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My old bike is a Trek Domane
My old bike is a Trek Domane 2.0 (aluminium frame) and I have to say that the rear-end is excellent over bumps, broken surfaces, pot-holes and anything not completely smooth (i.e. British roads). The (carbon) front end is actually really rather good too, I think I only tended to notice it due to the good job the back was doing. Moving on to a Wilier Izoard XP, full carbon including seat-post and bars, and being a similar geometry/style of bike – although the frame is noticeably lighter and stiffer, I don’t it’s getting anything much over the Domane in the comfort stakes, which in some cases actually has the smoother ride.Given your back, it sounds like the Domane might make a good choice for you, and definitely go for the best fit you can afford. Whatever you choose, you’ll soon have a new bike, so it’s all good really 🙂
daddyELVIS wrote:fukawitribe
If I understand it correctly, under UCI rules the use of corticosteriods for riders with a condition that requires it may be considered by a group of ‘experts’ for approval.
The article states that it is this process (the group of experts) that was bypassed, although the UCI have since claimed all is in order.
It was passed by their senior medical director – so that may qualify as expert advice (or not) but is certainly in the singular. Without seeing the rules it would be difficult to judge. Anyone have a link to them ? The UCI may not seem to be helping matters much, given they must know the attention this draw, by not being quite explicit in the reasons for the decision.
I think there is a rule whereby the process can be bypassed for acute asthma / respiratory problems – but surely if this was the case with Froome he would have been too ill to race, let alone win a 1 week stage race and beat Tony Martin in an ITT.Treatment with steroids is always a serious decision for any doctor and for a patient to be prescribed a course would mean they were in a very poor state of health (eg inflammation on the lungs).
Which would make sense as prednisolone (i’m assuming that the drug in question, rather than the one reported) is used as an anti-inflammatory (preventatively and reactively) for a number of conditions including those associated with auto-immune diseases. That means, inter alia, it can be given when the immune reaction has not yet reached an extreme level.
Surely, a team that lets a rider race in such a poor state of health is not doing the right thing for the long-term health of their rider. Unless, of course he wasn’t that ill – in which case why did he need this medication?I don’t think we know enough about the situation to make that judgement – do you ?
I’m afraid this is another blow to Sky’s claims of being an ethical team! Are we starting to see what ‘marginal gains’ are really about?Maybe, maybe not. If I was a betting man i’d not put much on that though.
daddyELVIS wrote:But if he
But if he needed oral steroids should have been even riding that race (never mind winning it, and beating Martin in the ITT).If I understand it correctly, under UCI rules the use of corticosteriods for riders with a condition that requires it may be considered by a group of ‘experts’ for approval.
Now if only there was something available to counter-act the dullness of the man, i’m sure even the UCI may just allow its unlimited use without any TUE and we’d all turn a blind eye…
backflipbedlem wrote:srchar
I compared the teeth on a 11-28 and the 11-32 and have similar numbers, so what the hey!11-32 / 11 12 13 — 15 17 19 22 25 28 32
11-28 / 11 12 13 14 15 17 19 21 24 28 –
Thing is, that missing 14T will feel like quite a big gap a lot of the time on the flat, whereas you’ll only feel the missing 32T very occasionally.Now you tell me! ;)
Ditch the 11 and 12, add in an end-cap 12T and a 14T and ta-da ! I shall be doing something similar to my CS-6800 11-32 in the nearish future 🙂
Some excellent suggestions
Some excellent suggestions here – one-legged pedalling is particularly good at showing you where in the cycle you might want to apply pressure, and a great exercise in itself.As far as the ‘pull-up’ is concerned – I wouldn’t quite think of it on quite those terms. The usual advice i’ve seen is along the lines of
* coming up to the top of the stroke, try and kick/push your foot forward in your shoe over the top to accelerate it over the top
* push down (much as you already do) from roughly 2 o’clock to 5 o’clock-ish
* pull back with your foot (towards the rear of your shoe) as you approach and go through the bottom of the cycle
* relax and unload the foot as you come back round again..so it’s something like
kick – push – pull – relax
It takes time to get used to things, I still don’t have a great or even good action, but you can begin to feel some differences almost immediately (particularly with the drag). You can try adding in bits of that, one side at a time but whilst clipped into both sides, when out and about – it’ll get more natural over time and you’ll stop actively thinking about the details so much.
