How much of a wheel upgrade are they offering?
― Ed, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 13:24 (fifteen years ago) link
xpost to Mark C
xpost to jordan: my name is jordan as well.
― ytth, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
Ed, Fulcrum racing 3 vs Fulcrum racing 5 (price difference: £211 at Wiggle). Basically, the way we've worked it is I'm getting both, so I might have the 5s to sell.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 16:18 (fifteen years ago) link
Bar ends/risers isn't bad, it's just unfashionable. Ignore the hataz.
― Mark C, Wednesday, 4 June 2008 16:19 (fifteen years ago) link
ok wow that carradice bag got to me in colorado from lancs in 6 days total. meanwhile i've been battling to get parts from two different usa suppliers for almost 4 weeks. o my country.
so this bag seems pretty great for what i need. comfortable on the shoulder, easy to affix to the bike, looks normal enough that i dont have to transfer gear to another bag when i dont commute by bike.
― Hunt3r, Saturday, 7 June 2008 21:27 (fifteen years ago) link
Carradice stuff is damn good. I had an utterly indestructible pair of panniers made by them. What did you get?
― Ed, Monday, 9 June 2008 08:35 (fifteen years ago) link
bike bureau as pictured upthread. actually, silver/gray fastex buckles have been replaced by simple black on mine.
i looked at the arkel stuff which is highly rated, but their attachment system looks to be a pia for commuting (though bombproof). and more expensive, even after i paid 19 pounds for shipping.
― Hunt3r, Monday, 9 June 2008 14:22 (fifteen years ago) link
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=350071576486&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=022
How much is that worth in us$$??
― wilter, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 09:37 (fifteen years ago) link
$80 or so...I had a B-17 Narrow and hated it...i like the standard B-17..FWIW
― ddb, Wednesday, 25 June 2008 12:52 (fifteen years ago) link
just bought a black san marco rolls instead
― wilter, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 06:32 (fifteen years ago) link
Guys I just won a competition! Well, actually I was runner up in a competition but I won a Rapha Classic Sportwool Jersey! Are they any good? They're quite expensive it seems, so I assume so.
― Mark C, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 11:48 (fifteen years ago) link
MARK, THEY ARE AWESOME!! KUDOS!
― ddb, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:08 (fifteen years ago) link
Yes truly awesome and worth nearly 200 quid or something ridiculous.
― Ed, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 12:41 (fifteen years ago) link
£110 but still, I'm pleased :) Cheers ddb!
― Mark C, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 14:12 (fifteen years ago) link
its not the hampsten one is it
― Hunt3r, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 14:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I don't know - apparently I will be contacted by a Rapha rep to find out my size (fuck knows what size I am - large, I guess, but I always get it wrong). Actually, just found the competition - no, the winner wins the Hampsten stuff, I just get a jersey apparently, with complimentary arm-warmers!
― Mark C, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 16:38 (fifteen years ago) link
i own a classic sportwool jersey. i don't wear it as much anymore because i have team kit but i wish i could wear it everyday.
― cutty, Tuesday, 1 July 2008 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Hey all I just got a new pair of shiny hand built wheels that are awesome. Thing is, the old cassette had to be replaced along with the sprocket since I have a 20 year old bike with 6-speeds.
Since this was done, the drivetrain is noisy, jumpy, and shifts strange. Any ideas whether this is a case of a lack of lube (sounds like a personal problem), something that will work itself out over time as the new cog teeth wear down a bit, a chain issue, or what? Maybe a question of derailleur adjustment? There is exactly one gear where it rides smoothly now.
― dan m, Thursday, 10 July 2008 16:28 (fifteen years ago) link
Did you replace the chain as well? How many cogs on the new cassette? How many rings up front, or is it just one? If you're running 1x6, you're going to get a baddish chainline at either end of the cassette. A newer chain might be the fix?
Got any pics?
― gbx, Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:05 (fifteen years ago) link
Also, I rode a Selle Anatomica the other day and O_O
― gbx, Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:06 (fifteen years ago) link
Quite how anatomica did it get to make you O_O??
So have you got a new 6-speed cassette, or is it 7+? Cos the chain that fits 6 speed will be large and sloppy on the narrower sprockets of a more extensive cassette and it certainly sounds like that could be the problem.
― Mark C, Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:52 (fifteen years ago) link
i mean it is practically a blowjob in saddle form
― gbx, Thursday, 10 July 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
I didn't replace the chain, was thinking of that. It's a 2x6.
