Recent content by hirosawa

Re: How low do you want the cassette to go? 11spd road mechs will do a 32t cassette, which will give you a pretty low gear with a double or triple. Yeah, road and MTB mechs have been different pull since ten speed. You can use a 10spd road lever with a 9spd MTB rear mech, which would let you...

Anyone got one they want rid of?

Re: I'd check the bottom (Maestro?) linkage first, that always seems to be the one that goes on mini link bikes (see: every VPP frame ever). That said, if the pivots have recently been done, it's probably just a cheap bearing with a notch in it.

Re: They are a right pain the arse. Electric bikes generally are bad, the cheap ones and conversion kits are terrible. They are almost impossible to sort if they break. Which they all do. Buy something with a warranty and some aftersales, if any of them have it. You might as well just throw the...

Mine are XC. And they don't match the stems.

Re: Exact opposite experience of AndyMart here, swings and roundabouts. Honestly, none of them are that reliable. I've seen tons of failed Reverb, KS and Thomson posts. By far the most failed Reverbs, but that's probably because there are so many more out there than any of the others. Not to...

Re: Re: Was gonna say, I thought that too. They are expensive because they are better quality than nearly everything else. They last for years and you don't have to do anything with them. As a few people have already said, not all bearings are the same.

Re: I have some, they are kind of milky/grey looking like a lot of carbon stuff. Not the same as the stems.

Re: 10s chain will not work with 8s cassette, 8s speed chain will work with 10s chainset.

Re: They seem OK, not seen any with problems yet. The wheels should be as good as good as Hope builds on Stans/Mavic.

Re: Something wrong with the seals or piston in the lever? It is ancient by disc brake standards and uses DOT so I would expect the lever to need a service as well as the caliper. Any sign of leakage on the brake? Did the bike shop change the pistons when they serviced the caliper? They could...

Re: The way it is in the picture is correct. To be honest, you can buy a new sealed cartridge square taper BB for £10, which puts this square in the realm of not worth faffing about with.

Re: You should be able to get a Shimano freehub body for the Campag wheels. IIRC, you can buy Campag wheels with Shimano freehub bodies, so they should sell them aftermarket too. You can definitely get Shimano freehub bodies for Fulcrum, which are pretty much the same hubs.

Re: It will be IS fork to post mount caliper, you can't get post mount fork to IS caliper adapters.

Re: Another vote for Fulcrum. They are among best of the bunch of these type of machine built wheels. And like Hamster and Reluctant said, you can get spares for them and people usually have the spares in stock, which is always a bonus. The Superstar look like they use the same generic hub...