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MichaelG

Member since Aug 2013 • Last active Dec 2024
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  • in Complete bikes and frame & forks
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    Cannondale R1000 650c road/tri bike £400/ now:£375

    Iconic '90s 'Handmade In USA' Cannondale bike with full Campagnolo 9sp Groupset and 650c wheels.

    -Cannondale 2.8 aluminium frame 60cm seat tube (C-T) 57cm top tube. Iconic aluminium finish with classic lettering and logo on headtube, in great shape and would look even better with a bit of T-cut.

    • Carbon forks with aluminium drop outs, some cosmetic marks but overall pretty good.

    • Campangolo 9sp groupset; a mix of Chorus (LH ergolever), Athena (rear brake), Daytona (RH ergolever, Derailleur), Veloce (Fr Derailleur) and Mirage (Fr brake). Hubs and crankset also Campag but unsure of exact model.

    • Wolber 650c Profil grey hard anodised tubular rims on campag hubs. Nearly new Vittoria Corsa evo-cx front and Continental Competition rear tubs (glued on).

    • Shimano finishing kit - Dura Ace 1" threaded headset, PRO in-line seatpost and 45cm bars.

    -Jagwire Elite Link aluminium cable set. Light, durable and match the frame

    -Selle Italia saddle

    -Pedals not included

    Located in Bath, travel up to UB6 most weeks so could arrange collection there or drop off anyway near the M4.

    Please let me know if you have any questions or would like some more photos, thanks.

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    Are you able to share a link?

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    There is a standard for E Scooters, EN 17128

    This is what is used in every other European country where they are legal and hence can be regulated as opposed to the UK where a 25kph scooter is just as illegal as a 60kph death trap.

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    Interested in how the function is worse than the plastic version?

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    There's overthinking, and there's underthinking.

    I stuggle to imagine a suspension system with zero damping giving a plush ride, Moulton knew more than anyone about suspension and used 'just an elastomer'.

    I agree that replacing stock with a stiff / solid suspension block can improve the bike for some use cases, but don't think a spring is a great solution.

  • in Bikes & Bits
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    His incorrect usage of geometrical dimesioning and tolerancing makes me sceptical of his knoweldge and experience in mechanical engineering (as opposed to his aero proffesional specialism). Using cocentricity in a control frame without a datum dosen't make sense, and using an ISO fit tolerance (P7) but then explicity listing a tolerance band which is tighter is ambiguous and lazy. You could argue that the a machinist reading it would probably understand the intent, but if he knew how to do it correctly there'd be no reason to do it wrong.

    From working in large engineering organisations, I can imagine that in his job he may have produced designs and drawings for one off test fixtures etc., but this shows me that he probably dosen't have hands on experience of producing production designs.

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