Thread: pushbikes

Originally Posted by edhewitt

The blue tape is holding my spare spokes, as I used to break them pretty regularly, I could change them in 5 or so mins.

Not to get personal Ed, but how much you weight? The reason is that if you are riding a proper wheel for your weight, you should not get that many spokes failure. I'm a riding fool myself, don't know haw many miles I got on my 30 year old bike, but a lot, is about right (haven't had an odometer for over 10 years). Outside an accidental brush or crash, I had one spoke fail in all those years (different wheels).

High average spoke tension and little variation between individual spoke from the average spoke tension makes for a durable wheel (as long as you have a proper rim with a good number of spokes for the weight been carried).

Double O

I can vouche for one thing, Double0, knows his bikes & puts more miles on his bike than anyone I've seen in my life.
If they got rid of cars tomorrow, I think he would have a smile on his face.

Originally Posted by Hirlau

I can vouche for one thing, Double0, knows his bikes & puts more miles on his bike than anyone I've seen in my life.
If they got rid of cars tomorrow, I think he would have a smile on his face.

+1 ! Double0 is my bicycle hero. He is no spring chicken but rides the road to work and back every day come rain or shine, hot or cold. Not a short ride and not because he has to. Me I'm a fair weather biker by comparison.

I only started cycling 6 months or so ago, I do almost 20 miles a day to work and back and have recently started going off road at weekends. I love it.

Originally Posted by monkeypuzzlebeefeater

I only started cycling 6 months or so ago, I do almost 20 miles a day to work and back and have recently started going off road at weekends. I love it.

I like to ride offroad singletrack trails too. In Scotland I bet you've got some great off road rides. Here is one of your countryman who knows his way around a bicycle as few do, Danny Macaskill ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z19zFlPah-o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhabgvIIXik

Here are the two bikes of mine that I ride the most. The blue 3 speed has a basket on the front now. I am a wimp and driving this winter, when it warms up I will start rinding my bikes to work again.

Charlie

Originally Posted by spazola

Here are the two bikes of mine that I ride the most. The blue 3 speed has a basket on the front now. I am a wimp and driving this winter, when it warms up I will start rinding my bikes to work again.

Charlie

i like the simplicity of the yellow bike

I'll bet Danny has some messed up shins. Love his stuff. The "Tarty Bikes" vid from about 10 years ago is still my fave.

WOW Charlie, holy _standard sized_ steel tubing! Don't see a lot of that. Hmmmm.

Originally Posted by WadePatton

I'll bet Danny has some messed up shins. Love his stuff. The "Tarty Bikes" vid from about 10 years ago is still my fave.

I was wondering that too, so I googled "danny macaskill broken bones", and came up with this cool interview here .

Hey Danny! I'll keep it simple: How many broken bones during the years?


I have broken both my feet several times...I've got a pin in my right wrist, I've broken my left collarbone 3 times, most memorable break was trying to keep up with Gee Atherton in practice for a downhill race in California which ended with me breaking my collarbone for the third time in 6 months...