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• The Scoblebrick™

  in Bikes & Bits • 10 years, 5 months

  

  

• Current Projects chat and miscellany

  in Current Projects • 10 years, 8 months

  

  I don't think they are as bad as their reputation. I've had one or two flats after about 2000km.

• Current Projects chat and miscellany

  in Current Projects • 10 years, 8 months

  

  ^^^^ Yeah, fair bit of mechanical loss in reduction gears. Use direct as your main gear, so something flexible. Then other 2 for pulling away/ spinning down / climbing etc. Gets quite addictive and for that I would suggest a bar mounted lever.

  Got two levers with it. Bar end and down tube. Was going for the down tube one but now you got me thinking...

  What tyre / mudguard combo is that? Honjos?

  Honjos/Challenge Parigi Roubaix

• Current Projects chat and miscellany

  in Current Projects • 10 years, 8 months

  

  My knees hurt really bad this winter. Studded tires, no gears and headwinds got me thinking about getting a new winter bike to replace my old kona paddy wagon. Then I thought i might just put som gears on it for next winter. So now I bought this:

  

  A used Sturmey Archer S3X wheel. Haven't heard much good about it, but it was cheap so I thought I'd give it a try. Not sure what gears to run though. Since the top gear is direct drive, I'm considering using that for the gear I am expecting to use most of the time. On the the other hand that means I would basically only use two gears. I am completely new to hub gears. Is there a noticeable difference in efficiency between the direct drive and the other gears?

  Also bought a used Brooks for the commuter (for that full beardo look). Had I B17 in the past that I did not get along with, but this one seems OK so far. Maybe the trick is to get someone else to ride it for a couple of years?

  

• Mudguards

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 1 month

  

  Or have them anodized?

• Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 2 months

  

  

• Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 2 months

  

  Like the looks of them, and been contemplating ordering some. They are not Paselas though? Panaracer make tires for a number of brands including Grand Bois.

• Functional bikes. Not Porn not Anti

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 2 months

  

  No bikes from spotter in a while so here we go...

  From swedish builder Patrik Tegnér (and I would have posted this one in in porn had I dared):
  

  and a few more:

  

  

• Bike porn

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 2 months

  

  What tyres on the enigma?

  Challenge Criterium?

• Bike porn

  in Bikes & Bits • 11 years, 4 months

  

  • warning * Gold Bike Alert * warning *
    
    

  http://www.englishcycles.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/goldtina.jpg

  What are those brake hoods?