Charge plug grinder
djb1971
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I'm thinking about buying one of these but can't get to look at one in the flesh unless I actually order one !!
Reviews etc seem to be positive about them but I would like to hear from an actual owner. I haven't even seen one at all yet so if you've purchased one
WHAT'S IT LIKE?
I know it's bog standard tange tubing but even that hasn't put me off it. I would also like to know how they size . I ride a 54/55 frame on all of my road bikes but on LFGSS there ar 6fters riding mediums :shock:
Ta
Reviews etc seem to be positive about them but I would like to hear from an actual owner. I haven't even seen one at all yet so if you've purchased one
WHAT'S IT LIKE?
I know it's bog standard tange tubing but even that hasn't put me off it. I would also like to know how they size . I ride a 54/55 frame on all of my road bikes but on LFGSS there ar 6fters riding mediums :shock:
Ta
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Heavy, you can get lighter SS / fixies. Personally I hate the handlebars too<a>road</a>0
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Charge are the TVR of the bike world !
So cool to look at...0 -
Are you in London? The evans in Clapham had one in in medium, was still there a couple of days ago...0
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Levi_501 wrote:Charge are the TVR of the bike world !
So cool to look at...
Are they? There's one locked up outside my office, painted in a rather nasty shade of cream - its verging on beige. I'm really not a fan, they're heavy and they scream HIPSTER.
Still it's not as bad as the Create bike that's also locked up there. According the to website that sells these monstrosities they weigh a cool 10.9KG! 10.9 for a Fixed? Impressive work, they must line the frame with lead.- 2023 Vielo V+1
- 2022 Canyon Aeroad CFR
- 2020 Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
- Strava
- On the Strand
- Crown Stables
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Il Principe wrote:Levi_501 wrote:Charge are the TVR of the bike world !
So cool to look at...
Are they? There's one locked up outside my office, painted in a rather nasty shade of cream - its verging on beige. I'm really not a fan, they're heavy and they scream HIPSTER.
Still it's not as bad as the Create bike that's also locked up there. According the to website that sells these monstrosities they weigh a cool 10.9KG! 10.9 for a Fixed? Impressive work, they must line the frame with lead.
Its an old fashioned training method, ride the heaviest bike you can find then when you take the good one out at the wekend you'll feel like you're flying. My commuter frame is, I think, made of solid steel rather than tubes, the bike weighs in at a whopping 35lbs / 16kg without mudguards, rack etc. Takes a while to accelerate but once I get up to speed its like a force of nature
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My bag - when fully loaded with locks, tools etc weighs more than my SS commuter.
- 2023 Vielo V+1
- 2022 Canyon Aeroad CFR
- 2020 Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
- Strava
- On the Strand
- Crown Stables
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Il Principe wrote:My bag - when fully loaded with locks, tools etc weighs more than my SS commuter.
That's a lot of make up there big boy.
Perhaps ypu should leave the rape alarm and hair products out?
Edited to add.
I have very few hair product requirements now-a-days really just a bag to keep it in and a picture to remind me of what it used to look like.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
What would Thora Hurd do?0 -
Greg T wrote:Il Principe wrote:My bag - when fully loaded with locks, tools etc weighs more than my SS commuter.
That's a lot of make up there big boy.
Perhaps ypu should leave the rape alarm and hair products out?
Edited to add.
I have very few hair product requirements now-a-days really just a bag to keep it in and a picture to remind me of what it used to look like.
My hair's threatening to leave me, some of it has already moved on. *sniff.
Make up aside, I do carry an awful lot of cr@p in my courier bag, the permanent staff are:
Minitool
Several Co2 canisters
minipump
spare length of chain
pump
levers
3 inner tubes
freewheel remover
15mm wrench
lights
batteries
Dlock
Kryptonite cable
Electrical tape.
It's a little weighty. :shock:- 2023 Vielo V+1
- 2022 Canyon Aeroad CFR
- 2020 Canyon Ultimate CF SLX
- Strava
- On the Strand
- Crown Stables
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Freewheel remover?
Length of Chain?
You 've forgotten your work stand and swarfega.Fixed gear for wet weather / hairy roadie for posing in the sun.
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Thanks for the advice..................
I've purchased a Langster for a lot less money
Looks like a mtb frame with 23's but it rides nice and it'll do the job
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Il Principe wrote:Levi_501 wrote:Charge are the TVR of the bike world !
So cool to look at...
Are they? There's one locked up outside my office, painted in a rather nasty shade of cream - its verging on beige. I'm really not a fan, they're heavy and they scream HIPSTER.
Still it's not as bad as the Create bike that's also locked up there. According the to website that sells these monstrosities they weigh a cool 10.9KG! 10.9 for a Fixed? Impressive work, they must line the frame with lead.
Agreed. All Charge bikes are for poseurs, I just loathe them, they're so, y'know, self-consciously, like, cool, y'know?
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Frames are made out of old gas pipes on Charge bikes - too heavy and not fast/nimble enough for real traffic abuse....the plug that I tried out was not so good.
Personally - old Reynolds TT frame made from 531 or 653 and a low weight bike.....build it and it is unique to you!
You want as little weight as possible for SS of fixed - well, I do as I have quite a few hills in Brizzle!0 -
Il Principe wrote:My bag - when fully loaded with locks, tools etc weighs more than my SS commuter.
+1 - My rucksack weighs considerably more. 8kg bike, 12 plus kg rucksack !0
