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Serious question time. I'm looking for a replacement gravel wheelset (okay maybe I should've have sold the DT R470!) that I can gravel with. Not too expensive. I'm thinking of something like:

• Hope 20Five with Pro5
  
• DT Swiss GR series wheels or similar
  
• Fulcrum Rapid Red (dunno which ones yet)
  
  

Hope and DT are a bit out of budget, Fulcrums are cheap but XDR freehub needed (another ~70 quid).

Currently, I'm using those super lightweight racing alu wheels from Hunt with gravel tyres (think they're called Aerodynamicist 34mm or something). Defo not an ideal choice. I might even get rid of those if anyone's interested in a trade/swap.

Edit: Not the biggest fan of Hunt having owned them now. Scribe aren't too bad.

This abomination belongs here: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/130931/?offset=48675

Pedals sold. Should have a few more things to add in the coming days.

Yeah the colours are awesome. Red might be a bit much. Yellow seems more fitting. With the black stitching it's giving me serious Bruce Lee Game of Death vibes! Not a bad thing that.

Classic looks great too. Choices, choices. Did you decide against the red and yellow leather bars?

You mean 'adoy'. Keen to know why it was installed u-s-d myself.

Lovely bike and GLWS

I bought the expensive, newer style Brompton set for £75 - includes clamps and bolts for the stem, seatpost clamp and rear triangle catch. All are much more ergonomic than older stock ones in my opinion.

A day after fitting, the Brompton fell out of my car boot onto the hinge. Bolt bent.

A week later the same thing happened, but it landed on the frame clamp hinge. Bolt bent. 😭😭😭

Edit: Actually £75 isn't bad for that set considering how much third-party ones cost. Thr price hurt more because of the damage.

I recently bought a CK from: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/395495/

Job well done. Looks much better now. I'm still not a box wheels on aero frame dude though!

Haha, I recognised the Massi from all the times I browsed drooled through your gallery. The shop name was a clue too.

@retrodicorsa, are these your beauties in the L'Atelier window?

Yeah saw that. Nothing was published for UK though, only Singapore? Asked a T-Line owning friend who didn't know about it either. Apparently, you just need to tighten up some bolts (handle bar clamp, or where the stem meets the fork?) to 7Nm.

As I'm using the remote lever I already have a barrel nut and yeah, it's pre-2017. So SLS30 facing up and M90 down, so you can change both on the same side? Pretty clever.

Yeah, few pages back: https://www.lfgss.com/comments/17440701/

It was on sale here too. One of those classifieds I was watching to see what happens 👀

Cool. Was thinking about cog spacing concerns, I've got a feeling the stock ones wouldn't fit, or that the spacing on some of the cassette sprockets I have might not be ideal. I'll experiment.

You have me sold! Did you use the minimods or similar cog kit? Wondering if I could just play around with my current stock cogs, or even some standard shimano ones.

How's the chain pusher been with 3 cogs, did you have to change it from the stock?

Oh my bad. I thought that was a friction shifter, pretty sure that's what I have. Will look into the M90 as my Sunrace lockout remote can be a bit sensitive.

Amazing! A recovered bike is always a good story. Well done on the operation too lol.

Sorry to hear. Might be worth sharing this with the @stolenride instagram account too, as they're London based. The last time a friend's bike was stolen and recovered, it was in found with local Tower Hamlets thugs (but that's also where he lives and had a whole entourage to get it back), so markets there as you suggested might be a good start. Just be safe and still report it the incident.

I swapped out my Brompton hub shifter for a Sturmey Archer friction one. Has a way more positive feel, but shifting is slower (lever has to travel more).

Mash bars sold and I've been looking for an alternative. I remembered that the BLB bars are actually made by someone else - the S logo on the centre being the clear giveaway. Couldn't remember if it was Nitto (which doesn't start with S!), but then remembered where I've seen it before; Satori (are they made by Nitto too?). Satori happen to have cheap, light bars that are the same polished black, with mildly flat tops (more function than aero), and are wider than 35-36cm. Not too expensive either.

These are the bars in question: https://biurban.net/en/handlebars/2731-bullhorn-handlebar-satori-aero.html

And here's a Nitto version that have internal routing and cost way more: https://www.hubjub.co.uk/nitto-rb0-36-bullhorn-4606-p.asp

The optional internal routing means I could switch back to TT levers, should I wish. Looks a bit more silly running just one brake with TT levers though, unless I fit the left-side for 'balance'...

Broken link? Found the post anyway =). Gorgeous bike. Panasonic yellow rules!

Allegedly, those 7710 bolts are only designed for that crankset? https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/chainsets/shimano-duraace-track-fc7710-chainring-fixing-bolt-nut-set-m8-x-6mm-16s-9801/

SJS are normally good with their compatibility notes.

A bit of a pain to look at and give an opinion when the pic you shared is upside down!

Personally, I wouldn't go from a 6 to 2, unless I lived in a super flat area. 6 to 3 speed maybe - you save on the weight of the derailleur and that, but not the heavy internal hub.

Wheels sold, pedals pending.