Reviews - June 2020

Great Item

Posted on 15 June 2020 about 10mm Rear QR Through Axle by M. Armstrong

My Orange 5 was creaking and after trying everything else,looking on forums and phoning Orange,even tried a Halo hex key axle, it turns out the 9mm QR is the problem. Bought one of these fitted and went for a long ride and total silence!! Problem solved, so I bought a second one as a spare and another one for another bike. Well made great price, super blingy and it works. Bike feels a lot firmer a

Does The Job At A Fraction Of The Others Cost

Posted on 8 June 2020 about Raptor Chainring 110BCD Asymetric - Narrow Wide by J. Sleightholme

Fitted to Ultegra R8000 chainset with the small modification and works well. I'm possibly stretching capacities running 48T and 11-42. It works but is noisy. Way more noisy than my MTB 1x rings. And fairly regularly drops the chain off the top of the ring. Its also way noisier than my GRX on my other bike. Also, looking at the tooth profile its barely thicker than the standard outer r

Excellent Quality And Great Value

Posted on 6 June 2020 about UK Made Headset - Complete by a. Taylor

These headsets are excellent value, substantially cheaper that other large bran names but offer excellent quality. One thing to note though is they are a very tight fit, definitely tighter than the ones that they replaced, although i didn't find this to be a massive issue.

Excellent Product But One Issue

Posted on 6 June 2020 about Centrelock Adaptor by a. Taylor

These are excellent quality and fit great on a qr hub however when it came to fitting a 15mm through hub the lock ring itself fit ok but there wasnt enough clearance around the ID for the cassette tool to torque to spec so i had to get creative, this however doesnt deter from the quality of the product Superstar Edit: You need the correct thinwall shimano tool. most cheap ones are too thick - s