I'll measure them later for the benefit of tyre nerds.

no thread for this, so here will have to do, cycling 1000km soon, not huge but longest I've done for a while and I'm dong it fixed so was wondering what was the best ratio to use, any one have any experience, I'm sure you do, cheers

Some long distance fixed chat here

http://www.lfgss.com/thread17964.html

I stand corrected. mind you that treads gone a bit quiet