Comments | pyrric: My old bike and what I want from a new one.

pyrric

My old bike and what I want from a new one.

Oct 11, 2009 17:10

My old bike was a 1972 Raleigh LTD-3. It had no whistles or bells, literal or figurative. Its frame was steel, I think, and it weighed about 35 pounds. It had front and rear fenders with little useless reflectors. Nothing came off of it or onto it without a struggle and a wrench--no quick-release seat or wheels, no built-in ways to mount front or ( Read more... )

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hecubot October 12 2009, 01:26:40 UTC

Mike's Bikes is your friend.

Not snooty, wide range of bikes and styles, plus they do a lot of pro bono bike work both in the city and (currently) for Africa.

hecubot October 12 2009, 01:28:16 UTC

Check out their roadsters.

pyrric October 12 2009, 06:25:47 UTC

Thank you so much for the link! I'm going to go ride this one and see if it's as perfect as it sounds.

dxmachina October 12 2009, 02:39:01 UTC

Internal gears are what you have on the three-speed, vs the external gears of a derailleur bike. I love my three-speed but I don't even attempt more than the easiest grades on it. By comparison, my Fuji has nine gears in back and three chain rings up front, so theoretically there are 27 gear ratios. In practice, though, there's a lot of overlap among the chain rings, so there are fewer apparent gears. On mine, there are only thirteen, nine from the middle chain ring plus two on the low end with the small ring, and two on the high end with the big ring ( ... )

termofart October 12 2009, 15:06:29 UTC

I have no real knowledge in this realm.

I do know, though, that cris gave Someone a ton of useful info on the subject of bikes when Someone was looking. Like, useful to a person who doesn't know anything about bikes, as opposed to the occasional bike store guy info that means NOTHING to most folks.

So maybe try to talk with him, unless he's off on some crazy 9,000 mile ride. ;)

cris October 12 2009, 17:12:30 UTC

well, you can talk to me while I'm on the ride too ;)

I checked and unfortunately don't seem to have a copy of the email that I sent with said ton of useful info, so hopefully Someone has saved it and can forward it over.

I will say, however, pyrric that the Detour that you linked to looks like quite h0tt, and would certainly fit most of your needs. The one thing I would say for internally geared hubs is that if you really care about longevity and ease-of-maintenance, then an internally geared hub will give you that in spades ( ... )

termofart October 12 2009, 17:16:25 UTC

Ah hah! Caught at a moment of NOT riding the Iditarod course on a bike (or other crazy things you kids gt up to).

I will ask Someone if he has said info. He's a hoarder of messages, so I bet he does.