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Building front wheel with SON 20R and Spank Subrosa
Finally I received missing Sapim Force spokes of length 254mm in black colour and built the new Big Dummy front wheel with lightweighted SON 20R dynohub and strong Spank Subrosa rim in chocolate colour. This time I took some pictures showing the building process which…
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Tire wear
Schwalbe Fat Frank rear tire after 3000km of tarmac usage mostly, some offroad also. The brown dot is tread wear. There is no more creme coloured rubber there. Also a structural damage is showing up. There is a dent visible. To me that means, durability…
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Climbing the Hirschbichl
The Hirschbichl is a famous little pass between Weißbach near Lofer and Ramsau/Hintersee with some steep 30% slopes at both sides. My trip went from near Saalfelden, starting yesterday at 3:00 p.m. via Berchtesgaden, Zill (another nasty 25% of slope), Hallein, the Wiestal, Faistenau to…
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Tour Conclusion
Some results from 7 days of big dummy touring: Alfine hub: I was surprised using the Alfine hub did not mean any drawback for this trip. I did not miss derailleur shifting at all. Cogs ratio of 34/20 with 160mm crank arm length turned out…
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Lombardia
Tomorrow at 3 o’clock in the morning I will be setting off to Italy for a small slope through Lombardy, although I am not yet finished with a light flue remaining from our latest trip through cold rain. I will cycle 35km to catch some…
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Bergalm Hiking Trip
This Thursday we started for a family hiking trip to the Bergalm located 25km from our home. We planned to reside at the Neureith house for 2 nights and do some hiking there. The trip was planned only with bicycle and walking, no car. First…
