Search results for:

Looks like a zero reach stem, and a 69er set up or is it an oddball 46er
The slammed but level saddle angle.
DH tyres and brakes.
Dem gears, spinny, bike in a what could be a DH play area.
Trials rider having a spaff about the woods for giggles ? nice dropouts, not sure on what the frame is though.
Having done chainless race seeding runs........ i would chuck it down a mountain :) wouldn't fancy trying to spin it anywhere else :0

Maybe he's murdered them.....

Might be bad form to just comment on a sales thread.

Coming from the world of downhill racing it used to be common to see dirt jumpers getting raced in hardtail cat, if you fancy trying DH and a bit of street/park riding thats not a bad place to start and could be adapated for gears ( i know SS mtb thread ;)
And the rear brake mount (click on the link above for other piccys) thats designed to keep the rear wheel and caliper centered, something a few other companies could have copied.
I had the old 2004 Spesh P3 alu, i used to slam the wheel forward for tight twisty techy tracks and drag it right back for less techy but ballsout fast tracks, but had to manually reset the caliper over the new axle position each time, because back brakes are ace when they actually work and hitting trees hurts :)
Could make a nice 4x racer as well, could build that up fairly cheaply.......

wow, no messing around, straight into action :-)

Have fun, looking forward to future posts, have a good trip.

@photoben
Looks like a police sting operation to me.

It will keep you rolling :)

Did you retain full spread of gears ?
For others reading, using the hanger offsets the mech so if you just put it on as a fast fix you have to be carefull with shifting until you reset the mech travel stop screws, from memory until you reset i lost 1&2 gear and had to stop at 7th as due to offset it was in 9th, trying to select 8th would drop the chain/overshift off the cassette. Once recalibrated the full use of normal gear range returned.

No science to back this up....... you might find/notice slightly sharper shifting as the Wheels Mfg hanger is stiffer than normal hangers which are designed to bend and break.
Excuse the questions, apart from chatting with Wheels Mfg at a trade show your the first person i know who has used one in the field so to speak.

I did practice rear wheel changes, after several goes i was able to reset fine on my own, can't say it took much longer. First couple of goes a third hand would have been nice, but soon got round that, so don't worry about punctures.

What freezing77 said.

Another option is a "Wheels Manufacturing emergency gear hanger" similar to the linked ghost hanger above, these come in around 4 - 4.2mm thick alu and simply slip over the axle hole and are held in place by the Q/R nut, you might need a longer skewer. The downside is when you remove the rear wheel the hanger&mech drops free too, but it could be worth looking into.

I have used one with a 10mm bolt through axle, when set and in place, brilliant, 3 hands while setting up would be nice but i managed ok. Gear shifting seemed fine when taking a wheel off and back on again, indexing stayed put.

On the steam roller. Seen complete weight claims of 49cm bike at 18.5lbs and unsized bikes at 22lbs

The fork with uncut steer is 1kg (2.2lbs) and they have long steerer tubes, a 53cm frame is 2kg (4.41lbs) weights taken from Surlys website.

A medium Dolan pre cursa came in at 1810gr i didn't spot a fork weight.

So very roughly you could build a Steam roller maybe 1/2 kilo heavier than a Cursa.
The Surly is an ahead stem set up and is relaxed enough to take up to 38c tyres or smaller with full mudguards. They have a cult following and are easy to resell later on, and you don't buy one for the paint job :) (decal sets are easy to get if you respray)

Surlys do have a hooligan element and are fun. ( i have a Karate Monkey)

Think theres still a few on dial up where i am, you fancy city types with your underground netz, or is it just because everyones digging basement extensions and you get to latch onto the signal because they dug a bit close to the tunnel........ :)

waves at TTM :) thanks old chap.

Deffo 1 please.

Sorry a dunce with computers i work with hammers so no idea how to add into the list :(

Even out in the sticks the chain stores and pubs/hotels have free wifi.
Most large chain coffee shops and burger joints should have it, waterstones book shops with coffee shop inside have it, some supermarkets with a cafe inside have it
I would wait for a London local to chime in to confirm though.

A small bit of help from another newbie to the city.

