After what must seem like the longest self-build project known to urc my Dutch Speed bicycle finally made it out of the workshop yesterday. I'd actually finished it a few weeks earlier but savage weather on the days I was at home put me off testing the thing. I only had half an hour to give it a go and the wind was getting up again---the downside of living on a moor. So, I wheeled it out onto the road, a gently sloping straight road, and gave it a go. I spent the best part of the half hour just coasting down the road (and walking it back up) just getting a feel for the balance. I must admit to it feeling a bit weird and I didn't pluck up the courage to pedal on this brief test ride, though it didn't half pick up speed quickly. I'm hoping next Saturday will be a full test day that should involve me powering the thing rather than letting gravity do the work.
After that excitement my other half and I hopped on our uprights and cycled to a pub and back.
After what must seem like the longest self-build project known to urc my Dutch Speed bicycle finally made it out of the workshop yesterday.
Class. I hope you find it worth the wait.
So do I. I now have no excuse in setting up the forge. Up until now the partially built 'bent hanging from the ceiling got in the way somewhat.
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I have finally got round to putting some pictures of mine up on www.amey.org.uk
Can I ask where you got the ESGE twin legged kickstand? The one single legged kickstand I have in my box of bits is too short. So it's either bodge or buy and the two legs look a better option
I'll be sticking some picture up when I get them off my other half's camera.
Can I ask where you got the ESGE twin legged kickstand? The one single legged kickstand I have in my box of bits is too short. So it's either bodge or buy and the two legs look a better option
Avon Valley Cyclery ordered it for me. There are two lengths and even the long one is too short for the Speedbike so some bodgery is still required. I used a combination of a wooden block to lower the mounting point a bit together with drilling and tapping the legs so that I could lengthen them a few inches with studding and tubing.
Two legs gives good stability when parked; however, the real benefit is that the stand holds the back wheel just clear of the ground so that gear adjustments etc. can be done very easily.
If you have to use a single kicksatnd then one that mounts at the back of the chain stay and folds forward might be easier to fit and use. The top left picture on the Dutchbikes web site (follow "Miscellaneous", "Some Pictures"😉 hows the kind of thing I mean.
On Tue, 26 Oct 2004 15:44:49 +0100, Peter Amey <[email hidden]> wrote in message <[email hidden]>:
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Can I ask where you got the ESGE twin legged kickstand?
Avon Valley Cyclery ordered it for me.
Whence, I wonder? Last I heard the manufacturers had closed their doors.
I'll ask next time I see them. It was about a year ago so the manufacturer might have vanished after I got mine.
I also have a vague recollection about the stand being a German product but now made in Switzerland or vice versa. If so, the manufacturer going bust and the product still being available wouldn't necessarily be mutually exclusive!
