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Forum: Touring
11-23-11, 05:37 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 628
Posted By wicki

Thanks ...it does seam to be a discontinued...

Thanks ...it does seam to be a discontinued Topeak ..shame as the mounting system suits the fatty fork and like a pillock I sold it with my LHT so I need to find another.
Forum: Touring
11-19-11, 10:17 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 628
Posted By wicki

Can you help identify this front rack?

Hi can any one out there identify this rack. I need to find anther identical to it if possible.

227492
Forum: Touring
10-25-11, 02:16 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 5,191
Posted By wicki

On-One Inbred Swap-Out Frame now takes hub...

On-One Inbred Swap-Out Frame now takes hub gears.

http://www.on-one.co.uk/i/q/FROOIN26V3/on_one-inbred-swap_out-frame
Forum: Touring
10-22-11, 01:44 PM
Replies: 165
Views: 38,596
Posted By wicki

No had one for a month sold it ....really...

No had one for a month sold it ....really booooooooreing bike.imo ....reaches for the fire extinguisher.
Forum: Touring
10-18-11, 11:48 AM
Replies: 36
Views: 9,084
Posted By wicki

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/thorn-mt-tura-1-1-8-inc...

http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/thorn-mt-tura-1-1-8-inch-ahead-80-100-mm-suspension-corrected-fork-matted-green-prod15585/

I know its not a suspension fork but this is amazingly comfortable and coupled...
Forum: Mountain Biking
10-17-11, 01:43 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 337
Posted By wicki

Cannondale Fatty refitting help

Hi, can any one help me refit a fatty fork ? What is the best method ?

the Interference fit is very tight and i don't want to damage the fork.
Forum: Touring
10-16-11, 06:25 AM
Replies: 55
Views: 4,210
Posted By wicki

Endura Humvee shorts nice and stylish but great...

Endura Humvee shorts nice and stylish but great to cycle in with all the pockets you could want and a pop in liner with padding.

cragg hoppers shirts and a Tilley hat.
Forum: Touring
10-09-11, 02:19 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 1,311
Posted By wicki

Broken frame on tour? need your input

I am doing a little research here and would appreciate your input

Who has ever broken a frame on tour and if so what was the frame material? (and lets keep this to frames no more than 10 years...
Forum: Touring
10-05-11, 05:57 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 2,704
Posted By wicki

Have you riden bar ends and drops before? ...if...

Have you riden bar ends and drops before? ...if not I strongly advise try before you buy....
Forum: Touring
10-03-11, 07:16 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,028
Posted By wicki

Hi Cant help on your route but going from saint...

Hi Cant help on your route but going from saint malo or Roscoff you can pick up the Nantes Brest canal,its a great route on towpath for about 300k (depending on where you join it). This gives you e...
Forum: Touring
10-03-11, 03:33 AM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,361
Posted By wicki

@Thor 29 The panniers are hung below the...

@Thor 29 The panniers are hung below the suspension on the front so that weight is not adding to the loaded suspension....on 4 days of off road touring it made a major difference and the fatty fork...
Forum: Touring
10-02-11, 02:00 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 4,361
Posted By wicki

Me

I tour with a Cannondale touring ultra, its got the 80 mm faty fork with rebound, I have noticed at the end of the day I am not as sore as people with me. and it has braze ons for racks...so win win...
Forum: Touring
09-30-11, 07:32 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 433
Posted By wicki

LHT type rack on sale

This just saved me a packet on racks which are identical to the surly racks ...may help some people, this is a UK based company so may be not to good for you yanks
...
Forum: Touring
09-27-11, 01:55 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 3,053
Posted By wicki

Hmmm how did you get rid of the gear display?...I...

Hmmm how did you get rid of the gear display?...I have never seen that before but it does free up a lot of bar real estate
Forum: Touring
09-27-11, 01:34 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 950
Posted By wicki

Hi, would love to know if you have cured this and...

