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Yes – B’Twin Triban 3 51cm.
Yes – B’Twin Triban 3 51cm. £299 from Decathlon. The website doesn’t say that the smaller sizes come in 650c. Check out the reviews – pretty glowing. My wife’s had one for a month now, done maybe 150km now the weather’s nice and is very happy with it. It’s mostly 2300 with a bit of Sora, carbon fork, alu frame made in Romania, triple ring for the hills, and looks really nice in the flesh. For £299 you can’t go wrong. With a bit of handyman-age you can get 700c mudguards to fit nicely too – just put some SKS Raceblade Long’s on it, as well as some crosstop levers: http://twitpic.com/bzk9u9
How about this: We all
How about this: We all email/tweet/Facebook the team sponsors, saying unless they pull their teams from the races or organise a go-slow or some other farce, we won’t buy their stuff?We saw how effective consumer power was at killing the NoTW through advertiser backlash – how different is us blackmailing bike firms to do our bidding, for the good of the sport?
No teams, no race, no TV coverage, no UCI cash – right? Surely it would only take one or two farcical major events to bring the UCI to its knees? If it dug in it would only get worse.
Get a rim drive one? Loads
Get a rim drive one? Loads quieter, no tyre/mess issues. Had a Magura one a while back, worked very well once set up. Anyone know of any downside to them?
I have all 4 issues to date
I have all 4 issues to date and have subscribed hard and soft copy. It is beautifully put together and the ‘Big ride’ section is inspirational. The tech sections are likewise very well pitched, and the personal/company profiles are akin to Roleur in a good way. But I agree, only reviewing bikes with an RRP more than a decent family car is a bit snobbish/elitist. That bit of the mag is totally wasted on most folks. While I could buy a £5k bike if I really wanted, it would be at the expense of a bunch of family holidays and kids bikes, and I’d rather enjoy riding with family than being selfish. Plus it would set a spousal precedent for high-end kitchen kit that I’m not keen to entertain.Would it really kill Cyclist mag to regularly review at £1-2k, 2-3 and 3+ price ranges?
Being very new to cycling
Being very new to cycling mags and therefore not tainted by previous efforts/stereotypes ( never done a sportive, might be interested tho) I found it a bloody good read. Long articles, inspiring photos, good balance between geek and chic. Thanks to issue 2 I now want to do the following:Ride the Norway coast road
Ride in Belgium
Try eating less pasta before big rides
Swap my 11T for a 12
Get some better lights, paying more attention to spread and heat, less to headline Lumens
Get Ricky Feather to build me a bike (joins very long queue)
Ride on a pro tour bus (not that likely, but could put a name on my cup holder in Le Espace)It might not be for everyone, but in 15 minutes trawling the entire cycling offering at a major mag store, it stood out as different, pretty, and not needing an insiders knowledge either. More please.