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My freehub fell to bits on Sunday I ordered some new Hunt wheels... Monday they started their Black Friday sales... Tbf, I bought because they had a price guarantee, so I should be getting a refund soon.

But, anyone looking for some new wheels, take a look at Hunt as they have up to 40% off at the moment.
 
So we have wheels, 105 Di2, just need someone to come in with a banging frameset deal.
 
So, the Hunt wheels I ordered were £449, but when I logged in, they sent me a £50 voucher to use, so I paid £399. Then they dropped the price by 40%, so I emailed asking if they would still honour the £50 off, fully expecting the voucher to not be valid on reduced wheels. Yesterday I got a reply, along the lines of 'Actually, when we took a look at the voucher setup, we realised we'd set it up wrong! Thanks! Have the £50 off too to say thanks!'
 
Yeah, after having 3 freehubs fail, I thought I would try a different brand, but I don't need anything expensive. These were literally the cheapest wheels they do.
 
AndyCr15 said:
Yeah, after having 3 freehubs fail, I thought I would try a different brand, but I don't need anything expensive. These were literally the cheapest wheels they do.
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should've of got some fat boy elite 45/55mm carbons from China! I've had no issues with mine. Very loud freewheel tho which I dislike.
 
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grudas said:
some fat boy elite 45/55mm carbons
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I've specifically come away from deep dish. I have some very good 50mm (Back might even be 59mm) which I've replaced with 33mm. There are other reasons, but part of the decision was around being blown all over the place on fast mountain descents.
 
I do like modern bikes with the fully integrated cables but boy do they make it a faff to change anything in the cockpit. The bike I bought had 100mm stem and some rather swanky but narrow carbon bars. 380mm not really my thing for my 17-18mph average speed. Swapping them and stem required a full re-pipe and it's really quite tricky, especially with stiff cables that have been coiled tight in shimano packaging. Then once you've done it you've still got the brake bleed and bar tape to do.

Probably best I wasn't charging my bike mechanic skills by the hour!
 
Calpol said:
I do like modern bikes with the fully integrated cables but boy do they make it a faff to change anything in the cockpit. The bike I bought had 100mm stem and some rather swanky but narrow carbon bars. 380mm not really my thing for my 17-18mph average speed. Swapping them and stem required a full re-pipe and it's really quite tricky, especially with stiff cables that have been coiled tight in shimano packaging. Then once you've done it you've still got the brake bleed and bar tape to do.

Probably best I wasn't charging my bike mechanic skills by the hour!
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Yeah but it does look nice doesn't it! :p
 
I know I'm usually having a whinge about drivers on here after a ride but today I am pleased to report a nice encounter. Honestly, most of the time I find that the guys fixing the roads are nice and wave you through or at least tell you where you can get through but had a little chat with one bloke working on a particularly **** bit of road (unfortunately he was doing specific fixes to gas stuff) and then there was a tarmac truck just dumping some stuff on the road to be used and completely blocking the way through. He saw me, waved, got in the truck and lowered the bed and moved it out of the way so I could get past. Very kind.
 
Hey you crazy kids, miss me!? Changed my PC at work and the replacement Google Chrome refuses to Verify my Google account on it so didn't pull my tabs/logins across so not been back for probably a month (ooops)

AndyCr15 said:
The bolt in my GoPro mount got rounded off. I've been drilling and cutting and I think I've almost freed the GoPro, but now need to replace the mount. The pack on Specialized's website is almost £50. I can get it cheaper at around £20 I think, but I thought I would ask on the off chance, does anyone have the circled mount going spare?

GoPro Mount.webp


Thanks.
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I might have one of these, I'll have a dig later. I'm using thay Bryton mount so know I don't have that exact one spare - but look for Barfly and K-Edge as I know both of them had outfront mounts, that then offered an additional camera mount like that to screw on the bottom.

fez said:

Shimano 105 Di2 Disc 12-Speed Groupset with Disc Rotors

The new Shimano 105 introduces Di2 shifting to a broader range of cyclists. For riders accustomed to mechanical shifting and ergonomics, Shimano 105 Di2…
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Hard to argue with that price for 12 speed 105 di2
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Mega price.

If anyone spots STI shifters cheap let me know, I re-used my 105 di2 which got battered on my first Tarmac and the right shifter has been through 2 sets of batteries now in about 4-5 months so defo something wrong with it.

AndyCr15 said:
Yeah, after having 3 freehubs fail,
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What kind of fails? Bearings or something more?

Calpol said:
Then once you've done it you've still got the brake bleed and bar tape to do.

Probably best I wasn't charging my bike mechanic skills by the hour!
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Yeah dread to think how much faffing I did swapping the 11 speed DI2 to modern 12 speed DI2. One crazy thing to look out for which caught me out - the 'older' hydraulic hoses bolt into the shifter and the inline bolts are very similar in size. Similar but different! I had my right one suddenly spring a leak and comparing the bolts side by side they are slightly different threads and one is longer, so I think old bolts into new shifters either don't bottom out the olive-barb!
 
Roady said:
What kind of fails? Bearings or something more?
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Well, the recent one kinda ground to a halt. Seeing it afterwards, it looked like something might have got in it and ground parts to the point of breaking. Very odd. One time, literally, it all just fell apart. I couldn't tell you the other time, it just started spinning both ways.
 
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