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Mar 7 |
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How to care for a steel frame? Ceeway in the UK is about the only place outside of the US where you can get Weigle's frame saver (although their website looks as if they must have gone out of business sometime early in the nineties :-) ): ceeway.com/Framesaver.htm |
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Dec 15 |
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Self-made studded tyre with glue? Studded tires are expensive, yes. But one should consider that high quality studded tires have a very long life length if taken care of properly. This means as little asphalt as possible, a proper break in period and replacement of the occasional lost stud. Then they are cheap taken into account that you otherwise could not ride safely at all during some periods. |
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Dec 15 |
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Affordable security nuts and bolts Rohloff hubs come with a serial number (although lasered on the surface and not engraved), and they have an online registration service, where you also can report a hub stolen or look up if a specific number is listed as stolen. As a result, there are very little black market hubs available (if any). Certainly very expensive parts with a limited market and easily marked, but they could be an example for the mass market nevertheless. |
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Dec 14 |
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Affordable security nuts and bolts At least from Germany I also know of a registration service, which includes engraving a unique ID in the frame (probably not carbon though...). Maybe you could engrave your social security number or such on the frame. The side of the seat tube upper end is a good place. Just make sure that there is an obvious warning/explanation for thieves there, too. |
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Dec 13 |
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How can you speed a road-bike up? Research shows that rolling resistance cannot be easily decreased a lot by raising tire pressure. There is a different effect of harder tires: Suspension losses in the rider's body, which may be larger than what you might gain from pumping. High quality tires (that's mostly about supple sidewalls and flexible tread) are certainly the best means to get faster (beyond training). But tires don't need to be narrow and hard. |
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Dec 13 |
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Map during touring? Thanks! 2, 3, and 4 work well for solos, too... |
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Dec 10 |
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How much faster can i go after moving from 2x10 to a 3x10 gear setup? If you want to keep a low lowest gear, you will have a hard time finding derailleurs capable of shifting a 52-38-24 with a reasonably wide-spread cassette. Drive train capacity (the added difference between largest and smallest chainring/cog) correlates closely with the ratio between highest and lowest gear. You cannot spread out your gears without at some point getting problems with derailleur capacity. |
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Dec 10 |
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What kind of panniers is this tubus rack flange for? Old Ortlieb bags have a rubber strap hooking into such an eye as well. Tubus and Ortlieb usually match very well, which may be a reason for Tubus to keep the eye. |
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Dec 6 |
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Picking spare inner tube size I would strongly doubt that the fabrication tolerances for bicycle inner tubes are better than 2.5%. That would mean that these sizes are not only interchangeable but effectively the same. |
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Dec 1 |
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How can I tell if a bike is too big for me? Thanks for your kind words! I should probably mention that some knowledgeable people consider the horizontal saddle position as secondary. They often say that they don't mind where they sit horizontally (within some margins). They position the handlebars to the bottom bracket so that a good overall balance is achieved when pedaling out of the saddle. The saddle is then positioned relative to the handlebars, so that it fits the rider's torso and arm lengths. I ride mostly sitting, and do feel a difference, so I personally disagree with them. |