― dan m, Thursday, 10 July 2008 19:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I will look into taking some pics tonight perhaps.
This weekend I have to compile a list of the things I'll need for my Paris ride. One of those bags that goes behind the saddle, y/n?
― Mark C, Friday, 11 July 2008 17:40 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, take some of the weight off your back.
― ledge, Friday, 11 July 2008 18:16 (fifteen years ago) link
triangular ones under the top tube quite nifty too.
― ledge, Friday, 11 July 2008 18:17 (fifteen years ago) link
Update: installed new SRAM chain, bike shifts much much better. A+
― dan m, Tuesday, 22 July 2008 18:55 (fifteen years ago) link
i bought the wrongest looking saddle the other day to replace the ripped one on my commuter. yet to try it tho
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31KtEnNt81L._AA280_.jpg
― Hunt3r, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 00:40 (fifteen years ago) link
that saddle is ESPECIALLY DONG-LIKE!
― ddb, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 01:16 (fifteen years ago) link
http://dojak.net/blogpix/moped.jpg
― baaderonixx, Wednesday, 23 July 2008 15:48 (fifteen years ago) link
Ledge (as I know you have one) and others: Do I want a bike GPS?
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=&pID=10885
― May Lucifer Brand Your Forehead With An Apostrophe in Hades! (Ed), Thursday, 25 September 2008 10:45 (fifteen years ago) link
I kinda want one, Ed, but £300 is a lot of money.
― Mark C, Friday, 26 September 2008 11:29 (fifteen years ago) link
I have seen them as cheap as £240 (including maps and cadence sensors, but not heart rate).
― I am not drunk sufficiently constantly (Ed), Friday, 26 September 2008 11:31 (fifteen years ago) link
I get your point though. Especially as I am hoping that forthcoming macbook pros are worth spunking on.
― I am not drunk sufficiently constantly (Ed), Friday, 26 September 2008 11:33 (fifteen years ago) link
HEART RATE MONITORS
which one do i buy
― the valves of houston (gbx), Thursday, 9 October 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
the one thats attached to the powermeter rite?
i ultimately decided a really basic one did enough for me.
― low ranking monkeys don't look at high ranking monkeys (Hunt3r), Thursday, 9 October 2008 20:03 (fifteen years ago) link
This is a totally silly question:
Does anyone have any ideas for an interesting bell? I'm finding that a bell would be useful for the last little leg of my commute (peds in the way). Any bell will do, but I figure there might be something interesting out there.
― Super Cub, Friday, 10 October 2008 06:17 (fifteen years ago) link
perhaps this?
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31ED48ZFVEL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
― Super Cub, Friday, 10 October 2008 06:19 (fifteen years ago) link
haha
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31XS59JXAGL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
― Super Cub, Friday, 10 October 2008 06:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Kind of classy:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31EzR1xr2VL._SL500_AA192_.jpg
― Super Cub, Friday, 10 October 2008 06:23 (fifteen years ago) link
For gbx
this is probably overkill
https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?cID=160&pID=331
One of my best mates swears by his Polar HRM
― Christopher Blix Hammer (Ed), Friday, 10 October 2008 10:54 (fifteen years ago) link
As mentioned elsewhere, here's the new wheels for my Armstrong Moth conversion:
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l261/krakow81/IMG_3445.jpg
Goldtec Track hubs on Mavic Open Pros, 36h, black
― krakow, Monday, 24 November 2008 09:26 (fifteen years ago) link
Flatted last week and decided to swap out threadbare tires for a set of folding 700x28 Grand Bois Cerfs:
http://www.vintagebicyclepress.com/images/Cerfgreen.JPG
They're supposedly spec'ced by Ikuo Tsuchiya of Grand Bois cycles in Kyoto, made by Panasonic, and dist'd in US by Vintage Bicycle Press.
― collardio gelatinous, Tuesday, 25 November 2008 15:30 (fifteen years ago) link
they're just tires, right?
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 05:47 (fifteen years ago) link
aw, you're mean.
― collardio gelatinous, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 15:43 (fifteen years ago) link
i just got this on sale!
http://www.trailspace.com/images/news/2007/02/21/rab-latok-alpine-jacket-300x300.jpg
lol it's british
― hyperspace situation (gbx), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:08 (fifteen years ago) link
nice. you're set for the mountain passes.
― collardio gelatinous, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 16:39 (fifteen years ago) link
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/HPM/HM23~Kenny-Posters.jpg
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 18:37 (fifteen years ago) link