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I like riding my bike. Always have done and hope to continue for as long as possible. It is a source of great joy.
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Can we look forward to more stories of your bike’s perpetual reincarnation?
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Yes of course.
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I blame the Tories
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This seems like a potentially controversial development.
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Thread drift in 3, 2, 1...
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Saw a cyclist on the pavement earlier, who can I report them to and what is this forum doing about it ?
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I haven’t been on my bike much this year, which is a shame as I enjoy cycling. I really should do something about that.
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I've mainly been cycling in loops around parts of the city this year. Cycling through town when it is quiet is a joy. In the first lockdown I even managed to zig-zag between the white lines while going down the Mound. I've pootled here and there, I've revved up Dundas Street and the Mound, cycled a hire bike between Morningside and the FRB dock within an hour (no way am I paying that extra 5p a minute!) and now avoid having to cycle back home in the dark each day. Man, I love cycling.
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Fecking stone faced Australian who used to fly by me on the commute and not even grunt just overtook me on cockburnhill road at lunch time BUT. In Covid concession gave a wee wave
I then went along rig road and was chatting to cyclist i strongly suspect is originally from Inversnecky.
He went Harlaw I went beech avenue and red road. New bench at top that doesnt involve climbing through Heather.
I then had a blast returning home down the hills.
What larks
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gembo pushing the pedallo* on rule 2 there
(*see, cycling related)
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I need to replace the gear cable on my mountain bike. I don't think we have a thread for maintenance I should have done weeks ago but just haven't made the time for your.
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We have just sold the (frame of the) TT bike... carbon fiber all singing all dancing machine that cost mr fimm £lots 15 years ago. End of an era.
He likes the idea of a cyclocross bike...Posted 4 years ago # -
Cyclocross not what it used to be...
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I looked at the Shand
LeatheretteLeveret on Instagram. Wondered if a belt drive Alfine 8 bike would be worth owning. Unusual that they have fitted mudguards on a commuter bike. Would be second or third 'Scottish' bike (with assorted Japanes/Taiwanese parts) - Paper Bicycle being the other. Had single speed and 8 speed demos at old shop but sold them on. No longer made afaik.
Or I could just put new rear mech on (rusty) Fuego - 12 speed stuff wears out. Was experiment just to see how it would do.
Enjoy riding any bike or low down trike. Decent front light from a hub makes riding feel good. Extra drag good too for fitness.Posted 4 years ago # -
“12 speed stuff wears out“
Really?
I knew there was a reason I favour 7/8 speeds.
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Number 4 son got a lovely dark blue ‘83 Kingpin in June. I got a green ‘77 Stowaway.
They’re both great.
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I've cycled nearly 1000 indoor miles this year, about 600 miles more than last year.
Next year, maybe I'll cycle outside, and perhaps the following year I'll be light enough to ride my carbon wheels without breaking them...
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Still haven't finished rebuilding the cdf...
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cold dreich grey december day.. down on the drops for a swift 50km.. plastikman on the earphones.. life doesn't get much better
you cant tell anyone though, or they'd all be at it
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@chdot - I knew there was a reason I favour 7/8 speeds
12 speed has to cope with boom length being altered for riders. Sram long rear mech got wrapped round a bit when I left too much chain on after 195cm rider try out. Also used to haul trailers - once with three boxed e-bikes on.
Actual 12 speed chain plates started to wear and snap after a year.
Belt drive with 8 speed would be less maintenance but not so much range. May fit one of our two used e-bikes as Nihola frame design has the removable part allow for belt.
@wfb - had shop green Stowaway nicked. 3 speed came from @darkerside in some sort of deal.
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@chdot, great videos. I'll confess to not knowing that cyclocross was so much older than mountain biking.
Strangely Youtube thinks that the first one is in Portuguese. Which means that if you watch it with "English" subtitles it's very confusing.
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“I'll confess to not knowing that cyclocross was so much older than mountain biking.“
Yes, people were getting muddy and using bikes off road long before a few Californians modified ‘paperboy bikes’ for going downhill (fast).
Of course those Californians didn’t understand mud and later produced U-brakes which weren’t entirely fit for purpose for UK conditions...
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Of course there were exceptional people racing mountain bikes with drops
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