Ask a Bicycle Question - Part 5

[Gixxerfied]

Nope Neh mind lah, now I'm blessed with the motivation for a new bike

The thief has set his sights on your bicycle..

 

[likehotbutter]

Noticed my stolen bike and proceeded to lock it with TWO locks. Gone the next morning. Looks like it's really gone now.

Cant be that expensive? since you also like not that kancheong?

If kancheong will standby the bike call for backup with bolt cutters already instead of leaving it again.

I may even lay an ambush and whack that fella if its my bike

 

[radiancez567]

The thief has set his sights on your bicycle..

Indeed

Cant be that expensive? since you also like not that kancheong?

If kancheong will standby the bike call for backup with bolt cutters already instead of leaving it again.

I may even lay an ambush and whack that fella if its my bike

$100+ bike

 

[likehotbutter]

$100+ bike

Heng ah market bike.

 

[Sadisticnoob]

Indeed



$100+ bike

You use cable lock ah the cheapo one that one use normal Piler can cut Liao

The lock that I use is around 60sgd or so

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[iamlenon]

Indeed



$100+ bike

sounds like those workers with borrowed tools from their work place
cut lock is a breeze for them~

 

[erwinrommel]

Noticed my stolen bike and proceeded to lock it with TWO locks. Gone the next morning. Looks like it's really gone now.

Hmm.. why you wanna lock your bike rather than keeping inside your place?

 

[radiancez567]

You use cable lock ah the cheapo one that one use normal Piler can cut Liao

The lock that I use is around 60sgd or so

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sounds like those workers with borrowed tools from their work place
cut lock is a breeze for them~

Would use stronger and thicker locks next time

Hmm.. why you wanna lock your bike rather than keeping inside your place?

So many bikes around, thought should be safe. House no space. Maybe look newer than others so got picked on by thief. Next bike gonna make space to store at home

 

[rarenick]

Noticed my stolen bike and proceeded to lock it with TWO locks. Gone the next morning. Looks like it's really gone now.

So total damage is 1 bike and 3 locks?

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[radiancez567]

So total damage is 1 bike and 3 locks?

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Yup that's right.

 

[Rambel]

Sharing my personal experience here.

I bought a hybrid 3 years ago, after deciding I wanted to cycle. After recently going through the want-to-upgrade path (SD, Sn would know! ), I've only just bought myself a road bike. I was lucky and got a decent (actually, it's pretty tricked out) bike 2nd hand. It's a cyclocross, so it's quite close in spec to my previous bike.

It's very different from the hybrid, and I wouldn't have known the difference had I not taken the plunge. I'm still very new to drop bars and all, but I've commuted to/from work (It's less than 5km from home, so an easy choice for me) the past 2 days, and I'm slowly getting used to it. And you'll laugh seeing a roadie on the pavements, but yeah I laugh at myself too.

My take, instead of spending the money on upgrades, put it in a fund. Save up until you eventually hit 1-2k where you know it's going to be spent, then buy your bike. If you prefer, camp on tgp and wait. You may get lucky and stretch your dollar more. Of course, selling your current bike will nett you a bit more money, but you'll be bike-less for a while.

I won't dare cycle near wild dogs. Don't think I can outpace a hungry pack!

/Dan

Thanks for sharing Dan, great to hear from a fellow cyclist who owns a hybrid as well. I'll do just that - save up for my future bike.

Just did a quick research on cyclocross. It appears to be an upgraded version of hybrid, but with road frame. In what ways would you say that it is different from the road bike (other than the drop bar) when riding?

 

[likehotbutter]

Thanks for sharing Dan, great to hear from a fellow cyclist who owns a hybrid as well. I'll do just that - save up for my future bike.

Just did a quick research on cyclocross. It appears to be an upgraded version of hybrid, but with road frame. In what ways would you say that it is different from the road bike (other than the drop bar) when riding?

Not really an upgraded general hybrid ( which is based around mtb geometry) but a more specialised variant of a road bike for flat off road use. In this category there are two main classes, Cyclocross and Gravel

Cyclocross is a race derived concept so it just has a slightly less aggressive geometry compared to a run-of-the-mill roadie for off-road use. Tires min 33x700 and up. All in all handling difference is especially different at low speeds and the Cyclocross is more stable with obvious reasons and easier on the arms/body when dealing with rough patches. Shld have a disc brake.

