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I put my bike on the bus and now the chain can't stay on
If the pedals keep moving when your feet are completely clear, then they're being pushed/pulled by the chain, which is being driven by a jammed up freehub inside the rear cassette. The sound of ...
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Are all top of the line components always compromising on durability in order to save weight?
This question covers a lot of ground because ultimately it breaks down to observations on every cost/durability/weight compromise area on every type of component, and on top of that there are major ...
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Does a 3x to 1x conversion make sense for this bike?
What I'd do, on a budget, is lock the front mech in the middle ring, disconnect the cable, and fit the widest range 7-speed cassette I could find online (11-32 or 12-34 is common, 11-34 available, 11-...
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Does a 3x to 1x conversion make sense for this bike?
A 7 speed cassette is a rare thing now days. I use them on my wet-day road bike and no bike shop stocks them. Check its not a 7 speed freewheel instead of a cassette.
A 6, 7, and an 8 speed ...
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Does a 3x to 1x conversion make sense for this bike?
Cost wise it is probably not a great investment to change the front of the drive train. At some point it becomes a better value proposition to sell the bike and use those funds, plus what it would ...
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Running DUB wide crank with 52mm chainline
Presuming you have FC-XX-1-C2/00.6118.608.001 it shouldn't be a problem to do this with a 6mm offset ring. I believe that is the only permutation of XX1 DUB Wide, but SRAM often makes it difficult to ...
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