When people were having problems with rear wheel broken spokes it was not an issue of loaded travel or plus weight riders. There were bad wheels (bad...
Hi I've recently purchased some accessories online directly from Taiwan and should arrive,hopefully this week. Apparently they do have e-commence but would...
The bandana from Shimano is a great idea(no more neck burn). I have got something similar,like a cap,for fishing but the front bit of cap won't fit well with a...
I was only joking about the Bandana ! My fork is new though - bent the old one in a crash - so it has no cables in it :-( Still, no rush as I am recovering...
That chain tensioner looks interesting, if a bit hard to install! I wonder if that will help overcome the problem that people report of the chain falling off...
Not the spokes as such were bad, but the spoke nipples. Conventional nipples sport a conical seat and pull themselves to radial in the rim under tension. Large...
... The weight compares very well with Syntace: Al 480 mm 313 g, Carbon 480 mm 232 g (but needs some collar to protect the head from overinsertion) ...
Hopefully I will give a full report on the installation of the RAD chain retention device. According to the seller,the most important is finding correct size...
On Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:56:01 +0200 ... It's too soon to be sure it's a good idea. I have the impression from Birdybike emails that some of the failures are...
Hi, Monocoque birdys in the UK have had DV15s on - I am pretty sure my nicked City Premium had them on, but my crashed-and-to-be-repaired Birdy Light has got...
Hi I haven't ever seen a report of a broken KCNC seatpost yet and they make some very light ones for the mountain bike weight-weenies. They do use Scandium in...
Chain tensioner looks nice, but it seems you have to hook chain over it by hand evry time, both from pictures and description. Don't fancy that myself. David...
... The first bearings had been rusty, very rusty. Some needles were lost. Needle bearings are not optimal for axles, that do not turn around continously. Bush...
Would be great to hear what you find Alex. I'm thinking of the same progressive upgrading, starting with getting some higher gear ratios! This Color Plus...
This site seems to have a lot of Color Plus stuff: http://plushbikeshop.cafe24.com/front/php/category.php?cate_no=83 not quite sure what this is though: ...
I think thats a hand pump conceal within the seatpost and at the same time a rubber footing for seatpost too. It would help to prevent the post from getting...
It just looked a little big for that, although it is pictured next to a seat stem. I had the Dahon one once, it kept slipping out of the (dahon) seattube due ...
my chain fall off alot too ________________________________ From: Alex Wu <gundam9283@...> To: "birdybike@yahoogroups.com" <birdybike@yahoogroups.com> ...
For square taper (instead of the Hollowtech II type shown) you don't just need a longer spindle, but a BB suitable for 72 mm frame width -so one with a...
Many thanks Carsten. You are making a very valid point. The goods are in transit at the moment so I don't know whether it is 68/116mm or 71/113mm.(68/113mm kit...
Square taper 68/113, same cranks as before: If you can screw the left cup far enough into the frame (which not only depends on the geometry of the cup, but...
go for square taper, maybe a nice Phil Wood that will last for years. In the mtb world the non-square taper solutions all seem to have various problems which...
Oops! Because the whole BB is shiftet to the right, it should be: If all of the additional 3 mm of the 116 mm spindle is on the LEFT hand side, ... \_| O°O...
Keep funding for bike projects in the Transportation Bill ... From: League of American Bicyclists To: Bob Gelman Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 9:17 AM Subject:...
