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I stand to be corrected; I seem to remember reading somewhere that Simoncini were at one time involved with Guerciotti - the Italian brand that Planet-X are currently importing.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr brightside
I guess that modern efficiency is very desirable; but the retro cool is somewhat let down by the dual-pivot brakes & sti shifters.
Radio 4 Book of the Week this week is Tim Moore's "Gironimo! Riding the Very Terrible 1914 Tour of Italy"
Get it on iPlayer while you can,
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006...guide#b04442bq
Cheers for that Dom
25 miles. First one for a while...if you discount my french holiday! Round the back of Kirkby Lonsdale, over to Brabon...up the steep hill onto Dent road. Bridleway back to Brabon, then back to Kirkby Lonsdale.
Tomorrow's bike ride for me the Etape du Dales. Hope I'm ready
http://i.imgur.com/aeekVP3.jpg
I ride 7400 on the Raleigh, it's a joy to work with, levers are ergonomic and the dual pivot calipers are just as sharp as the Shimano hydraulics on my MTB. The brakes on the Alan are Campy GS cantis and you really need to be on the drop handle part of the bar to stop anything but leisurely. 7400 is probably the best of both cool and efficiency.Quote:
Originally Posted by wheezing donkey
Don't really know what year the 6207 i have on is TBH, but it's listed on velobase as 1984-87. It's a Campy Record hub and it's a 1983 bike. The cassette is removed by unscrewing the last cog off the freewheel, and the freewheel comes off with some sort of non-splined tool. This is the sort...Quote:
Originally Posted by wheezing donkey
http://velobase.com/CompImages/Freew...B8B176D13.jpeg
The two little pinholes 180 degrees apart are, i think, for maintenance of the freewheel internals, and the whole lot comes off using a tool in the square tabs.
It's difficult to get hold of one of these on ebay with the right numbers of teeth, i need 13-24 preferably with a freewheel and it needs to be new old stock. The LBS reckoned there was quite a bit of freeplay in the freewheel and the cassette teeth are a bit worn and currently running on a new chain. So-old cassette/new chain= bad mix.
Wow, that Velobase is a bit of a goldmine. Interestingly it says my freewheel is ISO threading, so assuming my Campy hub is Italian threading someone might have bodged it a bit.
3 hours or so at Glentress today, it was sort of near the airport which I had to be at for 5pm.
Sort of.
Much fun was had.
19m/2000', Storiths-Burnsall-Grassington-Hebden-Appletreewick-Storiths, pint of Wharfedale Blonde in The Fountaine Inn in Linton. Decided to change tactics after 2 bad rides with knee problems, less miles in one go and less climb. I'm trying to add in a cycle to work midweek to see if that changes my response to longer weekend rides. This has previously fallen flat on its ar$e but we'll see. Pulled up at the pub absolutely plastered in little flies having ridden through a huge swarm at the back of Kail Hill.
How long do you want to be out for today? He asked... about 4-5 hours, she said... 7.5 hours later... 6 hrs 40 minutes riding time, 130 kms covered, about half on bridleways, i.e. off road, half road, only 1400 metres of climbing and his new cross bike well and truely christened and me totally knackered! This was my longest ride since the Salzkammergut Trophy disaster last July, after which I went rapidly downhill with this ruddy Lyme disease. Still not shed it, but slowly getting some muscle strength and endurance back. Still aching like b*ggery though grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr