Your Tern P9 may be giving you some initial problems, but once sorted out will be a speed racer I think...

Anyway, how is the bike's handling compared to your Java ?
Do you feel the handlepost is firmer?

Exactly my Thoughts too !!.

I think the build quality is there, especially the handlepost clamp and the folding clamp at the frame.
If there is something that is not working well, it can be fixed or replaced.

I took my standard Tern Verge P18 and added on new wheels, brake pads, pedals and saddle... all premium stuff.
I am looking at changing the crankwheel with FD and shifters too now.... the picture seems a bit blurry but the words sram and red seems to be there.....

It can only get better as time goes on....

This post has been edited by budgee: Oct 6 2013, 08:25 PM

Wow, now you are happy with your Tern!

So all things being equal, guess this bike is great, right?

I know that my Tern P18 is a fantastic bike and would not change it for anything else., except maybe the Tern X20... heheh..


The frame and the handlepost has been made to be very firm and stable. Eventhough its made to be strong and firm, the bike can be folded in 15 seconds to a small portable size! There is nothing to unscrew.

And even with a steep downhill run, the bike gives you the confidence to go fast, and no chain drop issues as there is a double crankwheel with FD. But I won't go too fast, as the risks of falling due to factors other than the bike, loose stones, potholes etc.

All things being equal, although I have spent quite a lot on the bike, it has been a journey of discovery for me, to find like minded people about bicycles and the sense of adventure that one gets when visiting new unknown places on a small two wheeler.. when you ride into a small kampong area, ppl stop to look at you, and interact with you. When I ride around town, people gesture to me, smile and wave, and you wave and smile back.

It is also about getting my personal stamina and fitness up to a higher level, so much so, that I feel much more alert and aware now. I don't feel so lethargic nowadays. And I sleep better... tired out perhaps after doing a 30km to 50 km ride ...

so all in all, its been an interesting journey.. have done more than 600 km to date, but yet to do the 100km in a day ride... just waiting for one fine day, take leave and then ride to the beaches, have a good seafood makan and ride back, .... or it could be to ride to the mountain tops... and feel the cool fresh air..

just have to be very prepared for all things that may happen (Murphy's Law), get protective wear for your arms, face, eyes,... etc..

My, don't you find bicycling exciting?

With your P9, and your Bionic legs, 50km is a walk in the park... was it in putrajaya?

Ahhh,, so where are you going for your next cycling adventure trip?

hmmm... good idea, although its a bit risky going up the steep roads.

Could be possible to bring the foldie in a car, park at Gohtong Jaya cable car park and then cycle all the way up.....

Going back downhill will be hair raising as the speeds will be very fast, may be better to bring spare brake pads along...too.

In addition, wear motorcycle full face helmets and leather jackets and knee high boots.

A guy went on a round the Singapore island bicycle ride using the Tern Verge X20, a trip of 155 km in about 6 hours plus.... this gives an average speed of about 24.5 kph.

At the end of the ride, he pushes his Tern into the hotel lobby and elevator...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhCYDORO1LE

406 right?

Litepro could be about RM650, for 20".

Kinetix is a different brand, Kinetix Pro is about RM1250 to RM1300.. for 20"

How much is a new set?

Nice!
What I really need is a English based website I can buy bike parts ....

So would a lot of non Chinese ppl....

A cute foldie parked on the jambatan behind Lorong Bunus...





folded




unfolded




Seems like its parked there daily and no one bothers to touch it...

Good transportation without the hassles of parking and petrol bills...

Agree... This XDS FA16 is my bike to cycle to work... small, compact when folded, not too costly (< RM750) to lose if stolen, (buy the best cable locks you can afford, I have two).
Can be pushed into LRT if required. So everyday I have a choice to use it to work in the following way:
1. cycle to LRT, park in LRT in PJ, take train to KL.
2. cycle to LRT, take it onto LRT all the way to KL and then get off from LRT in KL cycle to work, park at office.
3. cycle all the way to work in KL.... .... tiring, sweaty..

coming back home depends on my mood... for options 2 and 3, whether to take LRT or not... or just cycle straight home from KL to PJ.... which I have done very often in the past.


Only thing to consider for the XDS 16 inch is the gearing, the high is not so high, 16 inch, 48T chainring, 14T smallest cog.. for me its ok, I go slow most of the time to avoid being too sweaty and almost 55 years old di...
But I really like the low gearing, can climb any hill, 16" x 48T / 28T = 27.43 gear inches




Parked among motorcycles..






This post has been edited by budgee: Oct 14 2013, 08:55 PM

so far so good during rush hours... not yet stopped from pushing bike in.

once was about 6:15pm, another time was 5:30pm, but one thing is that if too many people, then I won't push the bike into train. just wait for the next one which is more free.

I also did not use bag, just roll it on wheels.. .. perhaps the greying hair helps ....

I bought the XDS FA16 from a small shop in Subang Jaya.. at a good price..

better call first whether they still have or not..
tel: 5634 6610
012-656 9892
no.29, Jalan SS 14/1,
subang jaya


shop name: Heavy Tool cycle centre..

seems like they sell heavy tools for cycles?

Hey, I noticed that most new bikes are like this:- The front brake lever is on the left handle and the rear brake is on the right. So I thought its standard that most current cyclists already use this setup...

For me, as I grew up on motorcycles since teenage and continued riding on for a good many years before and the front brake is always on the right side with the clutch lever on the left, so I changed my bicycles to follow this too: Right side controls front brakes and left side controls rear brakes.

So all along, I thought I am the odd one out ... ??

ahh, the 70's chopper! You still have it???... The wheels are tiny in the front but huge at the rear... hah! Got too smart, when I try the "look ma, no hands!" the front wheel just does not have much camber and I just fell flat...

Also had the Raleigh Royale, (like a racing bike then with the proud words "Made in England" almost everywhere, Brooks saddle, toe clips, weinmann brakes, Simplex FD, RD, Sturmey Archer hubs, those days very high quality one)... of course I had other lower range bikes before I had the Royale, which actually cost i think about RM500 back in 1974 or 75....

Hah, this Royale, I can ride long distances without hands ...

This post has been edited by budgee: Oct 14 2013, 07:47 PM

So, its true, current bicycles somehow changed to right = rear brake.

Before 1990s, right = front brake..

heheh..

woo nice! bought from bbs?

Since i bought my kinetix pro, it still is not true yet for front... the shop i bought from also cannot help...

Etigge, can help?

This post has been edited by budgee: Oct 15 2013, 08:08 PM

One of the three sets is running on my bike...

Back in the old days, the bicycle mechanics repair tubes without taking the whole tyre out. They just pry out the tyres, take the tube out and inflate it and then look for the hole by dipping the tube in a basin of water. Then fix the puncture and put the tube and the tyre back into the rim.

Taking out the whole wheel would be a lot of work, as those days (1970s), got no quick release, chain is completely covered in a metal chain guard.

No sweat for them as they do it daily..

This post has been edited by budgee: Oct 16 2013, 11:16 PM