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mind you it did not take in account of the weight of your bike.

my CX is a heavy beast, so the extra 10-15psi felt perfect, whether on my fixie skidder, the front felt a little too firm.

ed: it tells you to enter rider+bike weight.

gotcha, 47 rear, 71 front.

Looks like a useful calculator, will have to check it out later and compare with my tyres

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Thats what I thought, a rather large shadow. Are you saying this is a good thing or a bad thing? I have an edelux light mounted on the fork crown and it gives pretty good pot-hole-visibility etc without big shadows...

I'm saying it wasn't an issue as much as you thought it would be.

I rode to Dunwich with that light set-up, it was perfectly fine and didn't feel hindrance by it, as long the main beam isn't obstructed, I'm happy.

I use this calculator and it made a big difference for me.
Even with 23c front and 25c rear it feels comfortable and fast.
try it and see if it works for you.

http://www.dorkypantsr.us/bike-tire-pressure-calculator.html

ran 80psi front 115 rear pretty much in line with what this site suggested this morning, and it was pretty good. Less jarring on normal road bumps than normal, felt as grippy as it could in the conditions, and didn't feel like it was rolling 'slow'. In fact the lack of jarring made me paranoid that the tire was running a slow puncture a couple of times but (touch wood) that doesn't seem to be the case.

The lack of jarring felt dislocated from the road surface giving you that impression of going slower due to the reduced "buzz".

Take a bit of time to get used to I can tell you.

Thats what I thought, a rather large shadow. Are you saying this is a good thing or a bad thing? I have an edelux light mounted on the fork crown and it gives pretty good pot-hole-visibility etc without big shadows...

Which I guess is the reason for a set up like this:

Oft.

Red bike should totally make use of the legs the light is mounted too by having a low-rider rack as part of it.

http://www.biketinker.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/DSC05582.jpg

got to ride this around yesterday, very nice. poor picture

^^ I keep seeing bikes on this site that make me realise how much of a slapdash job I've done with my own bike.

Brads Geekhouse?

pink & brown is a bizarre colourscheme.

Who makes the bar bag on the brown bike? I'd love one like that.

Acorn, I think.

http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1idgRb.qtQ_XVKYK.Xe7OA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7cT04NTt3PTYzMA--/http://l.yimg.com/os/251/2012/05/04/bikehorn-jpg_172502.jpg

Function should include the possibility of riding the thing with some semblance of comfort.

Hope this is the right post for this.

I've got the chance to buy this German VSF FahrradManufaktur bike but I don't really know much info on them so wondered if anyone here did. I've checked out their site but the only have it in German. The bike doesn't seem to have any markings other than the brand so I'm not sure of the model.

I guess you'd call it t a touring bike. Very solidly built, has Shimano nexus hubs (HB-NX30 dynamo hub at front and a SG8-R20 at the rear).

Any thoughts on these bikes and how reliable the Nexus hub might be? It makes a slight click as I cycle so could this be a sign it's on the way out?

Thanks in advance for any info/advice.

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Look reliable and sturdy, go for it.

Don't forget to sort jauntly saddle angle out.

Put a little helium in those Schwalbes, you'll need it.

Acorn, I think.

Won't ship to uk, sadly... Any one else, or is only a choice of Gilles Bertaud and VO?

Lots of choices these days:
Carradice
Guu Watanabe
Ostrich
Inujirushi
Rivendell

Also check the blog below, obsessive about retro bikes and load carrying solutions.
http://lovelybike.blogspot.ca/