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Personally I find getting sufficient traction is usually the limiting factor when climbing slopes, when I was in my teens & twenties there was a short patch of 60+ degree slope (yes 2 foot accent for 1 foot horizontal) that me and my mate regularly rode up with a combination of momentum and the...

Are you carrying the weight of the bike when you walk up this hypothetical hill ? because if your not then you aren't comparing like with like. The hill is almost never too steep to ride up if you have a suitable gear ratio. On a road bike I've ridden up 1 in 5 slopes and I've ridden a mountain...

I should have the matching front somewhere as well, as that also got upgraded to Hope disc a few years later. Dunno where it is though and given the state of my garage it could be a long time before it sees the light of day again. I'll let this thread run for a few days longer before deciding...

I'm calling male bovine effluent on these, since they are UCI approved if there was any possible advantage to be had from these no matter how slight they would have shown up on a grand tour winner's bike by now. I know cyclists can be the most irrational superstitious people around so the only...

Found this recently in the garage, I used it for a few months BITD and then upgraded to a Hope disc rear, so it's been sat in it's box for nearly 30 years. It's might not be BOTM queen quality but it's perfectly functional and apart from a few scuffs on the quick release lever it's in great...

I guess I'm weird then as I ran a rear disc & front V for a couple of years BITD, I always use the rear brake more than the front, especially in slippy conditions I always prefer to drag the rear to moderate speed than risk the front washing out on me. Yes you could weld a tab on but it's...

It'll be funny if they've sent you a Halfauds special instead.

Ride it through some thick gloopy mud and then don't clean ya bike, some hairy mud clagging up the bridge would disguise it a treat :LOL:

I've rode that aluminium frame for years as a fully rigid bike, yes it's light but it's also unforgiving at soaking up the bumps compared to a steel frame. I'm older now and I need some comfort so it's finally getting a suspension fork but I have far too many memories tied up in that frame to...

Looks like a standard drum brake setup, i.e. one leading & one trailing so it gives no clue as to preferred wheel rotation. When you apply the brake it rotates the lever on the left hand pivot that spreads that end of the brake shoes, If we assuming clockwise rotation then the top shoe would be...

Just a thought before you start welding bikes, if the frame is heat treated then you will be affecting the strength of the frame by welding tabs onto it. I can weld aluminium but chose a bolt-on conversion rather than having to get my frame re-heat treated. I'd have less of an issue with...

Here's my Hope bolt-on conversion from the late 90's. The bike is currently undergoing a refresh, only half the caliper is there at the moment as I'm rebuilding the brakes but as I wanted to get the rear wheel built up and trued first I needed this much of the caliper so I could mount the axle...

Is that clamp as supplied by Hope or is it after market ? I've a C2 bolt-on conversion on my 90's Zaskar but it came with a different style of clamp. It's definitely a period mod as I fitted mine BITD. Also does it matter whether you clamp around the chain stay of the seat stay ? I've got...

Totally agree with that statement, I fitted the Hope bolt-on rear disc conversion to my GT back in the 90's and it was the best thing I ever did to it. Having enjoyed the joys of hydraulic disc brakes I'd never settle for anything less on any bike I wished to take off-road. I welded my own...

Yes I have and I gave you two possible ways to determine the correct way the fork is designed to be mounted, i.e. on the left or on the right. For example if the hub retaining bolt tightens the opposite way to the forward rotation of the front wheel then there is a chance it could slacken off...

Which way does the front hub retaining bolt tighten ? that should give you a big clue, on a Cannondale Lefty the bolt tightens clockwise (normal) so any drag from the wheel rotating tends to tighten the bolt rather than try to undo it, Unless you spend more time riding backwards 🤣 Also since...

Agreed, I think it's a DLR2, I bought it but I've hardly had time to do anything with it. I need to make a new castle tool to strip it as the one I made for my other Lefty doesn't fit. It looks like someone has previously been fiddling with it as one of the split locating rings is missing, if I...

All the gas struts I've ever played with have a tiny grub screw that you can open to let out some of the pressure if it's too strong, check yours to see if it has one. If it does and you want to let out some of the pressure just crack it open until you hear it hissing and then shut it and try to...

Speaking only for myself but on days where I'm less active I eat less, conversely on a day where I'm doing manual labour or go for long bike ride I am ravenous by tea-time and will have a larger portion. Maybe I'm the odd-ball here but I have a distinct correlation between energy expended...

Well done Sir you made me laugh with that last line. I can totally believe human + less food + ebike is a better result for the environment. The calorie intake for a Tour de France rider is often quoted as 5,000 to 8,000 KiloCals per day depending on the stage and riders have lost weight over...