Alan Frame
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Speedometers.
They always read low.
They always read low.
Oh yes. Which is why I changed one bike's 21 speed derailleur for a 5 speed Sturmey and another 24 speed for an 8 speed Sturmey. Just didn't use even half the gears available - ! When I were lad, anyone with a five speed derailleur road bike was the subject of envy and hate in equal measure. And anyone with a ten speed was simply envied and hated at a level only to be imagined - !All those extra gears we never had back in the day
Nothing wrong with 5 or 6
What about when 12 came inOh yes. Which is why I changed one bike's 21 speed derailleur for a 5 speed Sturmey and another 24 speed for an 8 speed Sturmey. Just didn't use even half the gears available - ! When I were lad, anyone with a five speed derailleur road bike was the subject of envy and hate in equal measure. And anyone with a ten speed was simply envied and hated at a level only to be imagined - !
The red mist descended - !What about when 12 came in
They could be something that came with the bike, or something you bought afterwards. But what have you had on your bike that has made you think 'well, this is crap'.
For me, it's the Yksion Elite tyres that came with my Road Pro Carbon SLR. In terms of 'performance' I can't see how they're any better than the Vittoria Zaffiro ones that came with the old bike.
The main bug bear is the lack of seemingly any puncture protection. The bike they're on is my good one so I'm not riding it that often but I reckon about 1 puncture every 50 miles at least.
What bike part has really wound you up?
I wont have aything i cant pronounce..wtf Is a yksion
If you live in Northamptonshire ...All those extra gears we never had back in the day
Nothing wrong with 5 or 6
... or Norwich!Oh yes. Which is why I changed one bike's 21 speed derailleur for a 5 speed Sturmey and another 24 speed for an 8 speed Sturmey. Just didn't use even half the gears available - ! When I were lad, anyone with a five speed derailleur road bike was the subject of envy and hate in equal measure. And anyone with a ten speed was simply envied and hated at a level only to be imagined - !