The Cycling Chat Thread

[DownwardDog]

The jury is out apparently. Shimano and Campag still say to avoid:

Is cross-chaining disastrous? Find out what the manufacturers say

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It's not just efficiency, it is (or was) added stress in components being used at an angle.

The latest firmware release for 8000/9000 Di2 locks out certain cross chain gears by default. I suspect this is to reduce warranty claims by ham fisted shifting at high torque/low rpm in those gears.

 

[DownwardDog]

I'm just waiting for Pashley to bring out an electric shifter for the Sturmey Archer hub gears and drum brakes. I'm sure it'll make my Roadster and Guv'nor just fly!


And all it'll need is a car battery to power it...

Shimano SG-S7051 is a Di2 actuated 8 speed IGH.

 

[Cid]

Wouldn't mind a bit of Di2. Though it seems a bit ridiculous, because it would be for the indoor bike... 1x11 on my gravel bike is... adequate... for outdoor rides, for now. Especially now that I've sorted my shifting issues, which only took a re-wrap and working out that the frame will take cable outer routed internally through the chainstay, which is not how it came.

Definitely still need 1:1 ratio for the peak district.

 

[Cid]

Maybe the new groupset will get the used market shifting (groan) again. Not holding out much hope though.

 

[a_chap]

Shimano SG-S7051 is a Di2 actuated 8 speed IGH.

But if it ain't also a drum brake then I'm afraid it's just no good.

And who in hell needs EIGHT gears for goodness sake!!

3 speed are all the discerning gentleman needs

 

[a_chap]

Doesn't sound too bad, probably only change the weight by 5% or so.

Yeah but 5% of a Pashley is another couple of kg

Oh my sides. I can hardly breathe. Etc.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I can hardly breathe

That’s because you have to pedal 30kg of iron up hills

 

[David Clapson]

I like Sram etap 11 very much. Very pretty to look at. Even the batteries look good. Having no gear cables is rather magical.

 

[Puddy_Tat]

on tweeter

 

[David Clapson]

I have a feeling that Zero Gravity brakes is hitting the buffers. Ted Ciamillo is taking people's money but shipping nothing and not answering calls and emails. Meanwhile his product, the lightest ever caliper brake, is being sold on Alibaba, probably because he's fallen out with his supplier.

 

[TopCat]

Wouldn't mind a bit of Di2. Though it seems a bit ridiculous, because it would be for the indoor bike... 1x11 on my gravel bike is... adequate... for outdoor rides, for now. Especially now that I've sorted my shifting issues, which only took a re-wrap and working out that the frame will take cable outer routed internally through the chainstay, which is not how it came.

Definitely still need 1:1 ratio for the peak district.

You cycle up them hills eh? Fucking hell I have ways to go.

 

[TopCat]

Wouldn’t a lot of cyclists do better eating a bit less to lose a few kilos?

 

[TopCat]

But if it ain't also a drum brake then I'm afraid it's just no good.

And who in hell needs EIGHT gears for goodness sake!!

3 speed are all the discerning gentleman needs

I had something similar nearly five decades ago. Second gear would work only on celebration days.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Wouldn’t a lot of cyclists do better eating a bit less to lose a few kilos?

It’s generally easier and cheaper to lose weight from yourself, yeah.

But, you know, new shiny bike bits!

 

[Cid]

You cycle up them hills eh? Fucking hell I have ways to go.

Today's ride: 26 miles, 750 meters ascent.

 

[Cid]

Wouldn’t a lot of cyclists do better eating a bit less to lose a few kilos?

Yes, weight on bikes is... not nonsense, but certainly not as significant as often thought. Though I way <loud coughing> kg, and I definitely notice the difference between my gravel bike (~10kg) and mtb (hardtail around 12.5 kg iirc, seems light though? Always surprises me when I weigh it). That may well have more to do with geometry, 26" wheels, bigger tires etc though.

 

[David Clapson]

Wouldn’t a lot of cyclists do better eating a bit less to lose a few kilos?

What an original, thought-provoking post.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Sunday’s hangover cure…

 

[Cid]

It’s generally easier and cheaper to lose weight from yourself, yeah.

But, you know, new shiny bike bits!

I don't think it's particularly easy or cheap to lose weight. It requires many things... It's certainly easier if you're the kind of person who can and does cycle regularly, but it depends where you're coming from.

 

[Cid]

Sunday’s hangover cure…

View attachment 286288

This is in some strange, non-cycling measurement system?

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I don't think it's particularly easy or cheap to lose weight. It requires many things... It's certainly easier if you're the kind of person who can and does cycle regularly, but it depends where you're coming from.

Still almost certainly cheaper than that new Di2

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

This is in some strange, non-cycling measurement system?

It maybe designed for Pashleys

 

[Cid]

Still almost certainly cheaper than that new Di2

Fair, fair. Especially in cost/g, just take a piss.

 

[Cid]

Today’s didn’t upload yet, couple of days ago:

 

[Cid]

 

[TopCat]

Today’s didn’t upload yet, couple of days ago:

View attachment 286290

My legs hurt looking at that. Good on you.

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

 

[weepiper]

My most recent fun ride last week

 

[Dogsauce]

This is what I get to ride when staying with my Portuguese relatives. Managed a 48km ride on it last week with nothing breaking, which was a novelty (previous couple of rides of any length saw the chain snap and the rear derailleur fall apart). It has a motherfucking EMT group set, whatever that is. Any distance on this is equivalent to about three times the distance on my road bike in terms of effort, all the people whizzing past me as I rode back up the estuary weren’t getting a good enough workout.

Between visits it just sits in the basement carpark gaining a bit more rust, I just pump up the tyres and go.

 

[TopCat]

Higher handlebars made my ride yesterday so much more comfortable. No nerve pain! Best tenner spent ever.