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by scottg
23 Jan 2024, 6:31pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: New 1 inch carbon forks for Italian steel frame
Replies: 46
Views: 3087

Re: New 1 inch carbon forks for Italian steel frame

Brucey wrote: 23 Jan 2024, 4:57pm I think that is a set-up I've seen before on stateside road bikes; there is a hub dynamo just driving a front light, which is attached to the front wheel axle. The whole lot comes off together. This is ok if you don't mind your lamp being low down and the inevitable wheel shadow. In addition, it is almost certainly on the wrong side of the bike, when you are on the RHS of the road.
Brucey is correct, as always. The Edelux is on a mount that replaces the skewer nut.
Makes it easy to move the dymo+lamp from bike to bike.
The low mount works well with a Edelux or B&M light, not so good with a round beam light.
by scottg
22 Jan 2024, 7:59pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: New 1 inch carbon forks for Italian steel frame
Replies: 46
Views: 3087

Re: New 1 inch carbon forks for Italian steel frame

TheBomber wrote: 22 Jan 2024, 4:54pm
scottg wrote: 22 Jan 2024, 1:16pm Carbon fork with 1in steel steerer.

https://woundupcomposites.com/product/road-x-1/
Scott - do you have any experience of Woundup forks and hence have any views on what they’re like? I’ve considered one in the past for an all road bike but they are difficult to find in the UK and very few people seem to know about them.
The WoundUp, popular with small and mid size US builders, since you can spec the axle to crown length.
Also on tandems. Here is a Hampsten Strada Bianca, with painted Woundup, this one is sized for mid reach brakes.
sb.jpg
by scottg
22 Jan 2024, 1:16pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: New 1 inch carbon forks for Italian steel frame
Replies: 46
Views: 3087

Re: New 1 inch carbon forks for Italian steel frame

Brucey wrote: 22 Jan 2024, 12:10pm FWIW I have owned a bike with a 1" carbon steerer and it did indeed give a very comfy ride because it was able to flex. However, it flexed so much that it gave the headset a hard time, and I actually found it a bit unnerving; if a steel fork were to flex this much it would probably also mean it was about to break Hence my interest in using a 1-1/8" steerer instead.
Carbon fork with 1in steel steerer.

https://woundupcomposites.com/product/road-x-1/
by scottg
15 Jan 2024, 10:19pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Bar end or downtube shifters
Replies: 49
Views: 2736

Re: Bar end or downtube shifters

DiaCompe wing shifters, similar to the old Suntour Command shifters.

http://www.diacompe.com.tw/product/ene-wing-shifter/

Genevalle shifter, you can buy the levers if you already have the bar-cons.

https://www.gevenalle.com/shifters/

Me, I have two bikes that use a Suntour bar-con for the rear shifting,
one bike uses a Simplex rod shifter in front, the other a Cyclo down tube lever for the front.
1950s BritBikes often only have a right side shifter boss.
by scottg
10 Jan 2024, 4:28pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Do we really understand what’s happening to the cycle trade?
Replies: 178
Views: 57724

Re: Do we really understand what’s happening to the cycle trade?

rareposter wrote: 10 Jan 2024, 9:28am Article on road.cc this morning about the soaring cost and also longer timescales in shipping now based on regular attacks from Houthi pirates in the Red Sea.

https://road.cc/content/news/will-anoth ... try-306061
Even with B*****, you don't have go thru Suez to go from Italy to England.
So no effect on bike stuff. :)
by scottg
7 Jan 2024, 8:21pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Do we really understand what’s happening to the cycle trade?
Replies: 178
Views: 57724

Re: Do we really understand what’s happening to the cycle trade?

