My thing....

[atb]

Do you use 16" or 17" wheels?
I've heard 17" on f frames makes quite a difference.

 

[bonk man]

being a traditionalist I have 16 inchers on it, more aerodynamic as well I am using Primo tyres at the moment as they seem to roll ok and are pretty light, no good in the winter though, puncture city baby Marathons for the grim weather.

As for rolling, it out rolls quite a few of my mates bikes down hills when we have coasting races... might be the weight but some of their bikes are quite heavy as well..

 

[wafflycat]

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In Boxing Day time trial mode.....I managed 18 mph on this over a slightly undulating course..... I still feel ill

Most excellent! I like it!

I say this because at a club The Unfit Family used to be members of, there was a club 10 on Boxing Day every year and it was *supposed* to be a fun thing. Folk known to turn up and do it in fancy dress and the like. So the year I got my recumbent trike, WCMnr did the Boxing Day 10 in it. Wearing full CSC kit, and aero lid... Everyone got the joke apart from the club grumpy old fart who *insisted* on making the point that should that *thing* (she said pointing disdainfully to the recumbent trike) ever be entered for any other event, she would make sure we were thrown out. She really was a prize nasty bit of work.Needless to say we didn't remain at that club too much longer.

 

[bonk man]

The sillier the bike for a Boxing Day 10 the better..

I did one many years ago, a 2 up with Carl Hackles [ anyone remember him? really good rider ]

..we dressed as urban guerillas, trench coats, army boots and balaclavas.. the bikes were a single speed posties bike and a 3 speed very sit up and beg 1930's with the full chain case and guards... nearly did evens, and won a Mars bar for best fancy dress.. The hardest time trial I have ever done

 

[wafflycat]

..we dressed as urban guerillas, trench coats, army boots and balaclavas.. the bikes were a single speed posties bike and a 3 speed very sit up and beg 1930's with the full chain case and guards... nearly did evens, and won a Mars bar for best fancy dress.. The hardest time trial I have ever done

Most excellent!

 

[bottlemsher]

quote wafflycat
/Everyone got the joke apart from the club grumpy old fart who *insisted* on making the point that should that *thing* (she said pointing disdainfully to the recumbent trike) ever be entered for any other event, she would make sure we were thrown out. She really was a prize nasty bit of work.Needless to say we didn't remain at that club too much longer.




so which club was that then waffly

 

[Baggy]

Excellent stuff
Bonk man, nobody has attempted the Exmouth Exodus on a Moulton yet, I think you should put that right...

 

[bonk man]

yeh .. might give it a go might well do the Gospel Pass audax on my new one...it is a very nasty Mk3 Moulton Hammerite Green mmmmmmmm been out on it today, hard work....

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[Valy]

Is that a front suspension I see? :S

ALso - was the woman one of the "people in charge" in that club?

 

[bonk man]

Is that a front suspension I see? :S

and rear suspension

I used this on a reliability last weekend, 50 miles and really hilly, managed to haul it up a 1 in 5 out of Tenbury Wells without getting off, 2hrs 53mins, that was seriously quick compared with a similar ride the week before on almost the same route, 20 minutes faster in similar conditions.. must be getting fitter or just adjusted to the handling of the bike. It is really good for descents, 40mph at one point and not a wobble.

 

[Valy]

Holy shoot! There IS rear suspension as well.

Have you done any DH races?

 

[bonk man]

Holy shoot! There IS rear suspension as well.

Have you done any DH races?

I was considering doing a bit of off road but the wheels are so small they get stuck in holes.... the forks are also a bit flimsy looking so might well just bend. Bridleways and towpaths are usually ok.
Might try a bit this summer though, the local hills are pretty ridable, I would have to lower the gearing to cope though, 48 tooth chainring and 17 tooth sprocket with the 4speed Sturmey should be ok.
Downhill on the road it is quick, aerodynamic and the suspesnion irons out the tarmac so it feels smoother than with a normal bike. It also weighs a ton

 

[Valy]

I was considering doing a bit of off road but the wheels are so small they get stuck in holes.... the forks are also a bit flimsy looking so might well just bend. Bridleways and towpaths are usually ok.
Might try a bit this summer though, the local hills are pretty ridable, I would have to lower the gearing to cope though, 48 tooth chainring and 17 tooth sprocket with the 4speed Sturmey should be ok.
Downhill on the road it is quick, aerodynamic and the suspesnion irons out the tarmac so it feels smoother than with a normal bike. It also weighs a ton

I see. I was kidding about Dhing though. As in proper downhill rides. What does the rear suspension consists of? Is it a rubber ball or something?

 

[bonk man]

Yeh, its a simple rubber ball, fairly hard. The earlier ones had a simpler rear fork and a wedge of elastomer, it was softer but the bikes were better, less weight on the rear end, these later ones have more metal work.

[/IMG] illustrates what I mean..

 

[Speicher]

Bonk Man, are you aware of, and are you going to do, Echelon's Challenge on the 28th February? I am er... not. but you might enjoy it.