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
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