Recent content by FatMog

I had a sprint a few years ago and I did manage to fit this type of framelock, but only to the outside of the rear seatstay so it wasn't trapped within the rear triangle: axa click lock The defender type are too big to fit between the battery and the wheel.

Thanks for the link, v.interesting. I want to put some wider tyres on my (non-electric) batavus bike; it currently has 37-622 tyres on it. Unfortunately I cannot find any indication on the rims themselves as to sizing, so I'm going by the link which suggests it would have a 19c rim. As I...

Sorry tepol, I misunderstood - I thought you were trying to convert presta to schrader. But you think you have schrader? In which case the pump you linked to will work without an adapter. Compare your bike tyre valve to a car valve, if it's the same it's schrader!

Are you sure you're doing it right? :) I have a bike with woods valves and use an adapter just like that and it works fine. I must admit, I thought the same adapter did for both woods and presta valves, but I bow to flecc's superior knowledge... either way, when you get the correct adapter...

For those who live in Bracknell Forest(if there are any!), this form works wonders highway damage form I used after all that snow this winter when potholes were such a problem here, and it was like having your personal pothole-SWAT team. Report it one day, filled in by the next. Fab!

Hi bob_about, I'm with you - When my horse was young and unco-ordinated he occasionally used to over-reach and step on his front heel with his hind foot and cause a fairly nasty wound. But I always used a sanitary pad as a dressing, stuck on with lashings of electrical tape. Worked very well...

In my opinion, if you don't ask you don't get :) , and I don't think I've ever offended anyone by suggesting politely that since I was spending a shedload of cash a discount would be very welcome. Some immediately offer a reduced price, some merely say that alas, they cannot. In the latter...

Whatever the rights or wrongs of the initial sale, the bike in those photos is filthy - it's obviously been ridden. Doesn't this mean that vassilis has de facto accepted the bike? I can't imagine any retailer would accept it back in that state, surely he should have left it in 'as new'...

Thanks for checking, James. :)

slight thread hijack! My lovely new bike arrived today - being dutch it too has nominal '28 inch' wheels with woods valves. It says on the tyres 37-622 28x1.40 and 700x35C. I plan to run it with the woods valves until I get punctures and/or lose patience with them, but I'll get some...

Thanks for the link, Pete - I've read this before and I feel it's not completely objective. It is, after all, a digest prepared by one man and is coloured by his opinions, although he does strive to be fair. Which is not to say that it doesn't make for interesting and thought-provoking...

I find it odd that this topic never fails to inspire heated debate :) . In Britain, as things stand, wearing a cycle helmet is purely a matter of individual choice - I choose to wear one, you might not and that's entirely your business. But I do wish that there was some sound scientific...

Thanks for the info guys. As to weight, the heaviest thing by miles on my bike is ME! Hence the FatMog.... :) A few extra kilos is really a drop in the lard-bucket in the overall scheme of things!

I have finally ordered my new bicycle (non-leccy this time, sorry :o ) and am eagerly awaiting it's arrival. But this was a pricey beast so I need a new lock to ensure it stays with me! Being a modern dutch bike it comes with a frame-fitted rear wheel lock for which I can purchase a plug-in...

Recently I sold my e-bike because I couldn't justify the cost of a new battery, but I enjoyed it a lot and it's inspired me to take up conventional cycling with a renewed will. I have to say, I am rather preferring the human-powered bike for a whole variety of reasons (smugness is one!), but...