Thorn Cycles Forum
Community => Member's Gallery => Topic started by: Chadlington on March 13, 2009, 06:01:39 PM
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200 miles on, fully kitted out, ready for action!
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View of the front....
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Manfrotto Nano-Clamp Solution
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Finally, a comfortable saddle (no more numb parts)
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All,
apologies (if anyone is concerned) re: multiple Raven Tour posts. Since getting the bike last November, I've been working out various solutions - lights, bags, camera mount, saddle, etc - and this is what I came up with. I admit (freely) it looks over-done and under-ridden but it does what I need and I like it, so there :-) The camera mount needs improvement - I've just got to find the part to match the ballhead to the clamp properly - the brass piece there at the moment is a kludge. Somewhere in Manfrotto's parts list is the right double ended bolt I need.
This clamp is a great piece of engineering - and looks a lot smarter than the SJS solution. It costs around £18.
Only 200 miles so far, but my weight and heart rate are slowly going down, and stamina on hills slowly going up, so along with a diet, probably heading in the right direction.
Mike
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Blimey, a truly remarkable looking set-up. I guess you're not planning to cycle anywhere incognito!
Three questions Chadlington! Do you have matching cycle outfit? :o
Where are you planning to go on the Thorn!?
And lastly, possibly a slightly dumb question but never having previously seen such an arrangement, what's the purpose of having the camera fixed to the handle bars?
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Tee-hee :-)
As it happens, I did succumb to a red "thorn logo" vest and black tights that do finish it off :-)
I'm a keen photographer, and really wanted to experiment with a few things. First - how to carry a camera on the bike, and get to it very fast to take a picture. (Next step is a quick release mount, or electronic shutter release on the bars). Also, as cameras with GPS tagging become available, I rather like the idea of having the camera take a shot every 30 seconds, or some other interval along a ride, and tagging the GPS location. Imagine a bikely.com/sporttracks kind of application that can take the GPS output from the Garmin Edge, and the GPS tagged images from the camera.... So you're looking at a graph of speed/elevation/heart rate/cadence - and wondering what happened at various points. You can look at the map - and see a photograph of that point in the ride as well. Early days, just a thought for now.
I'm riding as the main part of a fitness programme, combined with dieting. Slowly building up circuits around where I live which has many hills. A local 20m circuit can have 500m of climb. Then, I plan to cycle from home to oxford, then oxford to reading, once a week or so to get to work in the spring/summer/autumn. I'd like to reach a point where by next year, I can easily do an all day ride and still feel human the next day.
cheers,
Mike
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mike your a genius what a fantastic bike, i think you really thought this build out
to the last detail. ;)all top notch gear ,last forever.
did sjs, do the build or did you do it yourself,either way it class .
when you change those marathon plus for xr's or supreams your going to notice a big difference in the ride.
anyway great job ,proberly the best looking thorn i've seen so far.
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Dare I suggest some red/pink tyres for the ultimate effect!? :D
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I can't imagine what the barbag willl do to the handling stuck right out there.
I suppose it may act rather like a stabiliser on an archery bow and 'damp' any twitchyness (it could also steer you into a ditch I suppose). What does it feel like?
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Chadlington,
I love the idea of taking photo continuously as you cycle - have you got a tour planed?
StuTho
PS
I combined your topics into one thread
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Fred,
well, for me it feels OK, but I don't know any different through lack of experience - this is my first serious bike in years. It hasn't thrown me anywhere yet, but it's not been really heavily laden, at most a camera, fruit, some tools etc. I didn't like the idea of having a bar bag that couldn't be got at amongst the brake/gear cables, hence why the extension was there, so that the cables weren't at pressure. Now I've fitted the accessory bar above the handlebars I guess I could remount the bag direct to the bars. What would you recommend?
StuTho - I don't have any grand plans for a tour as yet, I'm not fit enough anyway and reckon at least six months before I could contemplate something over multiple days. I do have plans for a set of "Inspector Morse" inspired routes around Oxford.
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well - they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery - I've copied your idea Mike of sticking the bar bag out on the accessory bar. So far - I like it.
ians