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My plug kit uses some type of glue. I’ve o my used it once. Probably rode 2-300km further on it but then I had a strange problem with the tyre casing deforming. No idea if this was due to the plug/cut in casing threads…
kylane wrote: Woah.. sorry to hear about that - but a quick reality check... Its 1/10th the price of the actual frame. It lasted 18months - if I had a frame (especially carbon) last 10+ years I'd be stoked. Its a cheap…
Geeeez I’m super bummed just to hear that. I would have thought if they were going to copy anything correctly they make it the seatpost so people could at least have options available. Makes sense in my head at least.…
Fwiw road cranks have a smaller Q factor and it so I wouldn’t worry about ergonomics by going for the shorter spindle length. I recently just put the same xtr 9100 -3mm pedals in my 29er to make the q closer to my road…
ive been using Schalwbe Ice Spiker Pros for the last 3 winters on my 29er (still on the same original pair going into 4th season now). not exactly sure how far ive ridden on them but it would be at least 5000km. the…
Thanks for the input guys. Thant Holdsworth looks good. i only say 50/34 chainrings mentioned on the page for the 2x complete bike versions. but yeah that doesn't mean 52/36 cant fit. but it is more expensive than the…
Hi folks, I've been reading the forums here for a little while now as I'm in the process of building up my first gravel bike. The bike will be used predominantly (unfortunately) for training on winter roads with studded…
Thanks for the reply widrisfaster! I would go back to round rings for the shift quality anyway...but it’s just not as comfortable for me. I’ve tried. But maybe I’ll have to try harder. But I hadn’t considered the extra…
Can anyone tell me if a 50/34 oval chainset will work in this frame? I’ve heard that with the original open up and exploro frames you need to govtwo teeth smaller if using oval rings. This will be used primarily for…
Has anyone managed to find decent mudguards/fenders for these frames? I’m assuming clip on fenders are the only option but I haven’t had much luck with the ones I’ve tried in the past. I’m considering buying a frameset…