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After one of these too in case someone is selling. Either the original or the Go would be fine.
Cheers

Thanks all and @Harry  for the offer.
TBH the cranks look fine, which is why I haven't done anything about it. But since I'm not using the bike much at the moment now might be a good time.

Do they need some sign of separation to be considered? ie would it be a waste of time if they look normal?

No, I just got the frameset on here and built it up with regular hydro. Heard those things existed but never seen one before. Does it work well?

I've got one of these too - really nice ride. Perfect for mixture of road and pathways.

I have an affected Ultegra chainset that I bought secondhand a while back... how willing are bike shops to sort this for random people off the street like me? Is there any incentive for them (from Shimano/the distributor) to take on the hassle?

Probably should get it checked but it's not on a bike I ride that often so haven't done it yet. Any recommendations for shops in SE London that are happy to check it?

Love it when this thread comes alive again.

Yep, that's it. I'd get some cheap ones though, they don't really do much - £20 each is a rip!

That's right. The mounts used are the same, but the one on the rear needs 20mm more height.
So a 160mm rotor on the back would need the same adapter as a 180mm rotor on the front.

Same with 140mm rear / 160mm front.

Thanks all.
@oheyitsd it's alu with steel fork, 1-1/8" steerer.

Yep, no real advantage other than they're fun. And slightly more likely to sneak onto a peak time train.

PMed re a few bits

Finished my Argos minivelo for now. Originally planned to leave it as stock as possible but inevitably got slightly carried away and changed pretty much everything except the frameset, wheels and drivetrain. Down from a pretty dead feeling 13.5kg to under 11, which makes it ride so much nicer along with the new tyres.

Build ended up taking quite a long time due to BB being completely seized out of the factory, and a bent fork disc tab, possibly caused by persuading the BB in increasingly unconventional ways.

Really fun to ride. Not bad for <£200 + some parts bin stuff.

Drops/what's left:

105 5800/R7000 mix: shifters, mechs, brakes: £130
Fizik Cyrano R3 Bars: £15
Ultegra pedals: £15

All of these are great, don't remember seeing a carbon Dolan like that before.

Something very cool about the simplicity and function of this bike, tempted but don't need.
GLWS!

Bargain - glws

Anyone have a white Beko go missing recently?

Lahore / Tayyabs / Needoo a bit further along always good

Thanks both. Georgian food is great.
@C4r1s looks like Wrocław and surrounding areas was hit worst but Krakow is OK.

Heading to Krakow this weekend... any good food recommends?
Generally love central/eastern European food so ideally that.

Thanks @kimchi, got the lights, along with a fetching kid's rain cape

https://www.jejamescycles.com/product/47019509/dt-dt-sk-dt-comp-2-x-294mm-bx500sr/option/

Oooh that's a good price for 500 spokes

Definitely interested in the chainset & BB - would you mind weighing them? Also trying to drop a bit of weight from an even higher starting point.

Mine arrived today, is actually pretty solid and fun to ride out of the box, after a bit of fettling.

It passed QA in early 2021, safe to say they've had a fair amount of stock lying around for a while... guess the 'wishes-they-had-a-Neutrino' and and 'buys-bikes-from-Argos' Venn diagram is pretty small.

(sorry for hijacking your CP thread @el_presidente)

Is the steerer 1" or 1-1/8"? I guess the latter?

From reading the various threads:

• Cranks (shit and really heavy)
  
• Bars/stem (heavy)
  
• Seatpost/seat (quick win)
  
• Wheels (shit/heavy but maybe not worth it - have 130mm rear spacing)
  
• Shifting (gripshift)
  
• Brakes, if you have some hydros lying around, otherwise the stock ones are OK apparently
  
  

I'm planning to leave it as stock as possible, but might swap stuff out to get the weight down a bit (bars) or if I have it in the parts bin already (seatpost, seat, cranks, brakes).