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Susan (after L Cohen)
The trials and tribulations of Tory mayoral candidate Susan Hall, in a style Leonard Cohen would have found familiar...
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Scroll On By (Bacharach/ Stranglers parody)
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LYRICS BELOW! (c) D. Redford, Aug 2022 Scroll On By If there's something happening in your town And you think it's lame Don't write it down Scroll on by Scroll on by If Facebook sends an invite don't you whinge and whine (if) you don't like street food or face paint Respectfully decline Just scroll on by Now somebody has some progressive scheme (But) there's not much for you Or that's how it se...
Bamford Clough Recce 12 Dec 21
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The newly-tarmac'ed Bamford Clough in the Peak District now has a good claim to being the steepest tarmac road in the UK. At any rate it's a good deal closer to my house than Fford Pen Llech in Harlech, so while we were out on a walk today I thought I'd give it a quick recce with a view to attempting it on a bike at some point...
Poor Man's Porteur a.k.a. Cheap-Ass Cargo Bike
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This old 80s steel MTB was formerly the test bed for an e-bike wheel kit, before I thought better of it and just bought a proper factory-built one (see other videos!). So then I had this old clunker kicking around with not much use for it, and I had a silly idea. Why not bolt a couple of vintage wine crates onto it and create my own take on the French 'porteur' style delivery/cargo bike? Especi...
Ice Cream Run 28-02-21
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I'd been meaning for ages to do a run out to this place and when we saw the forecast for the 28th it was game on! Quite a short ride but plenty of elevation! There's a little look at the bikes at the beginning but if you're not interested in that the actual ride starts at 3:10
Vintage Bike Light Upgrade Pt 2
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Much as I love old bike bits, it has to be said that 50s lighting technology is not the best. It might have just about been OK to weakly illuminate a country lane at a sedate pace but in the modern, light-polluted, HID-headlight-drenched world they really don't cut it. In Pt.1 I used a proprietary battery case but this was not ideal as it needed removing every time the battery needed charging a...
Vintage Bike Light Upgrade Pt 1
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Much as I love old bike bits, it has to be said that 50s lighting technology is not the best. It might have just about been OK to weakly illuminate a country lane at a sedate pace but in the modern, light-polluted, HID-drenched world they really don't cut it. This is how I tried to make mine better...
Trans-Pennine Trail from Greno Woods to Dunford Bridge
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Easy Going Trail ride from Greno/ Wharncliffe Woods (NW Sheffield) to Dunford Bridge (nr Holmfirth). This can either be a nice ride in its own right, or a relatively easy way out to Holmfirth if you want to save your energy for the Holme Moss climb! Most of this is just about doable on a road bike, but there are some bumpy bits in the woods. You're better off on a gravel/ cross bike or hybrid I...
First impressions: the new Shalesmoor cycle lane
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Due to lockdown I hadn't been along Shalesmoor on a bike since March, and only once or twice in a car, so when friends of mine started posting pictures of the 'experimental' cycle lane I was intrigued. These are my honest first impressions (although it's a voiceover so not a 'reaction video!'). Generally I think it's a positive step although (seemingly like everybody else) I did find some of th...
Making a custom cassette (Shimano 9sp)
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Sometimes you just can't get the gearing you want, or can't live with that momentum-killing jump from the 15 to the 18 cog*. Either way, it's time to rummage through the spares box and break out the drill! Here's what I did - hope it helps! [UPDATE: the chain skipped on the 10-speed cog and I realised its own integral spacer was not thick enough 🙄 I replaced it with a 9-speed top cog once I cou...
Decathlon ebike - Rockrider eST 500 ride and review pt 2
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Part 2: First ride on Decathlon's entry-level e-bike. See Part 1 for unboxing/ first impressions & full review. [EDIT: There's a bit of a jump at 4:55 where I was making a criticism of the seatpost that turned out to be wrong, so I clumsily hacked it out using the RUclips Editor!] I realise watching these two videos back that it is a bit light on technical detail. While I'm glad it's not just s...
Decathlon ebike - Rockrider eST 500 ride and review pt 1
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Thought I'd share my first impressions of Decathlon's current best-selling entry-level e-bike, having bought one just a few days ago... Review This is Decathlon's entry-level model, the womens-specific eST-500. Luckily it had bits of pink trim so you could tell - you certainly wouldn't have known by looking at the ~12cm wide saddle! [I had initially thought that the seatpost had no angle adjust...
