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@@herosstratos Interesting, I will ask the hostel owner about this, he should know.

@@herosstratos It seems vending machines with sparkling water were available in Soviet times already. The owner of the hostel told me he used a machine that not only had such water but also syrup, so you could choose your own soft drink. He sent also this link: www.shukach.com/ru/node/43463

@@MrDarthShoe : I used original Pinion oil for the first oil change. I bought a litre of 75-w80 which is apparently what the Pinion oil is but haven't used it yet. I will do that at the end of the year or early 2025. I bought that oil based on the results that 'Buck Crockett' posted on youtube for used pinion oil. I could not find a similar cheap test lab in the EU... Perhaps I could use the US test lab that he used, if so then I will send them Pinion + Rohloff oil to test (I have unused oil kits for both), to have more data points. I bought a litre of what the Rohloff oil should be (5-W30) too (this was the result of an oil test done on Rohloff's oil, listed on a cycling forum), I will test the Rohloff replacement oil when I return to NL. I did an oil change just before leaving NL about 2 months ago, with less than the previous recommendation of 25 ml, and the hub was noisy... I will add more from the 5W30 oil for the hub to see if that improves it back to normal. Rohloff decreased their oil to 12.5 ml per bottle, a good time to change to generic oil...

@@WHS_reviews main reason that people are talking about on bikeforum about pinion oil substitute is that GL4 and GL5 oils can cause corrosion of yellow metals. I wonder if substituting pinion oil with GL4 or 5 is safe for gearbox

@@MrDarthShoe : yellow metals, you mean brass? I'm pretty sure that is not used in the Pinion gear box. I had a search and found a post about this but only this corrosion isdue but I don't think the pinion gearbox uses brass bushings, only ball bearings.

@@MrJohneblaze822 yes indeed, I stopped commenting for that reason anywhere but my own channel after the introduction of youtube's AS (Artificial Stupidity) last year. Suddenly comments disappeared almost instantly instead of 'just' getting ghosted which was a phenomenon that was already very annoying but similar in being based on certain word combinations resulting in that nobody but yourself seeing the comment. The cause is wokeness and 'political correctness', trying to prevent 'hurt feelings', which has resulted more and more in absolute insanity and the creation of snowflakes, i.e. people who have a psychological meltdown over words and 'hurt feelings'. I thought about a video in which a lecturer used a word in chinese which sounded like a slur in English and the students were offered counselling after that, that: "if these people need counselling over a word then they are mentally unstable", and then I thought "aha, so the counselling is actually needed for the people who have a problem after that lesson!" :) Trying to make sure that nobody's feelings ever get hurt results also in not being able to discuss the truth, and thus to find the truth (see self-identification with gender for example). This is a direct result of implementing the insane idea of political correctness.

@@herosstratos : Just the one in my phone (Samsung A52s). I saw my position move along a line while I was not moving, it happened several times today. Never had that before. What I experienced years ago with an older phone were some momentary glitches of position, this was far longer and my position was moving away while the phone said it had the position according to 8 out of 20 satellites (edit: this 8/20 was what happened just before I made this video). The map with my supposed travels today walking is as if I took a jet to some locations :)

What do you mean?

@@SNPRGhillie :That and Hiplock seem to be the best on the market. My videos were more about comparing the claims by Litelok in their videos and reality. That distortion of reality is what annoys me and this type of action happened with Litelok since the first lock that they made, which for me would be reason to not buy from them, but it is up to you...

@@WHS_reviews Hiplok has a nice pouch to keep the lock in and their lock costs less. I think i'll get the D1000. I also see tons of reviews of the Litelok X3 having issues with the locking mechanism jamming and such all between 5 and 6 months of using it.

@@apostolosmoullas5581 just 600 euros? I am not going to spend that. I made an educated estimate which will be close to the real numbers, but in any case it does depend on the angle grinder, how much power it outputs. My point is simply to show the BS from Litelok and that is not new, it has been going on for years. The precise times of cutting are not that important.

I agree, i use angle grinders for years do to my job, there is many fake videos, but the answer is try it yourself.

I agree, i use angle grinders for years do to my job, there is many fake videos, but the answer is try it yourself.

@@apostolosmoullas5581 : Yes, but I am not going to buy 2 locks for 600 euros. If you have so much money that for you it is 'just 600 euros', buy them, send them to me, and I will test them with several types of cutting disc, standard metal cutting discs and diamond coated discs. This channel is not monetised, I will not just buy stuff for 600 euros that is worthless after the video...

