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[Donegal john]

Never a truer word said, a friend of mine once said, if you have a dream then just do it now, if you wait then your dreams will change and you will never do it. My dream was sailing, I got trained up and became a full time yacht instructor and delivery skipper, then quit that job and saved up and we bought our own yacht which we had in the Med and enjoyed it very much. If we had waited until retirement (which seems to make sense) then you may never do it, dreams change, circumstances change and you may no longer have your health.

Totally agree. Some years ago we bought a static caravan as our kids were younger. It was on the coast and I said to my wife I would love a speed boat. Her reply was go for it. I bought a large safe speedboat (25ft) and we had the most amazing time with it especially when the clipper race came. I sold it 3 years ago and the static and as you said if I had waited I would never have had it as circumstances have changed and it would no longer fit with our lives. So I agree if you want it go for it in the here and now not the future.

 

[colm89]

How old are you (if you don't mind) I am 63 now and last raced a full season in 2019, I actually enjoy the hillier races but sadly for us older gits they are generally flatter races.

I’m 32 and more of a breakaway rider than a climber or a sprinter. Predominantly rode track for the past few years in London (with a preference for the endurance events), but back doing some road racing now that I’m nowhere near a track on the west coast of Ireland.

 

[dad_of_jon]

This replaced my Muddy fox voyager which was written off in a RTA. Second best bike I've had since I got back on a bike after 15 years off a bike. Claude butler Windermere takin the top spot. Prior to getting married in 87 my o Brien international clubman 10 was the mutts nuts. Reached 45mph on that (downhill) and overtook a few cars and a bus on a dual carriageway. I'm surprised I'm still alive really. That's youth for ya.

 

[Leon103]

Into the proper mountains this evening. It was too hot to do the devils stair case- two climbs that are 25% each. Still plenty of 16%+ climbs.

It's new bike day tomorrow.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Into the proper mountains this evening. It was too hot to do the devils stair case- two climbs that are 25% each. Still plenty of 16%+ climbs.

It's new bike day tomorrow.

:hat:Im not sure I would be cycling if I lived where you do, far too hilly, i'm a softie for low gradients

 

[Leon103]

:hat:Im not sure I would be cycling if I lived where you do, far too hilly, i'm a softie for low gradients

There is only one 'flat' loop and that is too hilly for some..
I am not the fastest up the hills but I strangely enjoy the feeling of your body suffering

 

[Galena]

Into the proper mountains this evening. It was too hot to do the devils stair case- two climbs that are 25% each. Still plenty of 16%+ climbs.

It's new bike day tomorrow.

Nothing quite like a new bike day. Taking my best out for some threshold hill work tomorrow hopefully.

 

[Leon103]

Nothing quite like a new bike day. Taking my best out for some threshold hill work tomorrow hopefully.

They don't come along often so added some new shoes to make it even more special. Day off tomorrow and the kids are in child care. Think that means I should go out for a little ride.

 

[London]

My new one, belt drive with a Shimano nexus 8.

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[Leon103]

And here She is. Nice ride today, rather hot but still enjoyable

 

[chopps]

My wife has cycled all over the world on this. She’s popping to Costa Rica later for a quick spin. I once cycled round Harvard University campus on it but my ash tray and beer glass kept falling off the dumbell holder, so I leave it to her now.

 

[Galena]

My new one, belt drive with a Shimano nexus 8.

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How do you find the belt drive? I have never ridden with one

 

[Galena]

And here She is. Nice ride today, rather hot but still enjoyable

Nice looking bike, very clean lines.



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[Galena]

My wife has cycled all over the world on this. She’s popping to Costa Rica later for a quick spin. I once cycled round Harvard University campus on it but my ash tray and beer glass kept falling off the dumbell holder, so I leave it to her now.

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I recommend an ironing board, plenty of room for **** and ashtray, a 5 litre mini keg and even a bag of chips

 

[London]

How do you find the belt drive? I have never ridden with one

I really like it, it’s as smooth as a gravy sandwich and almost silent plus you can change gear when you’re stopped and change More that one gear at a time plus no oily chain and very little maintenance.

 

[Galena]

As it's cycling season, maybe time to resurrect an old thread?

Here's one or two of my Orbea in Mallorca very recently

 

[dad_of_jon]

A throttle just gives you the choice, was what I found. If you want to ride around entirely on power like a eMoped or something, then of course you can, and conversely you can just switch it off (and your ride will be tougher workout than on a standard bike), but you also have infinite instant options available to you in between those two extremes. It really is down to the rider and what they want or don't want to get out of the ride. PAS is really just predetermined throttle positionings that increase assistance within certain fixed parameters with pedal revs. If you can't manage your ride better than that manually with a throttle then maybe PAS is a good choice. Please bear in mind that I have only ridden cheap versions of all the eBike stuff, so there may be others that can tell you that if you spend 11k on a Specialised S Works Turbo Creo SL, the PAS is fantastic. LOL. But seriously, I can only really comment from my limited and narrow experience based on what I have used, and a purpose-built eBike in the £2000 range might have incredibly sophisticated PAS. I guess the best thing would be to go and try some. I hope all this has helped.

I decided not to unlock the throttle as that is the easiest thing to test for by the law on the roadside. hello sir, please turn your bike on and twist the throttle....

What I have done is unlocked the pas from 5 to 9 settings so I have more granularity. Also it came with NO detailed instructions on how to change from kph to mph. internet search helped there.

 

[dad_of_jon]

So no more Dawes Sonoran. I wore it out... I bought 2 hoping they will last twice as long as only having one

A pinnacle lithium 3 and a Ceaya RX-80 e-bike.

on Rhosilli 33 mile round trip

Bought a chain frame protector.....

Betws mountain viewpoint car park took a wrong turn. Did this on my pushbike 38 miles.

Replaced the bar and grips and added a riser stem. Much improved fit.

original bar too flat and long.

pub in rhosilli is so I took my own beer and snacks

Back of Pontarddulias mountain. sat down pedalling up it. As a 16 yr old on my o'brien clubman 10 road bike I had to get off and push it uphill. Ah the power of electric. Still had a hell of a workout though.

So my pushbike is usually my pubbike and the the leccy is for the demon hills. Medication limits my heart rate so some hills are out of bounds on the push bike.

 

[Galena]

Those bars were sooooooooo wide, looks much better now, I keep looking for an e bike for the wife but can't settle on one, the problem being unable to test properly before you buy.

 

[dad_of_jon]

Those bars were sooooooooo wide, looks much better now, I keep looking for an e bike for the wife but can't settle on one, the problem being unable to test properly before you buy.

If you're down in the Gloucester area Cyrusher do test rides I tried the kommoda and the kuattro. Personally I'd prefer a step thru so that is for next time. What I found is that often they have the crappy shimano entry level thumb shifters.

https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/tourney/SL-FT55-7R.html
whereas both my bikes have something like this....

https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/product/component/shimano/SL-M315-8R.html