OK, there are some conditions attached to my generosity:
* The bikes are located in Canberra, ACT, Australia; * You'll have to pick them up yourself; * There's a limit of 1 per "customer"; * For the rideable bikes, I *might* be convinced to deliver them within Canberra for the cost of a bus ticket back to my home and a can of diet coke; * If you want me to do any repairs/servicing prior to delivery, that'll cost you (but my rates are reasonable); * Most of these bikes have come into my possession via a "Do you want these? Otherwise I'm going to take them to the dump" scenario. To the best of my knowledge none are stolen, but obviously I can't give a 100% guarantee.
> OK, there are some conditions attached to my generosity:
> * The bikes are located in Canberra, ACT, Australia; > * You'll have to pick them up yourself; > * There's a limit of 1 per "customer"; > * For the rideable bikes, I *might* be convinced to deliver them > within Canberra for the cost of a bus ticket back to my home and a can > of diet coke; > * If you want me to do any repairs/servicing prior to delivery, > that'll cost you (but my rates are reasonable); > * Most of these bikes have come into my possession via a "Do you want > these? Otherwise I'm going to take them to the dump" scenario. To the > best of my knowledge none are stolen, but obviously I can't give a > 100% guarantee.
> You can see some pictures and descriptions here:
Brian, In your journal you wrote 12/12/07 "After doing a few km of commuting with the MegaRange cluster, I've decided that I don't much like the enormous jump from 1st to 2nd, and the miniscule steps from there up to 6th." You wrote that you'd bunged on a '70's five speed pending exploration of the spares box.
I've been enthralled, in a horrified sort of way, by your account of budget commuting on the mighty department store Blade and by your adventure on the GVBR.
I'd love to contribute to the adventure if your spares box fails you. I have a gen-you-wine Shimano Hyperglide six speed freewheel in 14 - 16 - 18 - 21 - 24 - 28, only a little used, only a little rusty which is yours for the asking. Yes it is a spin-on freewheel, not a cassette and it would appear to have the sprockets spaced approx. 5.3mm centre to centre. Overall width is approx. 33mm. It's off a mid '90's MTB with indexed Shimano SIS thumb shifter. I'm surprised to find that the flaming things are still made and are pretty cheap but this one is even cheaper to you if I just shove it in a brown bag and send it. Drop me an address to rover109 at bigpond dot net dot au if you can use it.
This freewheel is surplus to needs since I commenced doing up my old Shogun Trailbreaker for sentiments sake. One good ebay find led to another and all that is left of the original bike now is the frame and forks. Just the frame and forks, but that's okay because the "steel is real" rigid at both ends frame was the bit I liked most. With a nice coat of midnight blue Killrust epoxy enamel it looks very fine with its second hand eyeletted Ritchey and Alex rims and budget 21 speed Shimano Alivio drivetrain. This evening I put on a set of lightweight 1.5" Maxxis Detonator semi slicks and it feels like a rocket ship compared with my best tourer equipped with armour plated 1.95" Schwalbe Marathon Plus's. The downside is that I'm back up to five serviceable bikes again and it's hard to find excuses to ride them all :-(
> "BT Humble" <bt_hum...@bigpond.com> wrote in message >"After doing a few km of commuting with > the MegaRange cluster, I've decided that I don't much like the enormous jump > from 1st to 2nd, and the miniscule steps from there up to 6th."
> In your journal you wrote 12/12/07 "After doing a few km of commuting with > the MegaRange cluster, I've decided that I don't much like the enormous jump > from 1st to 2nd, and the miniscule steps from there up to 6th." You wrote > that you'd bunged on a '70's five speed pending exploration of the spares > box.
> I've been enthralled, in a horrified sort of way, by your account of budget > commuting on the mighty department store Blade and by your adventure on the > GVBR.
You'd be surprised how often I hear that. Traffic on my website has gone up from 6MB/day to 80MB/day since I put up the GVBR pages. ;-)
> I'd love to contribute to the adventure if your spares box fails you. I have > a gen-you-wine Shimano Hyperglide six speed freewheel in 14 - 16 - 18 - 21 - > 24 - 28, only a little used, only a little rusty which is yours for the > asking.
OK, done![1] I'll fire off an e-mail presently. If I don't use it on this bike I'm sure I can find it a home elsewhere.
> This freewheel is surplus to needs since I commenced doing up my old Shogun > Trailbreaker for sentiments sake. One good ebay find led to another and all > that is left of the original bike now is the frame and forks. Just the frame > and forks, but that's okay because the "steel is real" rigid at both ends > frame was the bit I liked most. With a nice coat of midnight blue Killrust > epoxy enamel it looks very fine with its second hand eyeletted Ritchey and > Alex rims and budget 21 speed Shimano Alivio drivetrain. This evening I put > on a set of lightweight 1.5" Maxxis Detonator semi slicks and it feels like > a rocket ship compared with my best tourer equipped with armour plated 1.95" > Schwalbe Marathon Plus's. The downside is that I'm back up to five > serviceable bikes again and it's hard to find excuses to ride them all :-(
Ooh, sounds rather nice. It'll be too good to risk getting dirty when you're done! ;-)
BTH [1] A wise old bloke once told me "If someone offers you something for nothing, even if you don't have a use for it right away, immediately drop whatever you're doing and go and get it before he changes his mind."
lemmiwinks wrote: > > "BTHumble" <bt_hum...@bigpond.com> wrote in message > >"After doing a few km of commuting with > > the MegaRange cluster, I've decided that I don't much like the enormous jump > > from 1st to 2nd, and the miniscule steps from there up to 6th."
> Spoken like a true flatlander.
You're missing the point, you clapped-out cripple! ;-)
I *like* the low gear. What I don't like is the way it gives a low 1st gear, then a huge jump to a close-ratio 2-3-4-5-6-7. I'd prefer a cluster that has a more even spacing across the whole range.
On Dec 13, 10:09 am, BT Humble <bt_hum...@bigpond.com> wrote:
> lemmiwinks wrote: > > > "BTHumble" <bt_hum...@bigpond.com> wrote in message > > >"After doing a few km of commuting with > > > the MegaRange cluster, I've decided that I don't much like the enormous jump > > > from 1st to 2nd, and the miniscule steps from there up to 6th."
> > Spoken like a true flatlander.
> You're missing the point, you clapped-out cripple! ;-)
BT Humble wrote: > Peter Howard wrote: > > I've been enthralled, in a horrified sort of way, by your account of budget > > commuting on the mighty department store Blade and by your adventure on the > > GVBR.
> You'd be surprised how often I hear that. Traffic on my website has > gone up from 6MB/day to 80MB/day since I put up the GVBR pages. ;-)
> > I'd love to contribute to the adventure if your spares box fails you. I have > > a gen-you-wine Shimano Hyperglide six speed freewheel in 14 - 16 - 18 - 21 - > > 24 - 28, only a little used, only a little rusty which is yours for the > > asking.
> OK, done![1] I'll fire off an e-mail presently. If I don't use it on > this bike I'm sure I can find it a home elsewhere.
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