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Much more likely to get
Much more likely to get quieter guards on a proper winter frame. Bigger clearances. Less to hit.
Quit whining. My company
Quit whining. My company doesn’t even do C2W schemes…
Alpkit gourdon for me too.
Alpkit gourdon for me too. Don’t get a fabric bag that needs a drink bag inside. The outer bag soaks up water and adds to the weight. Alpkit is cheap 100% waterproofing and I’ve had mine years – very durable.Used it for a 45 mile walk this summer and it worked for that too. Really impressive.
Alpkit gourdon for me too.
Alpkit gourdon for me too. Don’t get a fabric bag that needs a drink bag inside. The outer bag soaks up water and adds to the weight. Alpkit is cheap 100% waterproofing and I’ve had mine years – very durable.Used it for a 45 mile walk this summer and it worked for that too. Really impressive.
Rapha Nadal wrote:
Once during touring, I descended a 1000m of steep downhill under heavy rain with rim brakes. When I reached the flats my brifters were stopping at my drop bars as there was excessive brake pad wear. I would definitely feel safer with disks but should you stick to rim brakes, don’t forget to take enough replacement brake pads!In August I serviced/supported my friends who did the RAID Alpine, this involved climbing over 58,000ft in 6 days and even more descending, a lot of it high speed with loads of chicanes, off the col de L’iseran it was snowing on the way up and over the top, sleeted then rain for the rest of the way. 3000ft down, they all had rim brakes and only one of them fubar’d their brakes (on another day) but wasn’t due to burning all the way through them.
Let’s file this under the “never happened” stories section.
You’re so full of shit, so you’re saying I’m lying and that my friends are lying and either didn’t do the raid alpine or you’re saying they went through loads of brake pads and I didn’t notice once whilst packing their bikes, wheeling them into various conference rooms, out-houses and whilst helping to make sure they were up to spec each day. I’d even suggested in our pre-tour discussions to bring spare pads in case they were needed.
But yeah, you must have being there too so that you can assure us of your fantasy that it “never happened”
The pic below on the 12th August also never happened.
Do one twat!
In all fairness, you’re so obsessed with your own blinkered & narrow minded view of the world that it’s highly likely that you missed the worn out brake blocks. You fucking fifth rate troll.
Someone’s not been out for a ride….
To me it sound perfectly feasible that people have got through the Alps without needing to change their blocks. I’ve spent long weekends over there and never used up all my blocks or even had to replace them shortly after. You do know different types of block wear differently ? And laden down bikes would be harsher than ligheer road bikes ? And braking techniques help too.
Rapha Nadal wrote:
Once during touring, I descended a 1000m of steep downhill under heavy rain with rim brakes. When I reached the flats my brifters were stopping at my drop bars as there was excessive brake pad wear. I would definitely feel safer with disks but should you stick to rim brakes, don’t forget to take enough replacement brake pads!In August I serviced/supported my friends who did the RAID Alpine, this involved climbing over 58,000ft in 6 days and even more descending, a lot of it high speed with loads of chicanes, off the col de L’iseran it was snowing on the way up and over the top, sleeted then rain for the rest of the way. 3000ft down, they all had rim brakes and only one of them fubar’d their brakes (on another day) but wasn’t due to burning all the way through them.
Let’s file this under the “never happened” stories section.
You’re so full of shit, so you’re saying I’m lying and that my friends are lying and either didn’t do the raid alpine or you’re saying they went through loads of brake pads and I didn’t notice once whilst packing their bikes, wheeling them into various conference rooms, out-houses and whilst helping to make sure they were up to spec each day. I’d even suggested in our pre-tour discussions to bring spare pads in case they were needed.
But yeah, you must have being there too so that you can assure us of your fantasy that it “never happened”
The pic below on the 12th August also never happened.
Do one twat!
In all fairness, you’re so obsessed with your own blinkered & narrow minded view of the world that it’s highly likely that you missed the worn out brake blocks. You fucking fifth rate troll.
Someone’s not been out for a ride….
To me it sound perfectly feasible that people have got through the Alps without needing to change their blocks. I’ve spent long weekends over there and never used up all my blocks or even had to replace them shortly after. You do know different types of block wear differently ? And laden down bikes would be harsher than ligheer road bikes ? And braking techniques help too.
Sultan_Penang wrote:
Do you have a good handle on the quality of roads you’ll be riding on? I wonder if a full-on race bike is the best choice of machine. I may be displaying my ignorance here but I wouldn’t be expecting continuous asphalt in those regions. I’d be looking at a gravel bike, myself.I wouldn’t worry about disk brake maintenance, once set up they’re very reliable.
The places where I want to go are connected with asphalt. My experience with Indonesia is that roads can be often new and smooth, but also old and bumpy with potholes. I will put on 28mm tires. A gravel bike might be a better option, but I like fast, multi-day, minimalist road bike trips. Also, I am not sure if I want to buy a second bike, and I don’t want to sell my TCR.
So why are you asking about disc brakes ?
theironduck wrote:
I wear through the left much faster than the right, but generally get a years’ use out of a pair of Shimano ones.Interesting. Any idea why? I tend to put down my right leg foot when I stop so I’d’ve thought the cleat on thay side would be showing the most wear but that’s not the case. Goodness know what’s happened to the grey plastic on the left shoe. All I can think of is that I have caught it trying (and failing) to clip in.
I think the conventional wisdom in the uk is to unclip on the left then if anything goes wrong – you’d fall away from passing traffic.
Can’t see the problem really
Can’t see the problem really unless you use your power for evil and smash everyone on the climbs.Set something (computer phone
Set something (computer phone watch) to beep every 20 mins or 5 miles or so. Have A sip of energy drink or a nibble of a bar or flapjack.That works for me in IM distance.
If I drank as much as the first guy I’d need four toilet stops….
NJA wrote:
I thought that they were terrible, but then I saw the Alpecin advert on Eurosport with the shouty guy on the team bus.
Now that is an all time low.
I enjoy the alpecin advert !
The watch one is crap but if you were wearing a 10000 pound watch you’d probably be going easy too..
Also explains why he can’t afford a better bike.They’ve thought about this.
Hard to say really. He looked
Hard to say really. He looked to be going fast but how fast were you going ? As has been said you would have been better taking primary and maybe slowing.Can’t see anything happening legally.
Prosecuted for no pedal
Prosecuted for no pedal reflectors ? Never happened.If you’ve not got your legal
If you’ve not got your legal team sorted out yet get to it. These things take time. I can recommend Bike Line. They’ve got good results for pals of mine. I think the frame will be written off. Not worth taking the risk.Get onto them tomorrow and heal well.
Google rob hayles and his
Google rob hayles and his carbon repair stuff. He posts up before and after pics and they look worse than yours.
