andyfromotley
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hi mick, i remember your earlier posts, glad you got it mate, nice one.
FINALLY.....I got my tourer!!!
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Muddyfox
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Nice looking bike Mick
What panniers have you got on the back ? i've recently bought a Ridgeback Panorama from one of my customers and need to get some panniers for it
Simon
What panniers have you got on the back ? i've recently bought a Ridgeback Panorama from one of my customers and need to get some panniers for it
Simon
bauldbairn
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dynamick
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bauldbairn said:I believe they're Revolution Adventure Panniers(2 X 20L) manufactured by Vaude for the Edinburgh Bike Coop(EBC) priced at £64.99.
EBC have own range sales approx every three months with 15% off - if you can wait, there should be one coming up soon!
You beat me to it mate
I was just about to say exactly the same thing....I did actually want these http://www.edinburghbicycle.com/ebw...7&f_SortOrderID=1&f_bct=c003154c003119c003126 but they were out of stock in the shop and from their main place in Edinburgh.....I must say I'm very happy with the ones I bought though and they have a waterproof hi-vis wrap you can put on them if it tips it down with rain!
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dynamick
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Bandini said:
Cheers Bandini - I'm contemplating going on a small ride out somewhere tomorrow on it. It's either that or go for a 10 mile run.....hmmmm decisions decisions!!! LOL
Muddyfox
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bauldbairn said:I believe they're Revolution Adventure Panniers(2 X 20L) manufactured by Vaude for the Edinburgh Bike Coop(EBC) priced at £64.99.
EBC have their own range and have "sales" approx every three months with 15% off - if you can wait, there should be one coming up soon(easter)!
Thank you ... i'm not in any great hurry so i'l hang on for the sale
Simon
Banjo
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Congrats, looked in your album ,it looks great. Wishing U many happy miles on it.
rh100
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That bike looks the business. I can just picture it with loaded panniers tootling off into the sunset - very nice and has now got me thinking.
A quick and daft question if I may - are those secondary brake handles on the top centre of the bars? My only experience of drop bars was my raliegh racer from teenage years which had brake levers under the straight parts - not in fashion now I understand.
A quick and daft question if I may - are those secondary brake handles on the top centre of the bars? My only experience of drop bars was my raliegh racer from teenage years which had brake levers under the straight parts - not in fashion now I understand.
First things first. Get a spray can of Waxoil. Spray a little between your thumb and first two fingers held together and go round every spoke nipple, massaging the Waxoil between the nipple and rim; and nipple/spoke thread. Wipe off excess.
Do the same with every adjuster, especially the rear mech cable tension adjuster. This is the one which corrodes first at the first sight of rain.
Repeat on bare cables, hex head bolts and between stem body and handlebar clamp plate. Also wheel hub dust covers, headset, BB, brake stirrup joints, brake handle pivots and wherever you suspect corrosion might happen. NOT the brake blocks or wheel's brake track !! B)
Secondly, get a can of wax polish and shine up the painted bits.
A couple of hours attention now will save a lot of grief later.
Do the same with every adjuster, especially the rear mech cable tension adjuster. This is the one which corrodes first at the first sight of rain.
Repeat on bare cables, hex head bolts and between stem body and handlebar clamp plate. Also wheel hub dust covers, headset, BB, brake stirrup joints, brake handle pivots and wherever you suspect corrosion might happen. NOT the brake blocks or wheel's brake track !! B)
Secondly, get a can of wax polish and shine up the painted bits.
A couple of hours attention now will save a lot of grief later.
rh100 said:
I had 'Safety handles' on an old Peugeot Carbolite all steel thing back in the nineties.
A bloke laughed at it before the Wall Heath 200 in '96. When I finished, I waited for him. When he arrived, I walked over to him and poked him in the eye.
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dynamick
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Hi again guys and girls!
Firstly sorry I've not been on this thread but it's been a hectic few weeks for me.....but I thought I'd come back and give you an update on all things about the Revolution Country Traveller and my experience (so far) with it.