If you can grab a pocket size A-Z where you are (i managed to pick up a new york one where i was out in the sticks years ago) thats handy, if your not a gadget person and not using a smartphone to get round with........ if you nip over to Kings cross station and look for the Travel Information booth in there somewhere, not sure exactly where as i haven't found it myself yet (use St Pancs station)
Anyways, they should have the TFL santander/boris bike maps, these are free maps of the city and a great back up or overview when using a gps/smartphone or small pocket A-Z

analog trip computer :)

Boy did you know about if it got knocked loose in the bike shed and rotated into the spokes as you where caning it down a big hill............ happy days, the subtle click click click click of wheel revolutions being counted.

Needs less candy and maybe more chocolate :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIKqgE4BwAY

Access to spare pedals ? swap and try other pedals, at least rules them out and narrows it down.
Could be BB on it's way out, or it just needs taking out, grease the threads and try again, could be the crank has worn, worked loose at some point and the BB taper has eaten into the interface.

Bit out of touch with service on fatty headshox, years ago it used to be mud-dock in Bristol (for south west anyway for cannondale)
There are a couple of cannondale parts specialists out there (quick goodle-fu showed a few) of the 2 forks the fatty might be harder to source parts for, but the lefty has some aftermarket support on hubs and some parts, either way, either fork has some value if broken for spares.
Retro bike might be a good place to enquire with some extra google-fu, no idea if there is a special cannondale owners forum somewhere.

A friend had a couple of Delta V's back in the 90's the headshox fatty's from memory where pretty good and fairly user serviceable although he was, and still is a bike mech :)

My first proper bike was a Carlton Continental 5spd, one day i might find another, that red racer is why i like lugged steel frames, so get the mindset of why Nemo is for you.

Been watching the sale thread of Nemo so be cool to watch it come alive again, double win that's it's getting raced/tracked.

I come from the world of downhill mountain bike racing, about 70% of those racing have a bike thats better than the rider :) flash bike or crap bike if it rides it can raced, if it can be raced then thats fun.

Happy building with the project.

@ Tomvanhalen

There are several places that service the forks.
The lefty forks have a following in the fat-bike world as you can get extra large offset crowns for 4-5" tyres, even if it's knackered inside it will still have value for the hub and any serviceable parts.

John Tomac rocked a disc wheel (sort of) and drop bars on a mountain bike...... just saying like... :)

Just thinking out loud.

On the issue of finding a shop to drill out a fork crown thats been plugged with a threaded bar, that is more likely to go wrong, possible varying materials (alu fork/steel threaded bar) and a chance of the bit wandering off center which equates to shop having to replace or repair, also increased liability comeback if fork fails after drilling, wheres there blame there a claim.
I understand why some shops wouldn't touch it, to much potential hassle.
Shop equipment or staff may not to be up to it, drilling out an insert is harder than just drilling a crown.

Are there any metal fabricaters, tooling makers, cnc shops nearby? a few phone calls should sort the issue out with someone that is used to precise work with metals and is tooled up for it.

It's a fairly easy job with the right tooling, perhaps look beyond LBS.

Butlins is a double edged sword to the town, a love/hate relationship. (for those reading, the harbour photo has what looks like a big white tent in the background, thats butlins stalag luft)
It's slightly more hate as they tend to focus on adult week enders, so cue 10,000 drunks from major citys around the uk coming here for a piss up. They tend to stick to stones pub at the bottom of town, the hairy dog half way up and wetherspoons at top of town, the other pubs are nicer as the drunks stay in the main drag.

You get away with a well cheap cable lock as well as most bike theft is unlocked bikes being nicked by drunks for a ride into the nearest hedge/wall/taxi.

But it's a good base for doing some light touring on the edge of exmoor, loads of audax riders here, the YHA up Alcombe combe is run by a keen cyclist (Andy) and very bike friendly, loads of road riders, mountain biking is more XC, few years ago the DH race scene was big here with regular uplift and races but thats died off.

Number 2 is my home town, hope you didn't try to ride across the harbour it can get very messy.

Quite a few photo's of that well known cycle lover Jeremy Clarkson in the papers this week, riding his bike with no helmet, BBC should sack him for being a poor role model..... :)

Big fella at St panc's station with a road bike, looked like a metalheadbanger but in lycra, think he was heading outwards.

Another big fella on a black raleigh brakeless fixed near Euston about 10'ish

Did see several other fixed/ss as i walkengered around the city.