![]() ![]() The ride took less than an hour but it felt good to get out on a snowy day and get a couple miles in. I'm not sure it's actually helpful but man it looks cool at night and makes me feel like Tron.īack home. It's a Niterider Sentinel 250 and it has those friggin' laser beams that come out and essentially make you a 'lane' wherever you're riding. Not one to miss an opportunity to go get dirty I took the bike for a ride around a local lake tonight and snapped some pictures. It's also the middle of November which means here in Minnesota we have snow on the ground. but it's destoyed now and has been replaced with a newer brown BMX saddle from my stash. It's a bummer because it was comfortable and had 'cool' points being a Brooks. Took the bike out for a damp ride on Saturday night and the saddle decided to give up the ghost. The sloppy creek mud gives the Klunker credibility. I had a 12oz bevarage, my lock, both of my cell phones, my keys, and some tools in it and was able to ride without a backpack. That frame bag was $15 on Amazon and is awesome. Here it is at 10pm last night when I got home from my ride. Because my hands weren't responsible for any brake or shift levers, I was able to muscle the bike around more, which made the gear ratio more tolerable. I found myself using the bar-ends far more than I expected. ![]() I'm pretty smitten there were more than a couple times I was laughing like a child skidding down some hill or splashing through a puddle. The 180mm (I checked, they aren't 175's) cranks are pretty long and will hit things sooner than you expect. Plus because pedaling backwards causes you to stop, you have to plan out your foot positioning in advance of the obstacle in front of you. ![]() ![]() Braking modulation? Nope, you have a foot-actuated on off switch. "Mountain biking" with a coaster brake is a trip. The lower gearing and extra clearance of the smaller sprocket would be helpful. I think I should look for a 39t front sprocket because the 44 or whatever is on there is quite large and I definitely chunked some logs with it last night. good enough to be fun, but bad enough to make these pretty tame 'trails' seem like a lot. You might just need a new chain and possibly one less link.Last night I got out and did some official clunking on some un-official mountain bike trails along the Minnehaha creek with a buddy of mine. There could be exceptions, but so far its been 100% since I have been watching. On 1-2-3 speeds the old marks made by the axle washer are always way forward. Since then I have been paying attention to Schwinn middleweights when people post their serial numbers. There was a thread recently about a Corvette, derailleur equipped, and it turns out that the axle winds up way forward like that, and on a derailleur bike you don't have to slide to tension the chain. Apparently Schwinn intended it like that. It turns out the axle should be way forward. I seriously doubt the factory screwed with half links much if any. With a new chain, depending where you cut it, the axle can be either almost out the front of the dropout, or almost all the way back. My Speedster is 2 speed kickback, 18 teeth, and has the same chainring you have. What rear hub do you have and how many teeth? You might check and see if your chain is worn out. ![]()
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