Current Projects chat and miscellany

Brake cables are helical, while gear cables are lateral*.

*maybe the wrong word but it works.

Yep. Wasn't sure which way round but one is hella helical, and they may be of different weights.

so is well comfy over rough roads, but is a pig to get up hills.

I see you've already decided. However Norwich isn't known for it's Cat 1 climbs. It does have a lot of rough roads though!

Bah. After spending time and money on derailleurs, shifters, cables, new shifters, and new cables, I think I've decided to take my Gazelle back to singlespeed. Well not quite singlespeed - keeping the 42/34 rings and having 16/24 sprockets - giving a 42/16 ratio of 70" and a 34/24 ratio of 39" (bail-out gear, or dirt tracks).

At least it'll be a quick conversion back to gears if I change my mind again. I wish I had room for both.

That contrast between the rat forks and the shiny headset is the bolloks though

Sorry, I'm using this as an excuse to repost what is probably my favourite bike photo what I have taken....

EDIT, or am I just being weak, and will 39 inches be enough up Hardknott Pass?

Should be enough unladen on a light roadie

I rode through it laden with a GI of 29 last year in the winter, that was just about perfect for the 33% section.

Viscount because it's free. You'll get stronger lugging it up hills and can do up the Dawes as and when.

Hills? In Norwich? No.

Should be enough unladen on a light roadie

I rode through it laden with a GI of 29 last year in the winter, that was just about perfect for the 33% section.

Yeah I saw your pictures, that's the inspiration for the trip actually, looks beautiful. Cheers for the advice, but I suspect you may be a stronger rider than me though! And my bike is not exactly light, and neither am I, although I'll be trying to keep the load down to a minimum. I am considering just keeping my current gearing, which works fine for 95% of my riding, and walking up Hardknott if necessary. Could be a long walk though!

TM - was that Les?

looks like it

btw tm theo took the bottles
looks fucking sick, waiting for pictures in his thread

picked this up locally tonight. Not sure what to do with it yet but too good to pass up

Ebay? £90?

.< fuming

you got your vitus.
sell it to me if its 56.

53x56 i think

Ebay? £90?

you know it. superfriendly man a couple of doors down from my house. incredible

its so pretty and purple, cant wait to see it built

white kit no doubt

53x56 i think

lolwat, ctt maybe...
either way too small - gooooood.

did a b it of measuring. 53x55 ctc

perfect :( dammit!

damn, another sweet bike erik. It's the 3.0 right? I have one but without the cantilevered dropouts, kinda wish it had them...

damn, another sweet bike erik. It's the 3.0 right? I have one but without the cantilevered dropouts, kinda wish it had them...

yeah cannondale midrange of 91.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/436432/sr600.png

Hills? In Norwich? No.

Sorry, I couldn't point to Norwich on a map, was just going by what Stu had said.