What Have You Fettled Today?

[Jameshow]

They work better though, the gear cables have a much straighter run so less friction. Also much easier to swap over inner and outer gear cables.

And you can hang out your smalls whilst touring don't forget the pegs!

 

[Gunk]

Very sensible my winter / cx bikes on 9spd.

Summer bikes on 10spd.

11+spd doesn't exist in my world!🤣

Same here, 9 speed on my Carlton and 10 speed on my Van Nic

 

[si_c]

They work better though, the gear cables have a much straighter run so less friction. Also much easier to swap over inner and outer gear cables.

That might be the case in theory but in practice I've never had any problems with friction with Shimano shifters. I'll take your point about outers being more difficult to replace but again, not really had an issue with the ones running to the front needing changing. Brake cables were more of an issue due to the forces being pulled through them - I've had problems where the strands have pulled through the end cap and damaged the seating for the outer.

 

[si_c]

Same here, 9 speed on my Carlton and 10 speed on my Van Nic

9 speed on the winter bike, 11 speed on the utility bike and the nice bike.

I was trying to move everything to 11 speed for simplicity of stocking spares (hence the 11 speed on the utility bike) but when I built up the winter bike last year I already had a Sora R3000 groupset sitting around unused and the price of spares for 11 speed has been going up for the last couple of years. Nine speed cassettes and chains are still under £20 which is my new cut off for acceptably cheap - it used to be under £15.

 

[roubaixtuesday]

They work better though, the gear cables have a much straighter run so less friction. Also much easier to swap over inner and outer gear cables.

Agree, but I love the newer ones because they allow a bar bag, the one luggage to rule them all.

 

[biggs682]

Tyres inflated and some minor setting up adjustments done on the newly acquired folder before it's first ride of a mile