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Simplest is a set of bar-end shifters, any old ones and simply select friction. The amount of pull per click in 7s is sufficiently big that it generally shifts cleanly. I had forgotten about the Tourney ones. The Claris 8s are reportedly pretty good, although triples are rare. A full Campag 8s...

XTR was only ever 8 and up, sorry.

There is only a single 7s brifter type, which are RX100. Alternatively early Sora existed in 7s, but with the Campag ergo-style thumb lever on the inside. I believe Microshift do some now, not sure if there is a triple option.

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. Archimedes. *also applies to bottom brackets **something else may break first.

I think that the extra loading from the brake means that the fork has to be beefed up towards the tip - so no triple butting for discs. IIRC the fork like the one pictured above is longer (440mm perhaps?)

I had a similar issue on some Chorus alloy cranks (square taper) and FC-CE005 was right for the job. I bought from Mercian.

Komoot works well for me.

I did it for three years while living in Singapore. But their public transport is integrated and wonderful. I cycle commuted daily in 32C and 90%+ humidity. There was never a need for a rain jacket, I was soaked regardless of the weather. UK public transport and cycling facilities are...

The Carrera around £20 as super-cheap transport (no need to lock it as it's so horrible) or alternatively as an anchor. The Fisher is a little nicer, but it's essentially a 25 year old lower mid-range bike. It would make a respectable commuter for £50.

Hmm, buy cheap pay twice. Honestly the Schwalbes are worth a few quid more.

Schwalbe Marathon Greenguard are tough and reasonably priced at around £20 each, especially considering that they are surprisingly excellent performers for rolling resistance. I have run them for years on my tourer.

Campag and Shimano have identical 7s spacing at 5.0mm. I happily ran a Campag 7 setup on a Shimano hub and cassette. Campag continues the 5mm spacing into 8s whereas Shimano squeezed it down to 4.8mm, which sort-of works with a Campag 7/8 setup, in the same way that the 7s Shimano thumbie with...

I think it's an equivalent to butting - keep it thick at the ends but lighten the middle with the pressed recesses. (and like you I share the disability of an engineering degree)

Not a daft price at all. I waited 4 years to find a set.

Royce always seem to have deep threads to me. If it's the RHS, I would worry less about using a Shimano UN72 or similar as they have a nice shoulder to stop movement.