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AlanW

Ooer a timely wheel discussion. I'm using CPX22s... about £70 for both of my wheels (stock on the bike) and while they're ok when on the roll and winter they're a bit crap at everything else. I'm thinking of spending about £250 on a set and seeing how it goes. Merlin are doing a sale on Krysium Equ...

AlanW

I have Shimano RS80s on my Audax bike and I think that I am right in saying that these wheels share the exact same rims as the Dura Ace ones? EDIT Just checked and yes they are the same rims. And for a pair of wheels that are currently selling for just less than £300 (Merlin) they are awesome value ...

AlanW

Good result both, and yet another poorly organised and over expensive Sportive by the sound of it.

AlanW

Well after doing all that, no flipping differance what so ever! Tried differant pedals.......still there? Stripped front chain rings and greased the chain ring bolts.......still there? Then started the process all over again, but looking at it with some logic. 1) Only there when applying extra load,...

AlanW

I cannot believe that there were only 40 odd entries for this? :shock: With a relaxed 09:30 start, three unmanned controls in 100kms and mostly quiet country lanes, it's a really nice enjoyable event. Pity that we had a torrential down pour at the mid way point, as the day started so sunny and warm ...

AlanW

GrahamGamblin wrote:Final word on this, at the risk of being boring -

To late...

AlanW

Right then, operation, "Sort that Creak" started last night and yes I know that really you should do one thing at a time, but I was on a roll:- 1) Stripped and greased headset and all mating parts, inc inside of stem where bars slide over. 2) Greased stem carbon spacers and A-head cap. 3) Removed re...

AlanW

Lovely little Audax this, I rode it last year. With only climb, okay it is Stanway, but thats not that bad really. NOTE - You need to be quick to enter, check out the closing date The Silk Run 100km cycling event starting from Tewkesbury. Spend a leisurely day cycling through the lanes of the Evesha...

AlanW

GrahamGamblin wrote:Is that a tandem in the bottom of the photo?!?

Either that are they are "very" close friends.

AlanW

I've read elsewhere that you can get away with a difference of up to 0.6mm for the shifting to still work OK. I don't know because I have never tried it, but personally I would question that because 10sp works on a very close tolerance? I have just measured a Ultegra 9sp cassette and a 10sp Ultegra...

AlanW

Philip Whiteman wrote:I think a 10sp chain will be too narrow for a 9sp cassette.

I am pretty certain that is correct.

Plus, I'm thinking that the spacing is narrower on the 10sp cassette than on the 9sp cassette, which would suggest that the 10sp shifters "may" not work with a 9sp cassette?

AlanW

Well I'll be mighty amazed. It was the bearings after all although not the ultra torque but the headset. Stripped, re-greased and I'm basking in the sound of silence. The amplification of carbon frames is sometimes bizarre. Richard, I owe you a pint. Thanks for all the suggestions, in particular Ca...

AlanW

I have ridden them both two up on a motorbike, scared the living daylights out of me!! In fact, one horror story that wil remain with me for ever. There were a large group of us doing a coast to coast run, and most of us were riding BMW bikes, which have servo assisted brakes. Plus most of us were r...

AlanW

My custom made Reynolds 853 Brian Rourke "Audax" bike is exactly the same frame geometry as the racing frames that he has made me in the past. The only difference being, it has mudguard eyes and a triple chainring and the riding position is set up the same as all my other bikes. All I would add, cho...

AlanW

Lack of grease on the external bottom bracket threads, that can cause an annoying little creak on the pedal down stoke! Mr Sheen polish on the shoe plates and liberally applied to the contact areas on the pedals is always recommended before a ride as well. Works much better than WD40 or GT85 thanks ...

AlanW

Andy Terry wrote:I wish there was an option to NOT display waypoint names.

Main Menu

Set Up

Map

Map Setup

Scroll across the top to Map Setup - Text

Second one down, User Waypoints options - None, Small, Medium or Large.

