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I don't know anything about electronics so I won't ever try but I have been dreaming about buying 3 or 4 of these

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050064­53801691.html
wiring them into a chain along a top tube to charge Di2 or Garmin as you ride.
Does someone wanna collab?

I built a solar generator for overlanding (on a slightly bigger scale). I'm not an expert, but it was really easy. Just need a controller to regulate the charge.

Not sure top tube would be the best place - probably better on saddle bag.

There are two wires, one to each derailleur. It's easier than gear cables. If you can't plug in two wires at home, I think you'd struggle changing an inner tube.

The plugging in is the easy bit!

Fewer things to route through a frame the better IMHO.

Also, those poor fish.

It's 2024 and even Shimano's top-end groups have some wires. What a PITA.

Guess it's fine if you just give your bike to somebody to deal with.

Also, I want to keep my BRITISH GRAVEL BIKE BRITISH.

I do like the colourful Hope brakes but unless I get a set free with a bike, why would I bother?

Monstrous weight. Well, that's why I like the idea of them.

Also, not supporting the torture of fish.

I've given up, binned my bike, and gone back to V-brakes.

#simplicityishappiness

Spending a bit of time balancing the pistons really helps. Use a flathead behind the pad with more clearance, holding back the pad with less clearance, and pull the lever slightly. You're aiming for both pads to strike simultaneously, and with equal visible clearance. When you get it just right, the rotor "pings" when pads hit. My RX4s don't rub at all.

Thanks, I'll have a look at this as well.

Bit late to this and you may already have covered this, but are you using Hope rotors too? The clearance is less than standard and Hope rotors are narrower to account for it.

No! I'm using Shimano (XT I think). This could be the solution!

East Coast Park, Singapore.

Nice. Struggled to find any Gravel in Singapore or Penang last week. Eventually found a bit, monitor lizards were a hazard!

Where is this?

They don't get less faced as they get older 😁

Oh god, I'm thick!

or your frame isn't faced perfectly

Seems to be front and back, and they are brand new Futura Cross + forks, so I hope not!

I'm going to give this another go - I used the spacers and pretty sure I pushed the pistons in, but perhaps not enough.

Is anybody running Hope RX4 calipers? I've set them up with Apex AXS and they seem to work very well, but I just can't seem to prevent rub.

The bleeding process was quite easy and I followed Hope's instructions to the letter. It just seems like the (new) pads just aren't far apart enough for the rotor. I made sure that the pistons were pushed in etc during the bleeding process, but still getting a very light rub front and rear. It's not too much of an issue as it really is very light, but still annoying. Do I just need to suck it up until the pads wear a bit?

One thing I noticed is that the brakes clamp very early in the lever action. Can you bleed brakes too well?

Can anybody tell me the key features of legendary welding?

Lots to unpack here lol

Oh, would an XT FD work or are they also based on 'road' spaced rings?

Sell it all. Get SRAM. Be happier.

Oh man, have been after one of these for a while...which colourway?

Am I right in thinking it will take up to 40mm-ish?

Tackling the big issues in this thread! I'm not going to trawl the net for evidence, but I'd hazard a guess that the overall impact of Shimano products results in a net gain to fish and their environments. It's the awful commercial/dredging stuff that really needs to stop.

Unless the OP is trolling, in which case he's reeled us right in.

You can buy an Arkose from there!

Hi - is this still available? Thanks.

Thanks. Good to know about the coupler, will definitely help me in future. Unfortunately, on this occasion, the previous owner cut the hose super close to the shifter.

Thanks. It's seemingly impossible to find what I need in the country I live in, so I chose the obvious, sensible alternative and ordered a whole bunch of AXS parts instead as I happened to have some brand new Apex shifters (with cables) lying around.

At least I won't have to internally route a shift outer through my stupid carbon bars now. Clearly worth it...

I'm setting up SRAM hydraulic disc for the first time (Force 1), and it's a little annoying. I bought the shifters 2nd hand and somehow overlooked the fact they use a banjo at the shifters rather than olive. Am I right in thinking that I...

a) Cannot in any way re-attach a banjo as they are factory crimped?
b) Need to buy a stupid SRAM cable kit with beveled banjo for about £40/lever?

This isn't the budget build I was aiming for!