The Cycling Chat Thread

[beesonthewhatnow]

I didn't quite get to finish building this rather lovely tiny (48cm frame, 130mm cranks!) kids' gravel bike (see pandemic personal consequences thread for why) but looook.

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That's very cool.

 

[han]

That's gorgeous!

48cm is a kids' size? Gosh, my Surly is 42cm, and my singlespeed 46cm. Maybe I should look into kids' bikes....

 

[iamwithnail]

I managed to get a puncture through my schwalb marathon tyre last night, thankfully only 5k from home rather than the 20 I was at one point. Very definite puncture on the tyre and tube. Looking at the tyre there are a few that have pierced it before but thankfully not made it into the tube. It's about 2 years old the tyre and was probably getting replaced in the summer anyway - is it worth keeping as spare or just chuck? Any recommendations for puncture resistant tyres (700c)?

Goddamnit. The tyres they got in were the wrong size so I put my old tyre back on and got a puncture 30km in. In related news there's now a map display in East London that's covered in tyre goo because that's not as easy as it looked to use. might've been a bit... Explodey.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Thanks to a combination of Pactimo having a sale on and me having some discount points to use there, I’ve aquired my first properly expensive/premium brand pair of bibshorts, for less than half the usual price.

OMG the difference is amazing. So, so comfortable. Why didn’t I do this sooner?

 

[klang]

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[weepiper]

I finished it

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Is that for one of your kids? Or a shop customer?

 

[iamwithnail]

That's gooooorgeous.

 

[weepiper]

Is that for one of your kids? Or a shop customer?

Customer.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Customer.

Just been looking at the frame sets - they start at a 37cm frame that takes 700c wheels? That's amazing.

 

[weepiper]

Just been looking at the frame sets - they start at a 37cm frame that takes 700c wheels? That's amazing.

Yep. Teeny tiny. The seatpost can be reversed to shorten the reach so you can put a very small person indeed on them. They're bringing out a 650b wheel mountain bike that a kid that would normally be on a 20" wheel bike can ride too.

 

[Cid]

That is gonna be one very chuffed kid.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Yep. Teeny tiny. The seatpost can be reversed to shorten the reach so you can put a very small person indeed on them. They're bringing out a 650b wheel mountain bike that a kid that would normally be on a 20" wheel bike can ride too.

That's awesome.

looks at my kids

looks at my bank balance

walks away

 

[Almor]

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I saw a side by side recumbent tandem bike the other day

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I saw a side by side recumbent tandem bike the other day

That sounds awesome...

 

[mauvais]

I saw a side by side recumbent tandem bike the other day

Isn't that just a car?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

24 Hour Challenge - Pedal/Electric Hybrid Sociable

We had 24 hours and have one of the coolest fabs shops around. All built inhouse by us.

www.utahtrikes.com

That is seriously cool.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Isn't that just a car?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Car drivers - "oi, you're not allowed to ride side by.... Oh."

 

[Cid]

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24 Hour Challenge - Pedal/Electric Hybrid Sociable

We had 24 hours and have one of the coolest fabs shops around. All built inhouse by us.

www.utahtrikes.com

That is seriously cool.

Really we need this kind of thing/light EV zones in all cities.

 

[klang]

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That is seriously cool.

 

[Cid]

Amazing they built that in 24 hours.

Though depends from what I suppose.

 

[Leafster]

Isn't that just a car?

It reminds me a bit of one of these

It's an Orient Buckboard

 

[purves grundy]

Need some advice. I've always enjoyed cycling but since my enforced move back to the UK last March it's been my go-to escape. I've been out and about in the Lincs Wolds and beyond pretty much every weekend, hitting 50-60 miles a day, and shorter rides after work in the late afternoons. Really happy at the improvement in my physique and general fitness: I was struggling with hill climbs at first, stopping midway to get off and walk etc but now I actively seek out routes with mad hills. Mmmmmarvellous.

