shmoodiver wrote:what colour shoes am i wearing?

White freezing works gumboots?

pushbikerider wrote:

shmoodiver wrote:what colour shoes am i wearing?

White freezing works gumboots?

DUDE! You must have ESPN

shmoodiver wrote:

pushbikerider wrote:

shmoodiver wrote:what colour shoes am i wearing?

White freezing works gumboots?

DUDE! You must have ESPN

Euro soccer replay on at the mo, you're not missing anything.

BHUT IHTS FHOOOOOOOOTBHAAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!!!

mudlover/hater wrote:No bends in the chainring, Oli thanks. It's a SRAM 971 with a missing link thingy.

Stick another wheel on it.
don't have one? grab a mates. At the very least it will narrow down your search

has any one got a 953 frame yet.. I have heard there better than Ti??

'Better' how?

well i don't know i was wondering if any one has got a 953?

What are the small bolts in the brake pad holders which sit under the pads on dura ace 7800 brakes for?

Not the ones in the back of the pads which retain the pads.
I can't see they are attached to anything, and the rubbish set of pads I had in the brakes have worn in 6 months and the bolts have been scrapping on the rims and have worn grooves in the rims.
yes, poor maintenance I know.
I'm swapping the pads out but can I remove these bolts as well? They dont seem to be doing anything

I'm not allergic to shellfish, I just don't really like it....

cruiser wrote:wiggle each link, looking for tight spot (but I've found chain with tight link will skip without load too)

Chainring?

can you check your old chain length or swap chainrings for a goodie, could tell you you have a worn chainring.

305mm point to point is new, I can't tell you the guru details, but a few mm over won't help.

Thanks... The old chain is bang on 305mm from pin to pin...

Phunk - It's a hardtail so no effects from rear suspension.... Have thought about the jockey wheels but the derailleur's not older than a couple of years...

Would it be worth a try popping the derailleur off and having a tutu with the hanger with a adjustable spanner?

It happens more just after I've changed gear. But also at random when I'm pushing hard-ish on the pedals...

Cheers for all the helpful and humourous suggestions.

SlackBoy wrote:

mudlover/hater wrote:No bends in the chainring, Oli thanks. It's a SRAM 971 with a missing link thingy.

Stick another wheel on it.
don't have one? grab a mates. At the very least it will narrow down your search

To rule out the freehub? Good idea. I'll try it when it stops raining, thanks O Slack one.

mudlover/hater wrote:I'm not allergic to shellfish, I just don't really like it....

cruiser wrote:wiggle each link, looking for tight spot (but I've found chain with tight link will skip without load too)

Chainring?

can you check your old chain length or swap chainrings for a goodie, could tell you you have a worn chainring.

305mm point to point is new, I can't tell you the guru details, but a few mm over won't help.

Thanks... The old chain is bang on 305mm from pin to pin...

Phunk - It's a hardtail so no effects from rear suspension.... Have thought about the jockey wheels but the derailleur's not older than a couple of years...

Would it be worth a try popping the derailleur off and having a tutu with the hanger with a adjustable spanner?

It happens more just after I've changed gear. But also at random when I'm pushing hard-ish on the pedals...

Cheers for all the helpful and humourous suggestions.

assuming you are not shitting us NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
take to good LBS who will have the appropriate tool

they should be happy to help you for 1/2 a dozen oysters or so . . .

wolffman1 wrote:What are the small bolts in the brake pad holders which sit under the pads on dura ace 7800 brakes for?
Not the ones in the back of the pads which retain the pads.

They are supposed to be some kind of plastic, and they are to stop the metal pad holder or tyre guide from eating into your rim when the pads get worn down. There will be cases where to get the full life out of the pads you will need to remove the screws and just check more regularly.

I saw a comment by one rider that on his skinny aero rims the tyre guide would touch the rim well before the pads were worn out.

I guess this has been introduced to cope with extra variability in the pad angle caused by people using a wider range of rim widths with top-end brakes nowadays. If the 7800 has shorter lower arms that would increase variability too.

When Shimano brake inserts are so cheap, I'm not sure why you'd quibble over the last 1mm or so of material before replacing them - all it would take is for it to start raining in the middle of a hilly ride and you'd be looking at much more than just a set of pads.

XCrazy wrote:

steak and cheese wrote:Aside from the gum sidewalls on the Evo SC, is there actually any difference between the Vittoria open corsa Evo SC and the Evo CX?

AFAIK they're the same weight and both have 320tpi casings.

Different rubber compounds. Supposedly the CX rubber is super sketch in the wet but the SC is better (so the internet forums tell me).

I did some more research. You were right that the SC has a slightly different compound along with a different tread pattern.

The result is that the SC has slightly better grip but the tradeoff is that if wears out slightly faster.