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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: Sent my Rohloff in!
« Last post by geocycle on March 20, 2024, 03:57:16 pm »
Mine is just back from  2 weeks in Somerset after some TLC to stop the growing oil leak problem.  As well as new seals it got a full revision of warn parts, oil change,  new internal cable, reinforcing rings and was built into a new Andra rim.  Almost a new hub and set to go another 50,000 miles. Great service from SJS.
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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: Sent my Rohloff in!
« Last post by John Saxby on March 20, 2024, 12:31:46 pm »
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my bike is getting some maintenance as we get ready to do a 3000 mile tour!

Good on yer, Tom!  Where will that tour be?

Best to you and Kathy,

John
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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: Sent my Rohloff in!
« Last post by Thomas777 on March 20, 2024, 12:06:26 pm »
I was notified that my wife's Rohloff wheel  is at the shop. The fellow there  said he would  send the bottle of oil back for me to install.
Meanwhile my bike is getting some maintenance as we get  ready to do a 3000 mile tour!
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Rationalising touring equipment
« Last post by Andyb1 on March 20, 2024, 08:55:31 am »
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I remember reading a story about someone on a bike tour over two decades ago, in the middle of nowhere, maybe Mongolia?  It was a young couple that was touring, each had a pump.  And they rode into a small mountain village where a bicycle tourist was stranded because his pump was lost or broke, and there was no pump in the village.  He had been stranded for days.  One of the couple gave theirs to the stranded guy, thus the couple only had one pump after that.  That is a good reason to carry a spare.

The world is a different place now.   If the guy had no pump today he could probably use his Sat phone to order from Amazon and get a drone delivery!   Small motorcycles are the replacement for beasts of burden and really are everywhere.   If there is a track to cycle on there will be a vehicle.
Cycles do have a few exotic parts - like skewers and seat frames which might be difficult to replace if lost or broken.   But one of the advantages of cycle touring is that you can always become a pedestrian and walk out to arrange recovery.
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Rationalising touring equipment
« Last post by mickeg on March 20, 2024, 01:08:49 am »
I have old Zefal frame fit pumps on two bike, no theft problems so far.  These are bikes that are rarely locked up somewhere for very long.  But frame fit pumps are so rare these days, perhaps the younger thieves do not even know what they are?
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Rationalising touring equipment
« Last post by martinf on March 19, 2024, 10:07:26 pm »
I have a long frame pump on three of my bikes. Never had one stolen. possibly because you can't fit them on modern frames or people prefer pocket pumps or air cannisters.

I suppose it depends on the neighbourhoods where you ride. IIRC the filching happened in a suburb of Liverpool and somewhere near Bristol.

I doubt the thieves had much use for the pumps and bottles, they were probably taken because it was easy and quick. I suppose I was lucky they didn't steal my pannier bags (at that time an old style with several straps and buckles to undo).

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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Rationalising touring equipment
« Last post by Mike Ayling on March 19, 2024, 08:41:59 pm »
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I stopped using the long frame-fit pumps, along with "proper" water bottles, before I moved to France more than 40 years ago. In England at that time these would be regularly stolen if left on the bike, sometimes even on a short toilet stop.

I have a long frame pump on three of my bikes. Never had one stolen. possibly because you can't fit them on modern frames or people prefer pocket pumps or air cannisters.
I must lube the washers soon.
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Rationalising touring equipment
« Last post by martinf on March 19, 2024, 08:24:05 am »
Lezyne make a range of small pumps with reversible connector hoses that fit presta valves at one end and schrader valves at the other https://ride.lezyne.com/collections/hand-pumps-1. They come in two diameters: Fatter for low pressure higher volume and thinner for high pressure tyres.

I have one of the thin versions, it is the pump I usually have with me on most rides. It still works well after at least ten years, but generally only gets used when I get a puncture or when I lend it to someone. Small enough to go in a side pocket on a saddlebag or elsewhere in luggage. Not too bad for inflating a 16" Brompton tyre, but it takes a long time with a 26" x 2" tyre.

I have a second Lezyne Micro Floor Drive pump that I take on long trips with my large-wheel bikes. It gets used for topping up tyre pressure every day or two (I use latex tubes on my main touring bike), so I should notice quickly if it stops working. Not so compact as the first one, but it still fits easily inside a pannier bag. Not quite so efficient as the full-size track pump I have at home, but much quicker to inflate a fat tyre than the smaller pump.

I don't take both.

I stopped using the long frame-fit pumps, along with "proper" water bottles, before I moved to France more than 40 years ago. In England at that time these would be regularly stolen if left on the bike, sometimes even on a short toilet stop.
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Rationalising touring equipment
« Last post by mickeg on March 18, 2024, 10:54:38 pm »
My Lezyne Micro Floor Drive pumps (both high pressure and high volume) are great.  Mine have the gauge that I need my reading glasses to see.  I just opened that link and now see the gauges are digital.

Lezyne pumps, the chuck threads on, not clamps on.  And that means that if your Presta has a removable core, that core can stay in the chuck when you unthread it, losing all that air you just pumped into it.  I tighten the removable cores with a wrench.  And Dan has mentioned a thread locker on them too.  If you use a thread locker be very careful it does not get on the valve seat, any contamination on the valve seat could cause a slow leak.

I remember reading a story about someone on a bike tour over two decades ago, in the middle of nowhere, maybe Mongolia?  It was a young couple that was touring, each had a pump.  And they rode into a small mountain village where a bicycle tourist was stranded because his pump was lost or broke, and there was no pump in the village.  He had been stranded for days.  One of the couple gave theirs to the stranded guy, thus the couple only had one pump after that.  That is a good reason to carry a spare.

I mentioned I have a tiny one, about 90 grams.  I found that on the side of the road one time, I suspect someone had it in a jersey pocket and it fell out.  I can see that as being the thing that could keep me from being stranded if my other pump failed.  Might take a half hour to pump up a tire, but I would not be stranded like the guy in the middle of nowhere that was so far off the beaten track that there was not another pump in the entire village.

My next tour, I am planning on using a Road Morph G, not the Lezyne.  Both are good pumps.  I keep a Road Morph G on that particular bike.
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Non-Thorn Related / Re: Rationalising touring equipment
« Last post by WorldTourer on March 18, 2024, 09:16:18 pm »
I was about to recommend a Lezyne myself. Hardly much more expensive than popular touring pumps, but beautifully made and durable.

Taking two pumps along is real overkill. Even most cyclists riding rather more remote terrain than the norm on this forum, don’t do that.
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