@@allesvertig : So a different mechanism but also 2 sounds, or more? Do you recall which brand/type it was?

@@WHS_reviews I tried to visit the shop again to buy it but somebody came first. But I will visit the Bike shop again and ask what brand it is. I'll update you.

@@allesvertig : I will wait for the information :)

@@WHS_reviews It's Made in Japan I'm also in the Philippines, the brand is E•NE Revolver bicycle Bell. here is a sample video I seen in UA-cam • ua-cam.com/video/w9UM-oHC55U/v-deo.htmlsi=L-H0ui-tauGXs4Sj

The Brand is E•NE Revolver Crane Bicycle Bell 🔔 Made in Japan.

@@user-zu4nl7bm9e : They are known for road bikes and I think cross country bikes from that as well. Most manufacturers try to do all segments so they went into touring bikes too. This line of the pinion bikes exists already for more than 10 years, I mentioned in one video the website of someone in Germany who reviewed his bike and who looked at the changes over the years of this model, so it has been a long time that they are active not just in the racing segment.

@@sylvain8 I have been in such places, and apartments and hotels. I thought it would be a good idea to make a video about the differences so I will upload that later this evening. I don't like the capsule hostel in Lviv, other hostels are usually ok but you can encounter whiners/annoying people I will tell about such experiences in the video.

@@sylvain8 : I didn't answer (in the uploaded video) on whether the hostels/hotels/apartments are empty or feel empty: answer is no: perhaps Kharkov 2022 it was empty as the city felt empty but I stayed in an apartment then. Hostels in Zaporizhya and Zhytomyr were actually mostly full from soldiers and displaced people. In 2023 and 2024 all places I stayed were not empty at all. Often cheap places are sold out if you don't reserve long enough in advance. I an thinking of going to Kharkov and Zaporizhya after next week, then I could talk about what it is like there now.

@@user-kc6qv1ni1f : It is not for tourists you muppet, just like I showed that there were destroyed Russian tanks displayed in Kamyanets-podolski when I was there last year, which was obviously done to show/remind people of what goes on at the front, and that they not just see images on television.

@@sylvain8 : Yes, I use Revolut mostly. Sometimes there can be an issue with payments in some (small) shops which seem to use a payment system similar to getting money from a bankomat/ATM, and there are limits with that with Revolut. I have another bank card + cash for just in case.

@@andriikichmarenko4889 : Actually, I don't like Kvas because of the alcohol... I don't like any alcoholic drinks, even a small amount as in kvas. I talked about the types of kvas with a friend and after that I tried a type that I hadn't tried before, made from bread (I coukd taste that) a few months ago: "Kvas taras, Flower power" with flowers, lemongrass, which has a very interesting fresh taste, but for me spoiled by the alcohol... I usually buy Georgian Tarkhun when I find it in a shop, but yes, it is hard to find.

@@jors3834 : I think hitting the lock is a bit of a difficult issue in that what is the most fragile part may not be immediately obvious. Hardened steel which is cooled down with a spray-can to very low temperature is more likely to shatter than less-hardened steel, and hardening is normally not through and through. Whether the U-part is more likely to shatter is then not clear because of the size (diameter), hardening, and the extrusions. But in any case, the hammer method is dangerous in that you could destroy what you want to steal. Is it a good tool? Btw, quite a while ago I watched a youtube 'short' about cutting through metal with diamond coated discs and someone made a reply to a comment like "A so you still believe metal cuttings discs are the best way to cut through metal". Diamond coated discs are available cheaply (In the Netherlands, Germany, Poland for example from the 'Action' stores), and these are the way to go for cutting. It would be interesting to do a comparison of extreme cooling + hammer and needing to be careful, then cutting the same lock with a diamond coated disc. What is also interesting is mini-grinders. The normal ones are extremely loud, the small ones make barely any noise. I watched a video about a year ago of cutting a lock with these. Takes time but for the non-angle-grinder resistant locks that means at night a thief wouldnot attract attention. If there are diamond coated discs for these grinders (about 90 mm diameter discs), may these could also work for such locks.

@@andriikichmarenko4889 : I am back in Ukraine (for house/business, more on that to come), at the moment in Kiev, tomorrow in Kremenchuk and I will make videos with the B&M Briq, the Axendo 40, Philips Saferide 60 neutral white which is the same as the Axendo 60 but the latter has cool white light. The Briq looks good from tests in NL, the real test is bad/varying roads in Ukraine...

