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Nelly Feb 2024 1:13pm, 14 Feb 2024 4,402 posts	0 Nelly Gus, if it is an actual shop, rather than virtual, I'd phone the shop and ask the price. That said, I assume they don't have their own (selling) website or you'd have already checked the price there(!). Google tells me that eBay fees are currently 12.8% of the total amount of the sale (inc postage, etc)... so if advertised elsewhere, with no such fees, then I'd be expecting an approx 10% deduction.
K5 Gus Feb 2024 3:40pm, 14 Feb 2024 6,063 posts	0 K5 Gus Cheers for the reply Nelly. If they're willing to take a lower offer on eBay, then they'll still have to pay those 12% eBay selling fees on that, so that implies they should be willing to take say 15% less if done outwith eBay. I'll send them a message and see what they say
jacdaw Mar 2024 6:30pm, 14 Mar 2024 4,327 posts	0 jacdaw (Repost from fat tyre thread) Do gravel bikes go here? I'm probably going to buy an aluminium Sonder Camino. Fairly sure I want the 1x Shimano GRX option. Does anybody think 1x is a bad choice? Or SRAM would be better? Or the 2x 105 option, or the 2x GRX option. Is the base price 10-45 GRX1 cassette a good choice, or should I go for 10-51? I'm fairly sure I will go for the 700c wheels, but am still tempted by 650b... Can anybody advise?
Northern Exile Mar 2024 8:35pm, 14 Mar 2024 10,197 posts	0 Northern Exile (Repost from fat tyre thread) Do gravel bikes go here? I'm probably going to buy an aluminium Sonder Camino. Fairly sure I want the 1x Shimano GRX option. Does anybody think 1x is a bad choice? Or SRAM would be better? Or the 2x 105 option, or the 2x GRX option. Is the base price 10-45 GRX1 cassette a good choice, or should I go for 10-51? I'm fairly sure I will go for the 700c wheels, but am still tempted by 650b... Can anybody advise? I'm jealous I looked at this last year and personally I think I'd go for the 1 x option, at the 3P cx nearly everyone had it
Dave W Mar 2024 8:49pm, 14 Mar 2024 17,442 posts	0 Dave W I use a 1X SRAM Rival AXS. Planet X Titanium gravel bike. Absolutely love it. 40 chain ring and a cassette up to 44. With my advancing years and the hills where I live I don’t think I’ll ever have anything other than a 1X again. The spread of the gearing is much more important to me than speed. My next bike will be a 1X with an AXS Eagle on the back. Probably up to a 52 on the cassette. Should take me about anywhere I want to go.
jacdaw Mar 2024 9:18pm, 14 Mar 2024 4,330 posts	0 jacdaw I'm leaning towards the 12 speed Shimano 1x with the 10-51 cassette. And the 700c wheels to begin with. I think 2x might be more sensible, but I really want the simplicity of 1x.
K5 Gus Mar 2024 9:28pm, 14 Mar 2024 6,082 posts	0 K5 Gus I went 1x on my recent road bike - SRAM XPLR with a 44 chainring and 10-44 cassette. So simple to use, love it
Dvorak Mar 2024 9:31pm, 14 Mar 2024 27,610 posts	0 Dvorak Why are "dinner plates" good? And if they are really good, why did bikes not have them before?
jacdaw Mar 2024 9:51pm, 14 Mar 2024 4,332 posts	0 jacdaw Because we were all younger then.
cathrobinson Mar 2024 9:54pm, 14 Mar 2024 12,357 posts	0 cathrobinson Because the technology didn’t allow it before. Hub widths, derailleur ranges, chain lines… all play a part in managing larger cassettes.