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bgnukem wrote:Everything I read about hub gears on this forum puts me right off them.

You seldom have problems with a Rohloff!

Start saving now!

Mike

I am a 1942 model and I have been riding a Thorn Mercury with Rohloff for the past four years.
Magnificent bike

Mike

I thought that you just turned around and rode back like the previous poster!

Mike

Responding to a PM from Brynpoeth: Hello Mike I started 'the climate change thread' to talk about bush fires and the like The Guardian has quite a lot of coverage but one knows that Australia is huge, are the fires actually quite small in comparison? Well yes but they have done AUD millions in damag...

Marcus Aurelius wrote:The bike is just the decorations, on the icing, on the cake. It’s mostly about the engine, a bit about the attitude, and a bit about technique. Unless you’re going from a 100 pound BSO, changing bikes will be a ‘marginal gain’.

Agree 100%

I believe that 1x11, due to the poor chainlines in some gears, has an efficiency similar to that of good hub gears. Apart from a small weight penalty, the hub gear alternative has a lot going for it. If you can afford it Rohloff gearing would give 14 evenly spaced gears and a good range. Maintenanc...

PH wrote: glue as hard as concrete in the repair kit... .

Which reminds me, I usually buy a new repair kit each new year. Time to
get round to the dept store to get one.

Mike

A bloke that I used to ride with who was a policemen responded to a complainant in a cycling forum who was caught riding through a red light late at night with very little traffic around and stated on the forum that he always rode through a red light when there was no traffic around by saying that i...

This is a Supermarket Car Park.... https://news.images.itv.com/image/file/1137087/stream_img.jpg There are risk assessments in place that state being in the carpark needs HiViz clothing Are the pedestrians who walk across this car park without showing Darwinism in action? Why are these individuals ...

Have a look at Schwalbe Marathon Supremes, lighter than the Marathons.

Mike

Tangled Metal wrote: . . . < SNIP > . . ..
Imho don't tell the receptionist anything you want to be kept private.

Punch line of joke:
Receptionist: whats wrong with your ear then?
Patient: I can't pass water out of it!

Mine

How long before Corbyn invites the terrorists family to the House of Parliament for tea ................... :( Corbyn was vilified for taking up the cause of the Guildford Four. The judge of their case regretted his inability to hang them. You may remember they were eventually found to be innocent ...

Queen Elizabeth is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. She enters a ward full of patients, and notices that they’re all dressed in street clothes and have no obvious sign of injury or illness. The Queen approaches a patient and greets him. The patient replies: “My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is n...

Hi Mike, in answer to your question what’s the 5% non vegan I’m vegan in everything except on a long ride when the only cake shop we can find is non vegan. Hubby is vegan at home but eats fish or meat when out for a sit down meal. Hope this clarifies for you. Yes you have to have cake on a ride! Mike

Yvonned wrote:While I can agree to some extent with some of the proposals here I have a couple of things to say. My husband and I are, fit healthy, eat 95% vegan,

Just curious to know what the 5% non vegan part of your diet constitutes?

Mike