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mumbojumbo wrote: ↑27 Mar 2023, 9:06pm One experience is real, visceral l and one is passive, anodyne and a poor substitute.

This. Is exactly why I now ride e off road

). Visceral sums it up nicely!

Tarmac had always been passive, anodyne and a very poor substitute.......

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I'm still on crutches following surgery but have just done ten days off road riding around Aviemore.
I rather rapidly converted one of my fat bikes to mid drive before leaving home.

Really happy to be riding but it would have been impossible without assist.

I'm looking forward to returning to my normal bike, but will certainly be keeping this conversion. I'm not getting any younger......

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Is like to see add on mid drives developed more.

I have a couple of Bafang mid drives (and five bikes without e). I like the Bafang, but they could really use an upgrade development.......smaller drive wheels would be neater and fit more frames with less Q factor, cable runs could be neater etc.
It would take me about an hour to switch my two e bikes back to the original set up.

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I bought two of their 11sp 11-46 cassettes for the winter snow stuffed wheels so they get very little use, so can't comment on the wear resistance, but they change just fine.....

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The link above to Hup Cranks only goes to 155mm.........

Otherwise looks good.

T

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PT1029 wrote: ↑17 Mar 2023, 6:57am TA Cyclotourist cranks might work, came in many legths. The cranks were straight/no offset - that means a lot of modern front gears with angled out cages hit the crank when on the big ring.
Now rather a niche used market I suspect.

These sound ideal.....I'll follow that up, thanks.

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I'm looking for short square taper cranks with a very low Q factor.

Any suggestions?

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tenbikes wrote: ↑1 Mar 2023, 1:17pm How about this:

I recently put a brake in for a service and re-orientation of the hose. The mechanic did the work but it didn't feel right to him.

Turned out that the ceramic pad behind the piston was shattered. He'd never seen this before.

This part is not visible and won't be at all obvious. I think you have to dismantle the calliper into two parts to get to it. It would certainly lead to rubbing and noise, as eventual brake failure....

TB

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How about this:

I recently put a brake in for a service and re-orientation of the hose. The mechanic did the work but it didn't feel right to him.

Turned out that the ceramic pad behind the piston was shattered. He'd never seen this before.

This part is not visible and won't be at all obvious. I think you have to dismantle the calliper into two parts to get to it. It would certainly lad to rubbing and noise, as eventual brake failure....

TB

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Are all the mounting bolts tight?

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I had a collie that could follow hand signals.

So what you ask, that's very common.

But she could do it via mirrors..............and some quite complex ones too.

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One test of a dog's intelligence is how long does it take for them to train you?

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Soo many options open to a cycle tourist!

I've done a lot of solo ski tours using snow holes for accommodation. It takes an hour or so to get properly dug in, and cooking a meal takes longer than normal, but once that's done there isn't really anything to do at all, except sleep. Ski touring needs a sack as light as possible so no books, Kindled etc. And of course no screens......

You need to be at peace with whatever is in your own mind......and learn to relax!

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Halfords always ask me for my email. I tell them I don't have one.......

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Try Retro Bike........

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