Ask a Bicycle Question - Part 5

[Jay Bee]

wah coastal is super tough with the new route. the wind damn imba

 

[patcheon]

wah coastal is super tough with the new route. the wind damn imba

Did coastal yesterday morning after a long time. Quite enjoy it.

 

[tremor]

carbon wheels stiff like hell, want to stiff up your bike? Upgrade to carbon wheels.

 

[Broadwalk]

I understand SG50 opens broadwalk from Vivo city to Sentosa, can we make use of that route to cycle into Sentosa?

 

[Coolsmurf]

for those bicycle lights front and rear, buy battery or usb charge type from qoo10?

 

[Sadisticnoob]

Hi anybody wanna cycle on Tuesday 3x seletar loops

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[Broadwalk]

Hi anybody wanna cycle on Tuesday 3x seletar loops

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Where to where?

 

[Sadisticnoob]

Where to where?

Around selstar camp area 1 round 12k 3 rounds 36j

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[erwinrommel]

wah coastal is super tough with the new route. the wind damn imba

At least its still relatively flat.

If there's tail wind, then one can really cheong.

 

[zenogear]

Anyone can recommend some good and affordable bike maintenance stand and toolkit?

 

[-nzy90]

Anyone can recommend some good and affordable bike maintenance stand and toolkit?

I got my repair stand from taobao. Less than $80 with shipping. But with the exchange rate now dunno can get at that price or not.

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[IronMac]

Anyone can recommend some good and affordable bike maintenance stand and toolkit?

What's your budget like and what sort of repairs are you prepared to do? I didn't buy a toolkit but built up a set of tools for what I wanted to do.

 

[Sadisticnoob]

Anyone can recommend some good and affordable bike maintenance stand and toolkit?

im using the tacx cycle motion stand quite good around 184

https://ireallylovemybike.wordpress.com/2013/06/11/review-tacx-cycle-motion-stand/

as for toolkit, i only use park tools for bicycle-specific tools, no brands for other normal tools no money to buy more expensive branded tools.

normally i buy new tools only when i need them, slowly build up the tool box.

 

[Sadisticnoob]

Huat is the entry level roadie of frame size 61? What brand to get? Not those high end brand. Thanks. Thinking of polygon, giant and all those are out. Maybe TRS, or some sort

size 61 is for giants (like >2m in height)

need to go shop and try.

Polygon consider high end?

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ppl say not high end but i got a fren who is damn good on the bike, their high end stuff is not considered high end.

Dunno leh. It just feels weird when sprinting or climbing out of the saddle. Or maybe I am just too used to my MTB which really no flex at all when the fork is locked out.

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change wheels lor, i can lend you my el cheapo stiff and heavy fulcurm racing 7 and you can feel the difference.

 

[Sadisticnoob]

Get dura ace c24 wheel sets from crc now got very good offer ^^

i am not that impressed with the dura ace series, rode a c50 before for one month

 

[zenogear]

What's your budget like and what sort of repairs are you prepared to do? I didn't buy a toolkit but built up a set of tools for what I wanted to do.

Budget is around $160 for both toolkit and stand. Just starting out to do some bike maintenance and tweaking so don't want spend too much yet. Hopefully gain some experience and aim to assemble my own bike config in future. By the way I am using foldie.

 

[VD]

think difficult to get a tookit and a stand, unless you referring to those multi tool? some tool can cost quite a bit, a basic xtool hex set is ard 20+?, you can find some china made stand or use those A stand for your rear wheel. There is also some china made kit set, 50-60, sufficient to strap down most parts but I wouldn't know the quality. I use mainly Xtool or Park tool. My suggestion is wait and see if your passion for cycling is a long term before going out to get the stuff. I have my own tool set and workshop stand and I always make a point to strip down my bike to maintain for the past 2 years

 

[Broadwalk]

I almost dead and faint at buona vista today with my Aleoca. Riding from Tiong Bahru from 1300hr+.

 

[VD]

what!!! from Tiong Bahru to Buona Vista? I probably do that distance under 30mins on my foldie

 

[Broadwalk]

what!!! from Tiong Bahru to Buona Vista? I probably do that distance under 30mins on my foldie

Yeah. I did that and starts feeling out of sort. I went further to Ulu Pandan MBS and make a return trip from there. Really took the glut out from me.