I watched your recent video about Briq and old one about Axendo 60. That Briq works surprisingly well. There is no issue with a dark spot/line that appears for IQ model.

@@chriswatson2407 Exactly. There are no lanes as with cars and no-body signals for overtaking, nobody looks back usually either, the one who wants to overtake should indicate this with ringing a bell if there is any issue with space, that is how it has gone forever. I think such people have the same views as some people in sports cars, who feel everyone should let them get ahead first. This year I noticed this change in NL, perhaps people in e.g. Amsterdam experienced it sooner as someone said about my experience in Amsterdam: ah of course, there you can expect it! NL has the reputation of a cycling paradise, and it was true, but no longer since this year in my experience...

@@robertbrunink3601 Die zijn inderdaad allemaal erg goed. De achterlamp Lumiring/Elips is onovertroffen in lichtbeeld en efficientie. De recente B&M Briq is ook behoorlijk goed, ik ga hem binnenkort in meer detail vergelijken met de oude Saferide 60 met neutraal wit licht (ca. 5000K) die behalve de lichtkleur identiek in lichtbeeld is met de Axendo 60...

@@yutehube4468 : right, I had that too on various topics with just giving information. It is getting ridiculous with YT's AS (artificial stupidity) and this increase in comments not being visible coincides with almost no comments about it to a lot of people commenting about this the past few months, with lots of videos on youtube. It is a shame that when we finally have the internet on which everyone can exchange views and then not long later dictators step in to make sure only approved views are shown.

@@LeeTanczos : I soaked it for about a day. Water with room temparature. It stayed soft after drying out which is why I then laced it. This makes it better but not perfect at all. So if the leather is very soft try lacing and if that doesn't work it may not be salvageable. Perhaps there are ways to get the leather harder again (perhaps with chemicals that counteract softening caused by various oils), but I haven't thought much nor searched much for anything like this that others may have tried.

@@LeeTanczos With some searching I found hearing up the leather in almost boiling water then drying out, can harden the leather but there is a chance of it getting too brittle. Perhaps add leather conditioner after drying it out would work. I may try this. The main reason I used water was to get the shape more symmetrical as the one side was stretched more than the other side.

@@dyeless Right, a wide beam is good for turns and to be able to select where to ride. The IQ-X and M99-dynamo have wide beams but, they are uneven which takes that advantage away. I should get the B&M Briq in a few days, I will test that in NL and soon will take it to Ukraine along with the old Saferide 60 (neutral white version, about 5000K) and another light to do more comparisons on bad roads/in difficult terrain.

@@WHS_reviews Good to know. I might be wrong here but my understanding is that uneven light is by design. There is focus area where rider should look and focus and assist, less bright area for your peripheral vision. I think I saw that in one of the son edelux II review mentioned.

@@klodreck Yes, they are generally junk. Someone mentioned in the comments 2 that might be better, FSA platinum and another, that might work well, but I had enough, switched to square taper and it works, no more issues and this bike is in the rain a lot. Downside is that you need a new crank set. I bought a cheap one from Sunrace which works fine... I figured 2x swapping bottom brackets and already I'm already at more than the cost of a cheap but durable square taper bottom bracket + cheap but fine Sunrace crankset, with very low additional cost should the bracket need to be replaced at some point.

@@adambog5871 Good point, so that gear is right in the region where you would want a smaller gear step, because it is an often used sub-range of the total range and thus there you would want the possibility to select a better fitting gear. With the C1.12, even though all gear steps are the same, these steps are not optimal as I calculated (contrary to the P1.18 which isclose to optimal), and you only use ones in a specific range a lot, namely those for riding on flat terrain with moderate wind, the rest are for the less common situations such as accelerating, riding up hills, riding fast with a tail wind. This is similar to why I suggested to Sturmey Archer many years ago that their 5 speed hubs should have a different gearing. It used to be 1 -> small step -> 2 -> big step -> 3 -> big step -> 4 -> small step -> 5, whereas I suggested: 1 -> big step -> 2 -> small step -> 3 -> small step -> 4 -> big step -> 5, which would give 3 gears close together in the most used range and still you have a hill/traffic light gear + tail wind gear. Instead of doing that, they later went with even steps... How do you like the shifting with the C1.12? Smooth enough?

