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Shimano XT Dual Control Hydraulic Disc Brake Levers Pair M775 : Bikes | Mountain Bikes | Road Bikes| Winstanleys If you have hydraulics, I have 4 sets of dual control levers all new and boxed, but only the old Deore and Deore LX, ( 9 speed), if you needed extra room you just unscrew the down...

Mittens, simple answer if you can use them with your gear change. wear them loose with a pair of thermal liners. I'm lucky as I've got bar end shifters.

The cassettes and freewheels are interchangeable on 7 and 8 speeds, but the gear selectors and derailiers aren't, they have a different amount of pull on the cable.

I have been trying to check old e-mails on an account I no longer use. I have defiantly had contact from Protanium trying to interest me in their products dating back 4 or 5 years, I just have to dig far enough back. They have in the passed supplied Swinn with components. They did use the...

Protanium were originally a Danish company based at one time I thought in Luxembourg. They are nothing to do with Swinn which is owned by the Taiwanese Pacific group, (CSG, Cannondale Sports Group who know own the old Hot Wheels distribution in the UK). Swinn did release a bike using the Tongzin...

£500 is far to cheap,In a world were you get what you pay for. I've got a bike shop, the cheapest adult bike of any quality I sell is a Python Rock, 21 speed easy fire shifters, aluminum frame, with a basic pair of aluminum suspension forks. I need to sell them at £200 to make 35% margin, the...

Yes John it was. I've been considering changing it, using a Nano to drive the chain, maybe tucked in behind the seat, but it means raising the seat back up. The motors an Ananda, (sold as the Q100 on E-bay), with a 12A controller, assistance levels are average, not as much torque as say a...

Simple answer no. A couple of weeks ago I found myself alongside an old Lotus 7, eye ball to eyeball with the driver, I had to ask if he ever got asked the same question, "Occasionally" he said "but only when he slowed down enought for someone to catch him." I know a lot of recumbent riders...

Here's my commute a little above real speed. http:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWL5h5ldt6s

Disc brake option to follow, as are pedal sensors and thumb throttles. I've contacted them this morning, I have an LBS and am always looking for shiny things to sell. If any one's interested I have a Swinn Tailwind going at cost price, ie the same as a nonelectric 700 wheeled bike with 8 speed hub.

I got to try a new conversion kit. A customer brought in his bike with a CONV-E kit fitted. He said it really did only take 20 minutes to fit. find it here, Conv-e . I only got a quick ride out, but that did include a testing little hill. Conclusions a very simple and well...

Now I understand that you are describing your own experiences, but as I've said before mine are different. The question is why? Here is my best guess, SB have made lots of different models of motors over the years and some are simply different to others. I know Flecc has used both the Torque...

Spent this morning swapping wheels tyres and rolling down a hill. The conditions were not ideal with the wind gusting but the hill was long enought to reach terminal velocity for the slope. The only measurable difference in speed in speed can state is that my trike is 2 to 3 mph faster than my...

For the perceived drag I can only express my findings, which are that there is little drag from these motors, OR I am to ham fisted to notice it Now I have ridden Bafang motors with no freewheel and there is drag, noticable drag from above about 10mph, next to this the drag produced by a...

Interesting, anoughter red herring I'm afraid Flecc, Epicyclic gears do require a finite amount of power to turn them, however losses due to epicyclic gears, as in say a hub gear only become appreciable when there is transferr tourque passing throught them, when they are not transmitting power...

Some Bafang kits come without the motor freewheel. With a freewheel they offer no more resistance than the Dahub motor. I've used Bafang motors for about 7 years now, I have found drag on two examples. One was a motor with no internal freewheel the other was a very powerfull older model the...

13 tooth freewheels are not a standard bike component, if it's a 13 tooth it'll have a smaller thread, they are available for BMX's but will not fit most screw on rear wheels. 14 tooth freewheels which have standard threads are available from most bike shops.

Not without see it! There are two basic types of stem, A headset, the steerer tube rises straight up out of the headset the stem will have two bolts, Allen head, on the side to lock onto the stearter tube, it will also have a bolt, normally an Allen head, that goes straight down into the...

The 6 and 7 speed freewheels have the sprocket spacing distance, you can therefore use a 7 speed pod and just ignore one gear, or fit a 7 speed freewheel, an extra £15 over the price of the pod alone.

You will most likely find it's got 22" wheel, the motor is a DC unit, .ie. only two wires and will run direct from the battery with an on off switch. For £50 it's a toy to be played with. Drop the wheel into a 26" rim and any frame with a 3 speed front chain wheel will do, the motor is quite...