New BSO long-term test!
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also, the narrow tires are really unforgiving.
at least there's some action in the thread.
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Are such bikes unavailable in Britain; not even used Raleigh equivalents?
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Still believe you could have had a more useful so called BSO bike test (and a more useful, practical bike) if you had bought a typical inexpensive German city bike with a multi speed IGH, coaster brake, 622 x 47mm tires, fenders, and plain platform pedals.
Are such bikes unavailable in Britain; not even used Raleigh equivalents?
Are such bikes unavailable in Britain; not even used Raleigh equivalents?
I wanted to try the FGSS due to the hype and I have say that it is interesting. Also, you've done the German BSO test
First maintenance coming:
Wiping down the chain with my old socks and reoiling with Olive Oil ... I hope it smells good when I mash up the hills
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I wanted to try the FGSS due to the hype and I have say that it is interesting. Also, you've done the German BSO test
First maintenance coming:
Wiping down the chain with my old socks and reoiling with Olive Oil ... I hope it smells good when I mash up the hills
photo:
First maintenance coming:
Wiping down the chain with my old socks and reoiling with Olive Oil ... I hope it smells good when I mash up the hills
photo:
seems that I should be OK unless it gets too cold:
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Have you found any serious advantage of a fixed gear bike for commuting over a regular Single speed or 3 speed IGH equipped bike equipped with a coaster brake?
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No doubt that riding a bike with extreme limitations will be interesting; I imagine someday, somewhere there might be hype for Penny Farthing type bicycles and commuting to work on one of them would also be interesting.
Have you found any serious advantage of a fixed gear bike for commuting over a regular Single speed or 3 speed IGH equipped bike equipped with a coaster brake?
Have you found any serious advantage of a fixed gear bike for commuting over a regular Single speed or 3 speed IGH equipped bike equipped with a coaster brake?
I think it's too short of a time to know (only 500km or so). I think the maintenance will be spectacularly low ... as in a set of cheap tires and a chain per year and no adjustments (£30).
However, it should be stated that I'm not a heavy user. I assume that I'll work roughly 150 days/year so I'll only log roughly 3000km per year. So, one chain and a cheap set of tires every 3000km seems about right.
I'm interested to see how long the freewheel lasts as it showing signs of rust. The fixed cog looks brand new though so I can swap the wheel around when the freewheel wears out.
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I think it's too short of a time to know (only 500km or so). I think the maintenance will be spectacularly low ... as in a set of cheap tires and a chain per year and no adjustments (£30).
However, it should be stated that I'm not a heavy user. I assume that I'll work roughly 150 days/year so I'll only log roughly 3000km per year. So, one chain and a cheap set of tires every 3000km seems about right.
However, it should be stated that I'm not a heavy user. I assume that I'll work roughly 150 days/year so I'll only log roughly 3000km per year. So, one chain and a cheap set of tires every 3000km seems about right.
I know the Walmart bashers/LBS devotees fill BF with posts about how low cost bikes without LBS provenance fall apart in a week, but I believe that is only so much trash talk from people with an agenda.
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he also exclusively sold GIANT bikes, which is something I didn't see so much of in Germany.
and he wasn't trendy, he's had the shop for 20 years in the same location (I live in a small market village in the UK ... which is quite nice) and said that he did the whole IGH thing and couldn't recommend it to anyone.
he also said that a lot of people did the whole FGSS thing for 6 months and then stopped as it was too limiting.
interesting guy.
definitely not trendy ... more of an old pragmatic fisherman type
bought some grease from him and a footpump while building up my BSO
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I suspect that would be the typical maintenance cost of any relatively lightly used single speed bike, no matter what its purchase price or source.
I know the Walmart bashers/LBS devotees fill BF with posts about how low cost bikes without LBS provenance fall apart in a week, but I believe that is only so much trash talk from people with an agenda.
I know the Walmart bashers/LBS devotees fill BF with posts about how low cost bikes without LBS provenance fall apart in a week, but I believe that is only so much trash talk from people with an agenda.
i'm sorry that i don't use it more ... but 20km round-trip commuting is kind of standard for a bike commute in europe ... is it not?
as is between 150-200 working days/year?
please consider me at least an average commuter
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Do you really think your "BSO" bike will prove to be more of a value than a $100 Walmart single speed bike if the measure of value is annual operating/maintenance costs?
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S-A or SRAM/Sachs 3 speed IGH mechanisms breaking; what do the British do to them? They last virtually forever with no maintenance in Germany and the U.S.
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Which is way below retail.
It was an interesting discussion, I've never seen someone turned off by IGH before, especially here with the rain.
It doesn't make sense.
But, we did have a nice discussion about following Hadrian's Wall across England for a nice trip.
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got a fair bit of brake pad wear
stats:
481km/299mi
£395/$638 total
£0.82/km
€0.98/km
$2.13/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
stats:
481km/299mi
£395/$638 total
£0.82/km
€0.98/km
$2.13/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
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stats:
499km/310mi
£395/$640 total
£0.79/km
€0.94/km
$2.06/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
499km/310mi
£395/$640 total
£0.79/km
€0.94/km
$2.06/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
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stats:
519km/322mi
£396/$644 total (+£1 for the olive oil and used sock)
£0.76/km
€0.91/km
$2.00/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
519km/322mi
£396/$644 total (+£1 for the olive oil and used sock)
£0.76/km
€0.91/km
$2.00/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
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off to CPH for 5 days!
here a video (not about CPH) but has a great mix of languages, cinematography, a great score and bikes ... and the ex-mayor of CPH who sounds quite Danish!
here a video (not about CPH) but has a great mix of languages, cinematography, a great score and bikes ... and the ex-mayor of CPH who sounds quite Danish!
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back from CPH ... just learned that my £298K equipment grant was funded so I can get a flow cytometer with autosampler, a microplate spectrofluormeter and a microfluidic chemical synthesis reaction chamber
stats:
538km/334mi
£396/$650 total
£0.73/km
€0.88/km
$1.94/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
stats:
538km/334mi
£396/$650 total
£0.73/km
€0.88/km
$1.94/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
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all is good ... tire tread is getting a little low:
stats:
557km/346mi
£396/$649 total
£0.71/km
€0.86/km
$1.87/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
stats:
557km/346mi
£396/$649 total
£0.71/km
€0.86/km
$1.87/mi
goal is to catch up to the ratios of bigbenaugust:
6900km/4287mi
£267/$438
3.8p/km
5c/km
10.2¢/mi
photo:
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it's just the tiny pattern on the surface of the tire in the middle of the rear tire:
i thought it was because i put the power to the ground.