Thursday, March 02, 2006

Hiccups

I am stuck on one gear. Halfway. Not good. Going downhill is a bit too fast for my liking, especially in the wet weather.

As it is, I’ve ordered a bike maintenance book to see if I can fix it myself. If not, it’s Bicycle Revolution for me or UQ bike shop.

Looks like I should bite the bullet, order the Nexus and put it on the credit card.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Decisions, decisions

I’m torn between the new, the tried and tested, and the economical. The time has come for new cranksets, new hubs, breaks, cassettes, derailers, chain, even forks. I’ve been considering going back to XT, upgrading to Saint, settling for LX or do I just go for the new Nexus internal gear system?

Nexus costs about 400AUD, XT is 1100AUD, LX retails for 700 AUD and I don't want to think how much Saint costs.

Pocketbook and recent obsession with internal gears are making me lean towards Nexus.

Hmm, will need some opinions on this.