http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: The Joy of... Gears... en Wed, 08 Apr 2026 08:28:25 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2635#post-28075 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:26:58 +0000 chdot 28075@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Started new thread - "<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2638">fantastic way to build fitness</a>" </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2635#post-28071 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:17:55 +0000 steveo 28071@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Having just replaced the chain, cassette on both my geared bikes and the bb and chainset on the roadie i've decided to build up a cheap single speed. Its as much for the fitness aspect as it is for the cheap replacement parts come next winter. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2635#post-28067 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:00:17 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 28067@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Ah now, fixed was <em>never</em> about fashion for me. I know I got matching components and colours and the like, but then I do that on my geared bikes. It's still a fantastic way to build fitness (certainly in my case) and in the winter there's less to clag up if you're a lazy bike-cleaner (certainly in my case). </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2635#post-28065 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:57:36 +0000 chdot 28065@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"But I have to say, whenever I go back to gears there is a lot to be said for them..."</p> <p>Oh no! Function over fashion! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=2635#post-28064 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 08:54:39 +0000 Wilmington's Cow 28064@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>A number of years back I wrote a piece called 'The Joy of Fix' (I was stupidly pleased with that title). But I have to say, whenever I go back to gears there is a lot to be said for them...</p> <p>With the Peacemaker retired, and two bikes waiting to be built up, I've decided just to commute on the Kaffenback for the near future (probably till winter). I forget how smooth and easily that bike runs, and that feeling in the warm air to hit a downhill and just float down it. This weekend it's going to get a stripdown and some TLC, there will be new cables all-round, new bar tape, and possibly some new CX tyres (the Pasela on the rear is wearing a bit thin and I fancy having something a little wider on). One thing I definitely need to do is take the moustache bars off the PM and stick them on the Kaff - the drops are loooovely Nitto wonderfulness, but the position is aggravating my bad arm. Not a problem on a one-off weekend ride, but an each-and-every day commute whittles away at it. </p>