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I was going to see if either of them worked with a caliper.
I’ve hit a couple of obstacles with the build this weekend. First one was the brake lever, but that’s fine because I’ll use it like a crosstop. Second was my seatpost is too small. I thought it was 26.8mm but the clamp was squashed closed and gave me a false measurement, which I must have not noticed. I’ve opened it back up and it must be 27.0 because a 27.2 is too big. Third is my brake ferrules don’t fit in the Resilion levers so I’m going to spin them down a bit in the drill with a fine file. Fourth is the chainring has a lot of run-out, but I think a good whack with a mallet will bring it back true. I might re-mount it in the other positions in case it’s a bent arm and bent ring combo where one position runs pretty much true. Might get lucky.
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I have this locking Resilion brake lever. The clamp is too big for the drop part of the handlebars but it fits on the 25.4mm part. Additionally, the lever seems to sit way too far forward in the brakes off position. Is this lever supposed to be used on flat bars rather than drop bars? I have another early non-locking Resilion lever and it’s the same.
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Noted. I’m buttoning mine up tomorrow night with new cotters, so thanks for the tip!
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You guys need to WISE UP to the lightweighting. Single skin 1k 2x2 with closed cell foam core Spork or gtfo.
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What chainring is that? Are those teeth as tall as they look, ie good for 1x?
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Multi-lug alloys on a piece of shit like that. Inexcusable.
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Loooooooo*LOLROFLOL*oooooong!
How long is that?
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This blatantly isn’t going to get started this week, but the front derailleur arrived earlier than expected. Also realised I don’t have a headset - had my eye on on a classic 1” STX but it might be a short wait for the right one to come up. Could just sling in a Stronglight A9 to get it on the road. It won’t completely go with the build but I can use with something else later (e.g. the steel frame that I was planning to build)
Ah 16” is cool, you can use the 2” wide Chopper front tyres which are comfy-as and quite cheap.
A bigger sprocket is probably a good idea. If it’s like the gearing on my RSW-16, I can get it up to about 30mph in 3rd, which is going to be way too tall for most riders.