Utter_Bawbag

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• Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

  in Bikes & Bits • 9 years, 9 months

  

  Enjoy.

  

• Grand bois cerf tyres....where from?

  in Bikes & Bits • 10 years, 1 month

  

  If you can be faffed with waiting for the guys at Grand Bois to make a shipping quote, you can order direct from here:
  http://www.cyclesgrandbois.com/SHOP/279817/287335/list.html

  Their extra light "エキストラレジェ" models are currently on sale, too. (3780 yen each)

  I'm bringing a couple of pairs over for my friends when I head back to England for Christmas.

• Is it time to start calling out bad cyclists?

  in General • 10 years, 1 month

  

  Bono?

• Wheelbuilding / Wheel Building / Wheel build help

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 10 years, 3 months

  

  Hello all,
  I've been trawling this and other threads on what would be the most suitable wheelset to have built up. I'm trying to keep costs reasonably low, within 300 quid if possible.

  I generally weigh around 68kg and want a reasonably light set as I do a lot of riding in the mountains of Japan. My current wheels are some old Mavic GL330s laced 32 front and rear to Dura ace 7400 hubs running 8 speed. They're not exactly rigid, and while Japanese roads are generally okay, there are plenty of nasty grates, bridge joins and potholes which love to eat lesser rims.

  I'm basically looking for something light, stiff and as robust as possible - I want them to be less of a race-day wheel and more of a trainer with some decent longevity. I'm also jumping a few generations and going from 8 to 11 speed with these.

  Not sure if this is a great deal or not, but I've heard that the rims are pretty decent and the hubs are nice and lightweight.
  http://www.bikehubstore.com/product-p/pacbkit.htm

  There's also these, but the "not for everyone" quote doesn't exactly inspire confidence.
  http://www.bikehubstore.com/product-p/xr200kit-20-24.htm

  Any other suggestions worth considering?

• Subtle changes, bugs and feedback

  in Announcements, Help & Testing • 10 years, 4 months

  

  Yeah I'd like some ability to resize the font. Looks good on my home PC with my ultra hi-res monitor, but less so on my smartphone and work pc. Gigantic fonts. Gigantic everything for that matter.

• Stylish cycling kit

  in Bikes & Bits • 10 years, 5 months

  

  Bonsai Cycle Works jerseys always look great.
  
  
  

• Stiff-up your brush: paint porn

  in Frame Builders • 10 years, 8 months

  

  Can't make up my mind about this but it's certainly
  Interesting http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/171282627054?nav=SEARCH

  

• Which Tyres?

  in Bikes & Bits • 10 years, 10 months

  

  Panaracer's new "gravel king" tyres look like they're rebranded Tourer Plus Brevet Editions to me except they don't have the brown sidewalls. Weights and composition are exactly the same however.
  Actually, Panaracer do lots of OEM work for smaller brands over here too, Grand Bois being one example.
  http://www.cyclowired.jp/?q=node/109641

  Here's some Panaracer Tourer Plus OEMs in a different colour scheme
  

• Ways not to lock your bike

  in General • 10 years, 11 months

  

  Does propped up against a tree with no lock at all apply?
  

• Japan

  in Cycle Touring and Bikepacking • 10 years, 11 months

  

  Joined!