Dumbass Overtakes: an occasional series
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This is from a few years back, I just uploaded it to use as a comment basically. Yes, I should probably have been further out but there is usually more traffic on this road so my MO was to stay left while the usual 6 or 7 cars came past, then move out a couple of feet in time for the build-out at the pedestrian crossing... The driver in this case overtook at the worst possible time, at a constr...
TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 6 - White Wedding
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Raucous set-closer from TWOAF's Goth City 2018 comeback gig!
TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 5 - Never Again
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Song 5 - 'Never Again' from TWOAF's triumphant comeback at Leeds Goth City Festival, Sat 20 October 2018
TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 4 - Final Resolve
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TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 4 - Final Resolve
TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 3 - Blood And Sand
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TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 3 - Blood And Sand
TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 2a - Baking And Interaction
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TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 2a - Baking And Interaction
TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 2 - Killing Floor
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TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 2 - Killing Floor
TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 1 - Second Skin
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TWOAF @ Goth City 2018 - 1 - Second Skin
Motorhead - Bomber - w/timed lyrics
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Motorhead - Bomber - w/timed lyrics
Every Black Day - Frog'n'Parrot - Sheffield 29-10-15
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Every Black Day - Frog'n'Parrot - Sheffield 29-10-15
See Sheldon Brown site on cog thickness and spacing for different speeds. The cog thickness between 8 and 9 and 10 speed is fractions of millimeter so no big deal; much more crucial is the correct distance between cogs to maintain shifting; this is achieved by using correct spacers between cogs. It's all explained on Sheldon Brown site's "Sheldon Brown's Bicycle Frame and Cassette Spacing Crib Sheet"
This is great! So, is it also possible to take out some of the cogs from my old 6 speed threaded sprocket and replace them with some of the biggest cogs from an 11 speed threaded sprocket? Or can i simply reduce the 11 speed sprocket into 6 speed by taking out the few smaller cogs out instead?
I'm not sure what you mean by a 'threaded sprocket' - just the top cog that retains all the others or an actual screw-on freewheel? If it's the latter I don't think they've ever made these in more than a 7 or maybe 8-speed... I've never experimented with mixing such diverse components as 6- and 11-speed but I know some downhill mountain bikers make custom 7-speed cassettes out of 11sp cogs so maybe that's something to look at..?
Only the smallest cog appears to have the texture that mates to the lockring. I'm trying to build 7 or 8 speeds for a custom 'DH' cassette that uses 11sp cog spacing, so do I have to start with that one even though I don't need it for my use? e.g. 12-16-20-24-28-32-36. I imagine I'll have crap shifting, skipping the cogs Shimano designed with...
Tricky one... what size top cog do you want? I don't know much about 11sp kit but big top cogs seem tricky to find just from a quick search. If it didn't have the milling for the lockring I guess it would still work if you put threadlock on the lockring and checked it regularly but you'd have to make that decision, it might be a bodge too far...
I am going to make a 14-34 tooth 7 speed cassette for a Uniglide freehub body. I bought a 14 tooth threaded Uniglide cog and an 11-34 tooth 8 speed cassette. I plan to cut the rivets with a hack saw.
Masterpiece 🤟🏻😎
this is really cool im trying to figure out how to get more gear range from an old 7 speed mtb, its aluminum so i cant widen it to convert to 8/9 speed and 7 speed seems to have no options unfortunately if its that easy to remove the cogs from a cassette i can probably bodge something like this
POstscript: I actually ended up ditching the wine boxes for a pair of wire supermarket baskets in the end - much lighter and they work well with those multi-hook cargo nets you can get. I'm not going to pretend I do 50 miles a week on it but it does prove quite useful on occasion...
Interruption of electric assistance above 25KM/h؟
I don't know how often we got above 25kph but yeah, all road-legal e-bikes in the UK and EU have a cut-off at 25kph. That's a bit low in my opinion but that's the law round these parts. I think North America has higher limits but I don't know about the rest of the world...
Speed unlock?