@@adambog5871 Addition: I've ridden about 2600km with the P1.18 so far, more to come this summer, on all the varied terrain (from flat up to quite steep hills) and various types of roads in Ukraine and I like it more than any other system I used. I like the nuvinci/enviolo too but its range would be too limited for in UA I think. Rohloff is a 'no' for me and derailleurs are 'it works but has plenty of annoyances'. Switching gears while climbing a hill is also good/fast, contrary to with a derailleur.

@@WHS_reviews Shifting with the C1.12 was a disappointment. Not precisely at all. My old Nexus 8 was a level higher than C1.12 with shifting.

@@adambog5871 : That is interesting. I didn't have this feeling at all with the bike with C1.12 on which I did a test ride.

@@WHS_reviews Pinion grip shift has too large play. I wish it was a noticeable indexing.

First I need a good reason to buy one! ;-)

Yes, I bought another one for my bicycle in Ukraine. I weighed it a few days ago when I returned to NL (I will take it back in a week or 2 to UA) and it is 517 g for 66cm wide, which is very close to the Jones h-bar butted (515g at 66 cm wide). The jones h-bar is 71 cm but can be cut down, so for those who want a very wide bar that would be better. I watched a video from Jones about the evolution of the h-bar and this shape that the m-wave has is more like the first version h-bar, which has a more straight first part and that is better if you want to mount armrests on it as I do. There is also from the UK from planetx, the 'Geoff' bar, though a commenter on planetx' website says it weighs 750g, that is a lot!

@@WHS_reviews BTW "On-One" is a brand/name owned by Planet-X.

@@WHS_reviews BTW, On-One is a Planet-X brand.

So you are self aware and write about your own comment! Cool, but of no interest to anyone, so move along.

No it is not broken. It is the 2nd one I have used. Both are the same in bad/uneven beamshape, not extremely bright, the saferide 60 was better. Rating: 3/10 at most.

@@WHS_reviews I ride with a crew of guys that all use them and none of them look like this. This can be reproduced with improper wiring though.

For me it is only for hearing protection these days, I got used to sleeping with noise :) I will have a look at silicone ones. Is there any specific type/brand that you like?

@@WHS_reviewsnot really, I buy on Amazon the top seller. These things changed my life, I'm a Very light sleeper;-)

Aha, interesting. I don't think I saved the cranks since I went to square taper (and no issues with that), but those could be an option then for others with bikes with this type of BB. There used to be a SKF version which was supposed to be really good but I didn't see the right size for sale any more when I needed to replace mine.

What I heard was a 40 pole dynamo, not 40 spokes, as that is relevant for the person who told me so I don't think he would make such a mistake, but I will ask him about it.

@@WHS_reviews OK, I see now that their SON 28 has already 26 poles, quite a lot. I wonder why they would make that number even higher. I rather have a dynamo that can deliver 10 Watt or more, in stead the standard measly 3 Watt.

@@PeterKooimanNL : It's not a lot because the wheel rotates slowly, much more slowly than a sidewall dynamo. This causes the flickering that you see when people walk with their bikes. I had it confirmed, 40 poles and one of the reasons to do this is better/smoother low speed power generation. This would be useful going very slowly up steep hills. I agree about more power, 10W would be nice though it also means if not needing there are more issues in regulating output, preventing high voltage spikes and (leg) power required for that.

You are the fool Ivan, Putler is the one responsible.

@@WHS_reviews minis agreement broken by NATO. They are just using the Ukrainians to fight there battle for them... Where are you by the way?

For others: notice, about this 'kid--presentable': 1. he spouts ruble collector talking points, a.k.a lies and such people are from wherever they are, Ivans, Russian propagandists, 2. he disregards what I mention in the video: you cannot discuss anything with psychopaths like putler there the claim to be useful by being neutral is bogus, 3. by not helping people who need help and letting the bully putler do his thing, you show only 1 thing: that you are anti-social. The guy I criticised is Michael Leahy, chairman of the irish freedom party. That dude is a 30IQ guy.

@@WHS_reviews you can't argue .. you have been indoctrinated and you don't know it.. it's very sad

Why should anyone do anything for anyone else Ivan? That's right, be a little selfish b*tch.

@@WHS_reviews oh good one , what are you going to do next go on a quest for fire.. you are very angry aren't you.. no capacity for logical thought.. extreme narcissism and selfishness resides within you.

Go home little Ivan, your mother called.

