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by Sid Aluminium
6 Jan 2022, 5:09pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: Show us photos of your inappropriate touring bike
Replies: 79
Views: 5664

Re: Show us photos of your inappropriate touring bike

Theory of Relativity. Heinz Stucke's world tour Brompton
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seems quite reasonable relative to the late Christian Miller's transAmerica tour on a Bickerton.
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Of course, that seems absolutely mainstream relative to Regis Fender's 3000km Sahara crossing on a Strida
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which in turn is relatively normal when contrasted to the late Paul Lim's bikepacking Carryme.
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by Sid Aluminium
23 Dec 2021, 3:01pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: brakes
Replies: 18
Views: 1498

Re: brakes

Modern cantis should have some vertical pad adjustment.

But...does your bike with 27s have modern cantis (or mini-Vs)?

One of my bikes with 27s also had Mafac wide profile ('cyclocross' or 'touring') cantis - state-of-the-art 40+ years ago. The posts were brazed on in the exact spot they needed to be to get the pads to hit the brake track on a 27" rim and the brakes had no vertical adjustment. Yeah, I bought new brakes for that 27 -> 700 swap.
by Sid Aluminium
19 Dec 2021, 3:27pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Sram Torpedo to Shimano Alfine?
Replies: 25
Views: 1431

Re: Sram Torpedo to Shimano Alfine?

Carlton green wrote: 17 Dec 2021, 9:35pmWith 135 mm OLN you will have many options..
Rohloff Speedhub, Kindernay XIV, Enviolo Sportive :D
by Sid Aluminium
19 Dec 2021, 3:17pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Sram Torpedo to Shimano Alfine?
Replies: 25
Views: 1431

Re: Sram Torpedo to Shimano Alfine?

MartinC wrote: 16 Dec 2021, 7:52pmThe only current IGH that will replicate the OLD of your S7 (130mm) is the 7-speed Nexus rim brake version.
I'm confused by this statement. Sturmey-Archer offers 2, 3, 4, 5 and 8-speed IGHs with OLDs between 120mm and 135mm.
by Sid Aluminium
30 Nov 2021, 4:57pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Ever ready bike light
Replies: 120
Views: 8653

Re: Ever ready bike light

Stradageek wrote: 29 Nov 2021, 12:57pmI will be upgrading her to a hub dynamo as soon as I can find a second hand one at a reasonable price.
In related news, I've been pleased with my 1.8W Sturmey-Archer GH6 energizing a Busch+Müller OneFive (30 Lux, StVZO-compliant).
by Sid Aluminium
26 Nov 2021, 4:52pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: twist shifter alternatives
Replies: 5
Views: 864

Re: twist shifter alternatives

Stradageek wrote: 23 Nov 2021, 8:19amI have a vague recollection that the old Sturmey Archer trigger shifter would work...
Yes.

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/cribsheet- ... -pull.html
by Sid Aluminium
13 Nov 2021, 4:20pm
Forum: Touring & Expedition
Topic: flixbus
Replies: 10
Views: 2476

Re: flixbus

A cat named Martin Bethge made a good case for bus+bike transportation economics a few years back.

(Probably not worth clicking on unless you're a bus fan, but here you go: )

http://docplayer.net/104534988-Flixbus- ... urism.html

There have been a rough couple of years for the transportation industry since, but I'm hoping this does make money for Flixbus so they'll expand and improve their efforts.

In other news, Germany's Flixbus has recently purchased US-based Greyhound's American coast-to-coast intercity bus operations from UK's FirstGroup. An upside might lead to a great future of bus service to the 5000 destinations between airports for cycletourists in the USA, supplementing America's economically unviable and therefore miserable passenger rail service. Of course, a downside might lead to Greyhound's operations bankrupting Flixbus!
by Sid Aluminium
13 Nov 2021, 3:35pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Gilles Berthoud Rohloff Shifter - drops
Replies: 21
Views: 1862

Re: Gilles Berthoud Rohloff Shifter - drops

I put my Gilles Berthoud Rohloff Shifter on Nitto Randonneur bars. Went right on; nothing memorable about the fitment.
by Sid Aluminium
13 Nov 2021, 3:30pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Cobbled Roads - Why?
Replies: 57
Views: 3505

Re: Cobbled Roads - Why?

