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Slightly OT, and only a small point, but I am often disappointed with the Editor Dan Joyce when he reviews bikes, as he often makes references and comparisons to his own bikes which he ( obviously? ) prefers or implies are better than the bike being tested.

Update: was just looking at the chain and it looks like the connecting pin has been put in badly - it isn’t flush with the side of the link, in other words it hasn’t been pushed all the way through. I’ve included a couple of pictures of the inside/back of the chain link. The link feels loose and lo...

Thanks for the replies. Food for thought.

Is it best / advantageous to start this kind of route from the North and head South?

At 1.94 -( 6ft 3"? ) I'd say you'd be on the height limit for the 565L Raven frame - Getting the saddle height right will not be so much an issue as ensuring you can get the handlebars in the right place where you want them.

Halfords !

tyres have different load ratings and you have not said how much your machine and crew weigh. In the Schwalbe catalogue it says for 26" x 2" size (max load per tyre) Marathon Plus 118kg Marathon Greenguard 118kg Marathon Supreme 120kg Marathon Mondial (folding) 130kg Marathon Mondial (wir...

Cyril Haearn wrote:Can't read the article, care to post a summary? Thanks very much

Is this any better? Maybe you can adjust and zoom in on your PC?

Interesting thoughts in an article from 1938 Cycling Magazine just purchased from these very classifieds.

Many shops are offering mail order only and are running with fewer staff in order to maintain social distancing in the workplace. And to quote another website " Bicycles are the new toilet rolls" - Everyone seems to be buying bikes mail order ! Hence many shops selling bikes this way are v...

Thanks for the replies. Bit more fettling/investigating required !

Just wondering whether it is necessary to use BOTH of the anti-rotation washers that come on the Alfine 8 speed hub? Reason being if I fit just one, I am able to fit a chaintug on the other (horizontal ) dropout which helps stop the wheel gradually moving forward in the dropouts overtime.

pedalsheep wrote:

brumster wrote:

pedalsheep wrote:Thanks for that. I've just ordered a copy.

Where did you order from Pedalsheep? I'm not finding any copies in stock anywhere !

Sorry, I think I got the last copy from Amazon. The American Amazon site did have a copy when I was looking.

Thanks

One of the stalwarts of the RSF was Fred Wright. His wife, Pat LLoyd wrote a book about their exploits - "Mud on my Wheels". A nice little read with some pics of the bikes they used. Still available on the web if you hunt around. Thanks for that. I've just ordered a copy. Where did you or...

I've been impressed with the roomy nature of the toe box on the Bontrager GR2 SPD shoes I bought recently. Certainly more wiggle room for my toes than any other brand of shoe I've used.