As always, there’s plenty of stuff online (too much sometimes) – bike-fit guru Steve Hogg is always a good person to listen to (IMO) and has some interesting stuff about pedalling here
Whatever happens, I guess it’s not the end of the world if the technique isn’t someones idea of perfect as long as you’re having fun. Good luck with whatever you do.
jason.timothy.jones
Unless you have thighs the size of Mark Cavendish, I think the 11t is a bit of a waste, I would say at tiagra 12-30 is the best option for touringI’d second that – can’t see an 11T would be that useful unless you’re desperate to go over 40mph for any length of time or have thighs like jason alluded to (and/or pretty low natural cadence). Those sound like a nice to have, but a 30T might actually save your butt.
I have a Sportful Fiandre
I have a Sportful Fiandre NoRain jersey/jacket which has been cracking so far, although i’ve not had the chance to wear it in sustained, heavy rain – short and heavy, yeah, and it was great. Breathability seems pretty good, the fit is ‘snug’ (size up at least once) but comfortable and I don’t mind the single rear pocket (wish it was sealed from the inside however, rather than just mesh). There was a review on here a while back, might be worth a ganderhttp://road.cc/content/review/72530-sportful-fiandre-norain-jacket
Think I ended up paying about £90 for it, Evans used to have some good deals on Sportful but worth looking around as ever.
farrell wrote:fukawitribe
You cannot be fined for being on your phone on a pedal cycle, it is not illegal ;)Doesn’t the following apply ? (Can’t see it being amended in the acts up and including 2010)
Cycling without due care and attention.Source: Road Traffic Act 1988 Section 29
Offence: It is an offence for a person to ride a cycle on a road without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road.
No.
It doesn’t.
I didn’t mean in this particular case, but as in the general case mentioned… or did you mean that it could never apply when using a phone on a bike ?
Gkam84 wrote:You cannot be
You cannot be fined for being on your phone on a pedal cycle, it is not illegal ;)Doesn’t the following apply ? (Can’t see it being amended in the acts up and including 2010)
Cycling without due care and attention.Source: Road Traffic Act 1988 Section 29
Offence: It is an offence for a person to ride a cycle on a road without due care and attention, or without reasonable consideration for other persons using the road.
Blimey – that’s a spooky
Blimey – that’s a spooky difference, i’d just figured that the page layout was shite. Surely that could be debugged reasonably easily it’s so huge ?Thanks for the tip.
VVV73 wrote:You know what
You know what sort of people have to have multiple profiles…..Must…. resist….
Theinvisiblecyclist
I realize chiv took it a bit too far by posting on so many old threads, but I also think that if instead of laughing him off like you did above, you had responded in a helpful manner and stated that you’ve been trying to reach Dave and help, maybe chiv wouldn’t have gone overboard with the posting… :|You reckon ?
Enrique is right , if I had an answer I’d stop bumping threads and dragging this on :)[/quote]
The point enrique was making is that is was gkams lack of response, and manner, that lead to your actions. As has been repeatedly pointed out to you, people have brought this to the attention of road.cc members, you have been advised who to contact and even their contact details and (more to the point) gkam can’t do anything about it even if he wanted to. So stop changing the argument to suit your point of view.
I wish someone would let you know what’s happening too, seems quite a reasonable thing to ask, but i’d be lying if I said i’ve not really enjoyed the atmosphere recently either.
I have a Lezyne HP Drive pump
I have a Lezyne HP Drive pump which gets the pressure up just fine for road tyres – might be worth looking at instead of, or with, a CO2 pump. Also unless most/all your punctures are pinch flats, i’d maybe recommend not running at 110psi on a 622×25. Not only will it be more uncomfortable, more flighty in corners (especially when wet) and arguably slower – it will also potentially make punctures from foreign objects more likely and possibly more ‘energetic’ (for want of a better description). Personally i’d try under 100psi, e.g. 90 front / 95 rear – YMMV.
Nick T wrote:Has anyone
Has anyone broken a pedal in a crash?Broke the foot plate on a Time iClic2, partly due to wearing through a lot of the bit that holds it onto the outside ‘frame’ of the pedal, but the main structure was intact and it worked OK.
enrique wrote:Sometimes I
Sometimes I wish that instead of posting commments like the one above and this one:… we CANNOT see your posts, but you are fucking with the forum…That you took the time to respond professionally,
You have got to be fucking joking… aside from the ton of shit he seems to be getting from a tiny minority on here, who’s paying him ?
I realize chiv took it a bit too far by posting on so many old threads, but I also think that if instead of laughing him off like you did above, you had responded in a helpful manner and stated that you’ve been trying to reach Dave and help, maybe chiv wouldn’t have gone overboard with the posting… :|You reckon ?