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£11 posted.

@Pifko Miniscule weight savings & enjoying taking the cleaner look without necessary bits for cable (admittedly in the least visible part of the bike tbh).

@withered_preacher Ah that is true, on rustable bikes no less. Will see how I get on this winter as BB bearings can still rust & reassess.

I've changed to Di2 on my road bike so removed the BB cable guide. Now have two holes in the BB where the screws for the guide went - do I need to to find something to blank these? Removed screws are too long without the cable guide. Not worried about rust as the bike is stainless & the BB has a sheath thing to protect it. My thought it basically I've got two new drain holes now, though someone please tell me if this is a bad idea.

Came on my Graham Weigh but didn't use it much.

£20 posted sound reasonable?

£12 £11 SOLD posted.

Has a small hole in the bottom from when I tried to be clever & use it to mount a light - didn't work out. Doesn't affect the integrity at all.

Found this fork again while sorting out the bike room - price drop to £65 posted.

Looks mega, very much agree with your views on the Dolomites :)

Was just thinking these look identical to the Sigeyi power meter I have on my Rotors 3D 24s.

Terrible photo but hydro setup appears to have gone pretty smoothly! It was always something I left to bike shops, imagining all sorts of specialised tools & paraphernalia to install but actually only needed a bleed kit & something to cut the hoses neatly.

Unfortunately I'm on call this weekend, but unlikely to get a chance to ride it :/

Sized the chain now, but I kind of wish I'd realised I had some 52/36T front chainrings in. The cassette is larger than I'd usually go for, so would've liked to have put something bigger at the front.

Awkward to remedy if you have a specific saddle preference! My partner can beat that though - forgot to pack her wheels. Was gloating about how light her bike box was to her friends in the airport - that was shortlived, aha.

Original groupset for the Volare was all scavenged second-hand stuff, anything I could get my hands on due to building it at the start of the covid-19 pandemic. It worked well enough for a while, but the front shifter has always been a bit tricky (had the same issue with R8000 front shifters on my Ritchey & now my partner has the same problem on her road bike too).

Despite already having had a month of treating myself, I've indulged myself again & bought a new groupset - 12spd Ultegra Di2. Just waiting for a few more tools to set up the hydros & I think I'm good to go now! Never done hydro before but it's something I've been meaning to learn for a while.

Back from our three week tour around France. Went all over in our little camper, visiting the Champagne, the Alsace, Lake Lugano, Aosta valley, Maurienne, Calanques & the Dordogne. Had an excellent time, rode in lots of new places, brought back lots of wine & broke my bike.

Set off nice & early to do the Col du Telegraph, Galibier, Alpe d'Huez & lastly the Croix de Fer. Just as my Wahoo alerted me of a 28 mile climb taking in the first two, my front derailleur broke & left me stuck in the little ring - fine, it was a lot of climbing, barely needed the ring. Managed the first two & got about halfway round just cruising down the valley towards Alpe d'Huez (couldn't exactly pedal) & decided to stop & eat my packed-lunch sandwich at the side of the road. While I was having lunch a lorry came by & the gust of wind following it knocked my bike over & bent the hanger & derailleur - somewhat annoying as I was getting in the groove! Was a ride-ender, but thankfully my partner could come & pick me up.

Feeling sorry for myself I spent the rest of the day trying to fix my bike & in replacing the rear brake pads the threaded bit of the calliper which holds in pad retaining broke. Second set of Hope RX4 I've had this happen with. Annoyed levels increased further.

Still, didn't let it ruin the trip, & we'd planned for doing other activities besides cycling so was fine. Had plans for the bike when I arrived home.

Photos:

1. Above Varenna on Lake Como on the way to Passo Agueglio.
   
2. View of the Matterhorn riding up to Cervinia.
   
3. Bent hanger & derailleur sadness.
   
4. Calanques looking towards Cassis.
   
5. Drinking all the Aperol spritz in Italy while in Brusson.
   

Cow & Calf, Langbar & Black Hill are fun fixed.

East Chevin fixed gear is brutal. Did once & vowed to never again!

Nice work on the TT, enjoying your writeups! Love a Graham Weigh too.

Love this - looks chill yet purposeful, got a nice stance.

Ridden Boas fixed for years, never seen the sort of damage you're describing here.

The headset went quite still after the fork had bent, which I assumed was just because the bearings got squished, but turns out it was because the steerer had bent in the steerer tube. I expected all the bend to come from the fork crown, odd!

Put the old carbon fork back on. Despite being relatively new, the lacquer has already come away at the aluminium fork crown, grr. Managed to put the old rack back on for some on-call miles with laptop in tow, doesn't feel quite as secure as the steel one, but not too bad for only a couple of kilos.

Edit: looking at that photo, no wonder the saddle felt quite nose-down on yesterday's light grav pootle.

True. I've decided I'm not engaging.

My brother bought a BMW recently & has the exact same dilemma.

I will however wave at basically everyone when I'm cycling.

Other people in VW campers nodding at me.

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I was considering some Hope 20Fives, but I've had two friends who've had rim failures with those.

Ended up with these - Hope Pro 5 (4 for me as 5 wasn't out yet) on DT Swiss GR531 rims - £520.

The rims are much wider than 20Five rims & the wheels are still really true after a good year's bashing around.

Also agree withb @stelfox, had some Hunt wheels & the freehub gave out, then the nipples all corroded so they're basically useless now.

Trailer for the film Restrap are making about this trip got released earlier!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6FFYAd3K8

A brief inspection tells me that the paint is all intact & there's no obvious wrinkle. Headset is a bit knackered, but wheels is true. Reckon I've got away with it. Driver did pull over & apologise, only realised too late that the fork was bust.

Have an alternative fork lying around, but quite annoyed as it took a while to find a nice steel threaded fork with a long enough steerer, & was quite enjoying the setup with a front pannier for errands. Glad I didn't get around to painting the fork now.

Annoying bike news - driver in front of me slammed on the brakes so went into the back of them & now have a lovely new bend in the forks of the Land Shark. Thankfully that's all I've got to show for it, literally not a scratch on myself as I managed to jump off & land on my feet which is not bad for a crash at 20mph.

Wow, cheers for all these! I'll take a look through this evening.