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
the many mountain passes of minnesota
...mostly i just bought because my marmot shell is ten years old and weighs a ton.
― hyperspace situation (gbx), Wednesday, 26 November 2008 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
the hood has a nice periscope profile. maybe if you cleverly install some mirrors you can burrow right down into the torso of the shell, sparing your face from the cruel minnesota winter entirely!
― collardio gelatinous, Wednesday, 26 November 2008 20:04 (fifteen years ago) link
Good on you for buying Rab. (I used to live near the factory, my sleeping bag I have of theirs is getting on for 15 years old and going very strong.
― Ed, Thursday, 27 November 2008 12:11 (fifteen years ago) link
fixed gear sturmey 3spd sounds like a cool idea.
ive been thinking about using 3 speeds instead of 8, if the nexus ever dies. it would be like having gears 3,5, and 6.3 from my current hub.
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:05 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, i've been v v intrigued by the sturmey! would be fukkin great for a winter commuter bike!
― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:09 (fifteen years ago) link
i've been v v intrigued by the sturmey!commenters there are all rabid about the product but have the indie vapors that it will be named the S3X plz so waht.
i actually dont want fixed, but i want the proto barend shifters shown in that blogs nov post.
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:35 (fifteen years ago) link
if they want to call it the sheldon then they can do what everyone else already does and write the word 'sheldon' on it with a fucking marker
― Tanganyika laughter epidemic (gbx), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:38 (fifteen years ago) link
yeh and totally blaspheme by putting like "S3X WITH DED SH3LDON" or "SH3LDON'S S3X MACHINE" or whatever
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Thursday, 11 December 2008 23:58 (fifteen years ago) link
what are you all desirous of that is bike-related this holoday season
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Friday, 12 December 2008 08:50 (fifteen years ago) link
um, holiday
An ortleib bike laptop pannier.Gimp shoes.
― Ed, Friday, 12 December 2008 11:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Surely if you don't want a fixed SA, you have many to choose from already?
― Ed, Friday, 12 December 2008 11:54 (fifteen years ago) link
LAKE WINTER BIKE SHOESSOME NICE CRANKS FOR CX BIKE AND ALSO PEDALSFULL FENDERS FOR SAMEBAILEYWORKS BACKPACK????? <----SHIT LOOKS NICE!NEW REAR WHEEL
― what is my attitude (gbx), Friday, 12 December 2008 17:58 (fifteen years ago) link
i'm getting a new commuter build! v.v. excited!
― (*゚ー゚)θ L(。・_・) °~ヾ(・ε・ *) (Steve Shasta), Friday, 12 December 2008 18:24 (fifteen years ago) link
cant rly justify it but studded tire alternate wheelset for use on cx bike when shit gets too dicey for the commuter
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Friday, 12 December 2008 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
i got one of these, haven't played around with it yet.
http://blog.makezine.com/_content_wp-content_uploads_2007_09_kaossilator.jpg
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 12 December 2008 18:40 (fifteen years ago) link
a kaoss pad for bike use
odd, but definitely needed
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Friday, 12 December 2008 21:24 (fifteen years ago) link
Brakes that work.
― krakow, Friday, 12 December 2008 22:26 (fifteen years ago) link
A transmission that doesn't skip.
Tyres that don't puncture every few days.
― krakow, Friday, 12 December 2008 22:27 (fifteen years ago) link
oh i thought this was noise board. stupid site new answers.
― Tracy Michael Jordan Catalano (Jordan), Friday, 12 December 2008 22:28 (fifteen years ago) link
lol
― rox qua rox (roxymuzak), Friday, 12 December 2008 22:52 (fifteen years ago) link
you could like hook the kaoss pad up to one of those POV spoke deals and do light shows while you ridin
― what is my attitude (gbx), Saturday, 13 December 2008 00:32 (fifteen years ago) link
I've been looking for some vintage steel, and on Friday I found some: a 1976 Raleigh Gran Sport (Carlton-built). I'll convert it to fixed, getting it some new wheels and odds and ends, but the randonneur bars and front brake (Weinmann centerpull) get to stay. It's got a velvety ride, tons of soul, and I'm so stoked.
― collardio gelatinous, Tuesday, 16 December 2008 03:38 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone here ever used a seatpost clamp on rear rack? im looking to turn my decrepit mtb into my bailout icy condition commuter. i got some cheap studded tires coming.
i want to keep using my bike bureau on a rack, but im unsure if a seatpost mount can really bear a single sided 15-18 lbs max load.
http://www.performancebike.com/product_images/500/20-1982-BLK-ANGLE.jpg
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 16:06 (fifteen years ago) link
collardio, pics?
I've used a rack with seatpost clamp. It worked fine in terms of carrying loads, but it wrecked havoc on the bike's handling. Seatpost racks sit higher than conventional racks and when leaning into a turn, I could really feel the difference. Did not like it at all and gave up on it after a few weeks.
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:41 (fifteen years ago) link
thx, thats an interesting point. i was more concerned with it rotating on the post under load.
the conditions i will be using it under-- i dont think ill be leaning into turns too much. hmm.
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
My rack was pretty robust, so I didn't have a problem with it twisting. I wouldn't get one of the quick-release type clamps for obvious reasons.
As for handling, if you're building up a beater/utility type rig, then performance is kind of not an issue. The higher center of gravity might get kind of dicey on slippery surfaces though.
― Super Cub, Wednesday, 17 December 2008 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
yah, yr post caused me to scrutinize an mtb locked outside my building with a post rack. it was about my bike's size. the rack did not bend down towards the rear tire as the one above, it was straight. it was ginormously high from the rear wheel, so i can imagine that would be poor.
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Wednesday, 17 December 2008 22:15 (fifteen years ago) link
Super Cub, I'll try to get some pics of it this weekend, before I start doing any mods (I'm resigned to it taking me a while, b/c I'm super-busy these days). From the looks of the brazing and the paintjob, it appears that the Carlton shop had its hands full trying to keep up with Raleigh's production schedule.
― collardio gelatinous, Thursday, 18 December 2008 02:33 (fifteen years ago) link
http://www.flickr.com/photos/81965454@N00/3115540665/
― cutty, Thursday, 18 December 2008 13:15 (fifteen years ago) link
FUK YEAH
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Thursday, 18 December 2008 13:33 (fifteen years ago) link
heavens!
― the sun just sent me a text (gbx), Thursday, 18 December 2008 13:35 (fifteen years ago) link
Did u just get cutty?
― Booker van Permalink (Hunt3r), Thursday, 18 December 2008 13:44 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i just got it! the ride is pretty fucking amazing. FENDERS!! what a country.
― cutty, Thursday, 18 December 2008 13:57 (fifteen years ago) link
do you have to smoke a pipe and wear tweeds to ride that?
― Ed, Thursday, 18 December 2008 14:02 (fifteen years ago) link