MacRetro chat and rides thread

[velomaniac]

Gmac take note, in the past you've said if only tubular mtb tyres exist, well, they do:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-racing ... -mtb-tyre/
Not cheap but bloody hell thats light :shock: :shock: :shock:

 

[kaiser]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say thats a typo with the weight!

 

[The Ken]

weighs less than the inner tube you were trying to get rid of

 

[Mr Panda]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say thats a typo with the wieght!

 

[velomaniac]

Yeah it must be a typo, checked a different site and it was nearer 500g but anyhoo pretty smart stuff if your into tubular tyres.

 

[gmac123]

Gmac take note, in the past you've said if only tubular mtb tyres exist, well, they do:
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/schwalbe-racing ... -mtb-tyre/
Not cheap but bloody hell thats light :shock: :shock: :shock:

nice, bit pricey, think I'll have to pass

borrowed a light and actually made it out for some road miles last night, now to try and make a habit of it!

 

[velomaniac]

Discovered via another thread that you can upgrade your old bulb lights to LED as retrofit LED bulbs with all the needed circuitry incorporated now exist.
http://www.reflectalite.com/buyingbulbs.html
thus gmac, you could get that old twin light you had the first time we night rode back into action.

 

[gmac123]

the old cateye is pretty much dead, the battery being the issue

thought about replacing, but cost seemed to be prohibitive

 

[The Ken]

Marionville Models in Edinburgh could make you up a ni-cad pack in the formation needed to fit the container - no harm asking for a price. You could probably do it yourself too - it is just soldering and heat shrink.

 

[gmac123]

cheers TK, I'll bear that in mind. At the mo more interested in getting the charging issue resolved for the LED cree jobbies. which reminds me I need to get back to OCP.

issue is I keep overcharging or at-least making chargers pop. would the same people make more robust chargers with inbuilt protection ??