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Bakfiets Update
Big blue bakfiets today: Dummy run with trailer. Note the posh white RaceFace Turbine racing cranks with Goldtech Ti Nitride Ti ring. You can’t see the Raceface Ti bottom bracket… ! I didn’t set out to...
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Of Hubs and Gears and Things
So I’ve never really been a fan of hub gears. My earliest encounters were with Sturmey Archer 3 speeds. My mum’s Raleigh Twenty had one which would, when you least expected it, drop out of second into...
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Straw Man
Over the weekend I remade the box with reference to the manufacturers drawings. All that talk of remaking it in carbon-fibre honeycomb sheet and boxes shaped like cabin cruisers went by the wayside. I...
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Starship Troopers
I’m terrible for fiddling. I always have been when it comes to my bicycles – I never know when to stop! Every day seems to bring another upgrade to the bakfiets, Yesterday brought the installation of a...
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Big Blue Bakfiets: The Latest.
Barge Here’s where we are with it now. The laid back seat post puts me right over the back wheel, generating bump forces which even the Brooks B67 can’t eliminate completely. The (Panasonic RiBiMo rear...
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Same Bike – Different Bridge.
The very very latest upgrade comes via (again!) our good friend Rob of Really Useful Bikes in Bristol. I was admiring the range of wonderful Bakfiets canopies on the website of dutch company Clarijs...
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Africa Bike. Episode 152…
The snow melted faster than it came. Over the weekend I stole the opportunity to fit the new Profile Imperial 44t ring – one tooth smaller than the one I removed for a negligible change to the bike’s...
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Road Test: Dawes Super Galaxy
My first proper shop-bought bike was a touring bike, a Claud Butler Dalesman. It was cutting edge in 1984, and my dream bike. Reynolds 531ST tubing, Blackburn racks, Campag Tipo hubs and mechs and...
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