Kinetics - the blog... http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/blog Just a place for me to witter on about bikes and stuff, really... Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:09:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Rohloff S&S Bike http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/blog/?p=225 http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/blog/?p=225#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:09:09 +0000 Ben http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/blog/?p=225 .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; }


Rohloff S&S Bike, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

Started off with a Surly Long Haul Trucker frame, chopped it to fit the S&S couplings, replaced the rear dropouts with sliding Rohloff-compatible ones, then built it up like this…

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-10965608

I’ve never been a big fan of lycra, really- partly because it seems too much effort to get specially dressed up to ride a bike, partly because when I do wear lycra I look like a beanpole in shrinkwrap…

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Hub Dynamo Tester

Originally uploaded by Ben Cooper

A freebie from Shimano – a little widget for testing hub dynamos! I’m so easily entertained…

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Rohloff QR cable stop, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

Problem: On an S&S equipped bike, how do you separate the Rohloff cables neatly?

Solution: Make a custom quick release cable stop which unclips at the push of a button.

So you just undo the two bayonet cable splitters at the back hub, unclip this, and the cable can uncoil and stay attached to the front half of the bike…

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Up and down recumbent

Originally uploaded by Ben Cooper

I’m afraid I can’t remember who built this – it was in the inventor’s area at an IFMA bike show a few years ago. just found it on an old memory card ;-)

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Rohloff stem mount shifter for drop bars, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

A little bit of machining required, but I think this is the best way to fit a Rohloff shifter to something with drop bars – looks tidy, and you can operate it peppergrinder-style with either hand…

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The Beast…, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

An Alleweder towing a Carry Freedom Elephant trailer, carrying a Hase
Pino recumbent tandem, and a HPVelotechnik Scorpion recumbent trike.

This lot is going to the Bishopbriggs Cycle Festival tomorrow -my legs
are going to die ;-)

Bishopbriggs Cycle Festival, 2-5pm, Etive Park next to Menteith Ave.,
Bishopbriggs.

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Cotic Roadrat with Alfine, originally uploaded by Ben Cooper.

Today’s project: A Cotic Roadrat converted to Shimano Alfine 8-speed, with a widget to use STI shifters…

]]> http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/blog/?feed=rss2&p=215 0 Back at the shop… http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/blog/?p=211 http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/blog/?p=211#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 08:06:39 +0000 Ben http://www.kinetics-online.co.uk/blog/?p=211 I’m back at the shop from today – though with four hours sleep per night, I’m a bit dopey so please speak slowly ;-)

For the moment, I’m back to the usual 10am to 5pm hours – might need to change this a bit, but I’ll see how things go. This is the only gratuitous baby picture I’ll inflict on you:

Sophie

Well, until I need promotional pictures of trailers or Like-A-Bikes or something ;-)

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