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contemplating a 600 or even a SR series next year, but also keen to go do some stomping round the odd down circuit so don't know which'll take precedence
At least my transfers kind of paid off, brought in Uran, Santambrogio, Paolini and Weening last night (for Bouhanni, Haas, Zandio and Vicioso who would have scored me zilch) and already had Visconti
Think I will keep it the same for tomorrow
Many of the people in the area have UKIP placards outside their large estates, I see them when I ride around there.
it is surprising though that Wiggins was left trailing on his own with his helpers Henao and Uran finishing ahead of him. None of the other main contenders finished without a team mate in tow. Lack of concentration maybe?
And Cath Wiggins took herself off Twatter at the same time as Brad. But you'll never get Madame Froome off Twatter - so very much to say for herself...
I haven't had a bike fit before, so maybe something to think of.
I've moved the cleat back on the shoe so my foot is further forward on the pedal and after a quick (very quick) trundle round the car-park, it feels as though the ball of my foot is much better planted on the pedal compared to what it was so, if nothing else, power delivery should be better! In comparison, it feels as though it was my toes that were pushing the pedal round.
I've got a 70 mile ride coming up on Sunday so I'll let you know how I get on.
I've noticed though that following Sunday's ride just gone, I have no pain in my calves and my thighs are the usual stiffness.
Good work Dave, what's next? 600 or big beard?
Top riding, well done Dave.
Me too! Zero was a bit upsetting even though I was half expecting it.
My rear deraileuerer (start a whole new thread on your preferred spelling?) is a Ultegra, my cranks are FSA Gossimer, and my chain and cassette were 'shimano compatible' from ebay, I don't remember the brand or if they had one, but they work. Well this gives me at least an idea of were to start. I can see then why people sniff at Sora if it is near the bottom of the range on an expensive frame. Seems like I can only go up to Dura Ace unless I want to swap make or go hydroelectric (maybe for a new bike!)
I am not too bothered by the new 11 speed kit, I would be more interested if the extra gear was at the top end, not just filler. Believe it or not on the long gentle downhills of the Cheshire plain it is possible to max out on the 11 tooth.
I have just had a look at the PBK website for cassettes, the mid range goes up to about £55, anything top end quickly goes up to about £160-£230 (for a cassette!) So it looks like money and performance goes exponential, so I may have to lodge very much where I am.
As usual Gkam you are fountain of knowledge, this must come from being so close to the ground.
Back from training high up on Exmoor. First day I have seen any racing, sounds like I missed some fun yesterday.
I have these same 6 guys as the "doc"
Nibs
Wiggo
Betancur
Santambroglio
Locatelli
Gavazzi
Went for Niemiec over Scalponi hoping it's too much for the old boy and they give teh younger man his head, but that is obviously not happening, Booooo!
Kelderman for the youth and TTing.
and my ace in the hole Battanglin.
Happy man this evening as had him in both teams.
I have six of those nine:
Bradley Wiggins (SKY)
Ryder Hesjedal (GRM)
Vicenzo Nibali (AST)
Mauro Santambrogio (VIN)
Fabio Aru (AST)
Luca Mezgec (ARG)
Carlos Alberto Betancur (ALM)
Mattia Cattaneo (LAM)
Stefano Garzelli (VIN)
not enough sprint stages to waste time with sprinters on a purist team, i don't reckon. got a big fat zero on stage one but on the up now...
if the result gets officially adjusted, we'll update the game of course
Eurosport is saying that the commissars only awarded the same time to the three riders that crashed which seems bizarre given that they reportedly held up the peloton. Hopefully the full info will be released as the story is developed:
http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/giro-ditalia-victory-battaglin-wiggin...
hoping my purist team will start climbing up the table after Thursday
Bradley Wiggins (SKY)
Samuel Sanchez (EUS)
Vicenzo Nibali (AST)
Mauro Santambrogio (VIN)
Fabio Aru (AST)
Rafal Majka (SAX)
Carlos Alberto Betancur (ALM)
Stefano Locatelli (BVI)
Stefano Garzelli (VIN)
Think my big 4 could well end up in the top 6 overall.
Aru, Majka and Betancur should take the top 3 youth and do well on stages
And I'm hoping my Stefano's can challenge for the mountain points later on
Didn't think Cav was worthwhile.
Good point that man.
This forum is amazing
Unless you've got a holiday home in the Costa del Sol you might have a problem collecting the prize too:
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This is correct, but before you try and build with carbon, you need to practice Jelly in a jelly mould
Sorry chaps but the answer here is clearly carbon fibre!
Never have so many saddle bags been seen in one place
The stats are amazing - 254 miles - 24:07:35 - thats like nearly a day - chapeau - or perhaps the audax equivalent 'Barbe'
Good work - 400s are the hardest distance in my experience.
You'll never ride further in one go (with longer events like LEL and PBP broken down into 350km ish days and the sleep stop on most 600s being around 350km).
Impressive stuff and a great video!
I'm not sure you can claim dibs on a mountain… saying that, Specialized are said to pay a royalty to Fuji to use the word 'Roubaix'
You could do a whole lot worse than this: http://road.cc/content/review/82718-stevens-izoard-2013
just to further muddy the waters
Battaglin in both standard and purist teams. yay
Shhhhh don't tell everyone!