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    A mix of M952 and M953 on my 'new' bike - help please!

    That's interesting to know. If I find it weak or difficult to tune up I might just swap it for a 952 - they seem to last forever and shift perfect, every time.
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    A mix of M952 and M953 on my 'new' bike - help please!

    Re: Now ordered an 11 30T from SJS. Only an SG50 but it will do the job :) Now...where's that cassette tool I've not used for 10 years!
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    A mix of M952 and M953 on my 'new' bike - help please!

    Re: Thanks for your reply and that is a help:) The chain I have is a new 116 link Shimano HG and is plenty long enough certainly for the short mech. Glad to hear that the shifters work OK in reverse. So on reflection it looks like a 9 speed 30T cassette will sort out the woes. Is there one...
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    A mix of M952 and M953 on my 'new' bike - help please!

    Hello, I have bought a new bike for the girlfriend, picked it up today. Before picking it up, the seller noticed that it had 9 speed (M952) shifters but an 8 speed cassette. So he swapped over a 9 speed cassette before I arrived. No problem, apart from the chain was too short for me to test it...
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    My Coyote HT5 Ultralite build

    That does help, thank you :) I guess they would only build each frame for a year or two before the next came out, so it gives a good idea of the date.
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    My Coyote HT5 Ultralite build

    To satisfy my curiosity, can anyone confirm the date of the HT5?
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    My Coyote HT5 Ultralite build

    Still running about in this. Still have the rather out of place LX cranks. Other than the tyres are now both 2.1 as could not find the 1.9 at the time and considerably more scratches, all is as it was when I built it. Still a cracking bike in my opinion :)
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    My Coyote HT5 Ultralite build

    Very nice funkyhooda Seatpost size? 26.8
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    My Coyote HT5 Ultralite build

    Cheers salty :)
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    My Coyote HT5 Ultralite build

    Thanks :) Just need to get out on it more, having a servere case of work/time/excuses/etc at the moment!
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    My Coyote HT5 Ultralite build

    Just weighed in...9KG = 19.8lb - which I think is quite light? How do people weigh their bikes on here? Mine is pretty crude - weight myself, then myself with bike and then subtract my weight! So probably not very accurate.
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    My Coyote HT5 Ultralite build

    Alien Cyclops Carbon seatpost now added :D Just chainset and BB to go then I will be happy :)
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    23.5lb of idiot

    Hehe, brilliant!
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    Carbon seat post - safe to use a shim?

    Nice nice, all reasuring stuff :) Happy now, finally got the seatpost for my build...just need to make a decision on the chainset and bb :)
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    2001 Kona Kilauea now with Z2s as I'm keeping it :)

    Thats very cool :)
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