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how long are they?
(I sometimes use long socks with 3/4 bibs)
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(I sometimes use long socks with 3/4 bibs)
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Roughly upto the bottom of your calf muscle - with 'longs' you'd possibly have 4" of flesh visible "
Sittingduck
Legendary Member
- Location
- Somewhere flat
got 2 pairs on order from yesterday, thought I'd splash the cash at 20p
If no good they can be bike rags...
Scottish Scrutineer
Veteran
- Location
- Fife, Scotland
beware that these are not the merino wool socks, but the summer weight Sorbitek version
Spiderweb
Not So Special One
- Location
- North Yorkshire
I bought 3 at £6.99 to maintain the 6/7/8 speed bikes in my fleet. Our internet went off at the end of the checkout process but I did eventually complete. However, It seems I’ve ordered twice, 2 parcels arrived each with 3x8 speed and 1x9 speed chains!
Well stocked up😂
RoubaixCube
~Tribanese~
- Location
- London, UK
One of my main gripes about PlanetX is they have pretty much abolished free delivery. I could add one of their titanium bikes to my basket and they'll still charge me £30 to have it delivered. minimum for P&P is £4. They've really gone from being this big name that stocked a lot of kit from other brands to selling almost their own branded stuff and cheap copies of expensive lights that are made in china.
after factoring in the cost of P&P it brings it more in line with high street prices which means i have no reason to shop with them unless its something that i cant get anywhere else or an extremely ludicrous deal like the socks.
gaijintendo
Veteran
- Location
- Scotchland
My P&P is showing as £6.99! Erk
- Location
- London
I keep a list of things I want from them - if I get bumped up a level on postage (I once added a tyre which cost about £7 and had the postage jump about £7 to over £14 so that came straight off) for no great benefit I just save until next time and the next offer.
I still consider them good, but yep, their range is very restricted these days.
fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
- Location
- South Manchester
Common sense - only order when you need other stuff. Works for me.
FishFright
More wheels than sense
I've got 5 in the basket but the postage is £3.99 , may as well add a couple of other bits. Damn you PX and your successful marketing !
- Location
- London
time to go looking through their weird and wonderful collection of oddball remaindered bits and fittings.
Some of which they will probably still be trying to shift when the bomb drops.
they used to do a good clamp for getting band-on mechs onto older frames.
Also a good collection of small cases for 50p or £1 - light so don't whack up postage.
Scotchlovingcylist
Formerly known as Speedfreak
Vavert inner tubes 2 for £5 in Go Outdoors with a members card. Think this maybe a standard thing but never realised so just stocked up 
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
- Location
- London
seem to recall that you have bigged up that Acera mech before Reynolds,
Can you tell us what's so good about it? (I have always vaguely had the idea that acera rear mechs might be weaker/less durable than some - maybe because I have a some 20 year old high end rear mechs that seem to have a lot of solid steel in them rather than the "plate" you get in some cheaper mechs. My old ones also seem to have vert strong pivots and springs.
I think i have one somewhere in the spares box - have sometimes vaguely pondered its big jockey wheels - seems you only ever get these on supposedly "low-end" stuff and stuff at the high end claiming to be particularly clever by using them. all very odd.
Would also be interested in your views if any on Microshift cassettes.
Yes I have an 8 speed - thanks for the heads up.
avecReynolds531
Veteran
- Location
- Small Island
Maybe we got a good example of an Acera: previous Shimano derailleurs used were 8 or 9-speed Alivio/ Deore and a 105.
From memory, the M360 seems to be quieter, runs smoother, and with better shifting - that's clearly a subjective view, and I don't have the knowledge to explain why objectively, a cheaper derailleur could function more efficiently than more expensive options. It's been durable too, through nearly ten years of winter commutes, tours & some forest tracks/ bridleways.
(For decades, the road bikes here were always Record or Chorus which were faultless & beautifully made.)
