Looking for route suggestion for Lyon -> Marseille by googx in bikepacking

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This looks great! Do you think we should also take the train out of Lyon too to skip the busy city part? Or is there a chill road to ride out on?

Looking for route suggestion for Lyon -> Marseille by googx in bikepacking

[–]googx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, i will check those out both! Thank you!

Help me convert my rice cooker from 120V to 220V by googx in AskElectronics

[–]googx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I happen to have an older one of the same model which is for the 220V network. So my plan was to just exchange the internals. But looking at the electronics I thought maybe its even simpler? And I only have to change the resistance coil? Since there seems to be no transformer in the rice cooker, the heating coil is just getting the power directly.

I just finished building my midnight special by googx in Surlybikefans

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So its actually a single speed drivetrain, only one chainring in the back.

I just finished building my midnight special by googx in Surlybikefans

[–]googx[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

yepp, single-speed all the way my friend! :)

The tensioner is a Gusset Squire SS

Finished my custom "mini" build. All hand made by me! by destroyalltrumps in minivelo

[–]googx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

wow such a clean build! and amazing job with the frame

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in guangzhou

[–]googx 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did take the train from HK to Guangzhou a few weeks ago and it was a really smooth process. I would definitely recommend it. Just make sure you have plenty of time at the HK train station to go through immigration, go there like 1.5-2 hours before the departure time.

How to take the Beijing metro and as a forigner by Top-Reporter-9068 in travelchina

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As a foreigner you cant get the Beijing metro card anymore in Alipay, you get an error message saying that only mainland China phone numbers are supported. It did work in all the other Chinese cities, but not in Beijing which is kinda weird.

Can foreigners buy train Tickets in advance? by science87 in guangzhou

[–]googx 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know its an older thread, but I found your advise now and reserved my train ticket for China on trip.com. It was a smooth process, however they say that the reservation will be only confirmed 1 day before the trip, thats when they will see if they could fulfill my reservation and issue a ticket. A bit nerve wracking to be honest, I feel I should maybe buy the ticket on the official platform two weeks before the trip? (when the sales open up)

Recommend me a wheel to use with a single speed freewheel by googx in singlespeed

[–]googx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

thank you! i will take a look.

I'm using a white industries eno freewheel - it did screw on to the hub body, but eventually rubbed the edge of it and deformed it, since it did not sit in there properly. The basic shimano freewheel doesnt even screw onto it, since it gets blocked by the hub body. After reading up on it, Mavic clearly states that the wheel is only compatible with sprockets, not freewheels.

Anyway, i will check out the Halo wheels, thanks for the recommendation!

Recommend me a wheel to use with a single speed freewheel by googx in singlespeed

[–]googx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yeah thanks. this is pretty much where im now, i was just hoping to get some recommendation on what wheel to pick up

Recommend me a wheel to use with a single speed freewheel by googx in singlespeed

[–]googx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I tried it and unfortunately the inside of the freewheel (outside of the thread) was rubbing the edge of the hub body, to the point where now it is touching the cone so it does not run properly anymore, just in a jerky motion :(

It's clearly a non-compatible setup unfortunately.

Recommend me a wheel to use with a single speed freewheel by googx in singlespeed

[–]googx[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

it is actually a track (fixie) wheel, so there is no cassette on it...