Author Topic: Members' bikes  (Read 2399341 times)

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1300 on: 30 March, 2009, 12:31:11 pm »
Mike,

Do you really need an excuse for a N+1 moment?

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1301 on: 30 March, 2009, 01:04:40 pm »
The RatHopper has now changed from Version 1



to Version 2 and a bit



Like all good Rat Bikes the mechanicals are sound (new splined XT b/b and latest Deore cranks - last year's LX I reckon). Spesh Stout wheels. The shorter forks (by a bit less than 2") do make the front a little quicker, but an acceptable trade off for the improved aesthetics! Vs instead of cantis. And flat bar controls cos I prefer them.

Version 3 if it comes to pass will have straight non-risers and bar ends!

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clarion

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1302 on: 30 March, 2009, 01:10:29 pm »
Improved aesthetics?  Not with that stem, matey! :o

But it looks like a purposeful machine.  Shame about the change from drops, but hey - whatever suits you :)
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1303 on: 30 March, 2009, 01:18:02 pm »
Ah yes, the stem! Well, right length, right price - and DDG downhill stems are pretty damn 'ard!

Can't be doing with drops - if I have the tops at a height I find comfortable then I simply NEVER  use the dropped bit - too low for me to reach without pain. And compared with equivalent quality/price kit the braking effeciency is IMO rubbish. I am much quicker downhill on flat bars simply because the braking is so much better!
Let right or wrong alone decide
God was never on your side.

clarion

  • Tyke
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1304 on: 30 March, 2009, 01:24:12 pm »
Fair point - and my use of the drops is becoming rarer, so I do know what you mean.  Flat bars hurt me though (I think the discovery that my ulna is longer than normal may explain this).  As I say - whatever suits.

Oh - and the stem may be ugly, but it's hardly noticable when you zoom past! ;D
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1305 on: 31 March, 2009, 08:46:21 am »


My 2009 Furai SLII, resting up in the driveway after a quick spin. Yes... the rear derailleur is that low.
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1306 on: 31 March, 2009, 10:41:10 am »
THAT is very nice indeed!
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clarion

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1307 on: 31 March, 2009, 11:14:26 am »
But it's enormous!  How do you climb up to that seat? ;) ;D
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arallsopp

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1308 on: 31 March, 2009, 11:19:47 am »
Oncemore: We thank you. She is lovely. Even with discs front and rear (forced on the Furai) she still feels near weightless. This is probably due to cutting my bent legs on an SMGTe weighing about 6 times as much as the RatHopper :)

Clarion: Simple. Walk up the return chainline and swing around the idler.  ;D

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1309 on: 31 March, 2009, 11:21:30 am »
that does look fantastic - I've never wanted a 'bent before...

clarion

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1310 on: 31 March, 2009, 11:26:41 am »
It looks like enormous fun.  :thumbsup:
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1311 on: 31 March, 2009, 12:02:41 pm »
that does look fantastic - I've never wanted a 'bent before...

Ah... come on over. The dark side is all shiny and bright these days. Anyway, with your new TT bike, you're headed the same way. You've already got your butt level with your head. That just leaves the feet, and you'll be recumbent anyway. :D
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1312 on: 31 March, 2009, 12:08:26 pm »
That's av.nice rec. :thumbsup:
Some cheeky bleeder has tried to nick your bike parking space & has also had the cheek to lean his car on your superior vehicle. :o

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1313 on: 31 March, 2009, 12:12:11 pm »
that does look fantastic - I've never wanted a 'bent before...
Evere seen one of these?
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1314 on: 31 March, 2009, 12:32:42 pm »
That's av.nice rec. :thumbsup:
Some cheeky bleeder has tried to nick your bike parking space & has also had the cheek to lean his car on your superior vehicle. :o

LOL. That's not a car. That's the stand. Its a little over-engineered, I'll admit, but being free-roaming, it does keep the weight down on the bent.
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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1315 on: 31 March, 2009, 02:58:26 pm »
Can't remember why I sold this one, really! It was quite light and a nice ride!

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1316 on: 31 March, 2009, 03:02:54 pm »
Whereas this one desperately needs a new, caring, owner if anyone's got a 100 quid to save a classic, veteran, 'bent (first "European" production 'bent I believe!). Less than 500 miles since new, guv!

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Paul

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1317 on: 31 March, 2009, 03:08:46 pm »
Can't remember why I sold this one, really! It was quite light and a nice ride!



Hey - I've got one just like that!

 ;)
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TimC

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1318 on: 31 March, 2009, 03:23:42 pm »


 then you can all take the piss.  ::-)

I've never seen a TT frame done up for touring before...! And I know they normally have different wheels on each end of a TT bike, but I don't think that's what they meant? ;D

clarion

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1319 on: 31 March, 2009, 08:54:51 pm »
Whereas this one desperately needs a new, caring, owner if anyone's got a 100 quid to save a classic, veteran, 'bent (first "European" production 'bent I believe!). Less than 500 miles since new, guv!



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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1320 on: 31 March, 2009, 09:29:38 pm »
A Roulandt. Designed by a Dutch designer in the early 80-ies. Back in the days when recumbents were hardly known.

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1321 on: 31 March, 2009, 09:30:48 pm »


Nice bike mike. Mmmm... I want one...


Oscar's dad

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1322 on: 31 March, 2009, 09:33:45 pm »


Nice bike mike. Mmmm... I want one...



It quite clearly needs a kick stand.  You can't always rely on there be a kerb handy.

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1323 on: 31 March, 2009, 09:49:36 pm »
"What's that then?"

A Roulandt, LWB, USS, Dutch, from about mid-'80s I think! I rather suspect only one in UK: it was a demonstrator at a big local "shop" but the owner got fed up with lots of joy riders, no buyers. So he stuck it in his garage for about 15 years and I bought it when he was making room for his second Roller!
Let right or wrong alone decide
God was never on your side.

clarion

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #1324 on: 31 March, 2009, 10:58:28 pm »
What's it like to ride?  Looks higher than, say, a Peer Gynt or an Avatar.  You'd be almost in the position of a Bike-E, I think.
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