Cugel wrote: 7 Jan 2024, 11:33am[snip]
My first proper bike had a-one o' them, which could be changed (in one direction at least) with a press of the knee-side on the toggle lever. Mine was "better" than your, though, as it only had four cogs at the back, changed by a Benelux changer of Heath-Robinson nature. The lever operating it was a vast great friction thing on the downtube, about a foot long (I exaggerate only slightly, for rhetorical effect, as is my wont).
Yes, the Cyclo-Benlux, with friction damper, operates the rear mech.
The Claud, for show days has a rear Benelux Tourist mech, that masterpiece of British engineering,
for day to day rides, I have a Suntour VGT fitted.
cyclo.jpg
by scottg
6 Jan 2024, 9:06pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Do we really understand what’s happening to the cycle trade?
Replies: 178
Views: 57724

Re: Do we really understand what’s happening to the cycle trade?

hoogerbooger wrote: 6 Jan 2024, 7:22pm Horses for courses ?! Worms ?
Surely everyone knows 3 x 7 is best.
I'll stick with my 2x5, you youngsters and your fancy complicated cable front shifters. :)
by scottg
29 Dec 2023, 1:26pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Ultimate DI3000,000 gears
Replies: 4
Views: 597

Re: Ultimate DI3000,000 gears

Is this what you're talking about ?

Note, it isn't powerful enough for a pull chain mech, so don't expect it to run
your Benelux Tourist mech, also no overshift control, so it won't work with a
Osgear SuperChampion.

https://archercomponents.com/collection ... nd-remotes
by scottg
27 Dec 2023, 1:11pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Do we really understand what’s happening to the cycle trade?
Replies: 178
Views: 57724

Re: Do we really understand what’s happening to the cycle trade?

Jdsk wrote: 27 Dec 2023, 10:17am[snip]
There's an additional bonus of someone who knows more than you coming to your home: if you pick the right one you can join in and discuss it and learn new skills.

Happy Christmas

Jonathan
In the bad old days, we charged $75 on hour for repairs, $125 an hour if you wanted to watch and kibbitz during
the repair. :)
by scottg
13 Dec 2023, 6:49pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Why are most bikes still derailleur?
Replies: 137
Views: 46049

Re: Why are most bikes still derailleur?

Here you go, no derailers, no hub gears, instead a gear box
or what used to be called a bracket gear.
It is even belt drive.

German, expensive (of course)

https://tout-terrain.de/en/the-products ... -xpress-gt

Pinion 9s gear box is $1500, which is why bikes still have derailers.
by scottg
4 Dec 2023, 1:25pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Adustable reamer seat tube
Replies: 16
Views: 1576

Re: Adustable reamer seat tube

I go at it from the other direction, sand or turn a Kalloy seatpin to fit.
Finding a 26.9 seatpin is tough these days.
by scottg
27 Nov 2023, 1:00pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: Buried bike cables.
Replies: 110
Views: 24903

Re: Buried bike cables.

Cugel wrote: 25 Nov 2023, 9:22am[snip]
Having a look yesterday, I noticed this article: unusually critical of one dominant marketing trend of late, the buried cables routed through a bike in ways pefekly designed to make changing or maintaining all sorts, not just the cables themselves, very difficult indeed.
Internal cables are for promoting wireless shifty bits and hydraulic brakes, that require large diameter bottom
bracket so you can get the brake hose to the rear brake. More press fit BBs, generate more bike shop visits
to fix creaking BBs. It is a virtuous circle of more fiddly bikes requiring more faffing. :)
by scottg
20 Nov 2023, 6:34pm
Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
Topic: make your own db aero spokes
Replies: 34
Views: 3038

Re: make your own db aero spokes

mattsccm wrote: 20 Nov 2023, 8:25am I doubt Brucey is advocating it for all occasions. It will work and shoddy workmanship shouldn't be taken into account. Good idea for reproducing the odd spoke if need be.

You just need a quality spokeshave, to make consistent spokes.


https://www.lie-nielsen.com/products/1- ... &node=4091

Factory aero spokes are overpriced fancy rubbish. :)
by scottg
17 Nov 2023, 2:26pm
Forum: Does anyone know … ?
Topic: Is this dangerous?
Replies: 52
Views: 5667

Re: Is this dangerous?

Brucey wrote: 17 Nov 2023, 12:34pm[snip]

clearly a well designed frame then. They used to sell mudguards without stay releases too.The World has changed; not everyone has caught up yet.
Some those were mid front fork mounted and made of celluloid, so the 'guards/tire gap would open or the guards would shatter.
Frangible mudguards, a happy (if unintended) side of effect of material choice.
Now we have tough mudguards that don't shatter, just jam. :)