http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: New EBC bikes en Mon, 20 Apr 2026 04:43:35 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64416 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 01:09:15 +0000 Smudge 64416@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Hey, if it works for you, good luck, enjoy*. :-)<br /> (Of course if you were a <em>proper</em> traditionalist SS rider you wouldn't be having any truck with safety bicycles either)<br /> ;-))</p> <p>(*just don't blame me when you discover the delights of anterior knee pain :-( ) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64415 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:59:34 +0000 Instography 64415@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>400ft? Not even metres? Pish! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64414 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:48:20 +0000 Smudge 64414@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>and he said "There's very few hills you can't get up on a SS if you're man enough. Aye".</p> <p>...and none so far that I can't get up on my big heavy (geared) tourer lol, but why bother fighting with a SS round here when gears make it sensible? ;-)<br /> Or alternatively, true... but come back to me in a few years when your knees are as bad as mine and say that ;-)</p> <p>Besides, my commute home involves approx a 400foot climb in a half mile with no opportunity to warm down afterwards, why break my knees trying to ride a SS up that everyday and suffer a gear too low to use going down it in the mornings, neither sensible nor practical for me! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64411 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:29:59 +0000 Instography 64411@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>And he said "I'm afraid singlespeeds round central Scotland are for masochists (or people who never carry "stuff" on their bikes!)."</p> <p>I say, "Pish!"*. There's very few hills you can't get up on a SS if you're man enough. Aye. ;=)</p> <p>* I'm reading my wee boy a story with child characters from 1956 and they say "pish!" all the time. I think it's an inoffensive exhalation. At least that's how I read it. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64406 Sat, 07 Apr 2012 00:16:11 +0000 Smudge 64406@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I can certainly see the attraction of chainless riding* but I'm afraid singlespeeds round central Scotland are for masochists (or people who never carry "stuff" on their bikes!).<br /> Will be glad when chainless options start becoming affordable/practical in equal measure thought :-)</p> <p>*(having just a couple of days ago had to scrub away 1500miles worth of wetlube and filth from the Surly's drivetrain, a spare toothbrush, neat gunk and it still took ages to do :-/ filthy aggravating job!) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64405 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:56:59 +0000 Instography 64405@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>I had an involuntary snigger at the 'you have nothing to lose but your chain'. It's nice. </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64392 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 23:02:06 +0000 crowriver 64392@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Oh, how could I forget the <a href="http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-belter-12">Revolution Belter</a>, a Gates carbondrive single speed no less! </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64390 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:50:52 +0000 Smudge 64390@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Look not bad at all, the Audax needs a Brooks and Carradice (imho ;-)) </p> <p>Shame they don't do frameset only for those who are too picky about their components to buy a complete bike (or who produce their bikes by the evolution prinicple) </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=6021#post-64385 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 22:03:54 +0000 crowriver 64385@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Perusing the EBC web site (as you do) I note that there are several new Revolution branded bikes available this year. A raft of Cyclocross bikes, plus these two caught my eye.</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-audax-12">Revolution Audax</a>: similar to the Dawes Clubman but with a double chainring/9 speed setup rather than Clubman's triple/8 speed.</p> <p><a href="http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/products/revolution-country-premier-12">Revolution Country Premier</a>: expedition tourer, similar to Raleigh Sojourn but with lower spec frame (525 rather than 631) and butterfly bars. Cheaper than the alloy frame Dawes Karakum. </p>