jameso

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• Pinnacle Posse

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week, 3 days

  

  Late reply but fwiw.. Newer Arkoses are 135 or 142 x 12 convertable, so the problem is probably a 'disc brake rack' that is designed to fit bikes with the caliper on the SS? If the caliper's on the CS pretty much any rack should fit ok.

• FS: Talbot Frameworks All Season / Parlee Gravel Fork 54.5cm TT

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 1 week, 6 days

  

  Thanks - will look it up

• FS: Talbot Frameworks All Season / Parlee Gravel Fork 54.5cm TT

  in Complete bikes and frame & forks • 1 week, 6 days

  

  "it was built with a 135mm QR at the rear. Surprisingly, this has been 100% hassle free. " No suprise here... Still on QRs on all my drop-bar bikes.

  Lovely bike. Was going to ask about the front light mount if you have a mo - what/who from? Stable over bumps?

• Generic Touring Thread

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 1 month, 1 week

  

  FWIW, some routes I used last week for a S>N>S trip in Wales. All on road, used some of the Lost Lanes Wales route book for ideas, some of the LL sections are in green but I didn't get round to colour-coding the later routes when I realised they didn't show up on my Garmin in that way.

  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33106715
  
  - Severn to Tregaron inc Abergavenny LL routes

  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33106864
  
  - Tregaron to Bala

  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33578670
  
  - Bala to Long Mynd via Llanberis pass

  https://ridewithgps.com/routes/33578677
  
  - Long Mynd to Stroud
  The rides between Stroud or the Severn and home in the Chilterns not included, probably not of interest here.

  I took a few diversions, one was to miss the climb then long descent to Machynlleth in the Tregaron-Bala section (that's part of Lon Las Cymru). It was raining and I went through Pennant instead and carried on to the Bwlch. Then the weather cleared so I had time to descend E from the top of the Bwlch, down to Vyrnwy then back up and down to N end of Bala. That was a good alternative section and worth riding the other way on the return leg of Bala-Long Mynd.
  Also on that file I went to Devil's Bridge which was a few miles off-route and took me into the Ystwyth valley perfectly.
  The other diversion was after Long Mynd where I straightened the route in places to gain some time on a slow headwind kind of day.

  All in all a really enjoyable ride. There weren't any bad roads, even a few A-roads that were really quiet considering in the SE I won't go near A-roads at all.

• SOLD - For Sale Campag Centaur CT ultra torque cranks

  in Components, clothing and miscellany • 2 months, 1 week

  

  Will take those - PM incoming

• 650C Wheels - unused Mavic CXP14 deep section rims on Ultegra 6500 hubs, silver, pair

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

  

  Thanks, but a respectful no thanks : ) The 650s for me are my 650Bs.

  I should probably put in a price drop with all this chat-bumping. £85 + post.

• 650C Wheels - unused Mavic CXP14 deep section rims on Ultegra 6500 hubs, silver, pair

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• 650C Wheels - unused Mavic CXP14 deep section rims on Ultegra 6500 hubs, silver, pair

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

  

  offer to donate them to Herne Hill Velodrome in case they have a loaner bike or two running 650c?

  That is a good call - will email them. Crayfishing or wall art after that : )

• 650C Wheels - unused Mavic CXP14 deep section rims on Ultegra 6500 hubs, silver, pair

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

  

  Thanks Skully - worth stripping them down and splitting do you think? 650C track seems a bit niche ... but I'd keep the hubs if the rims would sell to recoup some £.

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

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 months

  

  Mig, you're right. Those mounts are not intended to be load-bearing. Definitely guard mounts only.