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Originally Posted by eyesice
(Post 4760170)
Another query to dear forum members: Can you suggest a good portable (Hand?) pump that I can fit on my frame? I had a basic firefox hand pump and I could never get it to pump above 55 psi maybe due to my lack of upper body strength! I am basically looking for a pump preferably with a gauge that I can carry on my rides which can do the job reasonably well. |
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Originally Posted by roadjourno
(Post 4761019)
Hello all, is there any suggestion to replace the narrow seat of btwin with a comfortable wide seats e.g. like from Hero with springs? Has anyone done that, is it a straight swap ? |
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Originally Posted by aravind.anand
(Post 4761045)
Well you certainly can replace the seat with wider more comfortable options, but never heard of anyone fitting a Hero cycle seat with springs though. Newbies usually find a gel seat cover to improve comfort, but I was warned that it does more damage than good so stayed away from it. Either way, if you really want to get something like that done, please take your cycle to a decent showroom nearby - BOTS or Track & Trail outlet. They would assist you with this. |
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Originally Posted by roadjourno
(Post 4761048)
Yes okay thanks, I missed clarifying Lady Bird Seat of Hero cycles they come with very comfortable seats with springs. I also saw this online...https://www.decathlon.in/p/8389349_1...ke-saddle.html is anyone on the forum using this ? What are your reviews if you replaced with these on Riverside 120 ? |
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Originally Posted by roadjourno
(Post 4761019)
Hello all, is there any suggestion to replace the narrow seat of btwin with a comfortable wide seats e.g. like from Hero with springs? Has anyone done that, is it a straight swap ? |
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Originally Posted by satya180
(Post 4761258)
I am using this https://www.decathlon.in/p/8315962_t...dle.html#/254- seat with their suspension seat post https://www.decathlon.in/p/8350484_s...m-adaptor.html Have used it for 80km rides and its very comfortable, can vouch for this. |
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Originally Posted by sanjbmw2001
(Post 4761574)
Not sure but have you tried cycling shorts and a basic bike fit to get more comfortable? Over long rides a more rigid (hard) saddle is more comfortable. Maybe you could give the current saddle sometime for your backside to adapt. (if you haven't done that) Hope this helps. |
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Originally Posted by The Rationalist
(Post 4781626)
My use will be mainly on city roads. And what all safety gear needs to be worn while cycling? Thanks in advance. |
| On their expedition, the cyclists pedalled through Punjab and Baluchistan, crossing Prospect Point in Ziarat, 11,000 feet above sea level and in snow, reaching Iran and then Baghdad. Braving sandstorms, parched throats, temperatures over 57°C and saved from imminent death by Bedouins, they set a record by crossing the 956-km Mesopotamian desert from Baghdad to Aleppo in Syria, in 23 days. They sailed to Italy, rode over the Alps, across Europe, finally reaching Britain. Three weeks later, they sailed to New York. The threesome cycled 8,400 km across the East to West Coast over five months and boarded S S Tenyo Maru to Japan, a leisurely cruise after months of grilling rides. Continuing their journeys, they reached the ‘Hermit Kingdom’ of Korea — the first bikers to do so — and on to Manchuria and China. On their last leg, they cycled through Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, North Eastern India, Calcutta and Southern India, returning to Bombay on March 18, 1928. They recalled being “surrounded by people who had come to receive us. In Vienna, he met Gustav Sztavjanik, his cycling mate for the next seven years. The duo cycled through Western and Eastern Europe, rode over the Alps and Mont Blanc mountain, pedalled through parts of erstwhile Soviet Union, Baltic countries, Poland, and Scandinavia, including Lapland, and returned to France 18 months later, to sail to Algiers in Africa. They tortured themselves through the Sahara, counting 156 camel skeletons along the way, surviving eight sandstorms, and a malaria attack. After cycling through Africa for another six months, they boarded a ship from Dakar to Rio de Janeiro, to take on their next big challenge, riding over the mighty Andes. Six months and 2,700 km later, they reached Argentina from Brazil, and scaled the Andes up to a height of 5,200m. America was a relief. They got back to their saddles, cycling from the East to West Coast, lecturing and meeting dignitaries, including President Herbert Hoover and tycoon Henry Ford, before sailing to Japan. They sailed to Shanghai, cycled through Hong Kong, Singapore, Sumatra, Burma, Calcutta and Bombay on March 22, 1931. In Afghanistan, we were marooned in the desert for three successive days and nights without either food or water and traversed on camel and donkey tracks; we were snow-bound in northern Iran; and were suspected as British spies in eastern Turkey. In 1937, the trio sailed from South Africa to Argentina and cruised through South and Central America until they reached Mexico and rode into USA from Texas. They spent a year cycling through the ‘New World’ and touching the borders of Canada. From USA, they sailed to Japan and cycled across Japan, China, Australia, Singapore and Burma, before reaching Bombay on January 29, 1942. In slightly less than nine years, Kharas, Ghandhi and Shroff had traversed 84,000 km, spanning five continents. When the two reached Burma, they found themselves amidst a herd of wild elephants. Sztavjanik was injured and hospitalised for a month. Once, he [Jal Bapasola] narrated how they approached the Raleigh Cycle Co of England in Bombay about [the company] sponsoring the cycles,” Babani was told by Bapasola’s 82-year-old son Noshir Bapasola, who lives in New Jersey. “The company refused. “But when they reached England, he said the company was begging them to use their cycles. He asked them why they had a change of heart and was told quite bluntly ‘we did not believe that you boys would be so successful |
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Originally Posted by Ronak_7
(Post 4785433)
I am new to the cycling world and have decided to buy one bicycle after the lockdown. From past few weeks I have been researching online about Geared v/s Gearless with retro-fitted gears v/s Gearless. |
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