nice bro!

shortlist few bikes and let her choose.

for example dahon mu sl d9 (paa693)

[quote=cschuang,Apr 11 2022, 02:26 PM]
[quote=azamunekurone,Apr 9 2022, 09:35 PM]
the easiest way it to mod ur crankset to double. shifter/cable/fd/hanger are needed besodes double chainring crankset.

if u change to external gear, many mods needed
wheelset/rd/shifter/hanger/cables. why in the 1st place u need to buy internal gear if u plan to change it later?

HI Sir, actually m considering an used Oyama trifold with 3 speed internal hub. haven pull the trigger yet. in dilemma due to 'limited' speed, afraid it will be 'backward' from my XDS AFB320 (16 speed).
If i ever pulled the trigger and in future discover difficulties to 'climbing hill', add the crankset, adding to double will make it 3 x 2 speed, just like the pikes (6 speeds) rite?

Cheers.

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why not just get the pikes 3x3 ? no need mod here and there.

new pikes 3x3 within your budget mah…rm2.2k after claim the shop voucher
https://shopee.com.my/product/219988684/904...39-1649668033.9



1.5k new bi-fold bike pun ada
https://shopee.com.my/product/148061817/767...39-1649667759.9

get 406 bike better, more tyres choice

Good morning weekend!



This post has been edited by BOTAK_WAI: Apr 16 2022, 12:09 PM

For 1X single chainring setup, how to achieve both close ratio and wide range gearing?

the easiest way of course is to adopt 11-speed setup like 11-32T, then you will have 11-12-13-15-17-19-21-23-25-28-32T.

but what if you are in 9-speed setup?

if you use 11-32T, then your ratio would be 11-13-15-17-19-21-24-28-32T, then you are missing 12 and 14T.

1T difference in small cog makes bigger speed difference than 1T difference in big cog above 19T. not to mention your cadence higher on flat and that will make the speed gap larger and cadence lower on climb and that will make the speed gap smaller.

let me show you the calculations based on 349 wheelset on 54T chainring and 406 wheelset on 48T chainring:



at 80rpm cadence, 12T jump to 11T there will be 2.55km/h difference while 13T jump to 11T there will be 4.71km/h difference.

at 80rpm cadence, 14T jump to 13T there will be 1.85km/h difference while 15T jump to 13T there will be 3.46km/h difference.

any gap larger than 4km/h will be very noticeable.

then how to fill in this 12T gap while you still want to use 11-32T 9-speed setup?

you can learn from bro azam that combine 2 set of cassette.

at 80rpm cadence, 28T jump to 24T there will be 2km/h difference while 32T jump to 24T there will be 3.51km/h difference.

at 80rpm cadence, 24T jump to 21T there will be 2km/h difference while 24T jump to 19T there will be 3.69km/h difference.

you can combine 11-32T with 11-23T and form
11-12-13-14-15-17-19-23-28T or
11-12-13-14-15-17-19-24-28T or
11-12-13-14-15-17-19-24-32T or
11-12-13-15-17-19-23-28-32T or
11-12-13-15-17-19-24-28-32T.
*25 May 2022 updated: optimized gear ratio with 28T for those who don't like big jump from 24T to 32T*

this is same theory like how shimano introduce their megarange freewheel/cassette during 7 and 8 speed.

this is how 11-12-13-14-15-17-19-24-32T looks like:



this is how 11-12-13-14-15-17-19-23-28T looks like:




p/s: not all brand cassette are combine-able, some you might need to drill the rivet screw off or break the spacer to have space to dremel the rivet screw.



This post has been edited by BOTAK_WAI: May 25 2022, 06:43 AM

another weekend, one more week+ then hari raya lo

i wouldn't recommend ppl to park at mcd parking. it's meant for mcd customer for dine-in and takeway. can park kat open space tepi mcd.

parking at masjid besi definitely better.

or else can park at anjung floria, now they have setup a pit stop which include route map and some bike tools. newbie can follow the marking on floor.










This post has been edited by BOTAK_WAI: Apr 29 2022, 04:12 PM

any local bike shop can fix

newbie don't know then they will just occupy the parking je…haha.

plenty of parking space la…putrajaya impossible unable to get a parking space…

from masjid besi, in front of dorset hotel, food truck area, millennium monument, tepi mcd, dataran putra round about, tepi pmo, etc.

some prefer parking kat seri gemilang bridge area so that they can go either way.

for sure the more u cycle at putrajaya, the more parking area u will discover. by that time u will have your own preferred exact parking lot

while i always park at under bridge to avoid sunlight and rain…haha.

This post has been edited by BOTAK_WAI: Apr 29 2022, 05:02 PM

No ppl cycling and jogging at putrajaya core island these few days, all balik kampung already.

while marina side still got a lot youngster playing e-scooter, always whole group stop all their e-scooter at the middle of lane, menyampah betul.

saujana hijau side no parking, all go there for picnic.

sekian.

why not get from lazada/shopee?

the online price is already steep, can't imagine getting from brick and mortar shop.

what parts do you need?

for those who are interested to look see look see remember to register on KL Car Free Day

if u only want to choose from these 3 then trs topaz. if able to increase budget then can look at xds 3.2

KL Car Free Morning

if u guys interested to view more folding bikes photos can click on this link and scroll to the bottom.

https://smartpix.my/events/512/pictures?event=512

For those who missed the 15 May KL Car Free Morning, here is another event by MBSA.



This post has been edited by BOTAK_WAI: May 19 2022, 04:20 PM

great update for dahon k3 plus

2022 version fork support 349 wheelset upgrade natively.

the disc brake caliper also better.

most important the folding size become smaller because the change of handlepost folding position.