Recent content by ruy lopez

There are four Bykebins at Bromsgrove, my local station, which is unmanned. They are the kind where you use your own padlock. I've never seen any of them without a padlock in place. The four padlocks are always the same ones. Last Friday evening I was there with my bike, not to travel but just...

Thanks David - I'll have a word with Norman. Regards RL

I agree. The rear brake on Mrs Lopez's recently acquired 705SE cannot be satisfactorily adjusted. Option 1 is to set the brake so that the rear wheel will run freely without the shoes binding. But then the large mechanical advantage and stretchy cable mean that when the brake lever is pulled so...

I tried to edit that last post to acknowledge the fact that I'd said much the same thing earlier. I was getting confused by posting a similar thing on another message board. But my edit didn't appear (not yet anyway). I expect it will appear now I've posted this. :)

I see that for under a tenner I could get an long seatpost of the unicycle variety - up to 700 mm. Unicycle.UK.com - Product Page - "Nimbus Steel Seat Post (25.4mm)" That's 25.4 mm diam, but a shim would take it up to the required 27.2 mm. Questions are: Can you put a normal saddle...

Hi Danny-K. Just seen your post. Yes, you are right. Thanks. I looked on the seatpost and it does indeed say 27.2 mm. So I know that a seatpost specified as 27.2 will do. However, the actual diameter is 27 mm measured with a micrometer and with a vernier caliper - well 27.05 anyway. I know...

Well, here's an idea. But it means you have to use a unicycle saddle, I assume. Nimbus Steel Seat Post (25.4mm) £5.00 25.4mm diameter standard seat post. Four bolt fittings to fit Nimbus, Viscount, Dodger, Trainer, Kris Holm, Velo and the majority of unicycle seats. Six lengths...

Mrs Lopez has got a 705SE, but the saddle doesn't come up high enough for me. If I could get a seatpost of say 500 mm (the existing one is 350 mm) then I could do a quick saddle swop if I fancied a go on it while she was not looking. I've measured the diameter as 27 mm, although seatposts in...