I took it out for a good old test ride on the Sunday after I got it, maybe did 25-30 miles on it, plenty of big hills to have a nibble at, get my legs going and generally see what we could get up to. At first it was a git as the gears were slipping and grinding a bit but that all ironed itself out (perhaps it was me doing things wrong having never used STI shifters before).....anyway - all that ironed out nicely.
The brakes scared the life out of me (having always had a flat bar bike in the past) the drop handlebars and location of brakes really put the wind up me when I braked and it wasn't as "instant" as the old bike coming down a big hill. I've since found that I'm not applying enough pressure by riding mainly in a relaxed riding position with my hands on the tops of the bars rather than in the crouched drop position.
The brakes on the flat part of the bar are absolute godsends!!! As I'm getting used to riding the bike more and more, they give me the security of a quick hand position switch and I KNOW there will be plenty of brake there when I need it.....I'm sure as I ride more and more and further out, I'll get used to the drop handlebars and brake positions.
Now....unloaded the bicycle is pretty damn good, it's deceptively quick and very easy to handle.....but the fun really starts when you load it up. WOW - small word big meaning. I really do feel like I could just ride forever when I've got a good fully loaded bike, I've pootled off to the supermarket, loaded the panniers up and cycled back home and hardly felt like I'd done anything! LOL
I'd say the panniers are great....perhaps overkill for me as I just wanted one compartment to dump everything in....these babies have got more nooks and crannies than you could imagine. I should have bought the EBC bright orange ones when they were on sale back in Jan/Feb as they're waterproof and one compartment. These would suit someone needing to keep dry kit, maybe food, spare parts etc...they're designed really well, fit really well and are just a bit "overkill" for me.
I did buy a back light for the bike (one that you attach to the seatpost) but with the pannier rack having a reflector on the back it is a bit obscured under the seat. What I'm looking for now is a screw on light rather than one that goes on with a bracket - if anyone can help that'd be great - if you look at my pictures, the back of the pannier has a reflector on - I wanted to put the light there but it won't fit...and I've tried just about everything!!
Jimboalee - thanks for your advice re the greasing - I'll get on with that, I've only got the bike wet once...so I might have got away with it and I'll catch it in time.
So to summarise - it's a wonderful bike when you carry no load....it's nippy enough for someone like me who is a bit scared of these really fast skinny road bikes. But to truely appreciate and love what this bike is built for......get the panniers loaded up and feel just how wonderful the ride is.
AWESOME BICYCLE...and the customer service at EBC was everything and more that I'd hoped for.....and I've emailed them to tell 'em so!!!
Firstly sorry I've not been on this thread but it's been a hectic few weeks for me.....but I thought I'd come back and give you an update on all things about the Revolution Country Traveller and my experience (so far) with it.
I took it out for a good old test ride on the Sunday after I got it, maybe did 25-30 miles on it, plenty of big hills to have a nibble at, get my legs going and generally see what we could get up to. At first it was a git as the gears were slipping and grinding a bit but that all ironed itself out (perhaps it was me doing things wrong having never used STI shifters before).....anyway - all that ironed out nicely.
The brakes scared the life out of me (having always had a flat bar bike in the past) the drop handlebars and location of brakes really put the wind up me when I braked and it wasn't as "instant" as the old bike coming down a big hill. I've since found that I'm not applying enough pressure by riding mainly in a relaxed riding position with my hands on the tops of the bars rather than in the crouched drop position.
The brakes on the flat part of the bar are absolute godsends!!! As I'm getting used to riding the bike more and more, they give me the security of a quick hand position switch and I KNOW there will be plenty of brake there when I need it.....I'm sure as I ride more and more and further out, I'll get used to the drop handlebars and brake positions.
