This was supposed to be easy, buy a new bike (£1000+) and ride it. Then comes the security stuff etc. Which is all becoming a headache.
I bought a Evnatech bike alarm which slips into the end of the handlebar. Excellent but what the Gearshift mail order dont tell you is that it needs a 17-19mm intenal diameter to fit. And mine is (discovered after hours of trying to get the bar grips off), is 16mm !!! Bugger!!!. Err so now what buy new bars, but where? All the stuff I've seen at is for MTBs and all I want is ones for a raised hybrid style bike in plain polished aluminium costing £20 ish. Is it safer to ream out the hole 1mm larger (if I can find anyone to do that)?
As if that aint enough, the bike is too high to fit in my (brick) bike shed due to height of handlebars. Has anyone seen a head set that has a quick fold mechanism (Dahon do one - saw it in Evans Cycles) but not sure if I could get one or if it would fit. I can fold my handlebars down by loosening 2 bolts on the heaset taking 5 minutes each time (and I'm sure one day I'd forget to tighten something with embarassing consequences).
Any advice - best I've been told so far is a stall in Brick Lane Sunday market (London) of secondhand and cheap parts.
"Jan Cylwik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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This was supposed to be easy, buy a new bike (£1000+) and ride it. Then comes the security stuff etc. Which is all becoming a headache.
I bought a Evnatech bike alarm which slips into the end of the handlebar.
Is there really much point in an alarm *for a bike*??
If you are forced to park your bike in a dodgy place then would you not be better off buying a cheap "hack" bike and saving your £1000 bike for rides which do not involve leaving it unattended in an unsafe place?
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As if that aint enough, the bike is too high to fit in my (brick) bike
shed
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due to height of handlebars........
Add an extra course of bricks... (sorry could not resist ;-) )
"Adrian Boliston" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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"Jan Cylwik" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...
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This was supposed to be easy, buy a new bike (£1000+) and ride it. Then comes the security stuff etc. Which is all becoming a headache.
I bought a Evnatech bike alarm which slips into the end of the
handlebar.
Quoted message said:
Is there really much point in an alarm *for a bike*??
If you are forced to park your bike in a dodgy place then would you not be better off buying a cheap "hack" bike and saving your £1000 bike for rides which do not involve leaving it unattended in an unsafe place?
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As if that aint enough, the bike is too high to fit in my (brick) bike
shed
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due to height of handlebars........
Add an extra course of bricks... (sorry could not resist ;-) )
Or dig out the floor? Or put a peaked roof on it. (the shed, not the floor)
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