Rohloffs
- Thread starter P.H
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T1PAU
Well-Known Member
- Location
- East Devon
A red Rholoff!
Assuming you had a fitting before having the frame custom made, I'd do a lot more miles before making any changes to position. It could just be that you just need to get used to it. The only bike I bought on the basis of a fitting was a Hewitt tourer, I thought it was completely wrong for the first couple of hundred miles, then thought it was OK for a few hundred, than after about a thousand miles I bought the bits to change my other bikes to match as it was perfect! It's simple when you think about it, what feels right is what you're used to, which may not necessarily be what's best.
Would definitely agree with P.H there. This bike you've just got is probably in a *completely* different league to anything you've ridden, so it's bound to feel different. When I first got my Thorn Nomad I worried about my choice of handle bars (I went for butterfly) because it felt so unfamiliar to my other bike (a racing bike set up!).
I stuck it out, and in a matter of a handful of rides I was happy that I'd made the right choice.
Now, many thousands of miles later it's exactly the same. The only changes I am considering being purely cosmetic (some Brooks bar tape)!!
I stuck it out, and in a matter of a handful of rides I was happy that I'd made the right choice.
Now, many thousands of miles later it's exactly the same. The only changes I am considering being purely cosmetic (some Brooks bar tape)!!
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Nice looking bike. So how much was it?
Does it have horizontal rear drop outs as I can't see a torque arm on the non drive side if it had vertical drop outs?
Also the belt drive. Is it the CDX centre track version?
Why no disc brakes?
The future is orange
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Does it have horizontal rear drop outs as I can't see a torque arm on the non drive side if it had vertical drop outs?
Also the belt drive. Is it the CDX centre track version?
Why no disc brakes?
The future is orange
.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Ooooh a Thorn Mercury easily the most attractive Rohloff bike they do...how does it ride, etc, etc?
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
What's the ancient monument just behind the bike?
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
You need to have firm words with your wife. My Woodrup is still in the living room fourteen months after taking delivery. I was surprised by the lack of rear carrier on your bike. I have a Tortec rack and it has served me well as a carrier for my panniers and rear light.
After a few rides I too had my stem and steerer height adjusted. I had the stem shorted by a few centimetres and more spacers inserted under the stem. I'm sure that Woodrups will make the adjustments for you. It would be a good excuse to come down to Leeds for a 'pie run'
vernon
Harder than Ronnie Pickering
- Location
- Meanwood, Leeds
That's no way to talk about Rockymountain.
Skipper9999
Well-Known Member
- Location
- South Shields
Nice looking bike. So how much was it?
Does it have horizontal rear drop outs as I can't see a torque arm on the non drive side if it had vertical drop outs?
Also the belt drive. Is it the CDX centre track version?
Why no disc brakes?
The future is orange
Cost , like when my son asked I said son asked I told him "Son I can tell you if you really want to know ? But then I will have to kill you so you never tell your mother !!"
However with the spec I had (Easton and Hope parts added) it was over £3700
Not that technical on the drop out but I will say vertical as when I loosened the wheel nut the wheel dropped out the bottom , so that must be vertical? I hope the picture shows a little more detail.
Yes the belt drive is the centre track version, It not so sensitive on the tension being bang on.....I think.
NO discs because I was told the V-Brakes wold stop the bike, and they do. Also maintenance is easier and although you wear the rims out I still think they will give me good life.
The bike is growing on me I love it. More Photos on Flickr
Crankarm
Guru
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
NIce pic nice bike. Thanks for posting. Cost - wow!
Rear drop out is vertical but the drop out hanger can slide to tension the belt. Ingenius.
Rear drop out is vertical but the drop out hanger can slide to tension the belt. Ingenius.
swansonj
Guru
Craving your indulgence for yet more piccies, but I finally have some pictures of my Thorn in a setting which in my opinion does justice to it:
Col du Grand Colombier, ditto (for the second time on the same day!) with Mont Blanc in background, and above the Lautaret on the way to Galibier:
Bodhbh
Guru
And put the bar ends on the inside...but nice to see I'm not the only one!
swansonj
Guru
You can just see from the photos I've just added that I now have inboard and outboard bar ends. 80% of riding on the straight bars (with hands poised over the brakes, which was the main reason for going for flat bars not drops). I have the bars quite high because my back objects if I spend extended time leaning too far forward. 10% of riding on outboard bars, for a change of wrist position or when climbing out of the saddle. And 10% on the inboard bars for a more stretched out, aerodynamic position. It looks clumsy but it provides me with all the positions I want. (When I was younger, I valued being able to descend hills, on the drops, aerodynamic and with hands covering brakes - now, when descending big hills, I spend my time maximising drag to limit my speed!)