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Nice one Ivan.  In that Nice one Ivan. In that heat. Horrible. PS your mudguards are something else.

I agree with cplager.  From I agree with cplager. From bitter experience, in London not NYC. The first bent I owned. I thought that the nickers could be divided into two categories - those who wanted to take the bike away and sell it, and those who wanted to ride it immediately. I thought...

Starting from stationary, Starting from stationary, that is what concerns me. I intend eventually to be commuting on mine. When I finally get it assembled. If Ivan can do it, so can we.

Right.  Thanks to BentBierz Right. Thanks to BentBierz for the wisdom. XX1 it is, then.

When the White CX11 arrives I When the White CX11 arrives I will take the wheel to the LBS and ask them to replace the Rohloff with the White. White say the CX11 fits the Sram XX1, so I am considering that, but can these forks take an 11-speed cassette? Looking around this forum makes me feel...

Okay, I feel a bit of a twit. Okay, I feel a bit of a twit. You all said I should not do it. The LBS said I should not do it. They said I should not attempt to file the dropouts either. I read the thread of georgec, but I could not do anything like that. With regret, I am putting the...

File it the dropouts? 2.5 mm File it the dropouts? 2.5 mm each side sounds like a small amount to take away. I think one problem is that the hub is touching the forks as well as the dropouts, because the axle plate is so big. On my Grasshopper the dropouts are bigger.

Mine has a tiny gap, almost Mine has a tiny gap, almost invisible, thinner than a human hair, so I am confident about it.

The dropouts look as though The dropouts look as though they are flat-on to the hub. If there is an angle, it must be a degree or less, because the forks are only slightly spread. I haven't actually ridden it yet, but I pulled and pushed the wheel and it seems completely secure. The...

I turned the bike upside-down I turned the bike upside-down and stood over it with one leg each side. The wheel went in fairly easily that way. I then slotted the gear hanger in. You should try the Grasshopper. I just got a Park stand because it is so difficult to get the wheel back on...

The disks are 160 and 140 The disks are 160 and 140 because that is what Doug Burton did. I have a Monkeybone and OEM2 axleplate. I keep running out of time, and being incompetent makes me slow anyway, but soon I will start fitting the Hope brakes. I was trying to design a colour-scheme in a...

I like the way this seat I like the way this seat curves in at the shoulders, like the Grasshopper seat. I was on my Grasshopper and I was hit from the side by a car. The car hit the end of the handlebars and the side of the seat, and not my hand or my bum. If the seat had been any...

The only thing I have done is The only thing I have done is put the wheels on but I had to post this anyway. After thinking the hub would fit I thought for a while that it wouldn't. To those who are considering this hub: yes you can.

The Rohloff has landed.   The Rohloff has landed.

Major stage reached.  I got a Major stage reached. I got a compatible BB and fitted it and now the front triangle is together. I have the basis of a bike. I wanted to get a compatible crankset quickly, but I will probably get rid of the cranks eventually. Because I have Rohloff I will...

My BB is Shimano UN55.  It My BB is Shimano UN55. It fits into the BB shell perfectly. How can it be the wrong type? Is the clamp supposed to grip the BB cups?

Another problem.  The B Another problem. The B bracket shell seems to be too small both in diameter and length for the clamp. The rings of the clamp are too far apart for them to clamp the shell. I found screws that fit the rings of the clamp and screwed them as tight as they go. I have...

My colleague at work said I My colleague at work said I should buy a drill bit for metal. He said drilling would be quick. Drill made no impression. I bought a bigger bit. It got stuck in the hole, and then flew out of the drill. When I bought the file it took ten minutes to get the bolts...

Reassured Reassured to read that. I tried to drill it but made no impression. Going to buy a file. Why can't the company that makes these drill holes accurately?

Where the rear stay meets the Where the rear stay meets the seat stay, the holes do not line up. I can't get the bolts through. Has this happened to anyone else? How can this be fixed?