The Murky World of Bicycle Upgrades & Tuning 

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Hell yeah.

Knipex! Greetings from Germany.

Keep the fork air seals covered with a clean cloth and masking tape to hold it in position whilst cutting the steerer tube to the desired length .

Thanks Mike.

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@@Mapdec OK then! My take (no intention to call it right): - f* Microspline. Too niche, no definite benefit other than saying you have XTR all over (and I believe the cassette is SLX anyway). Garbaruk cassette then, bit of extra orange too. Yes, 50 or 52 biggest cog instead of 51, derailleur should deal with it anyway; - both hubs Centerlock, at first thought about non-boost front with adapters in case these wheels could go on a gravel eventually, but then actually found there are boost Centerlocks. And well, if gravel bike happens, it may have its own front wheel; - both headset cups EC: more orange! Less spacers! - won't upgrade to boost crankset, smaller Q-factor is beneficial for XC. Also less crosschaining in lower gears. Unless BB and frame specifically ask for boost, which is not if I got it right from your talk... Also, when building wheels, go in order radial-dish-tension-lateral. With high quality hubs and properly calculated spoke length all it takes to get 90% of the result is to count nipple turns. Lastly, I then might start a quest to minimize black color. Unfortunately with carbon rims you can't fully eradicate it.

@@Mapdec most important thing: if not for custumer absolute must, wouldn't even deal with CK. There are perfect out of the box bearings that do not need to work themself in. And offer all combinations of axle standards.

@@feedbackzaloop that’s all valid and was part of our chats.

@@Mapdec communication is the key☝

Glad you like it!

Nice.

Thank you Kevin.

Thank you kindly

Glad you enjoy it!

He’s more of a lost in a frozen blizzard type of guy. 😂

@@Mapdec 🤣🤣🤣

Yeah. You might need to do some adapting of the standard options. Speak to a dealer and they should take care of it all.

I know right

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The new 1x12sp GRX uses the same cassette in the video. Its hyperglide+ tooth profile, but the freehub is microspline. Needed for the the 10t cog. There are 11-50 cassettes available with 11t cog, but to really benefit from 1x that 10t is quite important

@@Mapdec ULTEGRA R8100 12-speed cassette range, 11-30 or 11-34 with both Shimano 11 and 12-speed FREEHUB bodies. Shimano did this for their 2x12 new GRX Group. Not that anyone would ever run a 2x12 or could run a 2X on a mountain bike but this allows Shimano loyalists to switch to 12 speed and use the HG free hub. I’m sure other cassettes will eventually come out with 12-Speed and HG standard

Good luck. I hope this helped.

76.6k. Almost there. Thank you

I was so tempted. Angus turned up early 😂

Thanks 👍

Always. Nothing leaves here short of perfect.

Not as much as a new bike.

@@Mapdec more than I can afford then lol

Good to know. We go through a UK distributor.

Can fit a slackerizer that would slacken the head angle and possibly steepen the seat angle

Yes. Move saddle forward a bit. 🤏

They do, my components are all orange, mixture of Hope and Burgtec

Yeah. It’s ingrained in my brain.

Proper adaptors are ok. But the loose ones you see on eBay are nasty.

@@Mapdecwhat is a recommended adaptor I have 6 bolt rotors and am looking at a rockshock sid charger

@@ilovekale try problemsolvers or hope ones

Oh. Ask the audience. 😱

You didn’t notice the top cap? Damm videographer did the beauty shots before the PDI while I was on lunch 😂.

Yeah. Not as easy as Hope pick and mix.

CK just came out with a pick and mix last week!

And cheaper than their usual option! +50% of the price for PNP to the UK. 😬

umm. I am not sure on this one.

@@Mapdec steel as far as i no

It doesn’t really work like that in practice. Winding a nipple up to that force would often strip it. In factories they use a machine to do this. When we hand build we would get to about 100kg with tyre off. Inflate a tyre, bring the tensions to about 110 now the nipples are easier to turn again and when you deflate you should be about bang on. It’s rare to see 120kg as recommended. It’s usually the max. The max on these crank bros are 140kg I think.

@@Mapdec maybe it's due to how I lubricate the spoke threads or the type of spoke I build with, but I can easily go over 130 accidentally (measured using a calibrated digital tension meter) as you can get from 120 to about 140 in less than a full turn. In any case wheelbuilding is always as much of an art as a science.

@@doncrescas yep. Totally. As as you know different rims can be touch or smooth on the inside too. I usually lube with a bit of chain oil. What do you use?

@@Mapdec after the initial loose lacing I feed a tiny drop of triflow into the back if the nipple which works it's way down.

Cool idea!

Crown race and star nut.

It won’t take long to google.

@@Mapdec prices should vary by region and direct vs from destributor.

CK colab.

I think CK do the anodising so the colours match

Reports are good so far. It was very steep to begin with.

£70 for a wheel build. The rest of the work was on an hourly rate I think. A full strip down and rebuild with us is £160.

@@Mapdec Thank you for a fast an to the point answer :)

CK colab

Probabaly XTR. It had a good preload system different to usual Shimano and they are still durable enough for MTB.

No, those are the m8000 series non-boost cranks

@@Dwaynefreeman m8000 exists in both boost and non-boost. There is even non-boost triple, but not this time though

Indeed, it's the same with the 'perfectionist' label, alot of folk will be mocked a perfectionist but they're not, they're more likely a rightist (they'll like things right if possible) but can let it go.

The distributor swap them out.

Nah. The orange scheme is Sic. Works so well with Teal.

Campg Chorus

@@Mapdec any other option that is not campy? Thanks

@@Pertemba40 only retro stuff really.

Unhelpful… what would you do?

@@Mapdec Hey it's his money, but that's a lot of expensive upgrades on an older spec frame - 2 CK hubs to make 1 that fits..!! It's not a cheap way to go!!