Of course. I have a website on riding with and testing leather saddles, and have videos on youtube about repairing too stretched and too deformed leather saddles etc. I am not reviewing any saddles in one day. I am also not reviewing any bike lights in one day, nor dynamo's, nor gear hubs, nor pumps, etc.

LOL. had a good laugh about that! I am now in Lubny, made a trip of 53 km from Grebinka, after 13km in Kiev to thevtrain station, and yes I have too much stuff with me. But what helps is that I rented storage from Sunbox/sunpark in Kiev so there I don't have everything with me and I didn't take everything with me on this trip (goal: Poltava then Dikanka then Kremenchuk). I am not a bikepacker but will now try to reduce weight...

Yes, I didn't appreciate the springs of the B67 and Flyer until riding on bad roads but in the Netherlands there are almost no bad roads :) I will get back to this with experiences of 2 friends, one who briefly tried the Suntour NCX and other is trying it now a bit longer. Their views are very similar to mine.

Long ago all our walls were made of asbestos, just because something works in the short term doesn't mean it's the best option long term

@@flavortownexperience7433 The list of things that do work proven well with long history is so long. So many things our forefathers constructed are time tested and still with us, maybe sometimes in a modern form. A proper constructed frame from a high quality steel will live longer than yourself, as an example. I myself use a high quality, solid seat post with layback, it flexes on harsher bumps. I combined it with a seat that has silicon bumpers underneath, which filters the vibration some. After long testing it is the combination that worked best for me. That way I am not losing the "butt-feel" for road and ride, but I have some dampening.

@krollpeter This "butt-feel" is what a friend of mine who rode my bike with the Suntour NCX mentioned, he felt that he lost the feeling with the road and with that, control.

@@WHS_reviews same same. Except for people with certain needs such as medical issues, or riding on harsh farm roads s every day, I feel it is just selling more expensive bling bling. BTW the worst I had was actually not a Suntour suspension post, it was a Zoom spring post. I needed to lift it up out of the sag with every pedal step, before the force reached the pedal, wasting my energy for little suspension effect. Best wishes for your country and people! Justice will come to you!

@@krollpeter : I am not from Ukraine (but from the Netherlands) but I like the country, nature, food, and the people in for example humour. I feel more at home here than in NL...

Yes, a bit more fragile than steel but should last a long time and I'm not too worried about getting it welded if something breaks. I will use it likely only on long trips in Ukraine.

VSF Fahrradmanufaktur is an option for pinion+steel frame in Europe, with P1.18 in about the same price class: TX-1200 (no suspension front fork)

I don't intend to stop anyone doing anything, I give information, so what you are really saying is 'look at a cast iron train bell'. Cast iron seems weird, is it a sort of run-on-tyre type bell that makes a sound while it is engaged (contacting the tyre)? Those are not legal in Germany for example.

@@WHS_reviews ik, I was making a joke lol

yes, it is close but not the same, and esp. when writing down then there should be feedback that says to you 'something is wrong', but often that doesn't happen, and that shows you how the brain works internally... I may return to this topic with more examples and the exact reason it happens, though I like to not give everything ready to 'digest' because I want people to think about this for themselves. Something else is language errors with swapped letters or even swapped word parts, this has happened throughout the ages. You can hear certain groups in the USA say aks instead of ask for example. Once you start to realise how the brain works, a lot suddenly becomes clear.

@@WHS_reviews I see your point. "would of" is spoken directly by many, it's a kind of vernacular. Also, it's probably another example of the language being mangled, and then that becoming the new normal.

Fact is, Litelock is an anti-social company, anyone who is normal would not do business with them. I don't care what thieves carry or don't carry. I won't buy them because I will not give litelock any business but also I don't need them and from the tests done by others I deduced exactly what these locks will withstand so no need to test. This is all clear if you just watched the video properly!

This and the other video on these locks show what time you can expect such a lock to last, which one of the testers was unwilling to specify for a bogus reason but all together I deduced how long these locks really last. This showed the nonsense with litelock, with one lock it is ok, with the other absolute fantasy. This started with the first lock, which they 'showed' in a video was angle grinder resistant. Complete BS. They made a complaint about the Litelock 17s theft video so you can't watch it in the UK (use a VPN), they placed fake comments with the videos on that first lock they made and so on. Nobody should do business with these unethical wackos.

@WHS_reviews So what is the best bike lock in your opinion then. I've got hiplok d1000 and the litelok x3 plus many kryptonite locks and personal i use the d1000 the most as just give me peace of mind. Bro I'm not trying to start anything with you just curious how you think