Vik's Nomad S&S

[vik]

Dear Vik,

It's not the array of bikes, Thorn and otherwise, that I am most envious of but the lounge based workshop facility and the devil may care attitude towards cream carpeting.

Last summer I was banished to the garden by my wife and spent a blissful few weeks building a shed to accommodate my tinkerings. I'm not sure if it qualifies for the Member's gallery, but it generates the same warm feelings as my Catalyst. A new thread topic perhaps.

Yours, James

Thanks James...my bike workshop sometimes looks suspiciously like an apartment...I guess I do spend a lot of time here - I even sleep here...I guess I have a bike problem...

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[julk]

Vik,
You have a great hobby, not a bike problem.

When I was younger I built an OK sailing dinghy in a bedroom, the carpet suffered a bit but so what!
I had to take the window out to get the dinghy out of the room, although I had planned that already.
Julian.

[vik]

H-bars wrapped with double layer of cork tape and bike ready to ride!



I hope to get out on an overnight tour in the next 2-3 weeks to test things out a bit.



Not a radical test for a bike of this caliber, but I want to make sure my hands are comfy before I commit to a longer tour.

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[jags]

fantastic job as per usual vik
vik are those conti top contact's tyres ,im on the city contacts ,
find them great way better than marathon plus.
anyway well done your a bloody genious ,ride safe and far.
  jags..

[vik]

fantastic job as per usual vik
vik are those conti top contact's tyres ,im on the city contacts ,
find them great way better than marathon plus.
anyway well done your a bloody genious ,ride safe and far.
  jags..

Thanks for the kind words...they are 1.75" Travel Contacts...just what I had laying around...not sure what will end up on the bike in the long run.

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[ians]

Vik

the bike looks great but that plant could do with a water.

ian

[pastafarian]

Gorgeous bike, Vik!  Keep those pictures coming!   

[vik]

Vik

the bike looks great but that plant could do with a water.

ian

Where I live the relative humidity is so low it qualifies as a desert....the fact that I have any plants alive at all is amazing!

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[vik]

For the sake of research/testing I got some of the new Marathon Extreme tires from Schwalbe in 26 x 2.0".



They are definitely lighter than equivalent XRs - now the question remains are they faster and just as tough?



I swapped in a black unsprung Brooks B-17 to replace the sprung honey Champion Flyer.  No reason beyond the black looks better I think.

I've been procrastinating on the fenders because they will be a bit of a pain, but I really need to finish this bike as the weather has turned warmer and the touring season is upon us...

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[vik]

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[julk]

Looks very nice.

What is the red frame bag?

[vik]

Looks very nice.

What is the red frame bag?

The red bag is an old frame pack I had laying around.  Works well on bikes with bigger frames. 

They still sell something similar:

http://www.mec.ca/Products/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441775829&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302693353&bmUID=1242663911581

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[jags]

super job well done vik, so where are you takeing her .
what's the ride like compared to your other bikes.

[vik]

super job well done vik, so where are you takeing her .
what's the ride like compared to your other bikes.

On the day in question my buddy and I were headed across the city to fly some power kites.

The Nomad is a truck - slow and steady.  It's very stable and rolls on pavement, gravel and off road with ease.  I haven't really loaded it up heavily yet so I can't speak to that aspect yet.

The Rohloff shifter mount I setup on the Nomad works well.  If you like to shift often and keep a steady cadence you'd probably be unhappy with the effort to take your hand off the bars and reach the shifter.  On the other hand if like me you don't shift that often and don't mind changing cadence to modulate speed it's fine.  I'm also right handed so doing all my shifting with the left hand is new and I'll adapt to it better after a while.



I don't have any big tours planned for the moment.  I'll probably just head to the mtns for shorter 1-4 night tours over the course of the riding season.

safe riding,

Vik
www.thelazyrando.com

[spoon boy]

As always vik you make me sick...with envy   

something I've just noticed is that the rohloff gear change is on a seperate post/bar to the handlebar. Is this standard for a rohloff? if not how do you find it in comparison to everything being on the one bar?