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    Front dérailleur solution for smaller chainring

    I have recently converted my Q45 to 2 x 11 as I wanted lower gears for Bike Packing. I am going to ride the Tour of Aotearoa next march which is a 3000 km unsupported ride the length of New Zealand. My new chainrings are a Shimano 36/26 mountain chain ring. I used a Shimano E type front...
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    Q45 hub size

    Hi , I am ordering new wheels and I am hoping that someone can confirm what the hub sizes are for a Q45. I think that the front hub is 130mm and the rear hub is 100mm. Is this correct ?
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    Front derailleur stalk for compact chainrings

    I have a Silvio 1.5 with a 50/34 compact chainring . The front derailleur stalk positions the front derailleur over 10mm from the big chainring , when the gap between the derailleur and the big chainring should be 1.5 mm. Reading other peoples posts leads me to believe that the front derailleur...
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    Converting Silvio 1.5 to 650B wheels

    I have been reading about converting 700c bikes to 650b . It looks reasonably straight forward to convert the Silvio 1.5 by simply installing longer reach brakes. Has any one tried this and were there any fishhooks to the conversion . Also what size tyres would the bike accept with 650B wheels ?
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