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On Monday morning my neighbor brought over a bicycle that his wife had
bought online and asked me to assemble. I groaned, thinking it must be some piece of crap from a department store, but it turned out to be a very nice Linus Dutchi 3i. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0049/9332/products/Dutchi_3i_Cream_2019_Profile_Web.jpg?v=1558135710 Don't know why she didn't buy it from a dealer since there is one dealer about 25 miles from us, and assembly would have been included for the same price. Personally, I would have bought the Jamis Commuter 2 https://www.jamisbikes.com/usa/commuter2femme.html for about the same money, actually less since the dealer around here, Sports Basement, offers 10% discounts all the time and 20% off sales occasionally, and doesn't exclude bicycles like REI does. |
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On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 8:31:14 AM UTC+1, sms wrote:
On Monday morning my neighbor brought over a bicycle that his wife had bought online and asked me to assemble. I groaned, thinking it must be some piece of crap from a department store, but it turned out to be a very nice Linus Dutchi 3i. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0049/9332/products/Dutchi_3i_Cream_2019_Profile_Web.jpg?v=1558135710 That is a 'oma fiets' still very popular among the teenagers around here. Lou |
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On 3/24/2020 11:25 AM, Joerg wrote:
On 2020-03-24 07:18, sms wrote: On 3/24/2020 12:49 AM, wrote: On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 8:31:14 AM UTC+1, sms wrote: On Monday morning my neighbor brought over a bicycle that his wife had bought online and asked me to assemble. I groaned, thinking it must be some piece of crap from a department store, but it turned out to be a very nice Linus Dutchi 3i. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0049/9332/products/Dutchi_3i_Cream_2019_Profile_Web.jpg?v=1558135710 That is a 'oma fiets' still very popular among the teenagers around here. Not a lot of step-through bicycles around here with chain guards, fenders, moustache handlebars, and internal gears. None of the top bicycle brands sell those models in the U.S., though they do offer them in other countries, i.e. Trek's L300 step through https://www.trekbikes.com/nl/nl_NL/fietsen/hybride-fietsen/recreatie/l-series/l300-midstep/p/24574/?colorCode=black. Are those drum brakes?! Drum brakes would be nice but unfortunately they have become rare. Looks like disc brakes, and a hub dynamo. No, the specs say "roller brake." https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/technologies/component/details/shimano-inter-m.html |
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On 2020-03-24 13:59, sms wrote:
On 3/24/2020 11:25 AM, Joerg wrote: On 2020-03-24 07:18, sms wrote: On 3/24/2020 12:49 AM, wrote: On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 8:31:14 AM UTC+1, sms wrote: On Monday morning my neighbor brought over a bicycle that his wife had bought online and asked me to assemble. I groaned, thinking it must be some piece of crap from a department store, but it turned out to be a very nice Linus Dutchi 3i. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0049/9332/products/Dutchi_3i_Cream_2019_Profile_Web.jpg?v=1558135710 That is a 'oma fiets' still very popular among the teenagers around here. Not a lot of step-through bicycles around here with chain guards, fenders, moustache handlebars, and internal gears. None of the top bicycle brands sell those models in the U.S., though they do offer them in other countries, i.e. Trek's L300 step through https://www.trekbikes.com/nl/nl_NL/fietsen/hybride-fietsen/recreatie/l-series/l300-midstep/p/24574/?colorCode=black. Are those drum brakes?! Drum brakes would be nice but unfortunately they have become rare. Looks like disc brakes, and a hub dynamo. No, the specs say "roller brake." https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/technologies/component/details/shimano-inter-m.html It does indeed but then they must have the wrong picture in the ad: https://trek.scene7.com/is/image/TrekBicycleProducts/L300Lowstep_19_24576_A_Primary?$responsive-pjpg$&wid=1440&hei=1080 Maybe they meant just for the rear because the front sure is a disc in the picture. This is the rear brake: https://trek.scene7.com/is/image/TrekBicycleProducts/FeatureAsset_326658_roller_brakes_blx?$responsive-pjpg$&cache=on,on&wid=480&hei=480&fit=crop,1 The specs are a bit vague, says "Rem - Shimano Rollerbrake". Rem means brake, as in one of them, not both brakes (that would be remmen). Some older bikes had massive drum brakes up front where most of the brake energy is to be consumed. They were really good. With discs there is always a higher chance of overheating which is why I upgraded to 8" rotors front and back. It won't be an issue in the Netherlands though because they have hardly any hills. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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On 3/24/2020 4:59 PM, sms wrote:
On 3/24/2020 11:25 AM, Joerg wrote: On 2020-03-24 07:18, sms wrote: On 3/24/2020 12:49 AM, wrote: On Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 8:31:14 AM UTC+1, sms wrote: On Monday morning my neighbor brought over a bicycle that his wife had bought online and asked me to assemble. I groaned, thinking it must be some piece of crap from a department store, but it turned out to be a very nice Linus Dutchi 3i. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0049/9332/products/Dutchi_3i_Cream_2019_Profile_Web.jpg?v=1558135710 That is a 'oma fiets' still very popular among the teenagers around here. Not a lot of step-through bicycles around here with chain guards, fenders, moustache handlebars, and internal gears. None of the top bicycle brands sell those models in the U.S., though they do offer them in other countries, i.e. Trek's L300 step through https://www.trekbikes.com/nl/nl_NL/fietsen/hybride-fietsen/recreatie/l-series/l300-midstep/p/24574/?colorCode=black. Are those drum brakes?! Drum brakes would be nice but unfortunately they have become rare. Looks like disc brakes, and a hub dynamo. No, the specs say "roller brake." https://bike.shimano.com/en-EU/technologies/component/details/shimano-inter-m.html ISTM the Roller Brake is a drum brake. It has brake shoes that expand outward to contact the inside surface of the brake drum. The actuation mechanism is unusual, but it's still a drum brake. -- - Frank Krygowski |
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On 3/24/2020 5:02 PM, Earls61 wrote:
Sheldon wrote about Shiman roller brake........ https://www.sheldonbrown.com/rollerbrakes.html I miss Sheldon, and April 1 is coming... Mark J. |
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On 24/03/2020 23:04, Frank Krygowski wrote:
ISTM the Roller Brake is a drum brake. It has brake shoes that expand outward to contact the inside surface of the brake drum. The actuation mechanism is unusual, but it's still a drum brake. Any brake that requires grease on the braking surface is heap powerful magic and one misstep and it's a big purple flash and nothing left apart from your cleats. Personally I believe there is a small daemon in them that looks after the braking and the grease is just daemon food. |
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