AlanW

CakeStop wrote:
My Etrex Vista HCx an option to display or not display each saved track - if you select a track from the saved track list there's a little check box "show on map" just under the colour selection.

Well I never.........so does mine!

I never noticed that before.

AlanW

Alan - have you tried an anti-reflective screen film? http://www.amazon.co.uk/FoliX-FX-ANTIREFLEX-antireflective-protector-Oregon450/dp/B0042VSLO0/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1302526919&sr=8-3 I use the equivalent for the etrex, to reduce glare on sunny days and to protect the screen. Yes, I have the ex...

AlanW

Unlike the Vista that shows all the saved tracks all of the time, with the Oregon, you have to select which track you want to view at any one time, which I think is better. My Etrex Vista HCx an option to display or not display each saved track - if you select a track from the saved track list ther...

AlanW

Finally figured out how to load a track onto the Oregon and used it yesterday for the first time in anger on the Hell of the North Cotswolds. Unlike the Vista that shows all the saved tracks all of the time, with the Oregon, you have to select which track you want to view at any one time, which I th...

AlanW

Andy Terry wrote:I believe the official tool for screwing it on is a 5p piece.

Have you a part number for that official tool?

AlanW

Arrrrr.....so that's what the little piece of black plastic is with a small screw in the middle of it?

So I presume then that you screw that onto the rear of battery compartment cover and then buy This

Is that correct?

AlanW

Thanks chaps, that's very useful. Did I read somewhere that there was some issue with this bracket and it not fitting the newer versions?

Can you buy a oversize one as one unit, or do you have to buy two different parts to make one, if that makes sense?

AlanW

PatBoySlim wrote:When I uploaded it it showed the full track taken but said distance 6 miles lap 1. I know the distance was 11.5 miles plus

I can only "think" that maybe there is a lap 2, with the remaining distance?

AlanW

Pictures would be good?

Just trying to get a feel what mounts people have or are using?

The Oregon has a fantastic little handle bar/stem mount that really works/looks very well.

AlanW

Quite simply, both these little hand held units are simply fantastic units in their own right. If I had to fault the eTrex, it would only because you cannot load the Garmin 1:50 maps to it. That said OSM is nearly as good, and they are free! A few weeks into the ownership of the Oregon 450 with a Ga...

AlanW

Hi Guys, Map installed on PC (got around the issue of installing on more than one computer , 2nd PC say map is unlocked but doesn’t) Copied UK and Ireland map to Micro SD card. All ok. On Sunday rode from Cafe at Chaddesley Corbett back to the Black Horse. When I got home and uploaded my trip, it s...

AlanW

It is quite interesting to note that when you click on the latest version to buy the DVD and add it to your shopping cart, it automatically alters it and adds the older version instead?

Try it and you'll see what I mean?

AlanW

I think you want Garmin City Navigator Europe NT DVD 2011, Part No 010-10887-50 That's the one sold on the Garmin web site The first version of 2011 was released on the 6th July 2010, see here First version Part number: 010-10887-50 I bit of poking about has revealed that a newer version was releas...

AlanW

HI Alan, I was going to buy the DVD. I emailed Garmin yesterday asking for information on versions etc, as yet no reply but will post the response should i recieve one. You will get a reply, but I think that you have to allow three working days, or you could try giving them a call? 0870 850 1242, y...

AlanW

Alan, Was it City Navigator Europe that you recommend ? Yes, 2011 version. 2011 City Navigator But buy the DVD and NOT the Micro SD card! But I seem to think there are two 2011 versions out? As I understand it, the one version was released in the latter part of 2010, and the newer version has only ...

AlanW

Alan, Was it City Navigator Europe that you recommend ? Yes, 2011 version. But I seem to think there are two 2011 versions out? As I understand it, the one version was released in the latter part of 2010, and the newer version has only just been released. In truth though there will hardly be any di...

