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Porto's great for a weekend. I saw sun, but no beach though...

The filename is "dutch_basso9a_101.jpg". Does that help?

No it's badged Basso, but it's not one. I'm trying to find out the make of the lugs. Someone on here asked about this lug marking a while back. I've searched but can't find it anywhere.

Where is best for a long weekend of sun and beach, Porto or Lisbon?

no beach in porto, but great for long weekend drinking port and eating nice food - if you like that sort of thing.

any one know the main differences between long arm and short arm rear derallieurs ?

the two 600's in this photo ? what benefits etc do long vs short have or vice versa ?

Unless I've got it hopelessly wrong, a long arm is for triple chainsets, short for doubles.

ok so it's all to do with chain lengths
cheers

It's actually about total capacity, i.e. the amount of chain which has to be taken up between the big-big and small-small combinations. Long cage also usually, but not always, allows the use of a larger biggest sprocket.

Yes. Is it easier to imagine it another way; if you have a big difference between the front chainring diameters, you need a long arm rear mech. So a possible but unlikely combination of 52/28 set up as a double may still need a long arm version to take up the slack. Not an expert but that's what I've understood. A long arm will work happily on any likely combination, a short arm needs to be kept within its parameters.

What gear range will you be running Dicki?

Best way to get cranks off a bb? Ive undone the screw in the bb and pulled but they seem to be on tight. I didnt do anything to the bb before i put them on should i have greased the spindle?

Use a crank extractor.

I used a crank extractor and part threaded my cranks. Piece of shit. Is there any alternative or do I have to goto the shop?

I used a crank extractor and part threaded my cranks. Piece of shit. Is there any alternative or do I have to goto the shop?

Junior hacksaw or a big hammer.

Proper answer: Bearing puller. Where are you? I've got one here in the wild west, doubtless people in other quarters have them too.

Danke Well Herr Hippy.

Not sure if this is all meant to be German, but 'well' doesn't compute. Try "Dankeschön" or "Vielen Dank". :)

I used a crank extractor and part threaded my cranks. Piece of shit. Is there any alternative or do I have to goto the shop?

I reckon you did it wrong, or have the wrong tools.

Check that the pointy bit of the tool that is supposed to push against the spindle, actually fits through the crankarm hole. Also make sure to screw the tool in properly.

Both good points, but I've stripped extractor threads on low grade cranks even when using the correct tool correctly.

I have cheap cranks (andel) and I'm a liability. Also was Boredom right, should you grease the spindle?

Thanks for the offer mdcc, but I think I might have trouble taking it out west. I'll have to goto the shop.

should you grease the spindle?

That's one of the minor Holy wars of cycling tech. In the olden days, I used to fully degrease everything, axle tapers and crank bores. The last few years, I've started using anti-seize (e.g. CopaSlip) on crank-axle assembly, having been persuaded by argument. It certainly makes disassembly easier, although that's not the primary argument in favour of assembly lubricant. If you think about it, a taper assembly is just a kind of inclined plane, just as a screw thread is. You wouldn't, I hope, dream of assembling a threaded fixing dry.

I proofed my carradice super c pannier that had already been proofed. I only realised it was already proofed after I had done it.
Is this a bad thing? I cant see how it is but if anyone knows any better please tell me, I want to do the other one but holding off for the moment.
Am I making them double waterproof?

oh dear, the law of double negativity applies; you've made one pannier hydrophilic!

Not sure if this is all meant to be German, but 'well' doesn't compute. Try "Dankeschön" or "Vielen Dank". :)

It was comedy Dutch akshent Oliver, you should have known that.

#inserts euro into Febo

oh dear, the law of double negativity applies; you've made one pannier hydrophilic!

Shit.
I had a feeling this might be the case. Maybe I should put them in a fire for a bit to make them hate water again?

Get a rabid dog to bite them. Job done.

Really? How is that better than the fire idea? Surely theyll just become indifferent to water then.