Change come hard in the cycling community

[Profpointy]

Threaded headsets do seem to be going the way of the cotter pin.

For me the big advantage of the new type is that it is two screws clamping the bars on, which allows you to whip the bars off without taking all the tape off and sliding them out of the slit-it-and-nip-it arrangement. This isn't per se inherent in the bearing design and could have been an improved version of the old type.
Supposedly the bearing arrangement is an improvement. Don't think there's much in it regarding ease of adjustment (of the bearings that is). The new type are more of a pain to adjust heigh wise, and have limited scope for raising them again once they are set for a given rider, and are ugly, perhaps even a hazard if left with too much spare stem.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

The discussion seems to be rather polarised: You're either a luddite or a mindless trend follower.

I just find it rather odd that the technology I choose to use or not to use on my bikes seems to get some people very agitated indeed (not so much on this forum). I like my old steel frames and my mechanical shifters, I like rim brakes and aluminium wheels and I can't see why anyone else needs to care about that. Likewise, if you ride carbon fibre, disc brakes and tubeless tyres, good for you and enjoy your cycling. I like modern lights and cycling computers and I see no contradiction in using those things on my 1970s Mercian singlespeed with its 27" wheels and single pivot non-aero Weinmann brakes. If I enjoy riding that sort of machine (which I do, far more than I enjoyed my Genesis Equilibrium disc or my Di2-equipped Scott Addict), why is that anyone else's business?

 

[FishFright]

Find me a High Street shop with a choice of two touring bikes with threaded headsets, 3x9 transmission and calliper brakes.

It's shut because so few people want them

 

[lazybloke]

Modern dynamo hubs are pretty good, although i opted for mid-price SP rather than the considerably more expensive SON.

So now I wonder how long the bearings will last.

Am also scared of dropping/losing the electrical connector when i remove or reinstall the wheel. I should really have a spare connector.

 

[Rhythm Thief]

Modern dynamo hubs are pretty good, although i opted for mid-price SP rather than the considerably more expensive SON.

Dynohubs are great. I have four bikes fitted with them: my recumbent, my tourer, the winter fixie and my Audax bike. A dynohub transforms a bike from a weekend toy into a proper practical mode of transport. I'd never go back to battery lights for a daily rider.

 

[ColinJ]

I'd never go back to battery lights for a daily rider.

I just got caught out by my rear light on today's ride, which ended after sunset.

I turned my front light on when conditions were getting gloomy. I then reached back to turn the rear light on and realised that it was still attached to a USB charger back at home!

 

[Dogtrousers]

Modern dynamo hubs are pretty good,

Am also scared of dropping/losing the electrical connector when i remove or reinstall the wheel. I should really have a spare connector.

That's exactly what happened to me. Dark and freezing and I forgot about the little tab connector thingy when removing the wheel and broke it. Idiot.

Fortunately had emergency battery lights with me.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Modern dynamo hubs are pretty good, although i opted for mid-price SP rather than the considerably more expensive SON.

So now I wonder how long the bearings will last.

Am also scared of dropping/losing the electrical connector when i remove or reinstall the wheel. I should really have a spare connector.

Discovered after I started work here in October that 'Son' Dynamos are made in Tübingen. According to Google, they're about eight minutes by bike from where I work.

 

[All uphill]

Discovered after I started work here in October that 'Son' Dynamos are made in Tübingen. According to Google, they're about eight minutes by bike from where I work.

Time for a "My bicycle in front of a bicycle component factory" thread.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Time for a "My bicycle in front of a bicycle component factory" thread.

That'll be fun. I can think of three within an easy ride of here...

 

[Jameshow]

Sounds good.

If I outlive my new toothbrush (and still have teeth by then! ) I will buy one of those next time to see if I notice the difference too.

Think I need to sit down£££🤣

 

[ColinJ]

Think I need to sit down£££🤣

That has just reminded me why I didn't buy one this time!

 

[Jameshow]

It's shut because so few people want them

I'm thinking a shop with electricals a few bikes, clothes, pick and mix, CDs and dvds, stationary etc...might have legs ...
Could call it Woolworths!

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Fortunately had emergency battery lights with me.

Thought you were going to say you called 999 and asked for Dynamo…

 

[mjr]

As probably already mentioned by others, that depends on your High St, which depends on how clever your council's planning department has been over the years. I suspect three shops on Mill Road in Cambridge, which is basically Romsey's High Street, would have had that yesterday. I was quite impressed by the diversity of shops still on that street. King's Lynn? No bike shops left on High St (closed maybe 2013), one two streets away, others further out of centre.