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by mr riff raff
23 Nov 2022, 5:41pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Translation Apps (Get your phone to speak a foreign language for you)
Replies: 12
Views: 1039

Re: Translation Apps (Get your phone to speak a foreign language for you)

simonhill wrote: 19 Nov 2022, 12:58pm One amazing feature I forgot to mention is the use of the camera in translation.

Open app, activate camera and point it at say a menu. In front of your eyes it will translate it. Probably not 100% accurate, but good enough to avoid the baked testicles.
But what if you wanted baked testicles?
by mr riff raff
17 Feb 2022, 10:24pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: US travel insurance
Replies: 26
Views: 1420

US travel insurance

I'm going to the US in May touring for 10 weeks.

Does anyone have any suggestions for an insurer?

Chances are, I won't need it, but you know...
by mr riff raff
1 Dec 2021, 10:17pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Finishing options for steel frames
Replies: 8
Views: 881

Re: Finishing options for steel frames

Duct tape!

Looks like carbon from a distance.
by mr riff raff
1 Dec 2021, 10:14pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Is it too soon to be planning for 2022?
Replies: 22
Views: 1768

Re: Is it too soon to be planning for 2022?

Too soon? No way.

I’ve been planning my 2022 trip to the USA for about 3 years!
by mr riff raff
21 Nov 2021, 10:28pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Carradice rear panniers
Replies: 14
Views: 1166

Re: Carradice rear panniers

The other option I was looking at was the Ortlieb Bike Packer Classic.
They lack the outside pockets and are more expensive. But are available in plain black where silver of the Carradice is a bit over the top IMO.
by mr riff raff
20 Nov 2021, 8:48pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Carradice rear panniers
Replies: 14
Views: 1166

Carradice rear panniers

I’ve been looking at getting some new panniers.
Does anyone out there have any experiences of the Carradice CarraDry and Super C rears.
I like the classic, plain look of the Supers but the CarraDry look like they’d be easier to look after when on the road. I imagine you can just wipe them down.
I’m doing a 10 week tour next year so need something a bit larger than my current Alturas.
by mr riff raff
4 Aug 2021, 12:12pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

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Why can't the bike frame be carbon then?
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Mudguard eyes, rack fixings and possibly the extra bottle bosses under the down tube.
And the occasional knocks a touring bike would get.
Carbon fork blades seem to be quite a sturdy affair from my experience but I’m not sure how happy I’d be with a carbon frame sliding down a lamppost within 2 weeks of owning the thing which is what happened to the current Jackson! I used some quality expletives that afternoon I can tell you!
by mr riff raff
3 Aug 2021, 1:09pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

I doubt any gas pipe finds its way into the Fairlights.

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Doesn’t want to!! 😁
by mr riff raff
3 Aug 2021, 7:52am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

rogerzilla wrote: 3 Aug 2021, 7:15am Sounds like a 1980s synthesiser!
:D I’m pretty sure that’s what Ultravox used in Vienna.
by mr riff raff
3 Aug 2021, 6:21am
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

Fairlight Secan.
by mr riff raff
2 Aug 2021, 9:31pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

Thanks everyone for your input.

Trigger has been pulled and I’ve gone for....

Steel!
by mr riff raff
2 Aug 2021, 5:06pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

Anyway, it’ll be having disc brakes where the rotors are attached to the hubs.

I’m just gauging opinion on the merits of steel v aluminium where there’s a reasonable price difference that doesn’t just stop me hitting the button. If the steel would have been under £1k, I’d have done it weeks ago.
by mr riff raff
2 Aug 2021, 4:59pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

mumbojumbo wrote: 2 Aug 2021, 4:52pm I thought such brakes were attached to the hubs?
Nice pedantry.
I thought you might have meant those things that you pedal backwards to operate.
Other than pads wearing, I can’t see what else could go wrong, and the same happens with rim brakes. Hydraulics and I can see potential pitfalls.
by mr riff raff
2 Aug 2021, 4:50pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

mumbojumbo wrote: 2 Aug 2021, 4:44pm Oh dear-can you maintain/repair hub brakes?If not you have problems if you are on tour and hit a problem. Perhaps you are a home bird?
Hub brakes?
Cable operated discs.
by mr riff raff
2 Aug 2021, 4:38pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Frame choices
Replies: 49
Views: 2255

Re: Frame choices

mumbojumbo wrote: 2 Aug 2021, 4:30pm An earlier poster said they had a steel frame last around 5 years-seems very short and may have been abused. I have ridden a steel bike for s daily for at leat ten years and all that is needed is a regular wash and allow to dry before putting inside.A steel frame will outlast mkost riders who value their bike.Personally I would seek a used frame and refurbish to suit.
I buy new. I’m only changing from the Jacko as I want disc brakes and Shimano.

And a new bike!