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I'd probably keep using this Specialized Crossroads 2.0 I got last year as my full size bike if it didn't have a 3x7 drivetrain that I loving hate. Gonna replace it with a 1x gravel bike I think, just gotta figure out which one. Kinda want one with drop bars but I've never used them before so trying to figure out a bike where they're not that aggressively positioned...
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Clark Nova posted:I wish they'd make hybrid bikes 1x by default. People who aren't bicycle nerds don't ever seem to want to use their front derailleur at all Bicycle nerd checking in: I just put the front derailer back on my touring bike. I'd taken it off because I never used it pootling around my mountain town. I've got 8 in the back and I frequently shift two at a time. I feel like a wider spread on the back would be just fine for a whole lot of people.
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Sep 14, 2023 14:24
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Clark Nova posted:I wish they'd make hybrid bikes IGH by default.
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I took my gravel bike to the shop yesterday to fix the headset issue I’m having and told the owner we got some Bromptons for bombing around town. He went into a soliloquy about how great IGHs are. You either love them or you hate them.
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Pittsburgh Fentanyl Cloud posted:I took my gravel bike to the shop yesterday to fix the headset issue I’m having and told the owner we got some Bromptons for bombing around town. He went into a soliloquy about how great IGHs are. You either love them or you hate them. I just rode my mountain bike to get lunch (other one was in the shop) and derailleurs are great too. I just hated the cleaning/maintenance for a daily-ridden bike.
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if I only was going to use the Brompton for 15-20 mile flat-with-bridges rides, I'd probably stick with the 3-speed and then only have the IGH and live the simple life that said, I'm glad I have the 6-speed, even if it means I do have an extra derailleur to worry about
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Sep 14, 2023 14:57
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Y'all got me looking at planetary hubs now, THANKS A LOT. The Shimano 8sp looks not horrible.
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Sep 14, 2023 15:01
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kimbo305 posted:Either one will serve you well. I'm seeing a $300 price diff between the 2 and the 3. Thanks for the info! I guess my follow up question is any advice on how to order a bike from the internet? I don't want to necessarily buy one and then find out it doesn't fit me.
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Seth Pecksniff posted:Thanks for the info! You test ride an FX3, right? Was that through a shop? Did they confirm, on top of your ride, that it was the right size? If you, you can compare geometries to another bike model's size range. Here's a medium FX3 vs a small Dew Plus: https://bikeinsights.com/compare?geometries=642aedb432648a00213a1040,61bd564422e867001c991c33  You're basically looking for strong overlap to confirm two bikes will fit you the same way. In this case, you can catch out the fact that a size M Dew would be too big. That visualizer has a good but not comprehensive database of bike geos.
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kimbo305 posted:You test ride an FX3, right? Was that through a shop? Did they confirm, on top of your ride, that it was the right size? If you, you can compare geometries to another bike model's size range. Yeah I rode a medium FX3 at the shop and it felt good to me in terms of length and how it felt riding it Appreciate it! I'm gonna look through this and see what my next steps may be
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kimbo305 posted:You test ride an FX3, right? Was that through a shop? Did they confirm, on top of your ride, that it was the right size? If you, you can compare geometries to another bike model's size range. Any excuse to plus the far superior geo site of https://www.bike-stats.de/en/ that lets you plug in handlebars, stems, etc to also compare
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Sep 14, 2023 21:14
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cruft posted:The Shimano 8sp looks not horrible.
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evil_bunnY posted:It's good if you're not pushign ebike torque through it. telling people that im not skipping leg day, im just trying to not get so strong that i hulk out and destroy my drivetrain
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Sep 14, 2023 21:59
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cruft posted:Y'all got me looking at planetary hubs now, THANKS A LOT. A couple of years ago, I put one on my winter bike, and have been abusing it hard. Lång rides, year-round daily commuting, 50 kg of cargo, larger than warrantied rear sprocket, Swedish winter conditions, and only stored outside. The Shimano Inter 8 had a pretty bad reputation for unreliability when I'd gotten it, and whether through luck or improved QC I've been extremely happy with it. The gear range (304 %) corresponded to that of the 21-speed MTB I built my winter bike out of, minus the absolute highest and lowest gear combinations, so even in hilly Stockholm it can manage all of my needs. Groda fucked around with this message at 22:10 on Sep 14, 2023 |
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Stay hydrated: https://www.brompton.com/p/965/brompton-x-bear-grylls-c-line-explore
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Groda posted:Stay hydrated: It comes with the seawater enima kit?
