..., this is about as good as it gets, a gravel path, a mile from PP dam, on my fixed gear: http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=3DaVY0AuS I'm getting caught up on rec.bicycles.tech after being out of town for a couple of weeks. Lots of great stuff there. I've _almost_ decided to go with a Sturmey-Archer internal 3-speed. They're practically indestructible, and would be better suited ...
... AROUND TO HELP YOU.....NO NEED FOR BRAKES EITHER.....THEY REQUIRE MAINTENANCE......LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY HELP.... Yeah, maintenance sucks. I removed all moving parts from my bicycle and just sit on the frame in the garage. Love the "no need for brakes part"--taken in tandem with the capslock...makes you wonder if someone's currently in traction typing with one hand!...
... COSTLY MECHANIC......THERE ARE PLENTY OF PEOPLE AROUND TO HELP YOU.....NO NEED FOR BRAKES EITHER.....THEY REQUIRE MAINTENANCE......LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED ANY HELP.... Yeah, maintenance sucks. I removed all moving parts from my bicycle and just sit on the frame in the garage. Rich -- If you squeeze my lizard I'll put my snake on you I'm a romantic adventure And I'm a reptile too
... or even Shimano Nexus or Sram for most riding--just that they're not widely distributed in the states. You can easily build and use such a hub in your frame. We discuss such magnificent monsters in rec.bicycles.tech. Don't fear the derailleur these days, though--even the lower end Shimano stuff, if set up right, shifts great. That's the beauty of trickle down tech. I've set up some $300 "...
...--call them if being in the Vandy area makes you nauseous. Online is also an option. Nashbar has their flip/flop hub for $40 right now. Get Sapim spokes for 50c each through a guy on rech.bicycles.tech and a nice Alex rim--and you can build your own wheel for under $100 that's far better than what those bucks buy. Sheldon Brown's site has instructions on that as well. Takes two hours and...
...need to be taken into account. But I will be opting for brakes, unlike some of these young whippersnappers. --fc I think you should go for the gold and join the bicycle crazies who build their own from scratch, oftentimes using plans apparently transmitted from Mars. The planet, not the candy company. -- At least we got bin Laden and the WMD, or this horrible war ...
On Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:44:26 -0700 (PDT), maxo <landotter@gmail.com> wrote: On Jun 20, 7:32Â pm, Richard Thomas <newsu...@dicksonlife.com> wrote: On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:18:48 -0700 (PDT), maxo <landot...@gmail.com> wrote: Back to sitting on that frame in the garage, do you bring your ukulele and sing the entire Tiny Tim song book? No. But I'll be fitting a rack ...
On Jun 20, 7:32Â pm, Richard Thomas <newsu...@dicksonlife.com> wrote: On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:18:48 -0700 (PDT), maxo <landot...@gmail.com> wrote: Back to sitting on that frame in the garage, do you bring your ukulele and sing the entire Tiny Tim song book? No. But I'll be fitting a rack this weekend* so I have somewhere to put my sandwiches. I'll be removing the spring-...
On Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:18:48 -0700 (PDT), maxo <landotter@gmail.com> wrote: Back to sitting on that frame in the garage, do you bring your ukulele and sing the entire Tiny Tim song book? No. But I'll be fitting a rack this weekend* so I have somewhere to put my sandwiches. I'll be removing the spring-loaded bit of course**. (*actually true.) (**may not be true). Rich -- If ...
On Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:54:12 -0700 (PDT), maxo <landotter@gmail.com> wrote: There's a lot of similar overlap to be sure, but a 24 speed bike isn't really a 24 speed bike. "Why do you say it's an 18- speed when it only has nine gears? Huh, what? Yeah. Yeah. Six right here, three at the other end of the chain. Six plus three equals nine.- It's a nine- speed bike. - Yeah, but ...