rotavator wrote: 13 Nov 2021, 1:21pm I read that in the USA some tarmac roads are being converted back to gravel.
Yep, some places, particularly where there's been a de-industrialization tax base decline. Here in Texas, we've been on a chipseal binge for the last 30 years or so, hard paving any little country lane where a voter lives. The gravel bike fans, like their Strade Bianche counterparts, lament this but in some areas, it's created a lovely, quiet network for road cycling.
by Sid Aluminium
13 Nov 2021, 3:09pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Cobbled Roads - Why?
Replies: 57
Views: 3505

Re: Cobbled Roads - Why?

simonhill wrote: 11 Nov 2021, 9:07pmWhy are Portugal building new roads with cobbles?
It was good enough for the Romans? You have to contract out of Libson for tarmac, but 'Sousa's Paving - Cobblestone Streets Since 1756' is local? Imported vs. in-country available material? Government 'make work' program?
Cycling on these is a pain...
Dr. Alex Moulton, call your office!
by Sid Aluminium
13 Nov 2021, 2:53pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: ..how common 32-630 tyres are now?
Replies: 21
Views: 2521

Re: ..how common 32-630 tyres are now?

If the width of tyres available in 27" just will not suit, there is always the option of rebuilding the wheels in "Continental 27".




a.k.a. BSD622mm, 700c
by Sid Aluminium
11 Nov 2021, 4:33pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: ..how common 32-630 tyres are now?
Replies: 21
Views: 2521

Re: ..how common 32-630 tyres are now?

Carlton green wrote: 2 Nov 2021, 11:09pmDoes anyone know of a good replacement for the World Tour tyre that inflates oversize?
The 27" Intelligencia in the USA suggests the Swift Tire Sand Canyon, sidewall labeled 27 x 1 3/8.

https://www.swifttire.com/
by Sid Aluminium
2 Nov 2021, 9:31pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: ..how common 32-630 tyres are now?
Replies: 21
Views: 2521

Re: ..how common 32-630 tyres are now?

Here in the USA, it's been 35+ years since a factory bike was fitted with 27s. I bet there are in excess of a million good-quality bikes still around fitted with ISO630 rims, though. That's easily a viable market. One of my 27-shod bikes wears "Handmade in Germany" Contis and the other rolls on some fine quality Japanese Panaracer Paselas. Can't complain.

At a non-specialty store that has some bicycle-related items, to this day my experience is I'm more likely to find 27 than 700c. Why? Well, 700c-what? 19, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 38, 42, 44, 45, 48, 50, 52, 55mm wide? In 27 they can carry the single 1-1/4 width and turn inventory.
by Sid Aluminium
4 Oct 2021, 5:14pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Folding Bike recommendations?
Replies: 28
Views: 2366

Re: Folding Bike recommendations?

Dahon Curve: definitely an outside fold. However, the Dahon Curl is an inside fold, actually folds smaller than the Brompton and with modern gearing. Not lighter, in fact, probably a bit heavier depending on spec.

The Dahon Jifo and EEZZ are tiny, light and fold fast.

Hmm. In America, we would say this next suggestion is 'from left field'. UK...a suggestion 'from backward short leg'? :D Anyway, there's a folding bike that was specifically designed in the UK for multimodal journeys (although that doesn't seem to hinder those Korean cats from taking long tours on them.) It's light. It folds fast. There are no greasy bits. It's been in production longer than almost any other folding bike. Yes, you can hang panniers on its rack. It's hard to imagine a bicycle that requires less maintenance.

The Strida.
by Sid Aluminium
4 Oct 2021, 4:47pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Endurance bikes - British manufacturers ?
Replies: 51
Views: 3576

Re: Endurance bikes - British manufacturers ?

First thought was the Pashley Clubman Country. Hmph. No longer in Pashley's current catalog.
Jdsk wrote: 2 Oct 2021, 6:05pm "Each bike is hand brazed by a skilled craftsman at our London factory."
https://www.brompton.com/bikes/build-quality
I seem to recall Brompton even brought the manufacture of the optional 'super light' titanium forks and rear triangle into the UK a few years back, although not in their West London facility. The little bikes are of course completed with imported components. Adam Smith: without interference, the market will naturally migrate to the most efficient producer.