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Pic attached of tektro levers available for swaps
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Now also looking for any V-brake levers for my partner's bike. Have some new tektro RM4s on there which came with the brakes, but I suspect they're actually not V brake levers as they're really weedy despite lots of cable pull. Very happy to swap these for any working V brake levers
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🙏 ok this is great stuff, thanks all. Looks like either the cheaper sunrace + new BB, or slightly more spenny shimano acera chainset and keeping current BB will be the way to go.
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That's great, really helpful cheers! Think it's the 400LX M400 so has a 121mm BB. I guess it wouldn't be so bad to buy a new BB and keep the brand new one for
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Ah right, didn't think about new chain & cassette - do they also need replacing along with new chainrings? Having said that, I've replaced chain and cassette very recently and it's only been ridden a handful of times since then, so that should be ok?
Also it had a brand new BB fitted this morning! So I'd want to avoid buying a new one...
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Yeah 1x would be simplest but she specifically wanted an old MTB for the wider gear range than her town bike, so going 1x7 would defeat the point, and upgrading to a massive cassette/10 speed etc would end up being $$$ for new derailleur, shifter, cassette etc
That SJS page is the same one I've been staring at for ages scratching my head... I'm thinking it might be safest to look for a second hand crankset
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lol fair point... I meant station lock-up/beater/pub bike/don't mind if it gets nicked/scratched etc
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Partner's burner bike has some really worn chainrings which are causing a lot of chain slipping esp. when pedalling hard/uphill. Thought about replacing just the chainrings but having had a look online I feel totally bamboozled by the number of options (e.g. number of ways I could fuck it up) there are for front/middle/inner, BCD, number of teeth, number of bolts etc etc. Also they seem to be way more expensive than I was expecting?
My question is, does it make sense to just look for a second hand triple crankset and replace the whole thing? However, if there's a strong reason to buy new chainrings, what do I need to look for? (I know the cranks are 110 BCD but not sure what else I need to know)
Unlikely 3rd dibs on the ortliebs?