Hi, would love to know if you have cured this and if so how?...I am having similar issues on the LHT ...maybe my body shape! .. broke my back in 04 and have a scoliosis (curvature of the spine) I...
Forum: Touring
09-22-11, 09:27 AM
Replies: 4,824
Views: 2,622,835
Posted By wicki

There will be a bonding on the long road ....well...

There will be a bonding on the long road ....well hopefully, then i am sure it wont be a pig
Forum: Touring
09-21-11, 03:40 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,846
Posted By wicki

Thanks for the info .....I am ok with my first...

Thanks for the info .....I am ok with my first attempt ....but i like the idea of running the cable all the way to bar center ...may try this in the future but first i need another set of wheels and...
Forum: Touring
09-19-11, 05:12 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 5,846
Posted By wicki

Bar tape virgin and bar end shifters

Hi i just Taped my first road bars and I have some questions (watched loads of Youtube vids but nothing about this aspect)

1. how do you handle the bar end shifter, does the tape just go around...
Forum: Touring
09-19-11, 01:53 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 851
Posted By wicki

I have a Cannnondale Touring ultra Alu and Surly...

I have a Cannnondale Touring ultra Alu and Surly LHT steel ...now i have no idea why but the surly feels more comfortable on rough tarmack ...and here in the UK we have very rough grade roads we dont...
Forum: Touring
09-13-11, 02:14 AM
Replies: 83
Views: 4,544
Posted By wicki

How to die a tent

Oh please tell .....how did you die your Tadpole? I have the same and would love to camouflage it.
Forum: Touring
09-02-11, 01:22 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,154
Posted By wicki

I have a good friend with Rheumatoid Arthritis...

I have a good friend with Rheumatoid Arthritis ....sounds just like what you described especially at the start ...doctors took ages to come up with a diagnosis ...good luck
Forum: Touring
09-02-11, 01:17 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 1,791
Posted By wicki

time changes all

When I was young I would have really resented the Fuzz poking his nose in ...now I am 50 i kinda like knowing they don't just sit on their arses eating doughnuts, its what we pay em for!
Forum: Touring
08-27-11, 03:31 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,036
Posted By wicki

Yes I am guesssing that Voodoo may also work ^^

Yes I am guesssing that Voodoo may also work ^^
Forum: Touring
08-24-11, 06:42 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,036
Posted By wicki

Thanks for the advice

Thanks for the advice, the best fitting service locally is £120 $196.4 for a two hour session.That's a lot of wonga think ill try maybe to run a fater pedal on the left side

I only found out...
Forum: Touring
08-24-11, 03:31 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,036
Posted By wicki

One leg shorter than the other

Hi as the title say's I have one leg shorter than the other and wear a heel lift in all my regular shoes ...This lifts the heel not the ball of the foot, I wonder if any one has experience of this...
Forum: Touring
08-20-11, 06:50 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 757
Posted By wicki

Wow no i am good and confused ....decided to go...

Wow no i am good and confused ....decided to go to the LBS give him the money (he is a good chap and deserves a quid or two) Ill go with his advice, thanks for the input it proved to me i need some...
Forum: Touring
08-19-11, 04:27 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 777
Posted By wicki

I think staying south of the Pyrenees is good...

I think staying south of the Pyrenees is good advice, weather wise even southern France can get cold and wet in November especially on the Atlantic side.
Forum: Touring
08-18-11, 03:35 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 757
Posted By wicki

Brake advice needed

Hi converting to drops will these components work together and stop a loaded tourer?

And which brake is better

1.Shimano XT M770 V Brake

2.Shimano Deore LX BR-T660 V Brakes

with...
Forum: Touring
08-16-11, 07:20 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 1,900
Posted By wicki

+ 1 for the Tent

Another one here for the Trent battery pack (on a side note the battery or my cell phone kept in the bar bag interferes with my Cateye cycle putter)
Forum: Touring
08-14-11, 05:22 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 914
Posted By wicki

Extra wheel

http://www.extrawheel.com/
Forum: Touring
08-14-11, 05:20 PM
Replies: 4,824
Views: 2,622,835
Posted By wicki

Sony no love here!

