Black_Rainbow_Project

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• Which decent casual SPD shoes? Dzr, Chrome, Quoc Pham, etc

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 day, 8 hours

  

  I'm liking the look of the new Chrome mid cuts.
  I loved the old midway pro. Only issue I had was the soles wearing down pretty quickly and grinding the cleats down.
  My Five Ten Districts have split on the toe again so I think these will be my replacements.

• Time Atac Pedals

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 week, 4 days

  

  So after over a quarter of a century of using Atacs pretty much exclusively, I think I've finally given up on them.
  I absolutely love Atacs, but the quality of them has gone so downhill over the years that I can't justify the cost of constantly replacing them anymore.
  The most recent version I bought was a set of speciale 8's...which aren't exactly cheap. After less than a year of being on my work bike they both have bad axle play that can't be adjusted out, and one of the retention bars has snapped on the left side, with all the bars showing really bad wear. A problem which definitely got worse once they switched to the square bars on the higher models.
  The cleats have always been soft as shit so needed replacing regularly. But I could live with that before when the pedals themselves were better.
  I've now decided it's time to stop spending my money on them. 😕

  I'm not a huge fan of SPD's. Something about them I just don't get on with.

  So I just picked up a set of the Hope Union trail pedals to see if the new kids on the block will bring back the love I used to have for Atacs.
  First impressions are that the quality of machining is typical exceptional Hope standard.
  Hope bearings are good quality, so I have high hopes there. The cleats and all mechanisms are stainless steel, so hopefully I won't be buying new cleats every couple of months now.
  The feel is very similar to Atacs which is a big win for me.
  I'll see whether I need to tighten the retention springs once I give them a proper go at work tomorrow...but fingers crossed they will be a worthy successor to my beloved Atacs!

• Films

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 4 days

  

  I watched 'Profile' at the weekend. Very cleverly done and really drew me in.

  https://youtu.be/DKgW8UcGMNk
  
  

• To all you sewing lot...

  in General • 2 weeks, 3 days

  

  It's just clear reinforced truck tarp.

• Halo Vapour tubeless CX/gravel wheelset - £120

  in Components, clothing and miscellany • 3 weeks, 3 days

  

  What rim width are these? A friend is looking for some cheap 29er mtb wheels, but not sure if these will be too narrow?

• Films

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 3 weeks, 3 days

  

  Well...that's another film where the trailer alone was enough to make me cry!

  https://youtu.be/uL416_Z89KQ
  
  

• Brooklyn Machine Works

  in Bikes & Bits • 3 weeks, 5 days

  

  I can tell you there were no large made originally. They came a little later.

• Brooklyn Machine Works

  in Bikes & Bits • 4 weeks

  

  He has no cutout, because he has my old one!😛

• Brooklyn Machine Works

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month

  

  And version 1 had no cutout in the dropout.

• Brooklyn Machine Works

  in Bikes & Bits • 1 month

  

  Technically a V1.5 😁