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[green le king] it's certainly the sort of bike I would take long distance touring

[translation] I would not ride this any where near where I live[/ftfy]

[Crashed Duell]

OSCC
slashes wrists

dudes [:

...the only thing that stops me to buy this frame is the possible sloping,
I HATE A BACKWARDS SLOPED TOP TUBE !

650c front will fix that.
Plus barspinnz, innit.

... i have to say [650c wheels] looks weird with larger frames ...

I think this cannondale track (also available in black) looks especially odd with 650s.

No. They will put on stones.

OK then.

20 and I will give you an old front wheel.

[quote cowhen]

also, rotors don't go out of true (ha!), so the pad can have a very short travel and therefore exert lots of pressure.

I reckon it was efficient hydraulic transmission then-> same power goes in at brakelever- some is lost on the way- brakes close onto rim.

Could also be something to do with gearing. i.e. there is a tradeoff between brake travel and pad pressure

Yay, I am not alone!!!! [in being too light to pump up tires]

Yet again the answer to the problem is this:

Because hydraulic rim brakes are superior to traditional brakes.
Isn't this just because of better modulation (caused by a better transmission of power i.e.no cable stretch)?
Hydraulic brakes are not inherently more powerful as they work on the same brake pads as a cable system (pad grip on rim being a limiting factor).
The other factor is the power which can be applied (by any transmission system cable/hydro/chaindrive) to the brake pads, this is limited by your hand strength.

Running a cable to a cylinder and piston at the brake has all the stretch of a pure cable system it just moves the pads around indirectly.

Why doesn't someone just make a cable actuated hydraulic brake...

What would be the advantage over a purely cable driven brake?

Bent mech hanger?
Chain on upside down?

My first build, for my wife who calls it the barbie-bike, she's doing her MBA in Paris where she currently zips about on it...
< reader's wife's readers' wives pics>

What do you call that colour?

Nice one, that one defintely look a lots better. the mounting system does look a bit worrying!

Mounting system (and everything else) was a rush job as i was leaving town in a couple of days and had to get stuff shifted. It worked ok though.

i was pulling a fair weight but only very slowly as I was stuck in a tiny (magic)gear.

Cheapest trailer ever? (£free)

I spent no money on parts when i built this for moving flat:

http://i921.photobucket.com/albums/ad59/otherjames_photos/trailer/R0011005.jpg

Found all the bits in skips/bushes.

I spy sturdy front and rear racks.

"sell push bike"
"go on the rob"

This guy is xrawrx and Icm£5

Dont get it.

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Repost.

Appears to be a repost.

This.

Yeah. Buying albums...What ever happened to that?

Haters gonna hate?

Skaters gonna skate.

BlueQuinn's pic agrees with what you are saying (@max), I wasn't really looking for a fight.

(c)BlueQuinn.