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I want to change a chainring 52 R7000 to a new 52 R8000 - will it fit?
Yes, the R8000 chainring is a direct and compatible replacement for the R7000 chainring. Shifting challenges could present themselves if the two chainrings are of a different tooth count, but being ...
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Shimano cassette replacement compatibility
The CS-HG400-9 from Shimano would be a suitable replacement.
Your CS-HG61-9 comes in different sprocket configurations (11-32, 11-34, 11-28 and 12-36). The first number is the number of teeth of the ...
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Shimano cassette replacement compatibility
Any other 9-speed cassette will do (whatever the brand), provided that the size of the different cogs (the extremes in fact) are compatible with the derailleur.
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Old Raleigh Marathon road bike with new Shimano 105 crankset – What bottom bracket is needed?
To make the crank go in the bike, you need any ISO aka BSA threaded Shimano road Hollowtech 2 bottom bracket. Put differently, any of them that isn't Italian.
You have to be concerned with the ...
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Shimano FC-RS510 compatibility with Shimano Ultegra 6800 and Shimano R7000
In the Shimano universe, their compatibility charts are very handy.
This chart only shows the 11 and 12 speed road groups, but the same collection of bottom brackets exist in the corresponding 10 ...
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Shimano FC-RS510 compatibility with Shimano Ultegra 6800 and Shimano R7000
Yes, the parts will be compatible. You will unify everything to road 11-speed. With Shimano, everything is compatible here. The Ultegra vs. 105 cassettes only differ in weight. For cranksets it is ...
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Experiential difference between road and gravel bikes?
How close? This really comes down to what each manufacturer offers. Some will make their gravel frames/forks different than their road offerings to give better performance and rider experience in ...
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Why do the ISO/ETRTO numbers not match the English measure on my Tires?
The 44-507 and 47-507 are "ISO/ETRTO" tire sizes. The 44 and 47 are widths in millimeters, and the 507 just relates to the 24 inch diameter.
So the 44 "should" be a little ...
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Ultegra R8000 rim brake compatible with Zipp 303 Firecrest?
This is an elaboration of a comment I made on olliebulle's answer. Shimano's carbon pads may not work optimally with other rims. That does not mean they won't work on other rims. Rather, rim ...
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Experience fitting Continental GP 5000 folding tyres to Mavic Allroad Elite Ust Disc Wheelset
NB I wanted to put this as a comment, but don't have enough rep.
What's your current process for putting a tyre on/off?
I've got some Allroad's and the trick for Conti Gatorskins is to move both sides ...
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Ultegra R8000 rim brake compatible with Zipp 303 Firecrest?
For a wheel to be compatible, it needs to respect three criteria:
Rim width (maximum width allowed is affected by brake shoes)
Tire thickness
Tire outer diameter
For the BR-R8000 with carbon wheels, ...
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Looking to put my 40-year-old mtn bike on a smart trainer
There's not an easy way of doing this that maintains easy interchangeability with your existing wheel and freewheel.
Bicycles with thru-axles didn't exist in the 80s. You have a quick release or ...
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Looking to put my 40-year-old mtn bike on a smart trainer
You might have some luck fitting a 7 or 8 speed cassette to your trainer.
This is because 6-7-8 speed chain is all very similar in width, and every time an additional gear is added, the cassette gets ...
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Looking to put my 40-year-old mtn bike on a smart trainer
I mostly know just know 6-speed freewheels. Those obviously cannot be used on a cassette-hub trainer.
There are some old 6-speed Uniglide cassettes and they used a different kind of hub and will most ...
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12 speed sram DUB chainring compatibility
I don't think you need to swap the chainring. From one of my favourite online resellers of bike parts I get the following description of a Sram NX crankset (MTB group):
This means they sell the same ...
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