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by Euskadi
2 Mar 2021, 8:05pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech
Replies: 14
Views: 634

Re: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech

fastpedaller wrote:
Euskadi wrote::lol: and they are beautiful! The bike is a 1968 Holdsworth Super Mistral bought by my dad, so wanted something special for it. And thanks for your help :D

Aye they look good, but the gear change isn't as good as a Sun Tour or later Shimano!


Well Shimano is what I use for my other bikes, this is my first Campy purchase, and it won't be getting much use.
by Euskadi
2 Mar 2021, 2:17pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech
Replies: 14
Views: 634

Re: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech

:lol: and they are beautiful! The bike is a 1968 Holdsworth Super Mistral bought by my dad, so wanted something special for it. And thanks for your help :D
by Euskadi
2 Mar 2021, 12:31pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech
Replies: 14
Views: 634

Re: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech

Doh I have just realised that now I don't need the hanger I should just try and attach to the frame! Keen obviously not to damage the thread, is it screwing in clockwise or anti clockwise?
by Euskadi
2 Mar 2021, 12:00pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech
Replies: 14
Views: 634

Re: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech

Trying to post an image...
by Euskadi
2 Mar 2021, 11:57am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech
Replies: 14
Views: 634

Re: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech

Cheers that's really helpful, am attaching a photo of my frame, so it doesn't look like I actually need it?
by Euskadi
2 Mar 2021, 6:45am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech
Replies: 14
Views: 634

Re: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech

Thanks, that looks better than the one I have. Yes as regards specific query,, it was assembling this part of the rear mech so I can attach it to back plate and back plate to the frame.
by Euskadi
1 Mar 2021, 10:01pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: 1972 Nuovo Record rear mech
Replies: 14
Views: 634

1972 Nuovo Record rear mech

I have a Nuovo Record rear mech "patent 72". I've been struggling to find any online dis-assemly and re-assembly instructions for it. The best I have is in the 1967 catalogue for when the range was first introduced. I don't think I've seen the 1969 catalogue online, but not sure what I gain from having that anyway. The 1974 catalogue (catalogue #17) produced for the 1975 range doesn't cover the Nuovo Record.

Can anyone help with assembly instructions for the "patent 72" model?
Thanks
Alec
by Euskadi
20 Aug 2019, 4:58am
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Living without owning an internal combustion engine
Replies: 284
Views: 18774

Re: Bicycle only

horizon wrote:I own car but I'm down to about 500 miles a year and that includes a busy working life (for which a car, accordng to everyone else who does my work is an absolute essential). I've replaced the car with a combination of bike and train with a folder for the train. I live in easy distance of a railway station but often get home after the last train (7.20 pm) so cycle the last ten hilly miles from a different one. At some point I'm going to decide whether to get a smaller folder (my Dahon is pretty useless) to enable me to take buses. All holidays are bike based and food is largely delivered. The fixed costs of the car are not huge but certainly not justified by the amount of use. When or if it fails its MOT, it won't be replaced. Mrs H has a car but I rarely if ever use it.

So that's the situation - minimal use verging on a bike-based lifestyle despite living outside a city and still working and travelling. But that isn't the point I want to make.

When you don't use a car very much you start to realise what owning and driving a car actually involves. It is like going from a very noisy pub into the quiet street outside. Suddenly your head is freed from the "noise" and you realise what you have been trying to shout over. Even lots of TV adverts just go over your head as you forget about car insurance or the latest model of SUV that they are trying to sell you. No more parking worries, no more "misery" in traffic jams, no more stewing in a plastic and metal box looking at petrol prices in a ghastly supermarket filling station. You're fit, you're free, you're financially better off. Life is just a whole lot better.

Why don't more people give up their cars? Because they have built their life around their cars. They believe they're using their car to support their lives when it is obvious that it has always been the other way round. And maybe because they are just not brave enough to turn up on a bike.

Really enjoyed reading this post. I have never driven a car. For the 4 years have lived in the High Weald and get by with public transport and cycling. Your life is just lived in a different rhythm. Having owned a Brompton I can definitely recommend an easier to carry folding bike.
by Euskadi
10 Apr 2017, 9:50pm
Forum: The Tea Shop
Topic: Cead mile failte - we love Ireland!
Replies: 54
Views: 6137

Re: Cead mile failte - we love Ireland!

landsurfer wrote:One of my favourite rides is along the coast of the southern edge of Belfast Lough and down the eastern edge of the Ards Peninsula.

