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28s ideally, although I'm on 28cs paselas at the minute perhaps the nicer tyre will make up for the loss of volume.

I had been considering the strada biancas in 30c.

moto G?

I did a 100 mile course on a 200, i reckon you'll be fine.

Maybe for the winter... Are the black ones not as good?

I was thinking about getting some veloflex masters, but would prefer something in a larger size really.

My bike is green though, I don't think the slightly mismatching green would be a good look.

if only they came in a tan wall

King cage iris cages. Yay or nay?

and

SRAM quickview garmin mount. Any worth spending the extra money on?

is still for sale: http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=321128

On hold.

I see this frame every morning before I commute to work. It makes me sad to see it laying there in protective foam. One actual last bump and I'm going to try and sell this elsewhere. I thought someone on the London forum would like bring the London built frame back.

The frame will come with the forks and campag headset, the zenith stem, a set of compact drops (Diaja), a Kalloy copy of a campag aero seatpost and the downtube shifter adapters. I may even be able to find a pair of rubbish oem tektro dual pivots, an old rack and a 10 speed bolt on shimano front mech.

Sensible offers invited.

thats not out for a while though. Is it?

I don't know. I might build it with some porteur bars or something as a pub bike.

nor do I hence my confusion

I was wondering whether my hubs were 11 speed compatible. The rear is a novatec F172SB. Version 2.3 of this hub is not 11 speed compatible, but version 2.4 is.

I emailed novatec's european distributor to ask how to tell whether I have version 2.3 or 2.4. They replied with the attached picture. They said that if my hub has the spacer it is 11 speed compatible.

I attached a photo of my hub, which appears to have a spacer, for confirmation and they said

"Yes, it means you can use it with 11speed shim cassette body."

I am confused I thought that an 11 speed cassette body was longer that a 10 speed body, so I don't know how it will fit on given that I have a 10 speed on there currently and it isnt wobbly.

Can anyone enlighten me?

Will switching bank accounts affect my ability to get a mortgage. I'm just about ready to start looking for a house and don't want to anything which will give someone an excuse to turn me down.

@Soul I dont think I can pull off the white.

@mands How are the holding up? every piece of clothing I've had from Planet X has been dire.

@rhowe I think the M signifies Mountain and the only difference is the sole for Shimano shoes, similarly RT for touring.

If everyone seems to agree they hold up well I'll stick with shimano.

Can anyone recommend a road style looking shoe which takes a 2 bolt spd cleat. I was considering a pair of privateers.

I have the novatec hubs laced to tb14s. I've not had problems over my admittedly low winter milage. I'm pretty sure novatec parts are easily obtainable and the bearings are probably a standard size so could be bought from skf or similar.

My main reason for buying them was they were very shiney. The have a louder clicking free hub than my 5700. Other than that I doubt you'd notice the difference.

yep, or one of them

Cross post from any question answered:

I was wondering whether there is any way to convert my Novatec f172sb
hub to make it 11 speed compatible?

Then I found:
issuu.com/novatecwheels/docs/comp­are_f172sb_9s_with_new_11s_body
Which suggests they may be 11 speed compatible already. How can I
tell?

Sounds like you want a Seiko 5

Thats how I came to my conclusion. They seem to be the same for all the catalogues to way back before 11 speed existed.

Another 11 speed question: Is there any way to convert my Novatec f172sb hub to make it 11 speed compatible?

EDIT:
http://issuu.com/novatecwheels/docs/compare_f172sb_9s_with_new_11s_body
This suggests they may be 11 speed compatible already. How can I tell?

Kalloy do a copy. Actually I expect the BLB is a rebranded Kalloy. I cant remember the model number to search for though.

Does any know if the hubs which come with the most recent Genesis Volant 20 will take an 11 speed hub? I strongly suspect they won't which means my mate will require a wheel upgrade which I don't think he has considered

It'll be a nice cheap hollowtech II bb