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Rohloff Birdy with disc brakes
Finally took the new Birdy bike down and added oil to the Rohloff Hub today after a long delay. Pacific cycles is really crap. They have no documentation with their products and the online PDF downloads are a joke. I wonder how can R&M accept these kind of standards of products with their name on it.
Took it for a spin around the block, but the saddle isn't comfortable. I think I'll change it to one of those Ah Pek fat ass saddle later. Understand it's much more comfortable.
The brakes are nice, good stopping power, but in reality, not much different from a good set of V brakes. The Rohloff hub is nice, gear change is quite smooth, but frankly, I know nothing much about it except that internal gears are relatively lower maintainence. Swapped out the stock front and rear suspension, seat post, pedals, handlebar, kick stand and seat post clamp.
I think there should be a few other changes before I add more stuff on the bike for touring. We'll see.
Taken with Canon FD 85mm f/1.2L on Sony NEX-3.
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Rohloff Birdy with disc brakes
Finally took the new Birdy bike down and added oil to the Rohloff Hub today after a long delay. Pacific cycles is really crap. They have no documentation with their products and the online PDF downloads are a joke. I wonder how can R&M accept these kind of standards of products with their name on it.
Took it for a spin around the block, but the saddle isn't comfortable. I think I'll change it to one of those Ah Pek fat ass saddle later. Understand it's much more comfortable.
The brakes are nice, good stopping power, but in reality, not much different from a good set of V brakes. The Rohloff hub is nice, gear change is quite smooth, but frankly, I know nothing much about it except that internal gears are relatively lower maintainence. Swapped out the stock front and rear suspension, seat post, pedals, handlebar, kick stand and seat post clamp.
I think there should be a few other changes before I add more stuff on the bike for touring. We'll see.
Taken with Canon FD 85mm f/1.2L on Sony NEX-3.
DSC00341E