That's not something I've really looked into tbh. I can't imagine a 250w motor (even if 500w peak) would give you that much free speed and if it did the battery wouldn't last long as it wouldn't be designed for that load. I'd say if you want to zip along at 25mph you should probably look elsewhere (or buy a road bike and put some training in!). As it is, straight out of the box, I'm a reasonably fit rider, my other half isn't and she's leaving me for dead on the climbs when she sticks it on full assist. It's good for off-road, it's not a speed machine...
Speed unlock?
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What is the range of the bike? And how much kg was the rider so I can kinda estimate how far I can go with that bike
Decathlon quoted 25-50 miles; we've been getting about 25 miles (hilly) to 35 (flatter). Rider is 100kg and pretty much a novice so being at the bottom end of that range is only to be expected tbh. What you get will obviously depend on fitness as well as weight. Battery capacity could be better at 420Wh but then you pays yer money I guess... hth.
@@The1trueDave 25 miles for 1 charge?
@@unknowngamer-xn4pl Well like I say that's more or less a worst case - heavy, not particularly fit rider on demanding terrain. If you score better in any of those areas you will get more. You get what you pay for after all, it is a smallish battery. I think the larger battery from the est900 will slot right in but since they are about £400 that's not really a practical option...
@@unknowngamer-xn4pl no, 25 miles for 30 charges. doh
done a video today 30 months on from this video the roads are back to normal cr-p
BRILLIANT - I'm next!! Thanks for showing the way.👍
No probs - but note comment and response below, don't use a 10sp cog on a 9sp system, I replaced mine eventually...
Good video looking at getting the mens version for cycle to work looks a good option
Thanks! We've had it almost 2 years now and very happy with it. Couple of minor problems but Decathlon sorted these out with no fuss. Bear in mind though, the current model is now £1200...
@@The1trueDave what kinda issues did you come across and how were they resolved?
@@JKHS112 the pedal tore its way out of the crank threads after about 3 months' use. Decathlon supplied replacements under warranty and we had no problems with those, so I guess just a faulty batch? Some time later the torque sensor went, thus preventing the motor from activating under pedal pressure. Again this was sorted promptly (though I had to take the bike to the store this time for fitting) and we have had no problems since. IMO, this kind of stuff happens sometimes and it's the way the company deals with it that counts, and I thought they dealt with it well...
Lyrics are easier in the description
The idea was to provide lyrics that appear more or less in time with the music, to help people with more visual memories who are trying to learn the song. I might add them to the description too just for completeness...
filmed with a potato
Wich one is best quality for money? est100 or est500 or another model?
I can only speak for the e-st500 as that's the only one we've tried, but just looking at the specs the differences are as follows: Battery: 380Wh on the 100, 420 on the 500. Tyres: 2.2" on the 100, 2.4" on the 500 Bars: 720mm on the 100, 760 on the 500 Fork: 100mm on the 100, 120 on the 500 That's for a price difference of £200. It's fairly marginal stuff and I'm sure you could have a great time on the 100 but the 500 just looks a bit more off-road-capable on paper. I have to say even the 420Wh battery doesn't give great range so I would think twice about settling for 380 if you are a heavier rider. Regarding the e-st900; significantly better spec but a big step up in outlay and again I've never personally ridden it so I can't tell you much more. Hope this helps!
@@The1trueDave What is the average range on the 500?
@@Masterminion1 Decathlon quote '40-80km'; we've been getting 40-50km over fairly hard terrain with a heavy rider so I'd say that's fairly accurate. If you're light and/or mostly only use assist level 1 you might well see 80km.
@@The1trueDave thanks👍👍👍
Brilliant idea! Was the shifting quality compromised?
I keep meaning to edit this video because the chain skipped on the 10-speed cog and I realised its own integral spacer was not thick enough 🙄 I replaced it with a 9-speed top cog once I could get one and it was fine...
Pitty!, I could hardly hear a word from him.
Subtitles now sorted (proper ones...!)
Does the back wheel come off easy to change a puncture
Dunno, we haven't had a puncture yet :-) It's a thru-axle but apart from that I can't see it being a huge problem. There's a plug about 6" forward of the axle on the non-drive side so you can disconnect the hub motor, then you're good to go...
this video was shot in 1998
Nah, just used the 1998 filter. D'you like it?
Where did you get the potato camera?