Now....unloaded the bicycle is pretty damn good, it's deceptively quick and very easy to handle.....but the fun really starts when you load it up. WOW - small word big meaning. I really do feel like I could just ride forever when I've got a good fully loaded bike, I've pootled off to the supermarket, loaded the panniers up and cycled back home and hardly felt like I'd done anything! LOL
I'd say the panniers are great....perhaps overkill for me as I just wanted one compartment to dump everything in....these babies have got more nooks and crannies than you could imagine. I should have bought the EBC bright orange ones when they were on sale back in Jan/Feb as they're waterproof and one compartment. These would suit someone needing to keep dry kit, maybe food, spare parts etc...they're designed really well, fit really well and are just a bit "overkill" for me.
I did buy a back light for the bike (one that you attach to the seatpost) but with the pannier rack having a reflector on the back it is a bit obscured under the seat. What I'm looking for now is a screw on light rather than one that goes on with a bracket - if anyone can help that'd be great - if you look at my pictures, the back of the pannier has a reflector on - I wanted to put the light there but it won't fit...and I've tried just about everything!!
Jimboalee - thanks for your advice re the greasing - I'll get on with that, I've only got the bike wet once...so I might have got away with it and I'll catch it in time.
So to summarise - it's a wonderful bike when you carry no load....it's nippy enough for someone like me who is a bit scared of these really fast skinny road bikes. But to truely appreciate and love what this bike is built for......get the panniers loaded up and feel just how wonderful the ride is.
AWESOME BICYCLE...and the customer service at EBC was everything and more that I'd hoped for.....and I've emailed them to tell 'em so!!!
dynamick said:Hi All!
After many months of waiting and many indecisions on my part, after almost buying a bicycle (Specialised Tricross) that I didn't really want.......I held firm and took some good advice from some friendly CycleChat forum members and waited for the Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative to open their shop in Sheffield....which they did yesterday and I was there with my 15% off!
Firstly.....the customer service was amazing, the manager was a top bloke - helping the new staff where he needed to and the guy who dealt with me (Dan) was an absolute star. After giving them some ID, I took two tourers out for a good old test ride round and about the shop (big industrial estate and not much traffic!)
The first bike (The Revolutionary Country Traveller '10) £499 was the first drop bar bike I've ever ridden (current bike a Giant Boulder). Quite scary at first getting used to the gear shift and brake position, let alone the ride position...almost fell off in the car park! LOL
The second bike (The Revolutionary Country Explorer '10) £649 similar to the Traveller but steel frame, posher saddle, disc brakes and sora shifters and a different gear setup...was the bike I really wanted. I took that for a ride out, the disc brakes scared me to death, really didn't get on with them that well and made a bit of a whooshing sound (which apparently would wear off after a good ride) but it just didn't do it for me the same way as the Traveller. The gears felt a bit clunky and I didn't feel at home on it.
The lad in the shop knew exactly which one I was going to go for....he said the smile wasn't quite as wide on my return to the shop after the second test ride.
Anyway.....The Country Traveller, set of decent panniers, cycling shorts, underseat bag/tool box, water carrier, gloves, lights etc...all to be delivered this Friday direct from EBC in Edinburgh....all in £530 after my 15% discount....and I'm sure if I'd gone for a well known brand of tourer of similar build....I'd have paid £1k + more for the add-on stuff.
If anyone hasn't been to an EBC shop or seen their website, great quality stuff and great range....they stock "named" brands....but I tell you what....their own brand stuff is top notch and their customer service is excellent......might go back next week as they've got some tasty riding jerseys too (although I'm tempted with a Foska Marmite one!)
Sorry for the long winded post but can you tell I'm buzzing?? I can't wait to take it out for a little run in over the weekend, nothing too daft, just get used to the bike and point it up a couple of hills (surrounded by them here!!)
(also posted this in the tourer thread under the "Revolution Country Bike thread)
I'm thinking of getting the The Revolutionary Country Traveller '10 myself, I haven't tried disc brakes, but know they wouldn't be for me.
How do you get a discount - is there a voucher you have to use? Do you have to print something off to get the discount in the shop?
