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I still don't get how so many people seemingly don't care about their chainline. For me it's one reason why I run a single speed hub with the largest 7 cogs of an 11-speed cassette (142 mm hub and old XT cranks with a 104 mm chainring).

One drop per link the night before a ride. However I do it just a little different:

1: Wipe

2: Align master link as a marker where to start and finish

3: One drop on each roller of the upper chain strand

4: Do something else for a minute before turning the crank (looking for clean riding gear or water bottles or whatever)

5: Repeat 3 and 4 until the master link comes up again

6: Next morning / just before the ride: wipe chain (and I recently started wiping the derailleur pulleys as well as they tend to collect grime at an annoying rate)

I used Oil of Rohloff for years and then switched to Danico Biotech (no, not the stuff that everyone wants in their arm right now) Chain Lube since it seems to be certified to rather high sustainability standards as far as I can tell. It is rated as being not hazardous to water by the German government. It's not the cleanest and not the longest lasting in terms of lubrication, but it gives me some peace of mind when the rain rinses my chain or I fall into a river.

Actually the ISCG-bash should be putting more load into the spindle and the bearings. Your body weight is the load and it's always coming through the pedals. To transfer this load to the ISCG tabs it needs to go through the spindle and bb. To transfer the load to a crank-mounted bash ring on the other hand it only needs to go through the crank (and some part through the spindle, from the left crank).

I've had the Airflex Pros for almost two years now and they are great. Looked at quite a few other options but most lack protection on the sides, where I want my knees to be protected.

If your camera is a Fuji then try setting it to burst and self timer at the same time. You can then start the self timer with the remote trigger and the camera will shoot a burst of five frames (in the chosen frame rate) after the countdown. Works with Canon as well (you can even choose the number of frames there).

Of course, I forgot.

By using 157 mm spacing you move your expensive rear derailleur 15 mm closer to all those evil trailside rocks waiting to smash it to pieces (compared to 'old school' 142 mm). There's your downside. Sorry.
The better spoke angles are nice though.