I can understand if it was a normal orange bike lane on the side but a whole fucking lane in shalesmoor is disgusting behaviour from the government because there is already bad traffic on the 2 lanes now we only have 1 it’s things like this that makes me think F cyclists
There's never a good time to experiment with new traffic systems, but during lockdown (or similar restrictions) is probably the least bad time to do it... It was an experiment, only ever intended to be temporary and it was soon gone. Presumably they learned some lessons from it which was the aim of the exercise. No harm done really.
Thanks for doing that I haven't been out since lockdown started i use to use kelham as a cut through to get from penistone road the bottom of spital hill.
I have had his bike a year now and enjoyed it loads 👌looking on gettin. The 520
For another £300 go for the e-ST900.
Hi can you tell me how well this bike climbs hills please does the motor struggle
We've yet to take it up anything really extreme but we've done some 10-12 percenters on and off road and when she sticks it on level 3 she leaves me in her dust so I've no complaints there. Too much of that kind of exuberance will tax your battery though! Being a rear hub drive motor it doesn't quite have the outright grunt of a mid-drive but you pays your money etc... Part 2 shows us doing some light trail riding in Wharncliffe Woods; we might do a more downhill-oriented video once we've honed our skills a bit!
What size are these S, M or L?
Hi on the Decathlon web site they give you sizes that will suit various heights
The bike we bought is a size M but they're sized quite large - the size M is recommended for height 164-175cm (5'5" to 5'9") which, given this is a women's bike, seems quite big. My girlfriend's 5'8" and it fits fine; I'm 6'0" (34" leg) and it doesn't feel cramped for me either! A size L is available too... If you can wait a month or two and live anywhere near a store I'd recommend waiting for lockdown to ease and trying one out at a store if you feel safe doing so. There's no substitute for actually trying one!
thx for the films. would you recommend the woman model or the male model of this bike? (im male) i like the womans color better (i can cover the bits of pink with paint i guess)
Hi, sorry for the delay in replying. I don't know the particulars of the frame geometry but in general, as far as I'm aware, women's-specific geometry assumes that women have proportionally longer legs and shorter bodies. The handlebars are also slightly narrower on this one (720mm vs 760 for the men's I think). So if you're fairly long in the leg and not fussed about mega-wide handlebars it might be for you. It's sized quite large as well if that's any guide - the size M is recommended for height 164-175cm (5'5" to 5'9") which, given this is a women's bike, seems quite big. I'm 6'0" and it doesn't feel cramped for me... If you can wait a month or two and live anywhere near a store I'd recommend waiting for lockdown to ease and trying one out at a store if you feel safe doing so. There's no substitute for actually trying one!
Please could you advise me if all the stickers with pink are removable on the frame ? Thank you Great video
Thanks :-) I wouldn't try it, they probably use a pretty permanent process in the factory. At the very least they're probably lacquered over. Just get some mud on it and you'll be fine!
When do we get part two?
Hopefully late tonight if MovieMaker plays nicely...
This needs a how to video in what you did.
True, it does, and I did one but it was filmed (?) on an iPhone and failed several times to upload. All told it would be quicker to re-do it on another camera. Stay tuned ;-)
good video, sometimes is better to Write lyrics in your description video. any way thank's for this. :)
Clearly a guy with no idea how suspension is meant to work! Elastomers provide damping too which now does not exist. Try driving your car with no shock absorbers..... Just pick your ditch, wall, hedge back etc. (Delete as appropriate). Back to the drawing board methinks.
You have a point, but if you'd read the other comments you'd know that these forks have a separate oil damping unit. At the time I thought they were all built that way. I'm only adding this for the benefit of the 2 other people who might read this and because (a) I subsequently found out some Pace forks don't have additional oil damping and (b) I realised I never mentioned the oil damper in the video! Finally, take heed of the disclaimer at the end - I absolutely recommend that you get this done properly if you have the money...
Such skill, such judgement.
might start videoing a few of my rides....
Blimey. I feel tired after just watching that.
I never knew you had a youtube channel! I'll have to sub. what camera do you use?
UKscalemodeller Hi! It's just an old Swann MDV450 action camera - records at 640x480 I think. Hardly up to the minute but seems to work... I have a cheapo 1080 HD camera for the front too ;-)
my cheapo HD wont capture number plates though :(
UKscalemodeller Boo... sounds like it let you down in your hour of need :-( I'm surprised - you'd think 1080 would have good enough resolution. Having said that, my '1080' camera also has a 720, 60fps mode, which I tend to use because on a pushbike the 'stitching' algorithm ends up working overtime, and of course there's less movement between successive frames at 60fps. Try seeing if your camera has this feature...?
at £15 from hong kong I doubt it lol. I look forward to more videos of the city I miss so much.
