This is all too modern for me, my last road bike was a 10 speed - thats 5 on the back and 2 on the front...
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Yeah and 42/52 how did we ever get up hills?
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Yeah and 42/52 how did we ever get up hills?
By eating coal and a lot of drugs....
Jean Bobet talks about a day in the Tour when the Ventoux (from Bedoin) featured, and decided to ensure his bike had an "easy" gear for the climb - 42x24..!
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I've still got 6 speed on my old Raleigh Scorpio road bike which i got in around 1987. I had it refurbed in London in around 2002 and got new parts no problem (including new cassette/freewheel) but i guess that was a few years ago now.
Have not ridden it since though as i ended up just getting a new bike instead. It lives in the shed now as i never have the heart to throw away my old bikes and it's not worth selling. 6 speed is very robust though and is enough gearing for most of my local rides. I'm just not so keen on the downtube shifters these days after getting used to the brake/shifter combos.
I'd have thought any decent LBS would be able to source 6 speed parts but i guess i'm wrong. SJS must do something, they seem to stock everything.
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@ JonEdwards
Was it you that took the steel Mercx to the Alps.
Nope. I've got a 2003ish Santa Cruz Roadster, and I've (not yet) been daft enough to try taking a road bike to the Alps. Not when there's chairlifts for the ups, and singletrack for the downs...
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Flip is teasing me with his Rourke. One flashed past me during a reliability trial last weekend in the same sort of colours. Is/are you Flip Bedfordshire way?
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Biopace isn't dead (sort of). Quite a few PROs run these now:
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Hey Oldgit
Rubbish photo i know, i 've rode it 3 times this week for the first time as its my best bike, i didn't fancy road salt on it.
I think the Ksyriums suit it, its sort of modern retro... i've cut the steerer now and got my computer on it.It's definitly the best bike i've rode cus it's made to fit
I'm from Cannock.
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Very nice.
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