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- 26 Jul 2012, 12:15am
- Forum: The Tea Shop
- Topic: Todays photo..
- Replies: 62
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Re: Today photo's.
Rush hour in Ireland
The Mourne Mountains
Sunset In Warrenpoint
- 25 Jul 2012, 11:09pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Seatposts, layback, and a daft idea
- Replies: 115
- Views: 20334
Re: Seatposts, layback, and a daft idea
Brucey wrote:
what about this one?
Nitto S84 CrMo
Bit pricey but looks good.
[edit also found this;
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cheers
Brucey,
That tells me nothing more than,
1. You can Google and download pics to your computer.
2. You can then run them in a programme and draw yellow lines.
If you have had first hand and personal experience of having both seatposts at the same time for comparison, please elaborate on your findings as I had and finding the Thomson offered more layback than the Velo Orange, I sold the Velo Orange one on this forum.
As an aside to that I remember Creppelo giving a very good account of his experience with the Velo Orange layback seatpost and why because of the width of the bracket the rails on a brooks saddle can't go far enough back, again experience gleaned from having one, not sitting behind a computer going flat out on Google.
So as I previously said having both seatposts in question. One sold on this forum and one on a bike pictured over on the Touring and Expedition section perhaps you can stick up a pic or two of both seatposts that you currently have examined and measured with a saddle fitted between the rails without resorting to Google.
- 25 Jul 2012, 10:29pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1571
Re: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
Person wrote.
Not much advice on chain wear though?
I can't really offer you advice on chain wear as I use 9 speed and alternate two chains at 500 mile intervals which is entirely different to the way you carry out your chain maintenance.
- 25 Jul 2012, 10:19pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1571
Re: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
The Mechanic wrote:Just changing the chain should not require any adjustment.
I can't say whether others need to adjust their rear mech barrel adjuster but I do.
- 25 Jul 2012, 1:41pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Seatposts, layback, and a daft idea
- Replies: 115
- Views: 20334
Re: Seatposts, layback, and a daft idea
Hubs wrote:I've used one of the Thompson laybacks - astonishing quality!
Having fitted one recently I fully agree with you. Thompsons seatpost offered me the amount of layback I needed which is more than the Velo Orange layback seatpost and the System EX which I had fitted and the degree of adjustment it offers is fantastic.
- 25 Jul 2012, 8:50am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1571
Re: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
Brucey wrote:johnb wrote:I thought rear indexing was achieved by barrel adjustment.
on all the other geasr, yes, on top gear, typically no; the gear cable is slack and the mech is against the stop screw. That is what it is there for.
cheers
When you say stop screw, do you mean the " a tension screw"?
- 25 Jul 2012, 8:38am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1571
Re: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
That's how I understand it Mick. For the purpose of a chain change where the limit screws are already set correctly I have never had to adjust anything other than the barrel adjuster.
- 24 Jul 2012, 11:15pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Seatposts, layback, and a daft idea
- Replies: 115
- Views: 20334
Re: Seatposts, layback, and a daft idea
Did you try Sjs cycles.
- 24 Jul 2012, 10:46pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Cable Cutters
- Replies: 10
- Views: 2335
Re: Cable Cutters
If you can extend your budget a few pound Parker have the Park Tool for £23.75, quality cutters.
http://www.parker-international.co.uk/1 ... utter.html
http://www.parker-international.co.uk/1 ... utter.html
- 24 Jul 2012, 10:35pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1571
Re: 10 speed chain wear - what to do?
I thought rear indexing was achieved by barrel adjustment.
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/w ... ems-20350/
http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html
Anytime I change a chain I release the cable from the rear mech, screw in barrel adjuster fully then back it off a half turn, reconnect cable, turn cranks and adjust barrel adjuster until all is running smoothly.
http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/w ... ems-20350/
http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html
Anytime I change a chain I release the cable from the rear mech, screw in barrel adjuster fully then back it off a half turn, reconnect cable, turn cranks and adjust barrel adjuster until all is running smoothly.
- 24 Jul 2012, 5:14pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Powerful long drop (57mm) calipers - recommendations?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1917
- 24 Jul 2012, 3:59pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: cantilver brakes that work!!!
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4536
Re: cantilver brakes that work!!!
Brucey wrote:freebooter wrote:Tektro rl520 levers + bar end shifters + V brakes = better than cantis
or could it be;
Tektro rl520 levers + bar end shifters + V brakes = about ten times the price/faff of a single mini-V brake?
the 'best' solution usually depends on where you start from, doesn't it?
cheers
And all the faff of changing brakes when it could be solved by a simple change of brake pads!!!
If only the OP would be courteous enough to post what his current brakes are.
- 24 Jul 2012, 10:53am
- Forum: Touring & Expedition
- Topic: Which bike to better my Trek 7.3fx?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 7134
Re: Which bike to better my Trek 7.3fx?
laurag wrote:I'd like a proper touring bicycle, designed for going long distances on the road, lighter than the trek (they do seem to be quite heavy!!), fast and comfortable! I'd most likely be using the bike for lighter day rides throughout the year so to make it worth getting another bike it needs to be whizzier than my trek!
Van Nicholas Amazon fits your description, a second hand one can be got for not much more than your stated budget.
Here is mine and contrary to what IrishBill76 says
Unfortunately, there is no such thing as a fast, comfortable, lightweight tourer. Tourers are known to be heavy and slow
This is Fast, Comfortable and Lightweight.
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- 24 Jul 2012, 9:24am
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: snyper rims cracking at spoke eyelets
- Replies: 16
- Views: 2366
Re: snyper rims cracking at spoke eyelets
531colin wrote:We had some rims on here (can't remember what?) that were cracking round all the driveside rear eyelets, that was a rim problem.
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There was a thread with DRC rim failure and many threads on the Mavic A319/A719/Open Pro Rim eyelet failures that lead to a lot of tourers and Audaxers moving to Rigida Sputnik and Chrina rims.
- 23 Jul 2012, 8:10pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Whether this is a crack in my frame
- Replies: 18
- Views: 3628
Re: Whether this is a crack in my frame
If the OP cannot form a definitive opinion when he can physically inspect it I think the only safe opinion to be offered is that of JohnW to have it independently examined.