It seems refreshing that in the constant wave of expectation to upgrade, further expense, and - what looks like - planned obsolescence, such an inexpensive derailleur has worked really well for us. Intriguingly, Rivendell rate the Acera highly, but even prefer the Altus*:
'The best-designed cheap rear derailer in existence. Most derailers have 11t pulleys, and that works well. The ALTUS has a 13t top pulley and a 15t bottom one, and what's the big deal there.
The bigger pulleys "use up" more chain, so the derailer cage that houses them don't need to be as long and low-hangy. Plus, the bigger pulleys turn more freely. There is no reason on godsgoodearth that all derailers shouldn't have big pulleys, and maybe someday they will. But for now it's the ALTUS, a super-shifting Shimano.
This is my/Grant's personal favorite rear derailer, but that doesn't mean it should be yours. I like it because the pulleys are huge (13t for the top one, 15t for the bottom one, compared to 11/11 on a normal rear derailer). This means they take up more chainslack and don't need as long a cage. The bigger pulleys turn easier, too. I don't care about that, but I find it interesting that Campagnolo retrofits giant pulleys on its derailers for pro riders sometimes, to reduce turning friction.
The thing I really like is that Shimano introduced this big-pulley design near the low-end of its range, probably because they felt it was too risky to introduce on their elite models, figuring the low-brows wouldn't be as tradition-bound. So there it is: Shimano's best design in a cheap derailer. There are now becoming some other Altus variants. The groovy one is the M310.'
* https://www.rivbike.com/products/sh...00289&pr_ref_pid=4372421476463&pr_seq=uniform
The Microshift cassette has been fine so far - durable and with good shifting. Again, maybe we got a good example.
Didn't find the spaces between gears (in the chosen 12-32 sprockets) to be difficult. Some reviews criticised the weight of the cassette, but that's not a consideration for us.
From memory, the M360 seems to be quieter, runs smoother, and with better shifting - that's clearly a subjective view, and I don't have the knowledge to explain why objectively, a cheaper derailleur could function more efficiently than more expensive options. It's been durable too, through nearly ten years of winter commutes, tours & some forest tracks/ bridleways.
(For decades, the road bikes here were always Record or Chorus which were faultless & beautifully made.)
It seems refreshing that in the constant wave of expectation to upgrade, further expense, and - what looks like - planned obsolescence, such an inexpensive derailleur has worked really well for us. Intriguingly, Rivendell rate the Acera highly, but even prefer the Altus*:
'The best-designed cheap rear derailer in existence. Most derailers have 11t pulleys, and that works well. The ALTUS has a 13t top pulley and a 15t bottom one, and what's the big deal there.
The bigger pulleys "use up" more chain, so the derailer cage that houses them don't need to be as long and low-hangy. Plus, the bigger pulleys turn more freely. There is no reason on godsgoodearth that all derailers shouldn't have big pulleys, and maybe someday they will. But for now it's the ALTUS, a super-shifting Shimano.
This is my/Grant's personal favorite rear derailer, but that doesn't mean it should be yours. I like it because the pulleys are huge (13t for the top one, 15t for the bottom one, compared to 11/11 on a normal rear derailer). This means they take up more chainslack and don't need as long a cage. The bigger pulleys turn easier, too. I don't care about that, but I find it interesting that Campagnolo retrofits giant pulleys on its derailers for pro riders sometimes, to reduce turning friction.
The thing I really like is that Shimano introduced this big-pulley design near the low-end of its range, probably because they felt it was too risky to introduce on their elite models, figuring the low-brows wouldn't be as tradition-bound. So there it is: Shimano's best design in a cheap derailer. There are now becoming some other Altus variants. The groovy one is the M310.'
* https://www.rivbike.com/products/sh...00289&pr_ref_pid=4372421476463&pr_seq=uniform
The Microshift cassette has been fine so far - durable and with good shifting. Again, maybe we got a good example.
Didn't find the spaces between gears (in the chosen 12-32 sprockets) to be difficult. Some reviews criticised the weight of the cassette, but that's not a consideration for us.