Managed all this on a £400 Cube MTB - didn't know how long I'd be here so went cheap - and am now considering an upgrade to something that will make those long rides more enjoyable, give me options for longer excursions etc. I'll be going back to Southeast Asia in a couple of months or so, probably based in Singapore, and it will accompany me. I'd like to ride all over the region. Reading the posts here and checking some of the links these gravel bikes seem to be up my street, sturdier wheels etc but I'm not into drop bars and tend to ride standing a lot of the time. Any thoughts or recommendations? £1000-1500, bit more if it's really worth it.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Need some advice. I've always enjoyed cycling but since my enforced move back to the UK last March it's been my go-to escape. I've been out and about in the Lincs Wolds and beyond pretty much every weekend, hitting 50-60 miles a day, and shorter rides after work in the late afternoons. Really happy at the improvement in my physique and general fitness: I was struggling with hill climbs at first, stopping midway to get off and walk etc but now I actively seek out routes with mad hills. Mmmmmarvellous.

Managed all this on a £400 Cube MTB - didn't know how long I'd be here so went cheap - and am now considering an upgrade to something that will make those long rides more enjoyable, give me options for longer excursions etc. I'll be going back to Southeast Asia in a couple of months or so, probably based in Singapore, and it will accompany me. I'd like to ride all over the region. Reading the posts here and checking some of the links these gravel bikes seem to be up my street, sturdier wheels etc but I'm not into drop bars and tend to ride standing a lot of the time. Any thoughts or recommendations? £1000-1500, bit more if it's really worth it.

I have one of these and love it:

Substance SRS 2 Adventure Road Bike

The Substance is the bike that will go anywhere you point it; on whatever road surface you choose. With a brand-new Reynolds 725 Heat-Treated Chrome-Moly double butted steel frame from the legendary British tubing manufacturers. Paired to carbon fork designed to take both 700c and 650b wheels &...

vitusbikes.com

List price slightly above your budget, but I got mine for around £1300. Are you completely against the drop bars?

There’s plenty of options in your range, main problem at the moment is finding anything in stock.

 

[purves grundy]

I have one of these and love it:

Substance SRS 2 Adventure Road Bike

The Substance is the bike that will go anywhere you point it; on whatever road surface you choose. With a brand-new Reynolds 725 Heat-Treated Chrome-Moly double butted steel frame from the legendary British tubing manufacturers. Paired to carbon fork designed to take both 700c and 650b wheels &...

vitusbikes.com

List price slightly above your budget, but I got mine for around £1300. Are you completely against the drop bars?

There’s plenty of options in your range, main problem at the moment is finding anything in stock.

That looks fantastic - thanks for the tip. Definitely sth along those lines. You're right though, out of stock.

I've actually never ridden with drop bars! Bit awkward for me given my penchant for riding standing (not all of the time but defo most of the time)?

 

[Cid]

That looks fantastic - thanks for the tip. Definitely sth along those lines. You're right though, out of stock.

I've actually never ridden with drop bars! Bit awkward for me given my penchant for riding standing (not all of the time but defo most of the time)?

You don't actually have to ride in the drops, most people will spend much more time with their hands on top of the hoods.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Need some advice. I've always enjoyed cycling but since my enforced move back to the UK last March it's been my go-to escape. I've been out and about in the Lincs Wolds and beyond pretty much every weekend, hitting 50-60 miles a day, and shorter rides after work in the late afternoons. Really happy at the improvement in my physique and general fitness: I was struggling with hill climbs at first, stopping midway to get off and walk etc but now I actively seek out routes with mad hills. Mmmmmarvellous.

Managed all this on a £400 Cube MTB - didn't know how long I'd be here so went cheap - and am now considering an upgrade to something that will make those long rides more enjoyable, give me options for longer excursions etc. I'll be going back to Southeast Asia in a couple of months or so, probably based in Singapore, and it will accompany me. I'd like to ride all over the region. Reading the posts here and checking some of the links these gravel bikes seem to be up my street, sturdier wheels etc but I'm not into drop bars and tend to ride standing a lot of the time. Any thoughts or recommendations? £1000-1500, bit more if it's really worth it.

If you don't like drop bars these Whyte commuting bikes are good , friend got one and has been a success. It has Shimano 105 even, great groupset.

 

[Cid]

You could also buy a bike when you get out there... Giant are based in Taiwan and tend to have good distribution in major east-asian cities. At lest they did in China. The other China. The people's republic, rather than the republic.

 

[Cid]

Stock on all bikes in the UK looks to be still pretty ropey - covid and brexit.