UKscalemodeller Mine was only £40 so you never know. Anyway, I don't know how long ago you needed to know this registration that your camera didn't pick up, but this is a handy site: www.mycarcheck.com/ . Between having at least part of the number from the video and having some clues about the make and model of the car, some sort of 'jigsaw identification' should be possible. Say for example I want to know the reg of the car that passed me rather closely at 0:50 (I'm not actually bothered, it's just an example). Pausing it at around 0:50 I can see that the reg is *something like* DA09 FWY. I'm pretty sure that's a D but it might be a Q. Likewise the W could be an M or X, or perhaps the Y could be an X. So there are 12 different possibilities there (some of which might not even be registered), but I do know it's a black Vauxhall Corsa, which will help me narrow it down.Checking on MyCarCheck, DA09 FWY is actually a Ford Ka. QA09 FWY doesn't exist, which narrows our choice down to six. Changing the W for an M gives us DA09 FMY - and bingo, it comes up as a "Vauxhall Corsa Design 16v T-port (3 Door Hatchback)". For thoroughness, DA09 FXY is another Ford Ka, DA09 FWX is a Focus Estate and DA09 FXX is a Focus hatchback. But DA09 FMX is a Vauxhall Astra Design, so if you were considering legal proceedings you might want to get some good pictures of both Vauxhall models to be sure. Since this is only an example, I can't be arsed ;-)
Gate springs are designed for tension not compression. With springs in series you divide the spring rate by 6, but then you have two legs so times by 2, so your effective rate is 1 kg/mm. However your springs are actually similar to those used as part of the stack inside older RST, Manitou and Rock Shox. I've used a 50/50 combo of spring and polyurethane rod in the past but it's a lot of cutting/drilling work and finding soft polyurethane rod is tough. As a lightweight guy, elastomer forks barely move under my weight so it's great to add some plush travel.
Good point about the spring rates but the odd thing is that I know for certain the overall spring rate is a damn sight more than 1kg/mm, otherwise it would bottom out as soon as I sat on it (the total travel is only 50mm)! So something doesn't add up somewhere. That leaves the individual spring rates to be called into question, but these are actually stated on the manufacturer's website (www.ashfield-springs.com/compression-springs-online.php - Type S.307). However, without pulling the fork apart I can't measure them. Gate springs differ. The one I used was designed to mount vertically, wrapping round the post in such a way as to be compressed when the gate opened; its resistance to this compression then tended to close the gate. Doesn't matter anyway, cos it didn't work!
The1trueDave I have got a degree in engineering ;-) That's the theoretical rate based on their spec and your configuration but in reality the forks have stiction, damping, springs don't have a linear response and most of your weight is on the rear wheel when riding. The cheap eBay springs I bought (similar spec) also became shorter and stiffer once I had bottomed them out. TBH fitting and experimenting with alternatives for my early 90s Manitou's was so much effort, next time I think I'll just find some cheap used forks for sale locally and pull them apart for springs and elastomers rather than try to make my own.
should show the surclip removal too, but otherwise a good guide
Thinking of doing this myself. How was the ride after the swap, better/worse. Did the spring rate allow you to get full travel.
This is so cool!!
...characteristic which steel springs lack, so this may need to be compensated for. I did this by experimenting with the oil damper and eventually needed it on maximum. I may try the heavier oil myself so that I am not on maximum damping but that bike is in bits atm for a frame respray... hope this helps anyway...
Hi, Sorry it's taken me so long to get back to you - my desktop PC has been in bits and my phone isn't smart enough for RUclips :-/ Anyway, I wasn't sure what you meant by 'stable' but I'm guessing it might be to do with damping... are your forks bouncing around too much without settling down? For the record I am 78kg, so not too different from you. Does your fork have an oil damper in one leg? If so perhaps some heavier oil might increase the damping. Elastomers have an inherent damping...
Hello Dave. I have the same fork. I tried springs with 30 N/mm but it seem the fork is not stable enough. My weight is 85KG and the Bike is about 12KG. I Wonder if I misunderstood anything. Many thanks in advance for your reply. cheers, Stefan