Can you feel The Force?

Tim Hall said:

The Dark Side increases.

Last night I won an auction on Ebay for a Vision R40.

I can't wait to collect it.

Daft questions and kitchen photos will follow in due course.

Tim

I look forward to your daft questions - they might save me asking them
myself!
I am happy with mine which I have been out on 3-4 times now. i have
still not done the kitchen photo, but will when time allows. £445 from
DTek, after having the steering changed to USS, and with various bits
and bobs thrown in - an ok-for-now rack, spare tyre and tube, spd pedals
etc. Also expected in the post, included in price, computer and lights.
It needs some slight tweaks, but nothing major. I need to take needle
and thread to some minor damage to the seat fabric. Additional or
replacement seat pad would be good, but not essential. One of the cables
is running on a slightly odd route, that I will change when I get round
to it. That's all really. I am looking for some happy miles on it. Wrong
time of year for touring just now, but I plan to take it from Mizzen
Head to Malin Head (or the other way round) next year.
Jo

Congrats Tim,

I was watching out of curiosity.
I recently got myself a Optima Dragon, sort of similar.
So comfortable, but I haven't cracked it for the urban cut and thrust of
outer London, still using the DF and I suspect that that will remain the
case. We will have to wait and see.
Hope you enjoy it.

SW

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Quoted message said:

The Dark Side increases.

Last night I won an auction on Ebay for a Vision R40.

I can't wait to collect it.

Daft questions and kitchen photos will follow in due course.

Tim

Steve Watkin said:

Congrats Tim,

I was watching out of curiosity.

59 watching it according to the seller. (I went and kicked the tyres
on Saturday)

Quoted message said:

I recently got myself a Optima Dragon, sort of similar.
So comfortable, but I haven't cracked it

"Cracked" is probably the wrong word to use with an Optima.

<http://www.chapmancentral.co.uk/Web/public.nsf/Documents/Bike_Optima_Stinger?OpenDocument>

Quoted message said:

for the urban cut and thrust of
outer London, still using the DF and I suspect that that will remain the
case. We will have to wait and see.
Hope you enjoy it.

Going to get it tonight.

<hops up and down in an excited fashion>

Tim

"Cracked" is probably the wrong word to use with an Optima.

I think (hope!!) that this only seemed to apply to the low racers. The
Dragon is well proven and a couple of Optimas made it recently London to
Sydney. So maybe they're better now.

SW

Tim Hall said:

Last night I won an auction on Ebay for a Vision R40.

ISTR that was the one with the SWB <-> LWB conversion kit. Have you got
the SWB version, or the LWB one that you can convert to SWB? I was
looking seriously at those about 10 years ago (I test rode one and liked
it), but I couldn't afford it at the time.

Look forward to seeing the kitchen, anyway.

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Jo said:

Quoted message said:

Tim

I look forward to your daft questions - they might save me asking them
myself!

Let the daft questions begin:

Right, I've got it home. It looks like the (vertical) derailleur post
is the best place for mounting the front light. My current battery
operated front light, Cateye EL300, is designed for horizontal
mounting.

Are there battery operated lights which will give an acceptable beam
pattern when mounted on their side, or, even better, are there lights
with a bracket to allow side on mounting, IYSWIM?

On the other hand there's a dynamo in my bits box. I shall look for
dynoshoes.

Any reason why I can't tow my BoB Yak with it?

Quoted message said:

I am happy with mine which I have been out on 3-4 times now. i have
still not done the kitchen photo, but will when time allows. £445 from
DTek, after having the steering changed to USS, and with various bits
and bobs thrown in - an ok-for-now rack, spare tyre and tube, spd pedals
etc. Also expected in the post, included in price, computer and lights.

Sounds a good price. I need to find some spds and a new front tyre.

Quoted message said:

It needs some slight tweaks, but nothing major. I need to take needle
and thread to some minor damage to the seat fabric. Additional or
replacement seat pad would be good, but not essential. One of the cables
is running on a slightly odd route, that I will change when I get round
to it. That's all really.

My chain could do with lengthening/replacing,, and the front changer
needs fettling. Oh, and it needs a rear mudguard and a rear light.

Quoted message said:

I am looking for some happy miles on it. Wrong
time of year for touring just now, but I plan to take it from Mizzen
Head to Malin Head (or the other way round) next year.

That'll take more than a day by the look of things.

Tim

Danny Colyer said:

Tim Hall said:

Last night I won an auction on Ebay for a Vision R40.

