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Is your derailleur compatible with both the chainring size and spacing and the shift lever model? Mismatched or worn out components are the most common cause of poor front shifting - even the wrong chainring (from the same groupset even) can ruin it, but it could be a bent or worn cage, damaged...

I'll pm you👍

Ballaugh Bridge, Isle of man https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballaugh_Bridge?wprov=sfla1

Here it is, from the more famous angle

Anything that gets me out on a bike is a good thing😃 Also after riding up a mountain is always good to have a reason to take a photograph. Unusual that it's of a railway🤣 they are usually located at the bottom of the hill

"Snowdon" is the same name, but in English. The Sierra nevada, basically also.

In the background, Working since 1895😍

9mm hole implies front wheel to fit smoothly over the axle, act as a guide?

Awful name😪 Most modern frame developments are for carbon fibre not steel, so once you build it up with internal cables, tapered fork, aero seatpost, through axles, flat-mount disc tabs, push-fit or os bb, it's starting to look a bit odd, but costing quite a bit more to make than a traditional...

Tbf Rx100 isn't "low" quality, it's functional and unfussy. 7sp fhb iirc

I've cycled round the tt course a couple of times in the past Noticeable today when I was on a few miles of the mountain section, I got aggressed three times by motorists😪 I'm going to mention it to the tourist board, because the cycling is great, and tourism is their no2 industry after...

Not far from Windy Corner, these guys the last trees up the mountain.

Hired a bike hence the plasticity thing. Only the rider and his clothing is retro today. Up over the mountain Down to Ballaugh Back up the mountain, Shame I didn't have one of my own bikes

One of the world's most famous small bridges

I don't see that it's under stress at that point? In reality, damaged carbon is worthless but potentially usable - you could just fill it, smooth it off and then monitor closely - professionally speaking it's a write-off because the structure of the material is too hard to determine. But...