Single speed with full rack mounts, and Tektro Oryx cantis (Avid shorty cloe). Black, as that the color urban bikes should be, and teh sex. :shock: Id trade in the Brodie for that any day of the week. :slobber:

The One-Way is beyond my means, but Im seriously thinking of selling the Brodie and getting the Redline 9*2*5. Im quite annoyed at the amount of thinking thats involved in using a derailleur bike with discs. The Redline is specced flip/flop with a 15T fixed, and 16T free. Id go for a internally geared bike, but theyre all a bit too pedestrian for my body, which is used to race bikes.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/harris/redline-925.html

lol see I once drooled over the elegance of a 3 speed hub lol even a 7 speed nexus one but after reading the arsedness of repairing a puncture on them, makes me realise I love normal derailier gears lol.

Id go singlespeed, and infact may do so damn soon. Im moving to cardiff, only short hills well except one HUGGGEEE ONE that I sure as hell do not ever want a reason to go up, and all the couriers run singlespeeds around here.

Still that Raleigh is a nice looking beastie!

The first mistake people make with repairing punctures on Nexus bikes, is thinking that they have to remove the wheel. You just pull out the bit of tube with the hole. No big deal. Even removing the wheel is easy if you insist. Shift to the slackest gear. Disengage the cable from the socket, which involves compressing a small spring with your thumb, remove teh brake arm with a philips driver, loosen the wheel nuts, and pull that bitch out. Takes maybe 5 minutes longer than a derailleur bike. Smartest thing is to just plop a Schwalbe Marathon in back. Youll not have a single flat. Replace every 5 years or as needed.

Anyhoo, if I got the Redline, Id think about rebuilding the rear wheel on a classic S/a hub. Especially if I could find one of the fixed gear models.

I did my first puncture without removing the wheel, but to be honest, with mudguards and a rack on the rear wheel, I just couldnt be arsed to do it again.

Not had a puncture yet on my new tyres, but only done about 50 miles on the damn things until I crashed lol

what is le damage on the raleigh?, cant be that expensive, with it being a raleigh and being so pimptastically simple.

Its $800, which I cant justify, as I can build something up for under half that, that would be just as good. I just bought a new bike worth that much a few months ago, and already own a SS bike. Might get the Redline in the coming year, as its only $500. I have a problem with Raleigh branding anyway, as they sold their soul to the devil and allow sh*tty Chinese bikes with their name to be sold at Wally World. For shame.

Quote from: maximusottersh*tty Chinese bikes

arent all bikes, from a top of the line Moots, to sh*tty chinese bikes, all the same and its just the fancy branding that bumps the price up?  :?:

Dont be a Simpleton Simon. China is capable of making stuff just as nice as anywhere on the planet. Reality is that Taiwan, not the PRC, has the greatest recent history of quality mass-manfufacture of bikes. Trek, Surly, Kona--all made in Taiwan for the most part, and well made to boot. Some bikes come off of the same line, like the Fuji Touring and the Windsor bike with a different paint job.

Pacific Cycle is the umbrella group that builds most department store bikes in China, that get sold in the states, and its mainly the reason that a lot of us have a bad opinion of PRC bikes, as they mainly mean something built by Pacific. As for native brands, Id ride a Flying Pigeon any day. :mrgreen:

Back in the 80s, because of the exchange rate, and location of technology, Japan was the go-to country for inexpensive, but quality bikes. Its now Taiwan, and could change overnight to the PRC, but that aint the status quo.

Quote from: maximusotterDont be a Simpleton Simon. China is capable of making stuff just as nice as anywhere on the planet. Reality is that Taiwan, not the PRC, has the greatest recent history of quality mass-manfufacture of bikes. Trek, Surly, Kona--all made in Taiwan for the most part, and well made to boot. Some bikes come off of the same line, like the Fuji Touring and the Windsor bike with a different paint job.

Pacific Cycle is the umbrella group that builds most department store bikes in China, that get sold in the states, and its mainly the reason that a lot of us have a bad opinion of PRC bikes, as they mainly mean something built by Pacific. As for native brands, Id ride a Flying Pigeon any day. :mrgreen:

Back in the 80s, because of the exchange rate, and location of technology, Japan was the go-to country for inexpensive, but quality bikes. Its now Taiwan, and could change overnight to the PRC, but that aint the status quo.

alot of my colleagues in my group at uni are chinese and i am sure they will not be happy at your rather negative view of their production standards of push bikes... i know its something they specifically pride themselves on, so be warned.

I will not tolerate you anti-chino (thats the country NOT the lightly coloured pants my dad wears) stance on bicycles. EVER.

*walks away whistling, chest puffed out*

Meh, it says nothing about China, just what the market is asking from it. Their cruder standard models, mostly Raleigh DL copies, are magnificent in the repair tools needed. For the most part you can fix them with an assortment of rocks and a jar of peanut butter.

Im sure there are decent bikes coming from there but the mainland stuff we get in the states is appalling, probably because X-marts across the nation demand "mtbs" they can sell for $79, not because the country itself is incapable of tooling to build a quality ride.

Quote from: maximusotterMeh, it says nothing about China, just what the market is asking from it. Their cruder standard models, mostly Raleigh DL copies, are magnificent in the repair tools needed. For the most part you can fix them with an assortment of rocks and a jar of peanut butter.

Im sure there are decent bikes coming from there but the mainland stuff we get in the states is appalling, probably because X-marts across the nation demand "mtbs" they can sell for $79, not because the country itself is incapable of tooling to build a quality ride.

dont try and squirm your way out of this one...

once my colleagues have torn themselves away from listening to appaulingly bad chinese pop music and their microwave chinese meals, which are almost as appauling as their music... theyll be round to see you...


You are in big trouble (in little china) mr bike facist.

Theyll likely collapse on the climb up to the house. I have to  dodge rickshaw carcasses every time I ride into town.

Im trying to fall out of love with the Brodie, and  if it wasnt for the magnificent frame, and masculine blackness of it, Id be able to let go of my dear easily. I hate the disk brakes, so Ill be glad to see that go. The gears are fussy, with 6-7 rubbing with the small ring (design, not setup flaw), and the rack slips a bit and blocks the rear brake caliper if you load a pannier with more than 20# worth of crap. Front forks are not spaced properly, so it can be a bitch to get wheel aligned when mounting. Hmmm, lots of niggly stuff. I just wish it didnt look so damn cool. Its the only one in the entire SE USA, afaik. Cant...be...the bitch....of ....exclusivity.

me want this:

buy it you big gay boy! that bike looks slick as f*ck, worry about heating and food bills afterwards, i often sit there like a big queen pontificating, but the joy you get from riding it is priceless (just keep chanting that as the mastercard is beaten to a pulp, again).

im trying to order my on-one fixed wheel city scoot this week...

ive worked it out thus:

ribble for racing and training.

on-one inbred (29er) for off road

AND

on-one fixer for commuting and looking fly...

DO IT! DO IT! DO IT!