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Hi.

I ordered two new Shimano cranksets from Chain Reaction Cycles, before I realized they are in Northern Ireland. They had pricing that allow me to save 42%.

I'm concerned that the cranksets are going to be gray market, or worse, since I need to deal with Chain Reaction for warrenty issues and not go to Shimano directly.

What is people's experience with Chain Reaction, especially when there is a defect in the hardware?

Should I trust that what I'm getting is the real thing?

Should I just sell the cranksets on eBay to recoup what I spent and then buy new cranksets on this side of the Atlantic?

Thanks

-marc

nm

Dear Members,

Rode in all 50 states and all of the states/provinces of Australia & Canada plus 60 other foreign countries

More than half of the miles were with groups such NYCC and almost 100 group bike tours (mostly overseas)

The next time I am able to ride outside I am going to count how many pedal strokes I do in a mile and mutliply it by 200,000 to determine how hard these knees have worked

https://www.instagram.com/p/BdiprN9lKy0/?taken-by=prcrstn8

https://janheine.wordpress.com/2018/01/03/12-myths-in-cycling-1-wider-tires-are-slower/

Does anybody know if the 2018 version of the Mark Pankin mileage spreadsheet is available?

How to get it?

Thanks!

Not a bad route to try this time of year when the weather moderates a bit.

Let us know if modifications are in order when ridden.

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• Want to learn how to build a wheel? Bring a rim, spokes, and hub. Come at 10.  Go home at 2:00 with your own perfectly built wheel that you'll have built yourself.

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