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giobox wrote:I don’t get

giobox wrote:

I don’t get people who can be bothered with hand pumping a road side flat. In fact, I don’t get anyone who can be bothered with manually inflating a tire with anything other than a track pump.

CO2 cans are really cheap and I use them at most a couple of times a year. The pump is smaller and easier to carry too. If I have a roadside puncture I want it fixed quick as possible so I can get back to enjoying my ride. For the very few coins this costs, seems like a complete no-brainer to me. If you’re concerned about the CO2 leaking out the tube faster, at least it gets you home quicker so you can re-inflate it with the track pump.

Track pump at home, Lezyne HP Drive on the bike(s). Why ?

The Lezyne is small, light (130g).

It delivers high enough pressure for the 700×23/25s although takes time on the MTB tubes.

It’s cheap.

I can’t forget to swap the bottles or run out when out on a run – I just pump more.

I can pootle out on the mountain bike with slightly higher pressures, lower them for mucking about and then top up if absolutely necessary before going home (rarely) – without going through cans of CO2 each time.

It’s well sealed and well made – i’m not afraid of it breaking anytime soon.

It has screw in heads for Presta and Schrader, so good for going out with the tag-a-long or trailer.

All in all, it’s a good all round option for me. Sure, it’s not as quick as CO2 (and i’ve nothing really against CO2 in particular) but i’m surprised you don’t get any of it.

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For that sort of money, i’d
For that sort of money, i’d seriously consider some hand-builts, e.g. Miche Primato hubs, H Plus Son rims and Alpina spokes. Plenty of folk to choose from, i’ve found this very useful (no affliation), had some Alpina elliptical spokes in recently and has quite a few happy customers on BR by the sound of it

http://paolocoppo.drupalgardens.com/

There are many others though – Wheelsmith, CycleClinic, Just Riding Along, DCR, Strada and so on and so on. Be surprised if there weren’t quite a few people on here who couldn’t comment on choices. Just me 2p worth anyway.

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notfastenough wrote:but if

notfastenough wrote:

but if you can get to ride them all, that will tell you which one to buy.

..and you get to ride them all, which is not a bad way to spend the time.

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Trull wrote:you will benefit

Trull wrote:

you will benefit from skinny frame aerodynamics

Wuzzaht ? Deliciously gorgeous though the Volare looks, i’m not completely certain smaller but perfectly round tubes would give much aerodynamic advantage compared to bigger but more judiciously shaped fellows. Then again, i’m most definitely not a aerodynamicist nor CFD expert – wouldn’t mind hearing from some though.

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Normally say Wilier, but that
Normally say Wilier, but that Colnago is really nice….. mmmmmm

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Nick T wrote:crikey

Nick T wrote:

crikey wrote:

Buy a bike with mudguards, buy a decent waterproof.

If that doesn’t answer your question, OP, then I don’t know what will.

Something helpful ?

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Nick T wrote:crikey

Nick T wrote:

crikey wrote:

Buy a bike with mudguards, buy a decent waterproof.

If that doesn’t answer your question, OP, then I don’t know what will.

Something helpful ?

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Colin Peyresourde wrote:But

Colin Peyresourde wrote:

But don’t tell me that doping doesn’t go on, because this is not the experience of the WADA.

I don’t think i’ve seen a single post in reply to you that has said that doping doesn’t go on – what I have seen is that some people maintain that it is not the vast majority of riders doing so, that some teams are actually trying to ensure their riders aren’t doing so and that success is not necessarily a positive indicator of it either – a position you often seem at odds with.

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Colin Peyresourde

Colin Peyresourde wrote:

northstar wrote:

fukawitribe wrote:

mooleur wrote:

Anyway, back to the thread please – shouldn’t you be fishing on the fantasy threads?

It’s lunchtime – maybe enrique let him out for an hour or two…

LOL, oh look, another fan club member has turned up : )

Is that all you have “internet warrior”?

Yes, I’ve noticed her groupies too. They don’t seem to have their own opinion most of the time.

