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Tom Keats wrote:
I finally parted ways with my Cheng Shins, after 8-10K kilometers. I went looking for a new pair of the same, but ended up instead with IRC Metros, from The Bike Doctor. $11.69 each. They at least look similar to the Cheng Shins. Cheng Shin makes the sturdiest, longest lasting tire I've ever seen. They have amazingly high rolling drag, however. You go 10% faster with anything else. -- Ron Hardin On the internet, nobody knows you're a jerk. |
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Ron Hardin writes: Tom Keats wrote: I finally parted ways with my Cheng Shins, after 8-10K kilometers. I went looking for a new pair of the same, but ended up instead with IRC Metros, from The Bike Doctor. $11.69 each. They at least look similar to the Cheng Shins. Cheng Shin makes the sturdiest, longest lasting tire I've ever seen. They have amazingly high rolling drag, however. You go 10% faster with anything else. I noticed that effect too, but over time it seemed to diminish. I wonder if there's a break-in period for those things. And I never was totally confident with their cornering. But I sure got a lot of good use out of them. If it wasn't for the gash in the rear one, I'd still be using them. I'm keeping the front one on standby in the basement shop as a spare. cheers, Tom -- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:45:12 -0800, LioNiNoiL_a t_Y a h 0 0_d 0 t_c 0 m
wrote: Learning toward one or the other for buying a new dept store bicycle. Buy a much better used bike for the same amount of money, out of the local newpaper ads. A couple months ago I bought a Haro MTB for $30 at a flea market. Rusted but hardly riden. Some clean up and lubrication and it runs great. You won't beat that deal at a department store. Ron |
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:33:23 +1100, meb
wrote: Wrote: On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:47:35 -0500, PSB wrote: Learning toward one or the other for buying a new dept store bicycle. I know what to look for when it comes to assembling them. The bike is going to be used as a commuter. The Huffy's are about 30 dollars cheaper and both have Shamino gears. Just curious if I should spend the 30 bucks more for a Schwinn or not. If you are going to reply that I should buy from an LBS, save your bandwidth. So which would you recommend? Dear Dyslexic PBS, I doubt [modest cough] that you will hear from anyone who has wasted more time and bandwidth here extolling the glories of such value-for-money steeds. (I also doubt that anyone will recommend either brand.) But I'm pleased with my $60 Fury RoadMaster from Walmart and its fifteen fierce Shamino gears. http://tinyurl.com/2tohm As far as I can tell, the Fury rolls four miles along its daily route with reasonable splendour, gnashing its teeth as befits its name. Most two-wheeled objects with pedals do the same. Carl Fogel Do 1/2" shaft clipless pedals exist? Are they in a price suitable for Fury/Huffy/Schwinn one piece cranks for those occaisions one is setting the commuting record? Dear Meb, Damned if I know. Cleats might detract from the purity of the experience. In any case, as I understand it, the only real value of cleats is for extraordinary climbs and perhaps very brief sprints, where the extra maximum effort made possible by using both legs at once helps. Otherwise, your heart and lungs fail you before your legs do. Perhaps someone will explain other advantages. There must be some, since most riders use cleats. Carl Fogel |
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Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
Visions of Dave Stoller in his garage go dancing through my head... Did you know that the movie while they were filming was tentatively titled "Bambino"? I can't imagine it would have been as good without the multiple meanings of "Breaking Away" as a title. -- My bike blog: http://diabloscott.blogspot.com/ |
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RonSonic writes: On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 13:45:12 -0800, LioNiNoiL_a t_Y a h 0 0_d 0 t_c 0 m wrote: Learning toward one or the other for buying a new dept store bicycle. Buy a much better used bike for the same amount of money, out of the local newpaper ads. A couple months ago I bought a Haro MTB for $30 at a flea market. Rusted but hardly riden. Some clean up and lubrication and it runs great. Good score. You won't beat that deal at a department store. I've noticed most $100-$200 department store bikes have hi-tens steel frames. Ugh. What's worse is the poor-grade steel componentry (usually painted black,) where alu-alloy would be, on a 'good' bike. Like handlebars & stems welded together into one piece. And in the course of my scavenger hunts, I've noticed more than a few discards where the welded joins had dramatically failed. Department store bikes get thrown away a lot. cheers, Tom -- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 21:01:07 GMT, Mark Janeba
wrote: wrote: In any case, as I understand it, the only real value of cleats is for extraordinary climbs and perhaps very brief sprints, where the extra maximum effort made possible by using both legs at once helps. Otherwise, your heart and lungs fail you before your legs do. Perhaps someone will explain other advantages. There must be some, since most riders use cleats. Hmmm... maybe to keep your feet properly positioned on the pedals at high rpm without any effort or concentration required? Mark Janeba, who doesn't ride w/o cleats. Dear Mark, Hmmm . . . at what rpm do the feet tend to fly off? Is the idea something like floating valves, where the cam slaps the valve up so rapidly against a feeble spring that the valve floats instead of coming down and closing? Carl Fogel, who may mash too slowly to notice |
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