Glad I finally got on here, I have had a Baron Discus for about a
year and a half, so far it has 6400 miles on the clock.

I noticed some previous posts on replacing the main idler wheel, I
replaced the stock gear at 5500 miles and it appears the new one
(slightly different from the original) is also wearing down so I am
interested in the Terracycle gear and was wondering if that is a
direct replacemnt (ie bolt size the same etc)

I had an interesting failure the other day, seemed the metal piece
holding the chain tube broke, while I've replaced the part I was
wondering if there is a better way to fix the tube (I don't want to
get rid of it)

Anyone use Aerospoke wheels?

I have found while Optima makes great bikes they tend to make lousy
accessories such as the back rack which is too heavy and the tail
pack which is over-built in my opinion but useable

I'll post some pictures