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they could at least ship those with the Marathon Plus tires and not the Marathon Racer tires that gave me my first puncture ever for daring them to ride them for like half a mile on gravel
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Clark Nova posted:I wish they'd make hybrid bikes 1x by default. People who aren't bicycle nerds don't ever seem to want to use their front derailleur at all This is mainly true. I'm sticking to my 3x cos there are some steep hills around here and if you want the most gear range for the least money it's still the undisputed champ. I was going to argue that 1x drivetrains don't offer low enough climbing gears for the old/unfit, but this one with the 26t on the front looks nice (idk why they're calling it a mountain bike): https://www.islabikes.co.uk/products/icon-jimi
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were just talking the other day about folding bikes with belt drives, and more recently about IGH with more speeds, so hey: here's a new bike from priority with a 7-speed shimano nexus and a gates belt https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/folder
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TobinHatesYou posted:There shouldn’t be rub even when cross-chained if the FD has trim…he just has to know how to use it. No one who cross chains constantly uses trim. They just want to tell themselves ‘I’m doing OK, I‘m not even in my little ring yet’ as they grind up hills at 20 rpm cadence for no reason. Al2001 posted:I was going to argue that 1x drivetrains don't offer low enough climbing gears for the old/unfit, but this one with the 26t on the front looks nice (idk why they're calling it a mountain bike): https://www.islabikes.co.uk/products/icon-jimi 1x is limited in total gear range until you get to 12 speed sram stuff with a 10t cog and a rear cassette the size of a dinner plate. And that’s more expensive than simple 2x so will never be the default on hybrids. That Isla bike looks nice, 26t chainring though surely makes it only suitable for riding up walls, horrible for anything else. That’s smaller than the inner ring on a triple isn’t it?
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abraham linksys posted:were just talking the other day about folding bikes with belt drives, and more recently about IGH with more speeds, so hey: here's a new bike from priority with a 7-speed shimano nexus and a gates belt https://www.prioritybicycles.com/products/folder This is a front dynamo hub away from being about perfect for me. Too bad no one seems to be interested in putting a coaster brake on folders. 6-speed Bromptons having four cable runs on a bike that folds in forty directions is absolutely lunacy.
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wooger posted:1x is limited in total gear range until you get to 12 speed sram stuff with a 10t cog and a rear cassette the size of a dinner plate. And that’s more expensive than simple 2x so will never be the default on hybrids. Exactly, 8-speed is the most you're going to get on the kind of hybrids almost everyone buys (ie ones that cost less than £600RRP.) quote:That Isla bike looks nice, 26t chainring though surely makes it only suitable for riding up walls, horrible for anything else. That’s smaller than the inner ring on a triple isn’t it? It is extreme but pretty cool to see something obviously aimed at old/less fit riders (I teach adults to ride and I'm sure a lot of them would love it.)
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wooger posted:That Isla bike looks nice, 26t chainring though surely makes it only suitable for riding up walls, horrible for anything else. That’s smaller than the inner ring on a triple isn’t it?
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I think my characterizing Bromptons as cubes was overstated: https://handsonbike.blogspot.com/2017/07/brompton-m6r-folded-size-comparison.html I should have done this comparison with my Pakit when i still had the Brompton.
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wooger posted:That Isla bike looks nice, 26t chainring though surely makes it only suitable for riding up walls, horrible for anything else. That’s smaller than the inner ring on a triple isn’t it? Twenty-two teeth was common. That was with cogs maxing out at like thirty-two. Same eleven teeth on the other end. Some of that mechanical advantage gets clawed back with larger wheels and shorter cranks, but a nineties mountain bike has way more top speed in the middle ring, let alone the big one.
