we're heading up to the
London Bike Show at Excel on Saturday if anyone else is going....
going to check out the bling and try to source some ideas for the MTB I'm building up. I quite fancy the idea of slapping a Shimano Alfine 11 speed hub gear on it but want to talk to some people about the practicality of doing that.....
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EDIT: £16 on line, £20 on the door
Sixteen quid?!
It's one huge collection of advertising, and they want you to PAY to be advertised at?
They're havin a larf!
£16 quid plus my credit card taking a hammering...
Think i'm off saturday as well
Hrrrmph! Then there's lunch out, and (as FF points out) doubtless some spending......
I think it would probably just confuse me - too much information, most of which would go straight over my head!
wilks -
FB, K will be " working" there ...
B - I'll check on his "work" performance for you.....
PlanetX/OnOne were talking about doing a hub geared disc equipped titanium bike sort of a double up cross bike/winter trainer but it doesn't seem to have made it past the prototype stage. Something like that might appeal to me.
Oh and bikes. Lots and lots and lots of bikes. And bits of bikes. And things to stick on bikes. And things to wear when you're on a bike or mending a bike or making a bike. And a cool t-shirt that I didn't buy.
not quite a CX bike but getting closer
my concern about slapping an Alfine on a MTB frame is how the gearing would cope under load. I've snapped chains before now when trying to change gear on standard setups and putting a lot of stress onto the change - I wonder how the Alfine would cope with that as I'd quite like to use the MTB for racing cross tri as it's a Ti frame so I can keep the weight down. it might be impractical for what I want to do vs a standard setup
Waste of time you lot going, I will have nicked all the stuff worth nicking on Thursday......
I'll be in the sweaty run kit
At least my bike isn't an HGV
¦oD
in the middle of the outdoor expo and the boat stuff....