AlanW

How do I avoid avoid auto routing, and save your route as a track to follow exact route as planned ? On the odd occasion that I have used this on my bike, I have done the route as "follow off road". Odd as it may seem, what it does is create a dead straight line or a as the crow fly's line to your ...

AlanW

One advantage of commercial maps over OpenSource might be reliability of auto-navigation, that is using like a car sat nav "take me to xxxxx". OpenSource maps were created and are updated by the public. When I first did some of this myself I didn't understand how to use the software properly and I ...

AlanW

Just took delivery of a Garmin 705 and I would figure it out eventually but know a lot of people already have one so im after some advice on maps and route planning for Audax's etc. Any advice would be really helpfull. Pat. Welcome to the world of GPS, but your gonna regret asking that question!! H...

AlanW

Of course you are both correct, school boy error on my part............

AlanW

Does it matter what type/sort of Micro SD is fitted - I was thinking of getting this one here for my now spare set of City Navigator maps. Oddly, and as a point of interest, but I thought that you could run a 4GB card in the e-trex, however I have just looked and mine is only a 2GB? But searching ar...

AlanW

CakeStop wrote:you should check what the kids are downloading with your broadband

Don't worry, I have already asked them both!!

To be fair, the download time did suddenly decrease when I shoe horned the lad of his PS3 to speed things up a little.

AlanW

All done, but what a long process! 2 1/2 hours to download the maps, then 15 minutes to remove the folder from the unit, then 32 minutes to replace it with the new folder! But the end result is very good, and certainly more pleasing to the eye than City Navigator is, with much more detail, some cont...

AlanW

Thats exactly the detail I am looking for, but ideally I want it on the GPS, rather than the PC And that's exactly what I had in mind. There's a thread somewhere about this but basically...... 1) Download http://www.ravenfamily.org/andyg/maps/OSM-Garmin-Munky-UKIE.zip 2) Unzip the downloaded file. ...

AlanW

OSM should be sufficient then. For an eg showing level of detail see... http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=52.3678994178772&lon=-1.85786962509155&zoom=15 Click map key to see full list of features. It doesn't look quite the same on the Garmin and I guess what it does look depends on which model you ...

AlanW

- don't you just home in on the marked cache until you're within a few meters and then start hunting around in unlikely places? Yes, that just about sums it really. But we would like to make the new found hobby as another excuse to go out walking, so footpath/bridleway detail is what I am looking f...

AlanW

Andy Terry wrote:
AlanW wrote:free OS mapping
Is there such a thing?

Here is one example.

AlanW

Is there any way that you can load free OS mapping onto one of this units, intead of (or as well as) City Navigator? Our recent discovery into the world of Geocaching would suggest that OS mapping detail would be more suitable? I have looked at the Garmin OS mapping software, but it is not compatibl...

AlanW

Mattoid wrote:can anyone recommend someone who would carry out finishing details?? Ta.

Mercian Cycles maybe?

AlanW

Smallest cog in size and biggest chain ring. Its a simple adjustment then, its either the stop on the rear mech that needs adjusting, 1/4 turn? Or, it could be that the rear mech cable has been adjusted without enough slack to allow the mech to cover the range of gears. It all depends how comfortab...

AlanW

On the ride i noticed if using the very highest gear (I think highest, Biggest ring on the Chain ring and smallest cog on the cassette) there was a loud rattling sound as if not engaging right. I returned the bike to Evans for its free check-up and pointed this out. on collecting the bike it still ...

AlanW

Personally I would go for the Hope, every time.

Fit and forget, plus it spins so much nicer and smoother than any Shimano BB does.

AlanW

Andy Terry wrote:City Navigator Europe NT 2009

Did you have the version before that Andy?

I have noticed that the 2011 version is now out, and mine CN NT DVD has just arrived, but I don't know what version it is as there is nothing on the paperwork and nothing on the box either to identify it?

AlanW

Those that have City Navigator, what version have you got?

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