Pictures of your bike(s)

gaz · Post by **gaz** » 1 Aug 2008, 9:35pm

BrianInnes wrote:An arty shot of my new Dawes Horizon.

Guess where it was taken?

Quite close to the top tube? :lol:

sir_lozz · Post by **sir_lozz** » 5 Aug 2008, 1:51pm

my beautiful sleek lightweight trek turned into a mule for my touring

hols!

Wildduck · Post by **Wildduck** » 5 Aug 2008, 2:13pm

Good to see you're looking after those handlebars with a strategically placed polystyrene hat! :wink:

bigjim · Post by **bigjim** » 5 Aug 2008, 2:26pm

my beautiful sleek lightweight trek turned into a mule for my touring

not much luggage there for full touring.

Jim

sir_lozz · Post by **sir_lozz** » 5 Aug 2008, 5:39pm

should be enough there for 3 weeks away, camping (i hope!!!!)

bigjim · Post by **bigjim** » 5 Aug 2008, 10:13pm

Interesting to see your list.

Jim

sir_lozz · Post by **sir_lozz** » 6 Aug 2008, 9:09am

it was too long on here so i think that i have 'PM'ed' it to you!

Paul Smith SRCC · Post by **Paul Smith SRCC** » 7 Aug 2008, 11:31am

AndyB wrote:I don't really want to drag this any further off-topic (but I will). How do you guys find the Carmina chainset? The chap at Spa Cycles reckoned they weren't up to much (something about the crank not fitting well).

Just seen this!

I use TA Carmina, I use it as I find road specific triple chainsets have ratios larger than I would like and ATB smaller, I wanted 26/36/46 and could not get that easily 'off the peg'.

As I imply here by using something in between does mean that effectively I could also do with a front mech that caters for those ratios, the road mech’ I use is designed for larger rings, as you can see the mech' follows a line of a larger ring.

This can mean that you don't get such good change, more noticeably when changing into the smallest ring. I have got it working well enough for my liking, although I try not to change down under full pressure and if possible not when in the largest rear sprocket, I get a better shift if I am in 3-4th sprocket down as the mech' engages the chain nearer where it was designed to do.

As for "The chap at Spa Cycles reckoned they weren't up to much (something about the crank not fitting well)"; not sure what he means by that, the chainset is JIS and not ISO, providing you use the correct BB then I have never had any problem fitting them and wouldn't anticipate any. For sure one feature is that it is a very versatile chainset with various combinations available as everything is separate, including the spider to crank, so this is something you need to make sure is tight and stays as such, that aside again I wouldn't anticipate any problems

Paul_Smith

AndyB · Post by **AndyB** » 7 Aug 2008, 12:50pm

Paul Smith SRCC wrote:I use TA Carmina, I use it as I find road specific triple chainsets have ratios larger than I would like and ATB smaller, I wanted 26/36/46 and could not get that easily 'off the peg'.

As I imply here by using something in between does mean that effectively I could also do with a front mech that caters for those ratios, the road mech’ I use is designed for larger rings, as you can see the mech' follows a line of a larger ring.

Yes - I'm similar (44/34/24 or 48/38/26), but find my Campag Comp triple copes fine. Maybe I'm just not very discerning!

Paul Smith SRCC wrote:As for "The chap at Spa Cycles reckoned they weren't up to much (something about the crank not fitting well)"; not sure what he means by that, the chainset is JIS and not ISO, providing you use the correct BB then I have never had any problem fitting them and wouldn't anticipate any. For sure one feature is that it is a very versatile chainset with various combinations available as everything is separate, including the spider to crank, so this is something you need to make sure is tight and stays as such, that aside again I wouldn't anticipate any problems

It's a few months ago now, but I think he was talking about the crank-spider connection. It's good to hear you've had no problems.

2Tubs · Post by **2Tubs** » 7 Aug 2008, 9:59pm

My Trek Pilot, (sorry, after a couple of weeks without a clean) following my Monday Evening Commute (Take all my clothes to work for a week, bring the previous weeks back, I travel light the rest of the week). Yes, i got puncture about 300 yards from home. Dagnammit.

My Brompton: -

My Giant Terrago: -

Sorry for the small image.

Gazza

cranky · Post by **cranky** » 7 Aug 2008, 10:07pm

2Tubs wrote:Sorry for the small image.

Gazza

Small

it's downright microscopic :!:

I've seen bacteria that were bigger :!:

2Tubs · Post by **2Tubs** » 7 Aug 2008, 10:08pm

cranky wrote:
2Tubs wrote:Sorry for the small image.

Gazza

Small it's downright microscopic I've seen bacteria that were bigger

Must be your eyesight.

I'm young and it looks huuuuuge!

>;o)

Gazza

pioneer · Post by **pioneer** » 9 Aug 2008, 5:37pm

My Moulton FX8, now actually FX16, cheers Mick!
This is a great bike and goes suprisingly quickly. I've also shown the map-board on the bars with the extra bit of bar underneatth for the lights and comp'.
This is my fifth Moulton. (Still have the 64 Mark1 Deluxe and the 73 Mark3).
I've changed quite a bit on the bike,shorter cranks, shorter B/B, adjustable stem,front pannier racks,closer ratio cassette and now it is just about spot-on.
The only downside is that in the rain, because the transmission is closer to the road,they get dirty very quickly. (Like a lot of other small wheeled bikes I suppose).
The Pashley built Moultons are getting better all the time, but next,maybe an Esprit?

For now, "Molly" does me just fine!

lauriematt · Post by **lauriematt** » 9 Aug 2008, 6:26pm

pioneer wrote:My Moulton FX8, now actually FX16, cheers Mick!
This is a great bike and goes suprisingly quickly. I've also shown the map-board on the bars with the extra bit of bar underneatth for the lights and comp'.

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i like the look of that map board...is it home made or from a shop/website???

pioneer · Post by **pioneer** » 9 Aug 2008, 8:09pm

Homemade. It's from leftover laminate flooring. About 5.5" x 2.5". There are rubber pads between the bars and board on either side of the stem. These stop the board rocking and rattling about. All held on with zip-ties. Might not sound too secure but it certainly works O.K.
The whole thing actually works better than the plastic map-trap I bought some time ago. Now that thing does rattle!