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https://www.bikeradar.com/road/news/article/royal-mail-electric-trike-53727/

good to see. i'm a little surprised to see that they have rear derailleurs. they look vulnerable in these images.

i fancy a go on one though !

what's the best stuff to lube the little blighters with? copper ease?

not so sure those purchases are such a great idea tbh. cheapish prices for unknown quality kit and liable to a duty payment and a load of faff to get the kit delivered. send it back if it breaks in short order. i realise that people do but not for me i don't think.

yes i've been a bit disappointed with B1 chains. i thought they'd be a lot more hard wearing. the trouble is most 1/8th chains seem to wear quickly. hey ho, not so expensive i guess.
there was a sachs chain years ago that seem to last well. something like PX-1 or similar. can't find those anymore.

Ah yes, the wheel vs rim thing. They have A119 (£20), A319 (£30), A719 (£50), 32/36h 19mm rims. Then the Open Pro Tubeless 19mm 24/28/32h (£60). And the Open Elite (£30) and the Open Pro C (£50) both 15mm 32/36h, the Open Pro Tubular (£45) 32/36h. And then the CXP/CXP Elite (21mm high, 15mm wide, £...

one thing I would mention is that the B1 chain is made to different tolerances than typical bushingless chains are. In particular the amount of slop in the rollers appears to be quite a bit less. It seems to me that one knock-on from this is that, on a used (and slightly worn) sprocket, a new B1 ch...

i'd think that the profit on such a set of wheels is far more than that. mass produced hubs, very few spokes machine laced to lightweight rims. cost can't be much over £40 for a set i would think.

covering the transport of them would be appreciable though once they are built as they're so bulky.

following on from a couple of comments in another thread re. teeth differences in cassettes. which is more commonly done? 1. changing gear to maintain a preferred pedal cadence. 2. changing gear to speed up/'slow down' (accept a lower speed in given circumstances.) when i ride gears i change to incr...

mice?

having had my normal commuter break a few weeks ago i'm stuck on 50 x 17 fixed at the moment. it feels a tad big anyway but when into the wind.....

never seem to get the gale directly behind me (as it were.)

stay safe out there.

what sort of rim thicknesses feature on ,say, a factory built mavic wheel?

i've found the key is to rinse off the substance used to clean rims....degreaser, WD40, soaps etc. any left on the rim gets onto the blocks and sets up that slip-grip cycle that causes the noise.

my front cantilever pads started to squeal last week. i noticed a tiny bit of play in the aheadset on the way in this morning, nipped it up at lunchtime and the squealing stopped instantly for the homeward ride.

Henry VIII rode a bike?! Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, punctured. i think offa was the most renowned cycling monarch. he was king of mercian anyway. aren't mr jumper's bag straps too long? look like they'd blow into the mech possibly. (i think that this is the thread of which a part...

Henry VIII rode a bike?!