The General Bike Question Thread

Bar tape: black

Two other questions from me which kinds of bug me.

1. Why are there so many cranksets that you see for sale with "heel rub". I mean if your heel is rubbing off the cranks (even with overshoes) then surely your shoe or bike fit is an issue and it must feel brutal when cycling?

2. With the popularity of compact crank sets why are there so many bikes running cassettes with 30 or 34 sprockets. Where in Ireland would on a roadbike would you need gears that low.?

1. it doesn't take much rub to remove the coating off a crankset. The rear question is why do manufacturers insist on coating cranks instead of leaving them in their natural state.
2. it doesn't matter how low your lowest gear is...at some point you'll wish you had a lower one! :)

Is there any way to fix this? I'm between jobs right now so cant afford to replace things.

I need the bike for a 30 min commute too 😢

Don't know it ...just googled it.

Here's a better one in Kerry

https://pjammcycling.com/climb/3128.Short-Mountain-South

I have done it but not for a loooooong time.

but aside from the lower gearing which anyone might need occasionally, the cassette having this range surely puts an annoying gaps between gears?

Absolutely bang on. The bike industry is gone bananas, poorly fixing sh1t that ain't broke to divert attention away from massive price increases and massive weight increases, while sneaking **** Claris groupsets onto 1100 euro bike builds with cable operated disk brakes.

Just like Giant sticking aero bars and deep section rims on everything so that you think 4000 euro is good value for 105. 😡😡