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Work/life balance is way off-kilter at the moment...

Looking like! My wife is working crazy hours so I'm on dog & kid duty...

Nice one @pascalo. Must be nice and light stripped back like that. Ours came fully loaded with bench, canopy, rear rack, dyno hub & lights from day one. Hope the nipper(s?) enjoy it (on the day we picked it up he didn't want to go near it!!!) and you can start to have little adventures on it... ta!

I'm out. Too much work on... :(

@Skülly, @coldharbour, Been running a SON with Edelux for the past 10 years, always powering B&M rears. Currently got a B&M Toplight Plus and never had any issues with this setup

Cheers frankenbike!

It's lunchtime and I was about to just about to press fire on ordering the Wellgo's...

However I think I need to do some more looking around! :O Worried about the clip mechanism on non-Shimano as they can be very hit & miss. More comfortable with a Wellgo mechanism than other brands.

Weight wise the Wellgo's weight a ton (like first gen SPDs) and although will be fitted to a cargo bike I cannot help but always look at weight of components! :) One day when the nippers out-grown it I'll convert it to a speedy-cargo-machine...

Nice find M_V. Must of missed these when I looked before. Great reviews on mtbr:
http://www.mtbr.com/product/drivetrain/pedal/wellgo/wam-d10.html
Assume they are discontinued or something as Amazon, eBay and some Euro shops stock them. Pretty cheap and if they work, the wife will be a lot happier on the cargo bike! Ta!

Nice! They are pretty good in slippery conditions as long as you've got a bit of weight in the front and easy on the front brake...

@c00ps, @PhilDAS & @M_V, thanks for the input. Seen those clip-in plates before and heard similar feedback that M_V mentioned.

XT single sided look better than what I'm currently running, but could add studs/pins (+time!) to what I've got to improve them. There are other brands out there offering single sided SPD/flats but always worry about the quality/consistency of the clip-in side. These things are always about compromise! :)

Still cycling! :) Nabbed my wife's mid-nighties titanium race MTB converted commuter which is perfect for this weather... it's bloody fast! :)

Sadly tonights off as on dog/nipper duty again

There's not a lot of options on these single sided SPD pedals. I bought those Shimano ones knowing that I could potentially drill & tap to fit studs/pins which I haven't got around to doing. The filing has certainly helped, but they're still NOT that grippy! :)

I guess the caged ones you shared can also be filed to make more aggressive/grippy and then can bolt on a small plate to weight the pedals so that you can flip them easier to find the clipped/non-clipped side...

Sorry pascalo, meant to say single sided pedals! :) SPD one side, flat on the other so you can wear either cycling or casual footwear:

They're not great as a flat pedal as the surface isn't very grippy (I ended up filing them to create sharp edges and make more teeth) and they bias the SPD side (good for me!) which is a little annoying at times when in non cycling footwear but means my wife can ride it too as she doesn't do clipless.

Cool! Enjoy the Douze. Always makes me smile every time I ride it. Our kid loves it and on occasions I end up giving other kids lifts to/from nursery and is all they do it laugh and giggle as we cruise along.

I'm lucky my wife is the same height as me so the saddle is at a reasonable height and have also fitted dual sided pedals so I can use my mtb shoes to help power along and get up hills easier.

Enjoy!!! :)

Doh! CX bikes, obvious now looking at them again :) I can see why TallBryan is called TallBryan!

@Botherington & @spotter

How tall are you two?! :) Got to love a gate sized MTB!

Nice bikes both and a very low spoke count on the front wheel for an retro MTB on the Davidson...

Pascalo,

Can whole heartedly recommend the Douze. Cable steering is great, super nimble and great for filtering through traffic and also manoeuvring in/out of garage etc. So is the step-through frame, although their standard frame looks better in my opinion. Really wanted a Bullitt, but the wife hated the handling and thought we'd end up with a Bakfiets until she got on the Douze.

Downside is that it was the most expensive option out of all the bikes we looked at! Have a medium front with kids seat (great seat belts etc.) and full canopy which is really useful this time of year, our little man is nice and toasty even when it's -3 degrees.

I have a love/hate relationship with hub gears, just need to stop trying to ride the cargo bike like it's a race bike I guess! :)

Douze do an XL frame so may fit you better. Shout if you have any Douze related questions.

Ta!
Tim

Anyone taken an Edelux apart before? In the past year the mounting lug that fixes to the back of the housing has developed play so annoys the hell out of me by vibrating. Assume it's the machine screw that has worked loose somehow:

Contacted Schmidt direct and they suggested I shouldn't take it apart as the electronics at the back are secured in with epoxy (I need to remove to gain access to screw) and just recommended putting epoxy around the lug/body to prevent the vibration. Understand this will work, but just curious if anyone has taken one fully apart as I don't want to destroy it as it's given me 10 years of hassle-free service (first one did leak & fail though). See below for reference:

https://swhs.home.xs4all.nl/fiets/tests/verlichting/koplampen/Schmidt_edelux/analyse/index_en.html

Ta!
Tim

Cracking drop-bar-Euclid-machine!

Love the colour ways and double U brake action

Sadly out, on kid & dog duty this Thursday

Not much, just neck, back, hands, arms and legs :)

What a mess!

Sadly out tonight...
My wife is sending me to pilates to see if it will help my deformed and crash ridden cyclist body

Summed it up nicely. Agree on all those point!

Thanks all! Was great to finally make it to one and look forward to meeting up again!
Ta!

Yep you're probably right! Didn't look properly! :)

@JamesNQ

Something like this will work better and you'll have a smoother cable run, but does mean new outer casing and removing bar tape...

https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/brakes/raleigh-front-brake-cable-hanger/