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what about a simple crud catcher. they tend to be quite wide and don't need fixing bolts/holes.

there's loads of different types on the market. here's a couple :

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/crud ... -prod31303



http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... :c|adp:1o6

Bonefishblues wrote:

beardy wrote:

Bonefishblues wrote:Unlikely to get through as it will be viewed as a potential ligature (as my flyfishing line has been from time to time) I'd guess.

Yet jackets and fleeces etc will have drawcords in them that are easily removed and just as good at that job, or boot laces.

Yes absolutely. Let's not forget duty free booze bottles either. Massively contradictory and totally inconsistently applied but that's how it is.

Yes, I forgot to mention that although i got my lock taken from me , the Glass bottle i'd bought at the Airport was fine. maybe if the Airport had sold me a lock that would have been fine.



the problems we face here are caused by our insatiable need for oil. we bomb innocent people in countries we know virtually nothing about (until we see it on the news) to protect our oil interests , they in turn retaliate ( surprise surprise ) and so we heighten our level of security and can't take a simple lock on a plane.

anyway, trying desperately to steer this back to the initial thread i would suggest putting as much as possible in the hold. i've seen security staff being very heavy handed with people for no reason. it's almost like the increased power they've been handed goes to their head and they can act very irrational.

i bought a lock in Berlin as it was so cheap but when i tried to take it through in hand luggage they took it off me.
Crazy !

-1 for prestas. +1 for Schraeders.

don't see the point of Prestas unless you have to.

no problem drilling them out. i convert mine to Schraeders to first chance i get.
I've drilled out rims that i use on my mountain bike and also on my Thorn Sherpa that i use for heavy touring (bike 45 kgs , me 80kgs) and never had any issues with the rims.

broadway wrote:I suspect I would only change the wheels if I was going to use "normal" low-volume touring tyres.

What are you impressions of the bike so far? I was thinking of an ecr, but this looks like another option.

Hi broadway

the bike is in transit as we speak. it's taken a while to decide on the type of bike. i wanted a bike that would take wider wheels/tyres. first i thought about the LHT but although they say Fatties Fit Fine, they really don't. so then i looked at the Ogre and the ECR. I doubt i'll be going as Fat as the ECR allows so the Ogre was an option but i couldn't see why (apart from trend) Surly are so expensive. the frame is 4130 like other steel frames. the only thing was really all the lugs they have, but it's an extra £400 for lugs.
i also looked at using an On One Inbred frame and sticking an Ogre fork on it. the On One frame gives a comfortable 2 inch tyre clearance.(maybe a tad more).
So then by chance i stumbled upon the Genesis Longitude. ok , it can go Fatter than i need but it tick all the boxes, ie it has all the lugs for all the racks i ever need and lugs for 3 water carriers. it's got a longer chainstay that the Ogre (i always catch my heels on bags) and that also makes for a longer wheelbase which i want. it's also Rolhoff ready if i find a spare £900 somewhere and , like i said it's so much cheaper than the Ogre. £450 cheaper in fact for nothing different.

thanks so much for the info so far everyone.

and just to add a reply to 531colin and broadway about buying this type of bike. i had an idea to keep the fat wheels / tyres for certain types of riding but i wondered if they could also be used to tour on and just change the tyres to the 2 inch Marathon XR's that i have, but i'm getting the idea that maybe it's better to just have 2 sets of wheels that do 2 different jobs ie thicker rims and fatter tyres(the ones that come with the bike) for off road rides and maybe small bikepacking tours and Sputniks with my Marathon XR's for touring.

thanks again

bikerwaser

Hi All

i've just purchased a Genesis Longitude :

http://www.genesisbikes.co.uk/bikes/adv ... /longitude

As you can see from the link it has Alex supra rims 35mm wide with 32 spokes.
I plan to tour on this bike and wondered about the 32 spokes ? considering the rims are so wide would these wheels be strong enough for fully loaded touring or is the main strength of the wheel determined more by the number (and quality) of the spokes ?

if i do go with different wheels i would probably go for Rigida Sputniks 36hole or Exal 36 hole.

thanks for any help !

Bikerwaser

Nice one Chris ! As always a calm and collected, very sussinct piece !

Definitely CB for PM

thanks!
didn't want to get new hub as that would mean building up the wheel again so have decided to go for new bearings and cones.

cheers !

Hi All

I've just gone to clean and grease up the bearings on the rear m590 deore hub and it seems that on the drive side cone there is some pitting. i can't see anything on the cup but that maybe cos it was hidden from view as i didn't want to remove the seal for fear of damage.
what i'd like to know is , is it worth getting a new set of cones and bearings ? or once the cones have pitting is it on it's way out and too late ?

many thanks

Bikerwaser

myself and a friend did St Malo to Santander a couple of years ago.
it was great !
900 miles in total, 21 days

it was quite straight forward . we hugged the coast the whole time. the Basque country was fairly brutal on the hills but the scenery was awesome.

we took paper michelin maps and also nipped into the TIC and got some great cycle route maps too.

so if i were you i'd do it all along the coast from Santander to San Seb and when in France you can use great cycle paths which can take you all the way north.


i'm just off in a couple of days myself from St Malo down to Andalucia in Spain. looking forward to it.

good luck !


Bikerwaser


p.s.

here's my blog of my ride to Barcelona ( you can see some of the great bike routes along the west coast of France ) :

http://biker-waser.blogspot.co.uk/

i found this quite amusing:


http://tomsbiketrip.com/how-to-train-fo ... ign=buffer

I don't really like the way he's approaching it. Although he does speak about better infrastructure for alternative transport but i think that should be more the focus.
It all about incentivizing people to make a better choice.
The article mentions the fact of building more roads so more cars fill them, so if they built more cycleways then more people would cycle.
I know many people who just won't get on a bike purely because it's too dangerous because there is no cycleway from A to B.
Parents won't let their kids cycle to school because there are too many cars on the road. Ironically most of them are cars picking up kids from school.

There needs a massive overhaul of the transport system which some of our friends across the water are enjoying.

not sure what size you're looking for but this looks like a reasonable price :

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Raleigh-Royal ... 25934ca26a