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abraham linksys posted:cruft PMed me earlier to say it's this one, which looks identical other than having a logo on it: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F3WXV4D/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1&psc=1 Update: I just managed to get the Bike Friday NWT in there without taking off the front wheel! Bike Fridays appear to be well-known as not folding down very small, in exchange for having a ride closer to what you'd get on a traditional diamond frame. The back wheel swings underneath the bike and comes up against the main tube. The seatpost tube folds down and nestles the nose of the saddle between the main tube and the hub on the back wheel. And you can remove the steer tube if you like (you have to, for this bag). I was able to get that to all fit by turning the front wheel backwards: the throwout in the front fork was enough that this removed a good 10cm of overall width. I had to rotate the bike a bit to make in work in the square bag, but it's all crammed in there now! What I'm trying to say is: this bag is pretty large. If it can fit a Bike Friday with the front 20" wheel still attached, it can probably fit any other folding bike.
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wooger posted:Or most likely, just stop cross chaining - that’s what I infer from ‘never use the little chainring’. TobinHatesYou posted:I mean you can either do something silly like take the front derailleur off or you can watch a 10 minute long YouTube video on how to adjust a front derailleur. Jokerpilled Drudge posted:protip: your left shifter moves the front derailleur... try moving it with the shifter I solved the problem by using a pair of pliers to deform the part of the derailleur that was contacting the chain into a shape that no longer contacts the chain. I don’t give a poo poo if that solution compromises the front derailleur’s ability to shift because I never move off the big ring.
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Oh, you have one of those indexed front shifters that has one position per chainring, like on a mountain bike. Yeah. Those grind in some positions and getting them adjusted right is a tremendous pain in the rear end, in my experience. If you want a less hacky solution than "bend the front derailer to poo poo with a pair of pliers", I recommend just taking the damned thing off. You can then remove the front shifter and some cable and housing. I happen to like how that makes the bike look, your mileage may vary. You might be able to disassemble the derailer, too. This might involve a pair of tin snips, which, whatever, you've already destroyed the part. Be careful not to leave any edges that are going to cut into your leg! cruft fucked around with this message at 19:43 on Sep 15, 2023 |
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secular woods sex posted:I did, and none of their adjustments worked. Adjusting the limit screws didn’t do anything useful. Surprising. Eventually, the cage should have started moving from being nudged by an extreme screw offset. Maybe the cable was very loose. Anyways, now you can just going back to riding and/or dismantling the FD.
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Just upgraded to a dynamo-powered 100 lux light on my winter bike, and it's like taking your own street light with you. https://www.bumm.de/en/products/dynamo-scheinwerfer/parent/164/produkt/164rtsndi-01-schwarz-164rtsndi-silber.html
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Yesterday I replaced the flat bars on my Sladda with these $36 old man handlebars, and it's like a whole new bike. I'm pretty much fully upright now, and that makes me totally disinclined to try and go quickly. I feel like I need a baguette in the front basket or something. Game changer, A+ recommended. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01LEPBR9C
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cruft posted:Yesterday I replaced the flat bars on my Sladda with these $36 old man handlebars, and it's like a whole new bike. I'm pretty much fully upright now, and that makes me totally disinclined to try and go quickly. I feel like I need a baguette in the front basket or something. Game changer, A+ recommended. One of the nice things about these 90 ° handlebars is you can have a poncho that goes up over the bars.
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Groda posted:Just upgraded to a dynamo-powered 100 lux light on my winter bike, and it's like taking your own street light with you. If you have an e-bike I can't recommend a 45kph STVZO light enough. They feel light lighthouses compared to most bike lights. cruft posted:Yesterday I replaced the flat bars on my Sladda with these $36 old man handlebars, and it's like a whole new bike. I'm pretty much fully upright now, and that makes me totally disinclined to try and go quickly. I feel like I need a baguette in the front basket or something. Game changer, A+ recommended. evil_bunnY fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Sep 25, 2023 |
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evil_bunnY posted:I'm not a super fan of the B&M super complex beams (had an IXON IQ Premium for a while, they're too distracting to me) "distracting"?
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Groda posted:"distracting"?
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evil_bunnY posted:You can tell the distinct reflective elements, and the patterns they project on the ground are distracting when I ride. I like a wide *even* field of illumination. I've had a lot of dynamo-driven LED-lights, and B+M is as good or better than most. What are you comparing with, regarding dynamo-driven LED-lights?
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Groda posted:I've had a lot of dynamo-driven LED-lights, and B+M is as good or better than most. What are you comparing with, regarding dynamo-driven LED-lights?
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I don't love the B+M pattern, but the price is hard to beat.
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Conversely, I love the pattern the B&M lights make. Currently also have an IQ-X on my commuter.
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