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To add to my frustration
To add to my frustration today, can I get my tyres onto the rims? NO, arghhh X( X( X( X( X( plus i nicked one of the tubes i bought yesterday, even with using plastic tyre levers they aint budging and i NEVER use levers X( X( X(Thats the thing about living
Thats the thing about living in a city or large town, chances are, you’ll have a well know bike shop, from one of the big chain’s.The reason I decided to go to my LBS was purely because of this holiday weekend. It would mean I’d be hard pushed to order the parts and have them arrive in time for Wednesday when I’m away for a week with the bike.
So I just went to get some “cheap” parts and finish the bike off in time for going away, once back I’ll fit some better parts 😀
Changed my German (won might
Changed my German (won might win the opening prologue) for a Spaniard who will do better overall 👿 and YES, its my guy I always pick 😉I was just venting my
I was just venting my frustration at prices 😉rbx wrote:
Higher,
- Higher, (perceived) ability and willingness of riders to pay for photos here in the UK. This could be due to many first/few-timers taking part.
If anything I would say thats going to be the other way around.
Lower ability and willingness of riders to pay for photo’s in the UK could be a factor in the price being higher.
Not that i’m claiming to know anything about it, but I would think sales abroad would be higher, because alot of these sportives attract riders for all over the world just wanting to take part in a ride which the pro’s cover.
Where as in the UK, they are not so prestigious, riders may think, well it was only down the road, I don’t need a photo of that.
So with a lower uptake on photo’s in the UK is going to force the price up to break even before you even think about profit. Abroad, you’ll set a level where its easy enough to make profit, but still cheap enough that people with purchase a memento of their ride, just so they can say “I was there, LOOK”
Your first entry certainly
Your first entry certainly looks better than the second. I’d vote for it 😉 😉 👿Raleigh wrote:
And jersey
And jersey winners.Which is another thing, I think that holding a jersey should be worth more points than it is now, especially the young riders jersey.
The problem with that, your going to end up with alot of teams having GC leader, Sprint leader, KoM Leader and Young Leader, stacking up points without having to make changes 😉
Surely he has some sort of
Surely he has some sort of claim on that? 😕drheaton wrote:
I really
I really don’t like the idea that at 20 points having someone in a break who doesn’t get any sprint or KoM points would be worth the same as a rider finishing in the top 5 on the stage. Yeah, breakaway winners should be worth a shed load of points, likewise riders who get plenty of KoM points in a break, but why should being in a failed break be rewarded, as a bare minimum, as well as finishing 5th on the stage?Because in my eyes, quite a few stages wouldn’t be worth watching if it wasn’t for the break away guys.
But if you think about it. More points should be awarded to things that are harder to predict. Break away’s are just that.
Look at a sprint stage, where Cav, Goss, Farrar, Greipel. Ok there may be others that got into the top few places, But one of them is going to be in the top 5, unless the finish has been set up badly with stupid corners and everyone crashes. So thats not hard to predict.
Same goes for summit finishes and stages with a few Cat 1’s or HC climbs, in any one race, there are only going to be a handful of riders who finish in the top places. Making it somewhat predictable.
Thats going to be a problem
Thats going to be a problem with Radioshack and BMC this year in the TdF with all their big guns, you’ll be lucky is there are 4/5 DS’s between them.But I do think if break away points were higher, it would make the game more interesting. Say a group of 10 or less got away, have a minute over the pack at half way, bonus, 10 points. BUT, I could have the same 10 points on the opening stages just be having the top GC guy in my team and he’ll be up there in the finishes, In the opening stage’s aswell, Normally if your top GC, you’ve also got some points to score in the points jersey. So why risk a break guy for “safe” points.
Normally the break away is going to get caught anyway, so you might just get the 10 points from the guy you have in the break, plus a couple here or there if he crosses a sprint or KoM in a good spot.
BUT if the break of 10 or less were getting say 20 points… are you going to keep the safety of your GC leader for 10 plus maybe 4 for points?
That 20 for a break, could easily be 25-30 after the KoM and Sprints and then even 50-70 if they stayed away. I’d rather risk a break away over the GC guy 😉
I buy now and again from the
I buy now and again from the LBS, problem being the two shops in my village at MTB focussed and don’t stock alot of road parts or bikes.The other problem, One only stocks Cannondale and the other Cube and will not take in anything else. With me not interested in either of those brands, Then I’m forced to go online because the next nearest bike shop is over 45 miles away.
So its all fine and well in theory, popping along to your local shop, but not in the real world.
I do go there for generic things like grease, tube’s and the like, but for parts I get a better deal by shopping around online.
Hugh Lupus wrote:
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Neither. I am going purist with :.d.a.d .o.s.o.-.a.e.
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(well that is half of my squad)Not a bad team 😉 One rider i don’t get is EBH, why him over some of the good climbers, have you looked at stage profile’s and with Froome there to help Wiggo, i see EBH just as a goat to drag them so far up the climbs 😉
Edvald Boasson Hagen
Bradley Wiggins
Simon Gerrans
Janez Brajkovic
Andrew Talansky
Leigh Howard
Niki Terpstra
Romain Bardet
Lieuwe WestraI’ll chuck my 2p in then.
I’m
I’ll chuck my 2p in then.I’m fairly happy the way things are at the minute, BUT, I do also see the points raised, In Grand Tours, it will always be a select few riders who will be up there in the stage and GC every day in the last week or so of the race, because thats how these 3 week tours work, Give the sprinters their chance early as you will always have a number of them dropping out when it gets to long days of climbing, those stronger ones who can hold in might get a couple more chances.
Other than that its the same guys who will be racing up the climbs to beat each other, sometimes it could be 15 of them, more likely to be 5-7 of them and its a safe bet if you’ve made enough points in early stages, that keeping the GC guys will keep your points ticking over while they all battle each other.
Break away points is where it’s at, if they were slightly higher, you’d see more people risking maybe a GC guy for someone who might go on a break and therefore gaining or losing points and places by doing so. It would also give some people who might have lost a few points here and there a chance to jump back up in contention. Nothing to lose kind of thing. Might aswell pick 5 DS who could be in breaks over the few who can keep with the GC guys.
The only thing that I do worry about for next year, is changes in the riders classifications. From last year to this, there have been a number of riders who’ve jumped quite a bit in value or/and have been moved to “star” rider status. While this will work from last year to this. To say “another DS will come along and replace him” isn’t going to work year on year, as most of you will know, pro teams are not like football clubs who can replace most of the team in an off season, yes riders do switch teams, but every year there will not be enough “DS” (rookie) riders coming through to account for anyone who might have a good season and be promoted in the game to a “star”
We’ll see how the idea’s evolve through the rest of the season and what might get changed for next. 😀
I’m on the fence and have
I’m on the fence and have been for many years about using my helmet, I tend to stay on the side of caution when on the road. If I though for one second that going without a helmet was safer then I’d not wear one, but I’ve yet to see anything that proves it either way in ALL circumstances.When I’m going for a wee ride along the old railway line where there are no motorised vehicle’s allowed or have access to, I don’t wear a helmet.
Glad he’s alright and was wearing a helmet at the time.
Well if things work out on
Well if things work out on the prologue for me i’ll probably stay purist, If they go wrong then i’ll be chasing break away points 👿All my guys bar one have a proven track record in this race
