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Whilst I’m taller than you I
Whilst I’m taller than you I usually ride a medium mountain frame, which is usually badged as a 19″. My son (who was around your height, now taller than me!) was also able to ride a 19 with the saddle all the way down.
Do you know how to service and work on a bike? Whatever you buy at that price level is likely to need some work doing, and that’s expensive these days in most bike shops.
It might be worth looking around to see if there’s a bike co-op or charity near you which recycles bikes, or a repair cafe where you can potentially get minor things fixed for free. Here’s one near me https://www.newforestbikeproject.org/ but I’m sure there’ll be something close by to you.
Welcome
Welcome
That Saracen is a 20″ wheel bike, not a 20″ frame so it’s for kids (probably max height of around 130cm).
The Kona link doesn’t work for me but I think a 16″ frame would be on the small side for your height.I think it was probably this
I think it was probably this – Trek Dual Sport. And it was ally, not carbon.
I saw what looked like a Trek
I saw what looked like a Trek carbon frame with flat bars and a short travel fork today. Bloke was going too fast to ask him what it was. Really skinny suspension forkThis is like a gravel Madone
This is like a gravel Madone
https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/car-news/first-official-pictures/porsche/911-dakar/
Apparently adding gravel abilities to supercars is now a thing, complete with bento boxes for the roof and wider knobbly tyres.
I have a couple of issues
I have a couple of issues with that type
(1) It doesn’t work well for bolts which don’t make it easy to see the scale (seatclamp bolts, disc brake calipers in particular)
(2) My ageing eyes struggle to see the scale. That certainly looks better than many but there’s not a big difference between 4,5, and 6 Nm so it’s not the easiest to use. Maybe a shorter handle and a max scale of 6Nm would be better
I would add that before using
I would add that before using this on torque-critical components (e.g. carbon anything) test it on something like your Hollowtech crank bolts. If you’re still not sure and have access to a vise clamp a bit in the vise and use a digital luggage scale to test the calibration.
(linked video is in ‘murican so it’s all in foreign units but the principal is the same)
For Nm a 3kg pulling force on the handle of the Jobsworth wrench is about 5Nm. So if the wrench is set to 5Nm it should click when the force applied by the luggage scale reads 3kg.
Newtons = kgs * 9.8
Nm = Newtons * m
The centre point of the handle on the Jobsworth is about 18cm long so the calculation for a 3kg pull is (3 * 9.8)*0.18 = 5.3Nm
And this is it set to 10Nm
And this is it set to 4Nm
Line below the number is the
Line below the number is the torque setting relating to that number, based on my testing against a known good wrench. Attached file shows it set to 5Nm – the 4 is visible and the collar has been further rotated to align the 1 with the centre line of the scale. To set it to 4Nm align the zero on the black scale with the centre line of the vertical scale, with the line just below the 4Nm marking visible
Part of the problem is that
Part of the problem is that many products like this are white-labelled and sold at different price points, and I didn’t want to buy the brand rather than the tool.As the name would suggest,
As the name would suggest, does the job well. Nice positive click, good ratchet engagement, easy to set for most bike torque requirements.
I like wheel work but it’s
I like wheel work but it’s one of those skills that’s both art and practice. You need to do a lot and do it frequently otherwise it’s too time consuming. A bit like setting up a recent Shimano front mech, really fiddly the first time (even my LBS agreed) but by the third or fourth time it’s easier than the older styleWell, it’s arrived. Quite a
Well, it’s arrived. Quite a beast isn’t it? Seems accurate, scale is easy to use once you work out the relation of the check marks to the numbers. Will do the job, and it’s handy to have one which will do hollowtech crank bolts
Completely agree on that
Completely agree on that latter point. I was pleasantly surprised on my Defy – external stops and full internal guides for that. Works well although I hate to think how tricky it would be to replace the guides should one tear or get gunked up.
Not helped by the fact I’m
Not helped by the fact I’m running cable discs. And am also tiny-handed so I have the reach adjust on the levers maxed out. Will see how things go and report.
