Recent content by welshdude3

The above is my fixed gear. It's a conversion. Fuji Del Rey 2x6. The wheelset is a 100.00 set of Aeromax flip-flop purchased onlline. They've got well over 5,000 miles on them. Changed bearings twice. I mounted spoke reflectors as a concession to the realities of riding at night. The...

He's got it backwards. They moved the machining to a shop in to GASPORT 1st. THEN Lockport. THAT'S when the quality began to fall off. In '77.

Here's a youtuber. This guy's a really good reviewer. Not Hickock45, but still solid.

Oh cheez, CB. ANOTHER one to be edjumacated as to the rights and responsibilities of American citizenry. Cyclist or otherwise. I wasted a half-dozen posts on BBBB trying to explain it. Ain't takin' the bait this time. Either this guy's a troll or an idiot. Either way as much as I'd LOVE to...

There are many variables as others have posted. One suggested using Google maps. Use the 'cyclist' icon. Usually it gives 2-3 options. Use the one w/t least amount of climbing even if it's a mile or so longer. That's just for the ROUTE. In having no idea of your experience as a cyclist...

Year around. Cold with clear roads is my favorite. 3 layers and a ski mask. I'm all about it. The only type of riding I don't particularly care for is rain. So, not a big fan of spring, though I grit my teeth and bear it. :-)

Largely alone nowadays as being a car-free utility cyclist doesn't lend itself to beiing social. And if I do a purely fitness ride it's always solo. There is a good friend with whom I would ride quite frequently years past. We would do 80-100 mile fixed gear rides at night on the Natchez...

Lol. Yeah, mine's a '96 Traveler. Had RSX comps, originally. Was the mullet ever really 'in'? Billy Ray father of Miley Cyrus had the main mane in the early 90s. Largely the province of working class, 4 wheeler owners if memory serves...not that there's anything wrong with that. Danny Chew...

Wtf? How did THAT happen? lol

Ahh, there's the difference. Shimano/Sachs systems are what we both have. I use a headlamp for the threading through the shifter and pointed tweezers. I gave up on using indexed for the front der on ANY of my bikes. My Softride touring bike has been retrofitted with a 15.00 set of Sunrace...

Say CB, friend turned me on to a little trick for routing cables. A TINY amount of solder to fuse the strands on the end of the cable. He, also uses a little high grit emory paper for any possible excess solder. Then graphite on the rest of the cable. He said doing it practically eliminated...

Another thing brakes do is save on rear tires. If locking up is your go to you might want to think about 25mm Schwalbe Marathon Plus. lol Also, it's much easier to 'back pedal' w/a lower gear ratio. Back pedal being a term used for resisting the forward motion of the crankset. 39x22 for...

Oops, that should be 'Afrikaans'.

Wellington, NZ is as close as I know about. She's Afrikaner. Africans is her native language. She's yoga instructor recently become a utility cyclist. I'll send the link of this thread to her.