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Yes its certainly not the ideal way of buying a house. But we pay 1200 pcm rent at the moment or could be paying around that all in with charges/rent/mortgage 1 mile down the road and at least be acquiring some level of equity rather than paying someone else's mortgage. Am i being naive or does that not make more monetary sense?

What do you mean exactly?

Has anyone on here got any experience on shared ownership? it definitely has its catches by the looks of things but also seems to be the most viable way of getting on the ladder in some way at the moment for us

Excited to see this!

Bought in May and used for circa 1000 miles ish.
A lovely pair of zipp's came up at a good price so these are now surplus to requirements.

Minimal signs of use cosmetically.

Located in Ealing or Kingston - can meet in london within reason/timetable dependent.

Asking £325 and can ship in uk for £20.

will upload pictures later

well didn't expect that to take off as well as it did - and stayed so civil too what a bonus.

I guess the takeaway is hydro is obvsiously better but mechanical isn't that bad too. Nice and conclusive!
If i had the money it would be hydro Di2 anyday but i dont think i can convince myself to spend that much so mechanical it probably will be..

@Sumo yes i wouldn't deny the obvious stopping benefits of hydraulic but can't imagine mechanical is that bad right? We're talking about a 'gravel' bike that is used more for commuting with the odd weekend gravel ride thrown in so i guess my point is well, are hydraulic brakes necccesary or could i sacrifice the braking performance a bit for some more comfort on the hoods

Are mechanical discs really as bad/pointless as they've made out be? I hate the size of hydraulic mechanical shifters and feel like i should either stump up the cash to go di2 disc or just embrace mechanical disc and run a more budget/mechanic friendly setup with mechanical discs. What are peoples thoughts on here?

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been meaning to drop mine in here for a while now...love it

new cervelo caldeonia looks...interesting

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Is this it? Is this what tennis elbow actually is?

They're somewhere inbetween

So I'm having real pain in my elbows whilst riding on my new Topstone. I've been 'uncomfortable' before on other bikes in the past, even had minor back pain, but managed to sort it with the usual adjustments. But this time after about 20 minutes or so and then for the rest of the ride my elbows really start to hurt. When stopping at the lights and trying to stretch them out a bit by bending or whatever it doesnt help at all.

I've tried short stems, longer stems, narrower and wider bars, rotation of the bars, stem spacer arrangements and am completely stumped! Is there anything else I should try or just resign that the frames not working and look for something new?

I'm 170 and on a topstone small..

Hi, thanks but not quite what he's looking for. Thanks though!

Sorry, should've been clearer! Ultegra R8070. Anything of similar level that will look good!

My mate is looking to do a build on his new standert frame and has everything for his groupset apart from cranks.

anyone got anything?

Jamie

would definitely take this off your hands if someone on here could help me understand whether it will or will not fit on my cinelli tutto? I want to run a disk brake on the fron but can't tell if the stock fork is tapered or not..not very well versed in this stuff!

anyone had any experience with hylix forks?

Looking at this one to fit to my Cinelli Tutto...

I'm being melodramatic...envious of taller people and their more traditional/horizontal top tubes! The pump is down there cos I wanted it out of the way. Normally use that cage for a tool bottle so guess the pairing made sense in my head.

My current setup. Mainly commuting on it but getting some good weekend rides in just wish smaller gravel bikes didn't have to default as step-through design!

Speaking from experience paying up front like that is often to do with a lack of guarantor etc. I've lived in two places where we've paid 6 months upfront then the following 6 months in one chunk too

Looking to build a dad bike and in need of a few bits - hoping to buy from here before placing a silly ebay order!

Looking for:

80mm quill stem (or there and thereabouts)
risers to fit said stem
Cranks to swap to single ring

anyone got anything?

Jamie

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dm'd