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Life saver, thanks. As I say I think it's the retaining clip. I haven't had a chance to properly look yet

The shift paddle retaining pin (?) of my Sram HRD lever keeps falling out. Not sure when it started. I can take the whole pin out and re insert it no problem. The end of thr pin has a recessed groove, perhaps for a retaining c clip or something.

Does anyone have any experience with it? I couldn't find a replacement pin online, maybe I'm googling the wrong thing.

I believe the older generation? There's no mention of 'race' in title, though they are the folding version.

They went through c.30km of offroad sections on the ride? That's cycling over sharp rocks/gravel/mud/grit etc. Lots of very sharp stones and bits sticking out the ground. I didn't have a chance to properly visually inspect them after the ride as we had to palm the bikes off to the courier, but they did look to be in very good condition from the brief inspection i had. There were only very small cuts, no more than 3/4mm.

Purely anecdotal, but i'm massively impressed with Pirelli P zero's (25mm). Used them for LEJOG, of which there was constant rain for 5 of the 8 days, didn't have a single puncture. That's with latex tubes as well.

Just finished on Thursday, realising i'd left my burner in a cafe after a toilet break :( typical.

Absolutely keen for a lifhtweight backpack if you do a larger run. I've just discovered i've lost my large burner at a cafe somewhere during LEJOG - if anyone wants to sell there's i'll gladly take it off your hands!

Getting the bike ready for a Lands End - John o Groats trip at the end of next week. Slightly beefier seatpost clamp to withstand the weight of a bag, and to add a bit of colour. Pirelli P Zero's are a bit of a wild card. They inflate up to 29mm across on these rims, and are plenty comfortable, fingers crossed they survive the journey, and I can use them for the rest of summer.

Toying with the idea of installing a aero ti seatpost from ebay.

Bike is 8.1kg as it stands.

Excuse the poor picture.

Go Pro wheels back from truing, Pirelli P zero's fit, ready for Lands End next week. Bike rides really beautifully, am tempted by one of those aero titanium seatposts that you see on ebay. As it stands, the bike weighs 8.1kg without lights/computer. It's snappy but not rapid up the hills.

Bad ending to a good page!

Picked my go-proes up from SBC Cycles after taking them in to get trued. Turns out they weren't out of true by very much at all, but the tire hadn't seated properly and it to my eye it seemed more out of true than it was.

Either way, i'd asked SBC to give the wheels the all clear as i'll be doing the Lands End -> John o Groats at the end of the month and didn't want to risk it.

Feedback is that they're very well built and shouldn't be a problem at all. Tension was good and the wheels were only half a mm or so out of true.

what a faff - why on earth have they made the hub so hard to service

35mm deep, 32mm wide, 3k twill matt, cx ray spokes

Got it, ta. So presumably the issue is residual spoke wind up? Sorry, wheelbuilding luddite so thanks for holding my hand.

Prime centrelock - no complaints & it looks great (IMO)

Damn, that's disappointing. I'll get them trued and see what happens.

How do you build stress relief into a wheel?

Update on my go-proe wheels, my front wheel has gone out of true by a few mm, after about 1500km. Obviously not the worse thing to happen, but not ideal. Rear wheel is still relatively straight.

I was under the impression that pre built wheels are likely to go out of true after you've used them initially as the spokes bed in (no idea if this is true, correct me if I'm wrong), so I'm not too concerned. With that in mind, my Scribe wheels are still true after about 4000km in winter conditions.

Ta, I had seen that and it's put my mind at ease quite a bit. Not many people in the west seem to own them, so it's hard to get proper impressions

Any comment on Winspace carbon frames? I'm considering the T1500d aero frame to build up for next summer, but can't find too much on them trawling through forums.

They've recently hired 'China Cycling' as PR manager (i think?) and now lots of cycling youtubers have got their hands on the frameset. Seemingly positive reviews across the board, but £1200 for a frameset is a bit too much to take a wild punt on.

I know their wheels are well respected - just trying to convince myself that their framesets are of the same quality.

I was worried about washing - gentle wash at 30C suitable?

Looks like a modern stem, so didn't think it'd be 1" ahead

That's amazing. Though can't tell if 1" and well hidden adaptor, or 1 1/8"

Should mention that I've already got a pair of GP5000's that are about 6k old and still holding up - so i view them as a safe bet. My thinking is that if i'm going to spend c.£80 on new tyres, I don't want to get them just for the trip, and i'd like to try something new

Attempting Lands End to John on Groats on my road bike in a few months. Need to buy new tires, max 28cc, that I can keep on the bike afterwards and enjoy for summer (read, no Schwalbe marathon)
Was planning on buying a new pair of GP5000's - is that very naive of me?

Mine arrived not long ago. Didn't get charged customs (strangely), and the wheels have been good for about 1200km at this point. Performance has been good, wheels are still true and I haven't nursed them.
Would advise treating the pawls/springs with a bit more grease.

Excited for the next product, count me in!

I've used my burner on every ride i've been on since It arrived (aside from the heat wave obviously)