Starting at Hollywood there is a tarmac path around the coast all the way to Bangor.
From Bangor there is a quiet urban route along the coast to Groomsport and a flat coast road, or cycle way, to Donaghadee and Ballywalter.
Some rolling small hills along the first section and stunning views at all parts.
About 25 miles and some of the best coast line in Ulster.


Love that ride. Also getting to know the roads east of Lough Neagh is cool. The roads run down to the Lough with great views especially from the top near Stonyfood. Sure there are plenty of more stunning vistas in Ireland I'm sure, but I'm very familiar with that part of Northern Ireland and can't wait to get back there to cycle. County Down is just brilliant. I live in West Sussex so am used to hilly cycling, and County Down is just magnificent for rolling hills. In fact it has a bit of everything. And the cyclists you meet on the roads are so friendly. Can't recommend Northern Ireland enough as a place to cycle.
by Euskadi
29 Mar 2017, 10:38pm
Forum: Cycling UK Member Groups and Affiliates
Topic: What Can Be Done to Increase Participation?
Replies: 34
Views: 52789

Re: RE: Re: What Can Be Done to Increase Participation?

Mick F wrote:
TerryJones wrote:Why do members choose not to participate?
Because I like riding alone.
Maybe I'm not the only one who likes riding alone?

Me too
al_yrpal wrote:Whats needed is something to get members there just once and hopefully some will like it and turn up regularly. So, once every 8 weeks people who have never come on a ride should get an email inviting them on a special ride - a choice of a short one and a longer more testing one. There should perhaps be a leader and two regular riders in each group, no more than 8 strong so every new rider gets a chance to meet regulars. These rides shouldnt be intimidating, they should be welcoming. Some people might feel quite shy or intimidated by an established group but feel more comfortable in a new group composed of first timers. Even a ladies only one perhaps occasionally to get things started. A few group photographs of the people they can look forward to riding with and some anecdotes in the email or letter would be good.

Al



I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my SM-A300FU using hovercraft full of eels.
by Euskadi
29 Mar 2017, 10:24pm
Forum: The Cycling UK brand refresh
Topic: CTC was Cake to Cake
Replies: 9
Views: 21301

Re: CTC was Cake to Cake

Cake Uber Kuchen

I'm a trendy consumer. Just look at my SM-A300FU using hovercraft full of eels.
by Euskadi
29 Mar 2017, 1:40pm
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: British Cycling reaches 125,000 members milestone
Replies: 10
Views: 10594

Re: British Cycling reaches 125,000 members milestone

gaz wrote:The Cycling UK forum is rarely seen by National Office as a suitable outlet for offical communications from Cycling UK :( .

So if you would like to know Paul Tuohy's views on the matter as it relates to Cycling UK you'll have to read them here :wink: .


And I agree with everything he says. Good for him for championing the work that Cycling UK does. British Cycling's membership success has been built on the medal success of the Olympics. We'll see what happens when the medals dry up (hopefully not for a long while yet).
by Euskadi
29 Mar 2017, 1:25pm
Forum: The Cycling UK brand refresh
Topic: The Rebrand is Essential to our Future
Replies: 142
Views: 75784

Re: The Rebrand is Essential to our Future

I like the fact that 'Cycling UK' seems very active on social media (I only use Twitter so find CUK campaigning presence there helpful). I like the fact it seems to have engaged across broader issues (e.g. Rides of Way campaign most recently). It feels more like LCC but at a more national level. Also on the positive theme, I would like to say that next year I will have been a member of CTC for 50 years (literally all my life). I took the rebrand very badly. I have now reconciled myself to it, and although I will always be a touring cyclist at heart, I think that Cycling UK - as a campaigning organising - offers a better vision and a wider appeal. I also suspect that the current people who run Cycling UK offer a more professional approach to raising awareness and funds and generally networking.
by Euskadi
29 Mar 2017, 1:10pm
Forum: Cycling UK Topics and Discussions
Topic: Cycling UK AGM : 13th May 2017 : London
Replies: 111
Views: 61258

Re: Cycling UK AGM : 13th May 2017 : London

Ok, so reading this thread has cleared my confusion up (it does need to be clearer IMO) and have now voted online using Chair as my proxy.

Another point I'd just like to make is that Special Resolution 5 was bundled up and I do not think it should have been. I would have voted for increasing petition numbers to 400 but against petitioning members bearing reasonable costs of recovery (sounds highly litigious to me and unfair). As I could only vote for or against I weighed up the balance and voted against.