The Cycling Thread

[Ch00]

Originally Posted by maviczap

I'm going out to see it today

Although I know they'll just whizz by, so its not much to go and see really

Me too !!

Going to Silvertown Way in sunny East London.

[maviczap]

enjoy!

[Luckypants]

I was up on Holme Moss yesterday, it was brilliant! I even managed to be waved through the closed roads to ride up on the VFR. Fantastic day out.


and a couple of lads from our riding group met us on the hill



The photos are on FB, so I hope you can see them

[maviczap]

Nice day today, drove over part of the way and then cycled the last few miles, as I had to do the school run first.

Todays stage

[kaivalagi]

Well I've finally had enough of my BB that came with the Boardman MX Comp hybrid I bought recently, it's well and truly fooked! It's a ****ty power spline based internal BB that the chainset fits to so to upgrade it I've also got to upgrade the chainset...

I ended up getting an SRAM Apex chainset (in black) with external GXP BB included, for a bargain price of £65 from Tredz...now the chain rings are a little strange on this sale item as they're 46/38T, i.e. very close together, more cyclocross sizing I guess, but I figure it'll do me well for my commute as I don't hit the top 2 gears with a 48T front and the 32T front is just way too small for most things.

Can you guys see any issue with the above? The bike has a hybrid style groupset on it called SRam Via Centro which is a 2x10 setup just like the Apex so I figured the Apex should fit nicely into the existing parts with some front derailleur adjustment only...

If this "free" BB goes eventually I'll then upgrade to a decent one, such as a hope...got myself the necessary ext BB socket, internal 20 notch tool for the existing BB and a crank extractor too so I'll sort it all out myself from now on

Have I missed anything of concern?

[maviczap]

Non that I can think of, the differences between the chainwheels will mean the range of gears you have is less, but as you found out, the previous 32t front was pretty redundant.

I'd buy a close ratio cassette block once the one you have wears out, as I guess they've fitted one with a dinner plate sized first cog?

Where you live, you could probably get away with a 12 - 25 cassette?

[kaivalagi]

Yeah, dinner plate first cog for sure...I'll definitely swap out for a closer ratio cassette when the time is right...I think SRAM don't go lower than 12T on the rear so it'll be 12T up to the lower end like you've suggested...

Likely to be headset bearing kit next too...why do they put such cheap crap bearings on an otherwise great bike...very annoying!

edit: 11-23 also available....I'll see once I get running with the smaller outer front ring
Need some new tyres soon too, the rear trail is getting a little thing in the center...time for more road orientated to not slow me down so much

[maviczap]

To reach the price point dear boy, to reach the price point

[maviczap]

Is it 9 or 10 speed?

I've got a couple of 9 speed cassettes kicking around

[kaivalagi]

10 speed

No worries, £35 for a new 12/25T cassette when the time comes, not gonna break the bank...just have to skip the first 2 gears for now