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I donate randomly now and then, but would be happy to go with fixed subsciption fees if that would help.

Re. the Campagnolo Chorus 11 speed groupset cassette compatibility options...
My other other option is to use a an existing Shimano wheelset I have, with a new 11 speed Shimano cassette.

Assuming the Shimano 11 speed cassette works ok with the Chorus 11 speed set-up, two questions :

• Shimano cassette with Campag set-up, is it better to use a Campag chain (which I understand are slightly thinner than 11s Shimano ones?) to suit the Campag set-up, or Shimano chain to suit the Shimano cassette ?

• The spec for the Chorus RD says max 11-29. I wouldn't want to push to a 32, but Ultegra do an 11-30 cassette (and every little helps with the hills and mountains around here). Anyone tried this, or know if the spec is conservative enough to allow a tiny bit extra like this ?

Thanks.

Thanks for the confirmation.

That's also what I'd heard originally for the 11sp, that Shimano 11sp cassettes worked ok with Campag 11sp set-up, but from what I can filter from all the anecdotal info online, Campag cassettes don't have equal spacing across the 11 sprockets, whereas Shimano/SRM do ? Hence some say the mix works fine, the fraction of a mm difference isn't noticeable, and others that you can notice the difference and it's noticeabley not as smooth as Campag to Campag...?

Hi all, Campagnolo compatibility help please...

I have an 11 speed Chorus RD, the earlier version, 2010-2014 (white stickers not red ones, and with no little boxed 'A' symbol) - Ref : RD11-CH1.
The specs say it can take a cassette of minimum 11T and maximum 29T.
Would a modern-day Centaur 11sp 11-29 cassette work smoothly with this ?
No sprocket distance dimension changes in the years between release ?
Or any other compatibility problems to consider ?

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What happened to 5'10"...?

"Because just outside her garden gate is probably the biggest man she's ever seen in her life, and he's sitting on a bicycle! It is, in fact, the 31 inch thighs of 23 stone Geoff Capes!"

That whole video is awesome, from the guy in a suit and sunglasses up a ladder painting his window frame (07:28), George Wood having a smoke after his cycle race against (10:58), those stretchy strip-cut freebie paper hats the kids are wearing (13:45)... total 1970s nostalgia overload.

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One of the plus points of the Boxer over the Striker were the plastic mudguards (over the Strika's metallic ones), which could be folded under to rub against the tyres and make cool motorbike noises. This only lasted a day or two, after which the ends of the mudgards were worn through, and parents got involved.

Old, but somehow relevant...

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That's good news, nice to see an iconic big company not either go to the wall or be bought by Mike Ashley.

Scop (société coopérative et participative ou société coopérative de production) :
https://entreprendre.service-public.fr/vosdroits/F31328?lang=en

Too small for me, but such a bargain.

Great frames.

Thanks for the info.
Air battery weight to Max battery isn't bad, but it looks a sizeable step up to Go battery.

In real-use situations, how how long/far does the battery last ?
Is the Air or Max version ?

Does anyone have any experience of the newer 'Go' version?
Battery looks big, but could be tucked away in a rear pannier I guess.

Do you mean panic buy a few boxes of Picardie glasses, or do you mean buy out the company...?

Not looking good for the company just now, energy price rises hit badly a couple of years ago, and insolvency proceedings ("redressement judiciare") started last month.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ9GQj9Lj0A

Apparently there are 50 Duralex numbers.

I don't know which UK sites sell them, but these are cheap and effective:
https://www.bike-discount.de/en/shimano-tourney-sl-tx50-7-speed-thumb-shifter-right

Bar tape gaps loses pendants points, but overall it looks great.

Just caught up on all this, great work, thanks for your endless efforts.

This looks like a crazy cheap bargain on leboncoin, if anyone wants to hop across the Channel to pick it up (too far away for me).
120€ for a Look tandem; 26" wheels, 9sp, v-brakes.

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Disagree? And without using capitals?
I agree with you, east to the Jura looks good, it was just that if he was heading south / south-east from Lyon, then that big flat area is a bit boring.