ISTR that was the one with the SWB <-> LWB conversion kit. Have you got
the SWB version, or the LWB one that you can convert to SWB? I was
looking seriously at those about 10 years ago (I test rode one and liked
it), but I couldn't afford it at the time.

SWB, USS. Found the warranty card and original (ex demo) receipt in
the seat back bag.

Quoted message said:

Look forward to seeing the kitchen, anyway.

The kitchen needs a bit of a thrashing first. This weekend shoukd fix
it.

Tim

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Quoted message said:

Right, I've got it home. It looks like the (vertical) derailleur post
is the best place for mounting the front light. My current battery
operated front light, Cateye EL300, is designed for horizontal
mounting.

Are there battery operated lights which will give an acceptable beam
pattern when mounted on their side, or, even better, are there lights
with a bracket to allow side on mounting, IYSWIM?

You might consider fitting a Minoura [Space|Swing] Grip to the post,
although some of my Sinister Agents have reported a certain resemblance
between these and Dairy Produce. A Terracycle Accessory Mount:

<URL:http://www.terracycle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=T&Category_Code=Acmts>

is a possibility. I haven't tried mine[1] in anger yet. If the derailleur
post has bottle cage bosses on it, ICE do a mount which bolts thereto:

<URL:http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/trice_details_custom_model_accessories.htm#frontlightmount>

Or you can confect one from a suitably-sized Ahead-stylee stem and piece of
suitable tube.

Quoted message said:

On the other hand there's a dynamo in my bits box. I shall look for
dynoshoes.

Any reason why I can't tow my BoB Yak with it?

It /appears/ to have a reasonably-well triangulated rear end, so should be
OK, but I would advise caution, at least at first, when descending with any
kind of spirit.

1 - recently arrived at SFP with a request to test it for resemblance too
Dairy Produce :-)

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1567961,00.html>

You need a Minoura space grip
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/Default.aspx?ReferID=googwig&

It can be mounted on the vertical tube as well as horizontal. See pic on
Trice here
http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/trice_details_standard_model_accessories.htm#LightMount

SW

On Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:38:18 -0000, "Dave Larrington"
<[email hidden]> wrote:

<light mounting>

Quoted message said:

You might consider fitting a Minoura [Space|Swing] Grip to the post,
although some of my Sinister Agents have reported a certain resemblance
between these and Dairy Produce.

So two votes for the Minoura, thanks. Don't know why I didn't think of
it before - my mind mut be too highly trained.(42)

Mind you, the Red Fixer has a Space Grip fitted, and has for, blimey,
the past 5 years. No Dairy Produce-like resemblance has been noted.
Perhaps the moddun ones are more dairylike.

Quoted message said:

A Terracycle Accessory Mount:

<URL:http://www.terracycle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=T&Category_Code=Acmts>

is a possibility. I haven't tried mine[1] in anger yet.

Bit bleedin expensive thobut - I've had to pledge my soul as it is to
pass the initial outlay on the bike.

Quoted message said:

If the derailleur
post has bottle cage bosses on it, ICE do a mount which bolts thereto:

<URL:http://www.ice.hpv.co.uk/trice_details_custom_model_accessories.htm#frontlightmount>

No bottle bosses.

Quoted message said:

Or you can confect one from a suitably-sized Ahead-stylee stem and piece of
suitable tube.

I have no Ahead-stylee stems in mine garage. I do have a Big Box of
Frank Hornby's Metal Construction Kit.

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Any reason why I can't tow my BoB Yak with it?

It /appears/ to have a reasonably-well triangulated rear end, so should be
OK, but I would advise caution, at least at first, when descending with any
kind of spirit.

The seat stays are bolted onto the dropouts, to allow for seat angle
adjustment. This might suggest towing the BoB is a Bad Thing.

Tim

(42) Is there a HHGTTG Police, in the same way there's a Python
Police?

Dave Larrington said:

You might consider fitting a Minoura [Space|Swing] Grip to the post,
although some of my Sinister Agents have reported a certain resemblance
between these and Dairy Produce.

I can confirm the cheese-like nature of this product. It vibrates like
crazy with a Cateye (4AA cell, forget which model) light on it -- I
only use it so that the light will stick up over the bar bag.

The vibration tends to make the screws work loose, so you have to
tighten the thing up every now and again in order to stop it falling
apart.

cheers, Phil

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Phil Armstrong said:

The vibration tends to make the screws work loose, so you have to
tighten the thing up every now and again in order to stop it falling
apart.

Or use Loctite. Mine is also wrapped around with gaffer tape to stop
the screws moving in the outwards direction.

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