nellsbellzz
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- Location
- west midlands
What you got to swap
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
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I had to buy the chain tensioner, seatpost, brake callipers and headset. Everything else was just lying around waiting to be used!
I liked the bike more than I thought I would and have ridden thousands of kms on it. I have put a better headset, a different saddle, and 2 new bottle cages on since the photo was taken. I have also swapped the cheapo callipers for some quality Campagnolo ones that I salvaged from another of my bikes.
I had to buy the chain tensioner, seatpost, brake callipers and headset. Everything else was just lying around waiting to be used!
I liked the bike more than I thought I would and have ridden thousands of kms on it. I have put a better headset, a different saddle, and 2 new bottle cages on since the photo was taken. I have also swapped the cheapo callipers for some quality Campagnolo ones that I salvaged from another of my bikes.
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nellsbellzz
Senior Member
- Location
- west midlands
What size is it please
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Sorry, I am keeping it! (I thought that you were just curious what kind of bits and pieces people had lying around at home...)
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nellsbellzz
Senior Member
- Location
- west midlands
No looking to swap
davidphilips
Veteran
- Location
- Onabike
Very nice build ColinJ, Whats the gearing front ring looks very big for a single?
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
Ah, ok - I misunderstood you.
It's 52/19, so about a 72 inch gear.
It's good for my flatter rides. I have done quite a few flat/flattish imperial and metric centuries on it. I can get up 5% climbs ok, struggle up a few hundred metres of 8% or just about survive 100 metres at 10-12% - anything longer and/or steeper than that and I have to walk. It's a perfect gear for 24-32 kph (15-20 mph).
davidphilips
Veteran
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- Onabike
Thanks ColinJ, Old saying a copy is the best praise you can get and my next bike build will have to be like yours,.
ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I like the frame but wish it had horizontal dropouts so I could do away with the chain tensioner. When the chain is new (as in the photo) it fits with the tensioner barely deflecting the chain but after only a couple of hundred kms the chain starts to sag without the tensioner's help. It isn't a big deal, but the bike transmission is lovely and quiet with a new chain.
