Carradice Bags

Carradice has been around for a good while now and is well known amongst bicycle tourers and bikepackers.

Carradice Nelson

one of our favorite bags that they do is the nelson

Weight: 800g

Capacity: 15L

Size: Width=44cm inc pocket (36cm Main Body), Height=22cm and Depth=19cm

It’s a great day pack size for your bike, and for that beach swim mission on the weekends.

Traditionally made to mount to a saddle, but can also be mounted to a handle bar,

Come in to have a look and check it out.

E-BIKE ROHLOFF SPEEDHUB CONVERSION

It’s well known in the bicycle industry and amongst e-bike riders that e-bikes wear through drivetrains at a high rate, also the poor old rear derailleur getting chewed up and spat out, can’t be fun either.

With chains, cassettes and sometimes derailleurs being replaced at much higher frequencies, costing people a lot of money.

Upgrading to a 14 speed Rohloff Speedhub seems to be an intelligent option.

Rohloff’s 526% gear range with evenly spaced gears, being able to use 8-9 speed chain, that keeps a straight chain lasts longer and costs a fraction of its 11-12 speed equivalents.

Removing a large rear derailleur, replacing with a compact chain tensioner.

The Rohloff system uses a twist / grip shift shifter that is purely a messenger to the internal gear mechanism via a clicker box on the non-drive side of the bike.

There is a slight weight penalty, but hey that’s what you have the motor for isn’t it, and for 95% of the riders out there the lower maintenance is well worth it.

Plus, we think it just looks great.

JUST LOOK AT IT!

It's come to this aka rain, rain go away!

Old Mans Surly Karate Monkey, Feral dad in the wild.

Drastic times call for drastic measures and I bet I’m not the only one sick of wet feet or even worse - having to opt for the car each day. It was around about week two that the cabin fever had set in and the guards went on. Sure a Surly Karate Monkey isn’t the most likely candidate for the full length guard treatment but it’s my main commuter/ all rounder fun time rig and considering it’s got every mount known to humankind it was a bit of a no brainer. So if like all of us here, you’ve decided it’s time to turn to the guard side, swing past with your bike so we can size it up and source the best option to keep those toes toasty and the shin bones dry.

bucket boot free zone.

I can see clearly now……

Fairdale hoping for a dry weekend-er