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Romin still available. £70 if anyone wants it before I ebay it on Sat.

So I stacked the gravel bike hard-ish yesterday. After picking myself up, I gave the bike the once over, and other than a scuff to the shifter and rear der (AXS XPLR), everything looked fine and shifted fine (including the biggest cog - see later).

Later, when I got the bike home, I took the rear wheel out to clean the bike properly. I also took out both jockey wheels as they were caked. Here's where it gets weird: after replacing the jockey wheels and the rear wheel, the derailleur/app now 'thinks' it's in a different gear to the one it's actually in. For example, when it's in the largest sprocket, the app says it's in sprocket 2, and sure enough, it will shift over the top if I try. Conversely, it won't drop into the smallest cog (10T), even if I max out the microadjust. This only seems to have happened since removing the wheel/jockey wheels.

I can get the LBS to check the rd hanger, but a bent hanger wouldn't explain why it shifted fine immediately after the crash. The jockey wheels are installed correctly, the wheel is visually true, I've updated firmware, checked the thru axle is seated properly, and I haven't touched the limit screws or B screws.

Any further ideas?

Weekend bump and will knock £5 off all the remaining above (tyres £45, Romin £75, SMP £25) before moving to eBay early next week.

The Romin is 142 or 143 (I forget which) and the scuff is shown in the second to last photo above. I can take another pic or 2 if you need.

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Some saddles and a pair of tyres that are surplus to requirements for sale.

I’m based in North Herts so all prices include standard postage.

1. Pair of Challenge Strada Pro. 30c. 300 TPI, dark sidewalls. Not tubeless ready. Hardly used – 100 miles absolute max and excellent condition. £50 for the pair. **SOLD **
   
2. ..Selle Italia SLR Boost. 145mm (L3). .SOLD
   
3. Specialized S-Works Romin Evo. Carbon rail. Good condition; minor scuff to rear/wing; looks much worse in pics! SOLD
   
4. Selle SMP Well. This has a significant tear to the rear – see pics. SOLD
   
   

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I'm looking to rebuild my alloy Ridley for the evening chaingangs and maybe a few crits next year. The (good) wheels I have have a Campag freehub, so that makes the most sense and would be first choice, but Shimano might well work with a Campag/Miche cassette. Does anyone have a sensibly priced, reasonably good condition 10-11 speed gruppo they'd be willing to let go? I'm in N Herts, so would need it posting, and this is a limited budget build, so much as I'd love 12sp, I doubt I can stretch that far...

Let me know if you've got anything that fits the bill :-)

Ineos would be the obvious one, but there's rumours of them lining up a move for Remco. Hell, Ratcliffe probably has the money for both, but I suspect either rider would only go if they were the undisputed GC #1.

Metcheck suggesting a good chance of some dry weather 2-4pm. Fingers crossed...

Is it me or is there an unusual amount of ‘this is supernatural’ chat on social media (even hinted at on Eurosport) about Vingegaard’s performance? I must admit I did raise an eyebrow at the winning margin in the tt, but I’ve not seen anything else that’s really surprised me given his performance last year.

That would be my hope too. Having said that, though he’s been a bit unlucky this series - 3 or 4 dropped catches, I believe - he also appears to have lost a bit of zip and pop. Hardly surprising at >40 and who knows how many thousand deliveries, tbf.

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Stupid question, but are you actually sitting on the saddle in such a way that you're letting it take a good amount of your weight? I only ask because I had a similar problem, and had had a couple of fits which hadn't addressed it; it was only when I realised that out on the road, with winds and trying to ride efficiently (as opposed to on the jig), I was pulling down into the bars and rolling miles forward on the saddle. With a slightly longer and lower stem, and actually making sure I used the saddle to take some weight, the hand discomfort went away, and I got much better glute engagement to boot.

Much appreciated, thanks - and nice bike. New Supersix?

Has anyone tried Rotor rings (round) with Di2 12sp? I'm looking at a vgc 2/h Endurace which comes with a Rotor chainset (was apparently stock?). Obviously worst case I could just change it over but it's a further expense and hassle. Is there any noticeable difference in shifting?

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Not justifying Vaughters being a knob on Twitter, but I didn't see what Pinot had to complain about. The 2 guys were never going to work with him, and remonstrating about it wouldn't/didn't change anything.

Goodyear Eagle F1s have done me well as a pretty-fast-but-not-too-fragile tyre. Running them tubeless tbf, but no complaints. Not quite as quick as a GP5000 or similar, but definitely not slow, and they seem pretty hardwearing as well.

Probably too far down the queue, but I'd also be very interested in the groupset if splitting.

What's the consensus on AXS chain drops these days? Is it less of a thing, still a thing, just a setup issue or sheer pot luck?

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Ta.

I was hoping for a balance of the two. I've recently used Pirelli Cinturato M which are ok, if a bit garden-hosey and average in mud, as well as these Terravails (probably a bit flimsy).