Gravel is also a road frame derived variant but its meant for long distance flat off road. So slacker geo than a cyclocross with fatter tires (but not as fat as a mtb). Geometry can be slightly more aggressive or the same as a race level XC bike but still of magnitudes slacker than a normal hybrid/mtb

 

[SerSiTiv]

Ah, I'm a buibui too. There's such a thing as loose jerseys? Gosh, I've only seen thin guys with tight ones.

Where do you guys buy your bike clothing, and how much does one expect to spend? I don't want to plaster too many brand logos if possible. Don't want to be a moving advert billboard.

/Dan

Rapha... hahahahahahahha

If you on budget, try Q.E.D

http://www.qedcycling.co/

But I think they only sell in BKK.

Try Chain reaction cycles during the sales periods, you may get something less plastered cheap.

I got an old Shimano one, not fantastic but gets the job done. If U interested let me know.

 

[rarenick]

I just ordered mine from qoo10, jersey n shorts 1 set for $38 incl delivery.

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[beast]

Was it on the list of recalled models? I don't remember any of them being recalled unless the Tern is purchased overseas. For manufacturing defects, these normally occurred in batches and its the UK who were affected.

The batch that was affected in Singapore last year was the bolt issue at the hinge. A handful were affected and RMA was done. So far, out of the 1300 Ternout members, none has reported a snapped Tern frame in Singapore. Ditto for USA. All the reported cases are in UK.

If your bro's tern frame snapped, it's important to inform the Tern distributor here. Need to zoom in on a potential manufacturing excursion. Best to provide more information so that I can inform the Ternout members too.

Thanks!

sometimes i wonder if it has got to do with the victim's weight. some of them are quite heavy which adds pressure to the frame. if they are large and heavy, they should go with full frame bikes instead.

 

[patcheon]

Ah, I'm a buibui too. There's such a thing as loose jerseys? Gosh, I've only seen thin guys with tight ones.

Where do you guys buy your bike clothing, and how much does one expect to spend? I don't want to plaster too many brand logos if possible. Don't want to be a moving advert billboard.

/Dan

I've got one Addidas cycling jersey. Plain white except a small Addidas logo on the chest area. I got it from KH couple years back.

 

[VD]

sometimes i wonder if it has got to do with the victim's weight. some of them are quite heavy which adds pressure to the frame. if they are large and heavy, they should go with full frame bikes instead.

of cos everything plays a part, but if the failure is cause by the weakening of the joint not a grossly over-exceeding of the capacity, then that is a big issue.

 

[erwinrommel]

sometimes i wonder if it has got to do with the victim's weight. some of them are quite heavy which adds pressure to the frame. if they are large and heavy, they should go with full frame bikes instead.

Brompton has a weight limit of 120kg, while Tyrell has about 80+kg..

So its really a matter of design.

 

[VD]

not stated anywhere that a Tyrell is 80+kg, although I know of riders started with 106 and eventually reduced to 96kg and still riding it.

 

[Rambel]

Not really an upgraded general hybrid ( which is based around mtb geometry) but a more specialised variant of a road bike for flat off road use. In this category there are two main classes, Cyclocross and Gravel

Cyclocross is a race derived concept so it just has a slightly less aggressive geometry compared to a run-of-the-mill roadie for off-road use. Tires min 33x700 and up. All in all handling difference is especially different at low speeds and the Cyclocross is more stable with obvious reasons and easier on the arms/body when dealing with rough patches. Shld have a disc brake.

Gravel is also a road frame derived variant but its meant for long distance flat off road. So slacker geo than a cyclocross with fatter tires (but not as fat as a mtb). Geometry can be slightly more aggressive or the same as a race level XC bike but still of magnitudes slacker than a normal hybrid/mtb

Thanks for the breakdown! Though, I find it hard to wrap my head around it still.
So I guess the spectrum is much like this:
Roadie --- Cyclocross --- Gravel --- Hybrid --------------------- MTB