What on earth are you talking about ? I am a groupie am I… and what, pray, do you base that on ? As for opinion, I probably have too much of that, including those contrary to you in the past Colin, and get pulled up on it when deserved – so at least in my case, please don’t start throwing insults about based on fantasy.

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Paul J wrote:700c,
No

Paul J wrote:

700c,

No offence, but it’s that kind of reasoning that has me baffled. On the one hand, every little anecdote about a helmet *possibly* helping are seen as informative (“like in this incident, it’s possible that it could help”, you said), while on the other hand actual statistically meaningful data is dismissed (“they can be manipulated to back up any argument”).

Pointing out how this kind of thinking – if it were logical and evidence based – should similarly lead one to conclude that pedestrians must wear helmets is then painted as “polarising” or “antagonising”. Why is that? Why is it “antagonising” to point out a possible problem with how people are applying logic and/or evidence?

Sometimes I feel the problem is that people recognise there is some absurdity hiding here in advocating for one but not the other, and do not like to be confronted with that.

Paul, if that was my comment about antagonisation – please I thought i’d put forward the logic behind that and the reason why I said it. It has nothing to do with the general discussion of risk and avoidance, in which i’m not really in disagreement with you. The figures i’ve seen seem to indicate there is a difference in the case of the cyclist and the pedestrian, even ignoring the issue of wing mirrors striking pedestrian which I still maintain, even without statistics, would
be a minority event. I have equally little time with others arguing the same way advocating the contrary position.

Anyway, i’ve said my bit on that before and i’ll leave it there.

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mooleur wrote:Anyway, back to

mooleur wrote:

Anyway, back to the thread please – shouldn’t you be fishing on the fantasy threads?

It’s lunchtime – maybe enrique let him out for an hour or two…

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northstar wrote:Get your

northstar wrote:

Get your wallet out : )

it doesn’t take much to get a biter on here does it? *laughs*

Oh Christ, I thought the primary schools had gone back already….

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MKultra wrote:Cooper slip is

MKultra wrote:

Cooper slip is not really needed or a good idea,

Good to know, the idea of it never really felt right to me.

MKultra wrote:

if you feel like splashing out on an posh anti seize then a small tub of teflon impregnated will do

White lithium grease is my pet hate as it bonds ally seat posts to steel frames if left in place

Ah – that’s interesting, tah.

MKultra wrote:

For cage bolts, stem bolts and the like vasiline has always been cheap/works, plain old brown moly grease for seat posts and BB’s.

You can walk into the LBS and drop the best part of £50 on enough “special” lube for a year when most of it’s available commercially through trade suppliers for much less, most of it’s not even really required for a bike and is massive overkill

I normally buy that sort of general stuff from trade counters or marine shops anyway, can’t normally stomach the price hike for anything bike related.

MKultra wrote:

The one thing you will want to but that no one thinks of is a spray tin of silicone spray for the inside of shifters and a small squeezy tube of the thicker silicone lubricant. Shifters consist mostly of plastic on plastic moving parts and silicone works best.

Cheers – thanks for the pointers.

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bashthebox wrote:For assembly

bashthebox wrote:

For assembly – anti seize, grease, lube, carbon grip paste.

Speaking of which – mind if I ask folk here what the general feeling is about dedicated anti-seize (in particular metal additive ones, issues with metal types etc) and if positive, any recommendations for a specific type or make ? Cheers.

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notfastenough wrote:For your

notfastenough wrote:

For your purposes though, any of these would be great. If you’re after comfortable rides, the Domane may be the best bet. The Madone is a race bike.

Ride wise, I have to agree on this if you’re riding in Britain.. the ISOspeed works fabulously well on our roads and other surfaces even on the aluminium frame (like wot I got). The 4.5 is a significant upgrade over the 4.3 however – 11-speed Ultegra, which seems to be not far off Dura Ace from a couple of years ago, and the Race TLR wheelset which is a decent weight, big improvement on the ‘Approved Alloy’ wheelset and has nice fat rims (and can go tubeless of course, if that floats your boat)… i’d be tempted to try and get a deal on that if you can.

As notfastenough said though, any of these would be great.

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