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Gone done got me some shiftermajigs

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As with everything new and unexplored I completely disassembled one of them the moment I got it flooding my kitchen with dot5, completely oblivious to the concept of
‘The Connecte-a-majig’

Now the left one, the most expensive one, has been disassembled down to the reservoir and is completely devoid of fluid.

Y oh y oh y don’t i just read the fucking manual.

Dot5 will do wonders to anything it touches

My kitchen worktops are spotless

(How bad is it?!)

You won't die immediately but it is inevitable.

Seriously though, it is nasty stuff.

Ah shit - I had it pouring fucking everywhere.

Got it cleaned off the shifter pretty pronto and it doesn’t seem to have damaged/marked anything.

Will bear in mind for future fucking about.

This basically what I've always thought of doing to my Boardman CX beater.

Gumwalls or nah?

Nah - this baby staying black!

I was thinking specialized diverge with the saddle and bars...

The bars are a bit marmite - just wanted to see what all the hype was about!

Also if you’ve cut the steerer too short and want to be a little higher.

YOU GOT ME!!! Ha!

Got another fork on the way so not too bothered about that.

Ridden 5/600kms with a -10 stem slammed and it was fine position wise; the front end just felt very very harsh with the Pro Vibe Stem, Pro Vibe bars and an alloy steerer!

Hoping the carbon stem and a full carbon fork will comfy up the front end.

you’re running your tyres too hard then.
I don’t go over 40/50 psi for tarmac only and down to 15/20 for gravel and it’s squishy comfort all day

15/20

My 2.35 29er tyres feel too squishy at below 20psi, I can't believe that this is at all rideable.

Meh - I was running 30-40psi max

True - I let my 2.4 29er tyres down to 15 once and it was like riding in jelly - it’s like someone saying 80psi in road tyres is acceptable; until you have to get out of the saddle or put any power down and it feels like you’ve got a flat tyre. Or put on 20kgs.

I'm only dainty :)
I basically just let the tyres down enough until the rim only just didn't ding the floor when I sat down hard on the saddle

You're just getting sensitive in your old age then.

80 psi is fine on my road tyres :P

Used to run my 35s at <40 psi for road so who knows where we're at.

80 also fine on mine 😂
Lay off the pies.
Putting a hundy in feels faster but it’s actually only more uncomfortable

80psi in road tyres

I ride huge gp4000sii 28c and it's got me spoilt, 80psi is glorious in them

Same tyres and I run them 65psi on the front and 70psi on the back. Embrace the cush.

Good that we're getting the pressure talk out of the way early on so we have plenty of time to talk about your gearing choices next.