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...assuming I'm allowed to use a pair of not-very-tt-specific-but-awfully-expensive wheels

Can't see how i'll get over twenty grand though

Just thought.. If I ditch the cranks and get a Power-Meter thingy I can add a further £2k!

http://poshbikes.com/product.php?id=159

Curse Litespeed for 'generously' throwing in the fork, headset, and seat post - although I think I could have gone higher if I handn't done all my shopping online
Oh, and I still need to find a set of skewers … though I'm not holding out much hope of finding a set for £5000.

Bugger, stalled at £15,700.00, including the frame and forks.

...well the weather held out in South Wales, and a great ride resulted.

There are some great climbs in the Rhondda, in 65 miles I easily got over 2000 metres of climbing. I can't wait for the longer, warmer days so that I can get up into the Beacons to extend this loop to an imperial century.

My climbing started with Glyneath Bank, a nice mile or so of 6 - 7% with lots of little waterfalls to the right to make it interesting.

Maerdy mountain was snowy and misty, and the first couple of bends at over 15% always make it a daunting climb, but the ride back down toward Treorchy is great, if not a little scarey, as you don't get much time to decide if the corners are just wet, or icey!

I always forget about the climb up from Tylorstown to Penrhys as it is not a mountain climb, but at about a mile or so at or around 15% for most of it, it really does demand more respect than I ever remember to give it.

The last mountain climb was the Bwlch from the Treherbert side which is a nice long open climb that looks and feels quite alpine with the slopes stacking on top of each other above you. It's mostly around 7%, but fairly long, especially when you reach what looks like the top only to have to take a sharp right to add another 1/2 mile of climbing to reach the real top. It was lovely and snowy up there, which just added to the alpine feel.

To finish off with I had the brutal but short Efail Fach climb out of Pontrhydyfen, and then a great descent down the Cimla, made better by overtaking a car that had pulled out on me near the top irritatingly. Her face was a picture as I went past at 40mph on the bends!

To think that in years gone by I used to miss all this in favour of MTBing in the Afan trails, the roads are so much more fun round there...

Was all that one ride on one day... today?

until they ride up that amazing road in majorca and feel the elation of seeing fantastic places under your own steam. the park won't cut it for them either after that

Yeah he's good, all right better than good, and he's doing it (I'm guessing) on a bike with a freewheel which must make it a bit tricker, but no way is he better than her… she does it slow, which has gotta be harder than fast… and she has a wider repetoire of tricks… don't see Matt attempting to ride around standing on his saddle. Plus where she scores for me is that some of her most stunning riding is done with both wheels on the groung, the way it should be.

Trivia note: Like the Fixie Crew vid this is from Germany

I'd expect them to run a setup where the compenent manufacturer sells a unit at wholesale of around 30% RRP to the bike companies who then mark it up to 60% to cover their margin and then the retailer sells at at least 90% of RRP taking their 30% margin or more. Which is why no one should really be losing money on 10% off discounts to consumers because it's already factored in and the consumer thinks they're getting a bargain.

Can't help feeling that these boys are frustrated unicyclists.

I thought the Orbea stand was missing that special somthing. Real shame, as I ride an Orbea its always nice to have a gander at their real top end stuff.

Should be easy to pick out though....tougher come season time when the wheels are swapped and bars are different etc.

http://metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=newport

have fun on the bwlch