Brain-Stew

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• SPLITTING: Specialized Allez Sprint 56cm with LightBicycle Carbon Wheels

  in Components, clothing and miscellany • 1 day, 19 hours

  

  Is it a compact or standard crankset?

• Which Groupset?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week, 6 days

  

  Thanks. I had spotted that it was a mix of 11/10, but wasn't sure if this was a general rule!

• Which Groupset?

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week, 6 days

  

  I have an Ultegra FC-6800 on one of my bikes, running 10 speed. I'd like to replace with a compact crankset. Are the 10/11 speed cranksets interchangeable?

• Hope 20five 700c wheelset

  in Components, clothing and miscellany • 2 weeks, 3 days

  

  Are these 11 speed and set up tubeless? Interested if the answer to both is "yes"!

• Tour De France 2020

  in Rides & Races • 2 weeks, 6 days

  

  https://www.cityam.com/a-race-to-success­-lessons-for-finance-leaders-from-the-to­ur-de-france/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_­medium=email&utm_campaign=Midday+newslet­ter+June+2019

  I'm sure there are endless analogies here, but failure #1 of this article is to have the header picture showing a bunch of nodder triantelopes

• Which Tyres?

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 weeks

  

  Thanks. I've ridden G-ones off road but found they cut up pretty easily so may not last all that long.

  Currently have tubes in my set-up, but having ridden tubeless on and off road all year I'd like to go this way for the commute too. Caveat being that I'm not convinced on tubeless for skinny tyres hence looking at 30mm+

• Which Tyres?

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 weeks

  

  Don't have any experience of them. What would you suggest?

• Which Tyres?

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 weeks

  

  Looking at getting my autumn/winter commute set up back up and running. Currently on cheapo Lifeline ones which are fine, but worn, and slippy in the wet. Looking for tubeless, 30mm+, grippy & durable. Stating the obvious but don't need to be fast!

  Any recommendations? The Conti GP5000 32mm seems like a high-end option albeit currently discounted on Wiggle https://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-gra­nd-prix-5000-tubeless-tyres-race-sealant­-32c

• Tubeless Tyres -"saying the same things about tubeless tyres over and over again" Fucking read the fucking first fucking post.

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 2 months, 2 weeks

  

  I had a similar experience with WTB Nanos. They went on no problem, and seemed to be holding pressure ok. However after a couple of days they lost all their air and holding them underwater showed small bubbles leaking through the one of the injection moulding "nubbins", even with sealant (Stans no tube). I tried taking them for a ride to properly spread the sealant but this didn't make any difference. Then tried an anchovy but also didn't work. Eventually swapped back to my old tyres and am in the process of patching from the inside before steeling myself for another round of tubeless faff plus potential mid-ride disruption.

  TLDR: I have doubts about the quality of the WTB quality control process

• Gravel / Gravé / Gnarmac / Groad / Not quite CX bikes/ - aka Just get an Arkose

  in Bikes & Bits • 2 months, 2 weeks

  

  Love my Kinesis Tripster AT and use for just these purposes. They updated yesterday to confirm they have stock back this month (a bonus given the current bike market).

  This is mine:
  https://www.instagram.com/p/CBnKfvXFhSw/­