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Hi

I've got one of those on my Dawes Super Galaxy
Its about Ten years old and still works fine, silky smooth non of that sooo annoying clicking.

However

After an initial four years of regular riding I built a bike up and preferred to ride that so its not been used much since but it has done some heavy weight touring as I've lent it to various folk.

and as I said I've no intention of replacing yet.

Hope this breaks the ominous silence

Its ‘telling’ that my Galaxy tandem has a screw on Maillard block with no cut-outs and full form teeth, runs with an LX Shimano changer and indexes perfectly first time every time. Of coarse you can’t do it under full pedalling pressure, but so what.

When you see a cycle race and watch them changing gear on a sudden incline you see modern components doing exactly what they are designed for – slick changing under extreme pressure. All long levity of the component has been sacrificed for that perfect shift in one or two races. Yet us chumps buy this stuff for its cred value when 99% of cycling does not warrant it, weather going to the shops, touring or even out on training runs. And we pay through the nose for it, of course for the technology involved it is actually quite cheap but owning a Ferrari when you really need a Landrover is an expensive game.

Ah Ah

Must have had the caps lock on when I wrote the password

Ah well back to work.

PS Graham have you eaten something funny, you don't look well

Hmmmmm

My home computer logs me in automatically, so I spose its possible I'm not putting the same pass in. However Ive tried alsorts of combinations, is it cap sensitive

I may try logging on this one manually, if I disapear for ever it was nice while it lasted

Tatty by all

Hi

Ive done a bit of that route out of Edingburgh in winter. It was quite muddy in places. I suppose it depends on youre idea of muddy though, a mountainbiker wouldn't think twice about it, a road cyclist would be doing a lot of slipping about.

Canal towpaths dont harden up until the dry months come round so March may be a bit early. Round the Falkirk wheel its all hardcore but I'm not sure how far it stretches.

Hope you have a good trip

Cheers

Hi

Is it only possible to log on from one computer?

I don't seem to be able to from work it just keeps telling me I've not put the right user name or pass in.

Which way
Its all route '8' in Wales but which way to the pub

Do you mean those 4.5v ones with the long tabs?

They are sometimes available in outdoor/climbing/caving shops for head torches but their getting rare.

Hi

I don't know anything about those forks specificaly, but as a general rule of thumb the air pressure should be such that the forks compress about 10% of their full travel when you sit on the bike.

I don’t think you can complain at £170

Buying a bike at that price I would automatically replace the tyres/tube/rimtape and expect the gears etc to need adjusting. The important bit is whether the frame is up to the job and all the bits that would be time consuming and pricey to replace are good enough to last out at least a couple of years.

The manufacturers don’t expect most cheap bikes to do more than a few miles a week so their not exactly going to go overboard on quality tyres are they? Swallowing up the meagre profits in the process.

Hmm

It only allows one choice I doubt that there are too many people who only ever ride a tandem.

Thanks

Its just that on most boards you have to be logged on as a member before viewing profiles. Whilst admittedly not much protection at least you stand a chance of only having your details (such as location) shared amongst like minded folk.
Not entering anything sort of makes it a bit pointless.

Anyway, a much improved forum, A big thanks to all involved

cheers

Hi

It seems to be possible to viw personal profiles while not been logged in.
Surely this information should only be available to forum members & preferably only CTC members.

Cheers

The slightest nip on the pinch bolt should prevent a correctly fitting seat pin from slipping. As suggested above check that it is indeed the right diameter seat pin.

Or, the slit in the seat tube that allows it to squeeze up may be obstructed.

I agree with the bar bag.

Make sure its a good un as valuables like phone camera wallet paperwork etc tend to be the heavy stuff. Its also useful to be able to fit a waterproof in then if you do come back to 'gone luggage' you still have enough protection to get to the nearest place to sort things out. I think the narrow deep bags are better than the square ones as they have an annoying habit of flipping over when carrying them.

Anything valuable that has to be left on the bike should be put at the bottom of the pannier & the dirty laundry put on top. Panniers aren’t often removed from bikes in touring type areas especially if they have a fancy clipping on device that would cause delay in removal. The main thing is to be sensible about where its left as you are certainly more vulnerable than most travellers.