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    Posted: 12 March 2012 at 4:01pm
ratracers or roadracers?

ok ratracer fans

hampster or superman for roadriding? ok so not everone likes low low bikes for the road and RR generallly don't turn right well.

say for argument sake if one had a ratracer, how long ought one keep tring with hampster before giving-up and going superman for road riding?

has anyone ever fitted a double or triple to one.

any one got any good tips to stop right turn tyre rub?
in your opinion, is it worth upgrading the front brake to calipers or disc (calipers may need different forks)?

now that's all supposing one had another ratracer

and if one did there might be a kingcycle up for grabs soon.
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Probably best to have a chat with Mike?

Or it would be if you had a Ratracer... Big smile

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it goes nice, thought it might have been to long but seems just on the limit.....

well it would be i had one
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Sherri used to have one - don't know where it went though...


1. Tiller bars are horrible
2. A single drum brake isn't sufficient to stop a performance cycle
3. Ratracers aren't know for their chassis stiffness - you may find this out when going downhill fast
4. The chain rub will most likely catch you out at a junction

Of course none of this matters much on a racing bike.

I know all this from experience of other bikes and talking to Adrian. Wink

(And hamster doesn't have a 'p' in it, although 'hampster dance' did for some reason)


Edited by GeoffBird - 12 March 2012 at 5:26pm
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Originally posted by GeoffBird GeoffBird wrote:

Sherri used to have one - don't know where it went though...


1. Tiller bars are horrible
2. A single drum brake isn't sufficient to stop a performance cycle
3. Ratracers aren't know for their chassis stiffness - you may find this out when going downhill fast
4. The chain rub will most likely catch you out at a junction

 
Bloomin' good job nobody we know has bought one for riding on the road then... LOL
 
 

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Mention Sibford Hill to Adrian and he still goes white Dead
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........don't know where it went though... hummmmm I wonder?


1. Tiller bars are horrible
ok change bars asap.....

2. A single drum brake isn't sufficient to stop a performance cycle
has twin drums off single lever, need to make singles

3. Ratracers aren't know for their chassis stiffness - you may find this out when going downhill fast
// so wrap with carbon cloth on the boom


4. The chain rub will most likely catch you out at a junction
//not much can be done here then


it rides better than my last one ( I think but then at 48mph down hill with a on your face its hard to remember)

you gotta have a p in hampster else you cant tack "the P###" out of it

thanks for the feed back
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Graydog wrote: "you gotta have a p in hampster else you cant tack "the P###" out of it "
Smile That's clever

Simon rides one on the road a lot and I think someone used to ride one around London, so they can't be that bad as road bikes I guess...
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I'm pretty sure Denise Williams used to ride her one on the road...
 
 

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I think that Denise would be the first to admit that just because she does something, doesn't mean it's sensible LOL
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