Sony no love here!
Forum: Touring
08-14-11, 04:35 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 408
Posted By wicki

I think if its not a frame your familiar with you...

I think if its not a frame your familiar with you Have to sit your ass on it so many variations and the wrong frame is just a disaster ...I know i have done it with Ebay to many times..If you cant,...
Forum: Touring
08-12-11, 03:41 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,580
Posted By wicki

Humble pie time

Ok since finding this board and starting this thread I have for the last week soaked up more good information than in the last 10 years of cycling...

I have for years thought the only way to sit...
Forum: Touring
08-10-11, 06:13 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,580
Posted By wicki

lol

Its not ultra low speed shimmy ...its a Cannondale touring ultra!:)
Forum: Touring
08-10-11, 07:16 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,580
Posted By wicki

Fore aft

Sounds right ...If you hold the front brake on and rock the bike back and forth there is a lot of flex..not in the legs but in the part of the fork running through the head tube which has the built...
Forum: Touring
08-10-11, 12:27 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,580
Posted By wicki

The Headshock fork has been an issue almost from...

The Headshock fork has been an issue almost from day one ...I came from mountain biking and just could not imagine having no suspension, with hindsight the Cannondale system with its 1.5 headtube and...
Forum: Touring
08-09-11, 02:10 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,580
Posted By wicki

Cured it

Toady I think i cured this problem ...wich actually may be due to the lock out not locking the top cm on the fork for some reason ....recon for the cartridge in the fork is £172...from TFT Tuned...
Forum: Touring
08-09-11, 01:00 PM
Replies: 39
Views: 2,229
Posted By wicki

Somebody famous said" a journey of a thousand...

Somebody famous said" a journey of a thousand miles starts with just one step"

Open the door take the step....I don't plan (it drives others mad) i have a vague idea ill go uuuummmmmm thata...
Forum: Touring
08-09-11, 04:14 AM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,517
Posted By wicki

Arrrrggghhhhhhhhhhh V's suck

I am a professional Truck driver and a part time tourer, and RV drivers and caravan drivers are the scourge of the road .....that people should be allowed to drive these things with no formal...
Forum: Touring
08-08-11, 03:22 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,442
Posted By wicki

no ...number two has gone the same way as number...

no ...number two has gone the same way as number one and number 3 just aint gonna happen...hence no need to haul the kitchen sink plus wardrobe including shoe store.
Forum: Touring
08-07-11, 11:09 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,580
Posted By wicki

Hmmmmm! you made me think ...I come from an...

Hmmmmm! you made me think ...I come from an XC/downhill background and do ride with quite wide bars .
Forum: Touring
08-07-11, 06:54 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,580
Posted By wicki

Cannondale touring ultra low speed shimmy

Hi guy's .

Newbie tourer alert be warned dumb questions may follow.
I have the Cannondale touring ultra 07 did my first tour this year (ok slow starter i know)
Fatty lockout 80 mm fork,mavic 117...
Forum: Touring
08-05-11, 10:30 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 4,208
Posted By wicki

I wear a Tilley hat ....google it...it wont blow...

I wear a Tilley hat ....google it...it wont blow off does the neck shades the eyes looks cool to.
Forum: Touring
08-05-11, 10:03 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 2,442
Posted By wicki

Dont overthink it ...get on the bike go buy a map...

Dont overthink it ...get on the bike go buy a map go tour....its that simple.
Forum: Touring
08-05-11, 06:24 AM
Replies: 4,824
Views: 2,622,835
Posted By wicki

Ok Ill play, Cannondale seam rather under...

Ok Ill play, Cannondale seam rather under represented here so this is mine setting off for 14 days in France.213480
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