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Post by daveb on Oct 19, 2016 7:28:27 GMT -8
On the subject of alcohol stoves, this looks interesting in that it has the built in stand. ...and simple. stove
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Post by zeke on Oct 19, 2016 7:36:29 GMT -8
Still, 3 ounces instead of the 1 that the White Box weighs, not to be a gram weenie or anything.
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Post by daveb on Oct 19, 2016 7:40:33 GMT -8
not to be a gram weenie or anything. That's a 2 ounce weenie if I've ever heard one.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 19, 2016 8:31:43 GMT -8
Wanna see a real weight weenie? Go over to the cycling forum and tell someone that you think steel chain ring bolts are just fine.....
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Post by reuben on Oct 19, 2016 8:42:03 GMT -8
Go over to the cycling forum and tell someone that you think steel chain ring bolts are just fine..... You haven't lived until you've drilled out your frame.
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Post by BigLoad on Oct 19, 2016 19:51:42 GMT -8
Go over to the cycling forum and tell someone that you think steel chain ring bolts are just fine..... You haven't lived until you've drilled out your frame. Yeah, but you haven't died either. I used to live in fear of being gored by a broken seat post.
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Post by tigger on Oct 19, 2016 20:08:54 GMT -8
I once had a cheap bike fold on me...while I was riding down a hill hands free. I ended up in the trauma unit. It was not a good experience.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 20, 2016 3:36:31 GMT -8
I once had a cheap bike fold on me...while I was riding down a hill hands free. I ended up in the trauma unit. It was not a good experience. That really sucks! Glad you didn't die. I've ridden all kinds of bikes, and I always just come back to Italian steel frames. A lot of the Taiwanese frames are pretty decent as well, great welds, etc. But Italian steel frames are what "blows my hair back".
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Post by Hungry Jack on Oct 24, 2016 9:31:53 GMT -8
I once had a cheap bike fold on me...while I was riding down a hill hands free. I ended up in the trauma unit. It was not a good experience. That really sucks! Glad you didn't die. I've ridden all kinds of bikes, and I always just come back to Italian steel frames. A lot of the Taiwanese frames are pretty decent as well, great welds, etc. But Italian steel frames are what "blows my hair back". I bought one of the last steel frames produced by Serotta in 2010. I absolutely love the comfort on longer rides. A few years ago I bought a stock straight bar by roadie from Bianchi as my kick-around-town (Chicago) bike. I am guessing this frame was made in Taiwan. Do you know if Bianchi is still making framesets in Italy?
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Post by rebeccad on Oct 25, 2016 7:33:26 GMT -8
That really sucks! Glad you didn't die. I've ridden all kinds of bikes, and I always just come back to Italian steel frames. A lot of the Taiwanese frames are pretty decent as well, great welds, etc. But Italian steel frames are what "blows my hair back". I bought one of the last steel frames produced by Serotta in 2010. I absolutely love the comfort on longer rides. A few years ago I bought a stock straight bar by roadie from Bianchi as my kick-around-town (Chicago) bike. I am guessing this frame was made in Taiwan. Do you know if Bianchi is still making framesets in Italy? Hey, maybe take this over to the Road Bike thread? Just to keep things discoverable and all that? bpbasecamp.freeforums.net/thread/75/road-bike-thread
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Post by Hungry Jack on Oct 27, 2016 12:15:55 GMT -8
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Post by reuben on Oct 27, 2016 14:35:03 GMT -8
I have purchased an alcohol stove and will test it out a bit at home tigger has a safety film on testing stoves, especially alky stoves.
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Post by rebeccad on Oct 27, 2016 20:48:20 GMT -8
tigger has a safety film on testing stoves, especially alky stoves. roflmao
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Post by rebeccad on Oct 27, 2016 20:50:33 GMT -8
Looks nice and the price is right. Quite a bit heavier than my WB, but still very light (and this has that windscreen/stabilizer). Let us know how it works. And one of these days, Tigger has to re-post the TR on his stove tests. The one in the garage, wearing a bathrobe.
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Post by Hungry Jack on Oct 28, 2016 7:56:10 GMT -8
I actually canceled the order and bought a slightly different model, though both are Chinese knock-offs of the Trangia model. The other model had more informative reviews, though they look identical.
I then found from Stanley a 32 oz aluminum pot that includes a sleeve insert that acts as a French press. So the whole kit checks in about 25 oz and is quite compact. The specs for each product suggests that the Stanley pot (4.5" diameter) will rest easily atop the stove windscreen (3.5" diamter), giving me a tidy little system.
When it arrives, I will test it out. I don't have a garage, but I may wear a bathrobe on my deck.
Is yellow (methanol) HEET the way to go for fuel?
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