Any question answered...

Finally after months of waiting for what exactly I still am not sure, my Middleburn cranks are near ready... They are asking me what sipder I want.

What is INCY Compact? I know what Standard and Compact are, but what is INCY?

Because most bike trends filter down from racing?

Ask them, not listed here either, is it one of those funny MTB ones?

https://www.mountainbikecomponents.co.uk/middleburn/spiders

INCY wincy teeny weenie?

It'll be a sub compact thing I'm guessing.

What are my options for 17º-20º 31.8 1/18 stems?

3T, Zipp, FSA, Kalloy & Thompson. Any others?

Bonus for removable graphics and shininess.

syntace flat force & F109, kcnc

incy wincy spider

Kalloy Uno off Ebay + acetone. I've had three and they're much better than the price would suggest.

Cambium C17S? No breaking in, if it changes then it's breaking or broken.

Also, waterproof.

And not made out of the skin of murdered cows.

Can we find a better veggie mascot than that knob?

Johnny Marr was too good for him.

They don’t make things easy, don’t they. After months of communicating with them, I am still none the wiser but at least I should, with a bit of luck, get a bloody 165mm cranks... or maybe this time it’s be a 175mm, who knows? (They sent me a 170mm despite my order was for a 165mm)

I have told them the ring I want to use as they do none I want and asked them what spider they used to test to come back with a 47.5mm chainline when Ted asked them to few weeks back, so I’ll go with whatever spider that is... then I’ll bring it to my LBS then we’ll find out it’s all wrong again then by this time next year, I’d still have no bike and a box full of Middleburn parts that they don’t want back but no use to me, then I’d open a middleburn BNIB shop to sell those stuff just to keep me sane...

The merry goes round continues...

(Sorry I am in a bit of a funny mood this evening... )

I’ll let you know if I manage to get a straightforward answer from them...

Already have... and it’s not a MTB one as their RO2/RO2 cranks are for road bike and this spider is only compatible with their RO2 cranks... that’s my understanding anyway...

Should have just gone to Evans and picked up a Cannondale... 🤷🏻‍♀️

my order was for a 165mm...and asked them what spider they used to test to come back with a 47.5mm chainline

How is that a difficult thing to achieve? Just get any of the Shimano or SRAM road double cranks which come in 165mm and use the outer ring position.

That green thing is Johnny Marr?

TBH you're over complicating matters. What do you need/want? Order that and yeah end of story.

Not sure? Just get Shimano...

My guess would be that its a MTB BCD spider designed to fit the RO2 cranks/Road Chainline then. Caveat Emptor though and all that

It's a 110/58 BCD road double spider to run an ultra compact setup like 46/30 or 40/22.

Whyyyyyy!? :(

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Following a question on 650B rim brake rim a few pages ago, price estimation start to make me reconsider the search for an off the shelf wheelset.

Does a wheelset with the following conditions exists off the shelf somewhere on the internet:

• 32 or 36 spokes
  
• 650B rims
  
• for tires up to 38mm wide (not looking for ultra wide tires)
  
• for rim bakes
  
• if possible not $$$$$$
  
  

Thanks in advance!

Thanks both for the stem suggestions.
Are there any more options out there for 17-20º?

Palma de Mallorca is ~17-20°C the next days, bit of rain though.

Can someone confirm if using different chainring/cog combinations with the same total tooth count will not change anything regarding chain length? I think I have read something o n Sheldon's website but I can not get to find it again.

In a scatterbrained (maybe stupid?) idea of building a bike with a two drivetrain system (flip flop hub with fixed free + double crankset) in order to have one speed for general use and one speed for very hard climbs, say 41/15 and 34/22 (56 tooth count in total - gear ratios of 2.73 and 1.55), would it be achievable with the same chain length?