Author Topic: Members' bikes  (Read 2463898 times)

TimC

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6075 on: 01 February, 2013, 01:15:14 pm »
It's finished! No Marmite, no wet knickers, sorry.





Racelight Tk3, Ultegra 6603, Shimano RS10 wheels, Krylion Carbon 25c tyres, Ritchey Pro bars, stem & seatpost, Fizik Arione saddle and matching bartape, blue blingy bits from Token, Jagwire and A2Z.

Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6076 on: 01 February, 2013, 01:19:45 pm »
Lovely! Good choice of background for the photo too. But - are you going to put any spokes in the wheels? ;)
Riding a concrete path through the nebulous and chaotic future.

Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6077 on: 01 February, 2013, 01:20:32 pm »
TimC - wanna give it a spin tomorrow morning - we're heading your way following this route.  You could ride back to Witham with us, join us for brekkie at Wetherspoons and then ride home.  We're leaving Witham at 0700 and anticipate being back in Witham by 1030hrs.

TimC

  • Old blerk sometimes onabike.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6078 on: 01 February, 2013, 01:25:15 pm »
Oh bugger - that would be great, but I'm whisking Mrs C off to Bury in the morning for a rare kid-free weekend out!

TimC

  • Old blerk sometimes onabike.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6079 on: 01 February, 2013, 01:26:27 pm »
Lovely! Good choice of background for the photo too. But - are you going to put any spokes in the wheels? ;)

Nope. Ride on air, me!

Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6080 on: 01 February, 2013, 01:27:23 pm »
Oh bugger - that would be great, but I'm whisking Mrs C off to Bury in the morning for a rare kid-free weekend out!

No sweat, another time  :thumbsup:

TimC

  • Old blerk sometimes onabike.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6081 on: 01 February, 2013, 01:30:24 pm »
Oh bugger - that would be great, but I'm whisking Mrs C off to Bury in the morning for a rare kid-free weekend out!

No sweat, another time  :thumbsup:

It's possible I could meet you in Bures as she will be in the waxists about then, but it would be a fleeting meeting!

Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6082 on: 01 February, 2013, 01:33:56 pm »
Oh bugger - that would be great, but I'm whisking Mrs C off to Bury in the morning for a rare kid-free weekend out!

No sweat, another time  :thumbsup:

It's possible I could meet you in Bures as she will be in the waxists about then, but it would be a fleeting meeting!

Sure, I think we'll be flying through Bures at about 0830 - 0900.  Is that too early?

Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6083 on: 01 February, 2013, 02:41:41 pm »
Nice - v good frames, those, by all accounts.

Did you choose it to match your Garmin 800?  :P


TimC

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6084 on: 01 February, 2013, 03:33:23 pm »
Oh bugger - that would be great, but I'm whisking Mrs C off to Bury in the morning for a rare kid-free weekend out!

No sweat, another time  :thumbsup:

It's possible I could meet you in Bures as she will be in the waxists about then, but it would be a fleeting meeting!

Sure, I think we'll be flying through Bures at about 0830 - 0900.  Is that too early?

It may be, actually. I'll see!

Nice - v good frames, those, by all accounts.

Did you choose it to match your Garmin 800?  :P



No - I ordered it before Mrs C bought me the 800! She chose the 800 to match the frame...

Rhys W

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6085 on: 01 February, 2013, 05:00:00 pm »
You need to put only this in your waterbottles from now on  ;D



TimC

  • Old blerk sometimes onabike.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6086 on: 01 February, 2013, 05:14:06 pm »
You saying I'm a bike tart? That's what she says! ;D

Cudzoziemiec

  • Ride adventurously and stop for a brew.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6087 on: 01 February, 2013, 05:34:15 pm »
You need to put only this in your waterbottles from now on  ;D


Does that make you pee blue? Or is it the stuff they use on adverts for nappies and sanitary towels?  :D
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bloomers100

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6088 on: 03 February, 2013, 06:52:55 am »
Nice job on the 'guards, good line.

TimC

  • Old blerk sometimes onabike.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6089 on: 03 February, 2013, 03:40:01 pm »
Nice job on the 'guards, good line.

Thanks. They're not perfect, but a fettle next week to adjust various bits will fix that!

hulver

  • I am a mole and I live in a hole.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6090 on: 05 February, 2013, 02:08:13 pm »

Clean bike


Rear mech.

Quite a few new parts on this now. Trying a few things out, like the tri-bars. New front light for during the day charging of stuff. New rear wheel, rear mech. A good clean, service of the brakes, new chain set. Lots of bits were getting worn out at once.

