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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Brooks Conquest springs
« Last post by Andyb1 on May 15, 2024, 09:41:39 pm »I rode 78 miles yesterday to the South coast and back on the Sherpa to check it all out - great until the last 20 miles when the gearing went wrong and I could not use the big chainwheel. Looking at it today the ‘Strong and Light’ 42/34/24 chainwheel set I had fitted had somehow gone eccentric, with about 1/4 inch run out of the big cog. I had been powering up a few steep hills, but it seemed it was neither Strong nor Light and had lasted only 300 miles from new. An old Shimano CT92 was hiding on the shelf so I have fitted that. It must date from the 1990s but has had little use and the alloy web from the cranks holds the sprockets much better than the design of the failed crank.
The Conquest was comfortable over Somerset and Devon’s potholes, with 1.75 front tyre and 1.5 rear tyres giving some additional cushioning so I will stick with that.
I rode without mudguards and discovered how much their loss slowed me down as I seemed to be constantly braking when riding through shallow flooded sections of roadway that I would have whizzed through if the mudguards had been on. So bikes with mudguards are faster!
The Conquest was comfortable over Somerset and Devon’s potholes, with 1.75 front tyre and 1.5 rear tyres giving some additional cushioning so I will stick with that.
I rode without mudguards and discovered how much their loss slowed me down as I seemed to be constantly braking when riding through shallow flooded sections of roadway that I would have whizzed through if the mudguards had been on. So bikes with mudguards are faster!