Pulled your bag out as we say around here.
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Stepped it up a notch today, 28mls/3500'- Storiths-Skyreholme-Greenhow-Bewerley-Greenhow-Thruscross-Storiths. Headed into Pateley Bridge down the B6265 and took Peat Lane back up to Greenhow. I'd recommend Peat Lane to any forumites who think they can climb on a bike; most of the climb is in the first half a mile or so, about 500' in half a mile. I ended up on a 1:1 gear ratio, you'd be pushing in no time on a compact. I thought New Road out of Skyreholme was going to be a struggle, but it was actually quite tame compared to Peat Lane. I had to trespass to get some water becuase i forgot to fill up in Bewerley, i thought i was going to get my head kicked in by a horse and lost my train of thought. You can always tell when a horse sees something it wasn't expecting, you have to be careful for the sake of the rider as much as yourself. Can't wait till next weekend- more Peat Lane!
Lovely White Peak ride this morning. Buxton to Longnor via Gutton Bridge then up to the Winking Man pub (think that is part of the Buxton TT route, but wrong way), then nice down hill to Gradbach with a longish (for me) climb up to Flash, then back to Bucco. Only about 30km, but enough to earn me a fat bacon sandwich with mushrooms, fried duck egg and sweet chilli sauce :p
Right knee not responding well to 3500', might need a rethink on the route maybe cut out some of the big long climbs. At the moment i do about 6 miles of continuous climb from Howgill up to Greenhow, perhaps it's too sustained, then Peat Lane wipes me out. Might drop back onto the Hartilngton Rakes 2900 route with no Peat Lane and alternate weeks with longer flatter rides on one of the road bikes, could break out the old '83 Alan for a blast out to Ilkley. Nutrition strategy needs an overhaul for 3500 rides too, i need to actually eat something instead of shoving gels down my neck. Could get cake in Pateley but there's nowhere to leave the bike, crisps and beer at the Bridge Inn a far better choice methinks. I really miss my weekly pint at The Fountaine Inn, Linton, safe bike parking etc.
Storiths to Kettlewell and back a much better bet on the road bike, ale and cake aplenty all along the route, everything the serious cyclist needs.
40 miles at the Wolvo - Roubaix. Bailed out out for the short 60k route rather than the full 100k, but in hindsight I wish I'd kept going. The ride starts at Aldersley Stadium, Wolverhampton on "Hugh Porter Way", and we were set off by... Hugh Porter. A mix of road and a few gravelly paths to give it the spring classics feel, and finishing back at the stadium on the velodrome. 100k next year...
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Cool retro bike alert...dribbling on my keyboard...Dura Ace 7400, Columbus.
The guy's selling the wheels on ebay, oddly split them from the bike and sold it separate.
Here's a good one. The Alan has a 6spd Uniglide cassette on an HF-6207 Shimano 600 freewheel- the one that comes off with a tool with 2 tabs on the end. Will an HF-6208 freewheel and cassette fit on the same hub? 6208 takes a circular splined park tool freewheel remover. Wheezing Donkey i'm looking in your direction :cool:
Sorry Mr B, never had cassettes from the era of the 6207.
My freewheel experience jumps straight from 5 / 6 speed screw-on blocks to 7 speed cassettes of the "splined Park Tool" era.
What years are we talking of for the two cassettes that you mention? I know an ex pro-team mechanic who might have the answer.
NB, I think that some of the terminology that you use is a little confusing
Both my 1999 STX-RC hubs and my 2010 Ultegra 6700 hubs use:-
1. A splined, circular (Park) tool to remove the cassette from the freehub body (freewheel).
2. An hex allen key ( think it's 10mm ) to remove the freehub body (freewheel) from the actual hub - to do that you need to remove the non-drive side cone from the axle, withdraw the axle (from the drive side) and recover the loose ball-bearings first.
The bearing surface ( for the drive side hub bearings ) is incorporated into the permanently rotating inner element of the freehub body.
Had to do the latter on the STX hubs, 12 months ago when the bearings between the two elements of the freehub body went shot, transferring an unacceptable amount of "float" into the cassette.
Ian.