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I agree with what's been said about mixing tyre sizes but this worked well for the winter too, with a 2,25" Racing Ralph at the back and 50 mm Rambler on the front. When the most common reasons why you can't keep moving are that you sink in too deep or can't get enough traction to push forward, in snow or whatever there is, the mtb rear tyre helped with that. The height of the tyre is actually smaller than advertised though. What's on the front didn't matter that much and this was enough, though I would've used a bigger one if the fork allowed.
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I've broken a couple of hangers by getting a stick or something caught between the chain and the lower pulley wheel. I wonder what will happen with these, looks like the cage is supposed to give and it seems to be easy to replace.
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Loosing the limit screws is interesting, I do like that.
Though with these you need to read the instructions.Putting the derailleur in the Setup Key position and engaging the
dedicated setup cassette sprocket (gear seven) makes setting the
correct chain gap between the derailleur cage and cassette possible
without needing to adjust the b-tension for a given bike’s suspension
sag.And figure out the right chain length from a chart with your gearing and chainstay length, if you don't have an old chain to compare to.
Where as with the usual stuff you can rather easily figure out how things go together just by looking at it.
And will it work with all wheels as well as their own? For example when changing from a wheel with a Shimano XT m8000 hub to a DT 350 I needed to adjust the limit screws.
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If that stem is -6°, changing it to one that points straight forward would already drop the bar by about two cm.
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I had the same Tektro levers years ago, never got along with them. I tried to modify them a bit, filing the surface that's against the bar, got them to sit at a slightly better angle. Then I took a bit more, and more, until the clamp stopped working.
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Hippy is posting on instagram too https://www.instagram.com/p/CoOvwpRIRTI/
Interesting to see they've had proper snow there. -
On my first time I slept for an hour on a bench in front of a church on the second night, it was kind of cold though without any sleeping gear. On the second time I slept for an hour at the entrance of a bank, which was a weird choice thinking about it now, but felt right at the moment. The dorm at the finish was rather comfortable, at least as it was mostly empty. Beds and blankets in a big hall. I wouldn't take any sleep kit if I did it again, if I wanted to sleep in a dorm but it's full I'd ride to the next one.
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From what I've seen with a few pairs of the basic GK SK over the last few years in 11 different countries, they seem pretty durable otherwise, but they can be weak against glass and the sharp crushed stone that is spread on icy bikepaths in Finland. I've had four or five flats with them that I had to plug. Never problems with sidewalls. Reinstalling old ones can be frusturating as they stretch over time and don't want to snap back onto the rims. Haven't tried the slicks or the Plus'
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It's on the website, but registration seems to have closed already.
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