Dave - I must be thick, for which I apologise, but I don't understand that.
I'm not trying to be clever.
Dave - I must be thick, for which I apologise, but I don't understand that.
+1 to that.Mike_Ayling wrote: ↑12 Mar 2023, 8:50pm Possibly but I am perfectly happy with the twin cable manual system.
Works every time!
Could this be the start of something big?Jdsk wrote: ↑24 Jan 2023, 8:49pm "Cycle Friendly Places":
https://www.cyclinguk.org/press-release ... ling-pound
Jonathan
+1 to that.mattsccm wrote: ↑30 Dec 2022, 10:02am Just a thought.
A wipe will only deal with external surfaces (such as the side plates and rollers of a chain) and not the bits that actually need lubricating(such as the internals of the rollers)
For the purpose described though an old rag works just as well without wasting cash.
Golly - that's 20 gears without multiple chainrings - a double would give 40 gears and a triple 60!ANTONISH wrote: ↑30 Dec 2022, 5:55pm ............................................................As regards the 4 speed Sturmey Archer with 5sp block. I was riding an audax around 1997 and got chatting to another cyclist who had a 4sp Sturmey coupled with a multiple freewheel block (may have been 5) whose friend had built it up for him. I cant remember if he had a double or triple chainring - it may have been single.
The critical relationship is between sit-bone points, knee and pedal spindle. Advice that I've found is that we should fix handlebar position having first got the saddle right. Try it - with a shorter stem extension you may get your saddle near to ideal position. And - Valbrona may be right. Best of luck!
I've said early 80's (above) but I wouldn't argue - I'm fairly sure that I was riding and Ultra 7 in 1981, so maybe we're not at variance. Lucky you, if you could read the catalogue in Japanese! The Ultra 6 & 7 benefited cycling for many of us.853 wrote: ↑13 Dec 2022, 6:22pm In my memory it was Suntour who first launched the 7 speed freewheel in 1979.
I have found an 1979 Suntour catalogue, in Japanese, with a 7 speed freewheel pictured
http://www.equusbicycle.com/bike/suntou ... 200004.pdf
If you're talking serious cycling - you were earlier than I was - 14 if I remember correctly - and that was the mid 50s .
Gosh tc - I think of "Far Off Days" as being the days of the 'Old Guys'...............just before I started cycling!thirdcrank wrote: ↑13 Dec 2022, 12:40pm For anybody interested in the development of bikes and their equipment from those far off days, a good resource on here is the stuff about Daniel Rebour. He was both a very knowledgeable cyclist and a brilliant technical artist. He was the go-to illustrator for catalogues but he also went to trade fairs and big races where he could spot innovations and the current standards of the era in racing and touring. And people were happy to talk to him, presumably because he was so highly-respected.
There's quite a bit of his work on the forum, some with comments by Brucey