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Forum: Folding Bikes
03-05-23, 10:39 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,845
Posted By mue

A visit to a professional bike mechanic can sort...

A visit to a professional bike mechanic can sort this.
Forum: Folding Bikes
03-05-23, 09:42 AM
Replies: 392
Views: 45,144
Posted By mue

changes I'd make if offered a Swift frameset

Hi Paul, thread ..
Wow! Really glad to see a Swift in production! Wow!
Chromoly great choice. That's the best news, really.

Not really at all sure I'd be ordering a bike or frameset - money is...
Forum: Road Cycling
04-03-19, 12:43 AM
Replies: 124
Views: 59,337
Posted By mue

* * * L o n g P o s t * * * That's...

* * * L o n g P o s t * * *



That's pretty close to what I'd want in a minivelo!

My minivelo was my first fixed-gear bike; was marketed as flip-flop for use as either singlespeed or as fixed...
Forum: Fifty Plus (50+)
04-02-19, 09:07 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,120
Posted By mue

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/starting.html ...

https://www.sheldonbrown.com/starting.html

If you combine low bicycle weight with lowered seat height, mounting and dismounting might be a lot easier. The lower the seat, though, the more...
Forum: Folding Bikes
09-05-18, 06:41 PM
Replies: 4,023
Views: 938,024
Posted By mue

* * * LONG POST I keep the Xootr Swift...

* * * LONG POST


I keep the Xootr Swift logo covered by a nylon wrapper (it's a Buddipole, backpack antenna pack cloth (nylon?) case with really (really!) strong velcro straps). Think of those...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-25-16, 10:37 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 5,367
Posted By mue

Depends on the device! In the first two...

Depends on the device!

In the first two screenshots below, the first (top) image was
taken at 1920x1080, Linux, Chromium web browser.

(Application: home theatre PC, viewed from quite a...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-25-16, 09:28 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 5,367
Posted By mue

56 columns, monospaced (with allowances for...

56 columns, monospaced (with allowances for overruns to ~67 columns).

This allows rather large fonts, and adheres to typical print
media standards from 30 years ago for column width.

It also...
Forum: Folding Bikes
09-24-16, 11:40 PM
Replies: 4,023
Views: 938,024
Posted By mue

I haven't had a single chain drop on my Xootr...

I haven't had a single chain drop on my Xootr Swift.

I run an 8-speed (11t-34t) Shimano cassette, but I have detuned the
SRAM X.7 rear derailer H-Limit screw, to avoid the 11t cog entirely.
...
Forum: Singlespeed & Fixed Gear
09-24-16, 09:07 PM
Replies: 58
Views: 5,367
Posted By mue

I've been riding a fixed-gear bicycle since the...

I've been riding a fixed-gear bicycle since the third week
of August. Every time I ride one of my derailer bikes, the
bottom bracket feels (very subjectively) as though it is
almost seized. I've...
Forum: Folding Bikes
09-24-16, 08:29 PM
Replies: 4,023
Views: 938,024
Posted By mue

I wonder if a blind section of seat post, dropped...

I wonder if a blind section of seat post, dropped into the seat tube,
wouldn't hold up the main seat post, with very low QR torque.

. . .

The idea is that the Swift has an adjustable...
Forum: Folding Bikes
09-12-16, 09:38 AM
Replies: 4,023
Views: 938,024
Posted By mue

Yeah, it's a decent spider, and is...

Yeah, it's a decent spider, and is industry-standard. Square taper.

Stock crankset is 170mm. Spider is a 5-bolt, 76.5mm c-c (130mm BCD).

To derive BCD from c-c (center-to-center) multiply by...
Forum: Folding Bikes
05-23-16, 03:46 PM
Replies: 4,023
Views: 938,024
Posted By mue

523102 The horizontal top-tube cover is a...

523102

The horizontal top-tube cover is a Buddipole nylon packcloth
carrying bag with stretch velcro strap. The velcro strap is difficult to
undo (the hook and loop stuff is extra-long, I...
Forum: Folding Bikes
02-12-16, 01:43 PM
Replies: 1,567
Views: 744,009
Posted By mue

Hi. (fake -- meaningless -- internet-name) here....

Hi. (fake -- meaningless -- internet-name) here.

56, male, 6'1" and 215 lb.
ICBM 41N73W approx. (between Boston and New York City in the USA)

504114

Dahon Speed P8 -- a CL find for USD...
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