This is now in LEL mode, I'll be doing my training on this. I just need to sort out the luggage carrying part.

Cudzoziemiec

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6091 on: 05 February, 2013, 03:01:11 pm »
You could eat your dinner off that! And it looks like you do.  :D

How many teeth on that mega cog?
And is your "new front light for during the day charging of stuff" a Luxos U?
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interzen

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6092 on: 05 February, 2013, 03:02:40 pm »
You could eat your dinner off that! And it looks like you do.  :D

How many teeth on that mega cog?
If it's what I think it is, it's a 34T cog.

Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6093 on: 05 February, 2013, 03:23:06 pm »
You could eat your dinner off that! And it looks like you do.  :D

How many teeth on that mega cog?
If it's what I think it is, it's a 34T cog.

I think you're right, I've got one.  They are excellent, my only criticism is the the big jump between the largest and second largest cog.  But, if you want 34T on an 8-speed cassette I think its your only option.

interzen

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6094 on: 05 February, 2013, 03:29:44 pm »
You could eat your dinner off that! And it looks like you do.  :D

How many teeth on that mega cog?
If it's what I think it is, it's a 34T cog.

I think you're right, I've got one.  They are excellent, my only criticism is the the big jump between the largest and second largest cog.  But, if you want 34T on an 8-speed cassette I think its your only option.
I think it's one of those things that Works In Context, in the sense that you've got a bunch of 'regular' gears with the bottom gear as a bailout. This was the sort of thing that I'd probably have done before I became a fully paid-up member of the Order Of The Canned Gear.

zigzag

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6095 on: 05 February, 2013, 03:30:39 pm »
nice bike and sensible gears, i especially like the 34t rear sprocket as i used one myself and it came in handy on a numerous steep climbs

Oscar's dad

  • aka Septimus Fitzwilliam Beauregard Partridge
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6096 on: 05 February, 2013, 03:34:26 pm »
A 34T rear sprocket is particularly useful when used with a triple chain ring whose granny gear has 24T.  Riding up the side of a house (or the equivalent) suddenly isn't a problem any more  ;D

marcusjb

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6097 on: 05 February, 2013, 03:35:46 pm »
Good setup hulver

That sprocket is enormous - but does make a lot of sense.  It's good to have something there to bail into when needs be.  I hardly ever use my 26T inner chainring - but when I do, I am rather pleased it's there!
Right! What's next?

Ooooh. That sounds like a daft idea.  I am in!

hulver

  • I am a mole and I live in a hole.
Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6098 on: 05 February, 2013, 03:44:54 pm »
You could eat your dinner off that! And it looks like you do.  :D

How many teeth on that mega cog?
And is your "new front light for during the day charging of stuff" a Luxos U?

34, and I've compared it to a dinner plate myself.  ;D

The light is a Axa Nano 50 Plus, with built in USB socket for charging. I think I'm going to use it to charge a cache battery, which I'll use to charge other devices, as the charging apparently only starts above 15kmh. I've not tested that part yet.

It's set up on a rather cumbersome handle bar mount, as I couldn't mount it on the fork due to it getting tangled up in the gear cables.

Good setup hulver

That sprocket is enormous - but does make a lot of sense.  It's good to have something there to bail into when needs be.  I hardly ever use my 26T inner chainring - but when I do, I am rather pleased it's there!

Yes, it's my bail out gear. I don't use it unless I'm going slowly up a steep hill.

It's an eight speed cassette, but I've only got a 7 speed shifter, so access to the 11t sprocket is denied to me :). Works well though, I just need to do a bit of tension adjustment. What worked on the workstand, chattered a bit under load, and the shifting is a bit of a pain. Fiddled with it, but it still needs a bit of adjustment.

The tri-bars seem ok, it's my first experience with them. I did wonder, as I switched to them at 50kmh downhill, if that was perhaps the best time to use them for the first time ever, but it worked out ok.  ;D
It's more for comfort than any aero advantage.

interzen

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Re: Members' bikes
« Reply #6099 on: 05 February, 2013, 04:06:38 pm »
You could eat your dinner off that! And it looks like you do.  :D

How many teeth on that mega cog?
And is your "new front light for during the day charging of stuff" a Luxos U?

34, and I've compared it to a dinner plate myself.  ;D
Have a look at the SRAM XX1 cassette1 - biggest sprocket is 42T(!). Not so much a dinner plate as an entire place setting.

It'll also cost you £330 (no, that's not a typo)

1 - http://www.sram.com/sram/mountain/products/sram-xx1-cassette