the_moulinette

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• Mack hubs

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 7 months

  

  Nice! Are H+Son rim stickers not consistent or did you just not do the 'spot the logo through the valve hole' thing?

• Mack hubs

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 10 months

  

  Don't hold your breath for 10 weeks, but I'd advise getting back in touch after 8-9 weeks, just to chivvy him along.

• Mack hubs

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 10 months

  

  As of yesterday, I have my shiny, KY-smooth beasts too.
  It turns out he'd swapped correspondence to my paypal email address (which I hardly ever use) once I'd paid, so I didn't get the message saying they were ready.
  I never actually found that message though.
  Anyway they're here now:

  2x 120mmOLD fixed/ISO with spacers for disc brake use.

  And I'm smiling!

• Mack hubs

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 10 months

  

  Sounds like they're actually made when you chase him up! Kind of 'he who's most desperate wins'.

  Sounds like I've got a bum deal at the moment, if I paid my deposit back in October and he's still working on them. Must be those 'world champ' rings he has to carve and paint!

• Mack hubs

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 10 months

  

  I've been waiting for 17 weeks (since I paid my deposit!) for my ISO/fixed hubs from Mack. Also haven't ben able to get a reply to recent emails asking how long they will be.

  Has anyone received hubs from him in the last couple of months (late 2012/early 2013)? - just getting a little bit worried...

  Thanks

• Wanted: Surly Dingle Track Sprocket

  in Wanted Adverts • 14 years, 4 months

  

  Surley's blurb states: "With a 17/19t Dingle on the back, pick two chainrings that are 2 teeth apart, like a 44t and a 42t. When you change from the outer (44:17t) gear combo to the inner (42:19t), you’ll have a much better off-road gear and your wheel position will not change. This maintains effective chainstay length so you won’t have to worry about having too much or too little chain length to accommodate the gear change."

  This system allows you to change, relatively quickly, between two significantly different gears whilst maintaining an efficient chainline and, most critically, still riding fixed. That's not a call for a derailleur.

  How regularly do you change your gearing whilst on a ride?

  If you don't want to run a double chainset, I would have thought that a flip-flop with the required alternative sprocket on would be a better (and cheaper) option. The Dingle makes gear changing a little quicker than flipping your wheel round, but at the expense of chainline efficiency and the preferred 1/8" chain.

  I am considering purchasing a Dingle to run with a double chainset in order to ride the Fred Whitton next May, but only because this ride comprises such extremes of gradient and, because I regularly ride big hills, I use two (yes TWO) brakes. The double chainset/Dingle combo means I won't have to adjust my rear brake each time I swap gear and the gear change itself will be a bit quicker.

  Then again, if a hill's too steep to get up in my usual gear, it might be quicker to get off and run!