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This works for
This works for me:
http://www.competitivecyclist.com/Store/catalog/fitCalculatorBike.jsp
Worth a try!Also, make sure you use a lower gear and keep the cadence (rpm) high. Don’t try to lug a big gear up the hills, ‘spin don’t lug’ might help to remember.
I’ve got a little book called
I’ve got a little book called ‘Paris – Londres à Velo / Avenue Verte London-Paris’ published by Chamina Editions, which covers the route in reverse, from the French side, and in French… but it does have route maps and ‘infos pratiques’ in a handy (large) pocket sized format, ring bound.I haven’t done it yet though!
Pictures don’t work, so we
Pictures don’t work, so we can’t tell.
I got a set of new 2014 R5s
I got a set of new 2014 R5s with the 17mm axle and new rear hub for £138 late last year. Fantastic wheels, so much better than the damp Shimano RS6700 and soft RS80C24s that I had. Stiff, reasonable weight (1640g), very lively feeling. Worth hunting around for.
+1 for the Bontrager. Paid
+1 for the Bontrager. Paid £18 for mine, really nice design and up to pressure in a dozen or so pumps.
Have you actually tried any
Have you actually tried any of them? What are you riding now?You’ll need to say what sort of bike you like, how big/tall you are, how hard you ride or if you like to cruise, etc etc. It’s a bit hard to tell otherwise.
The best bike is a. the one that you want and b. the one that fits properly.
Have a look at this, too,
Have a look at this, too, based on rolling resistance tests:
If all else fails the Syntace
If all else fails the Syntace Racelite range of bars have a 6º sweep back. You can often find the 7075 alloy Racelite CDR for a trivial amount. They are a brilliant bit of German engineering at that price.
I run 700 x 23 Specialized
I run 700 x 23 Specialized All Condition Armadillo Elites on my winter bike. As its dirty and cold I often go a fortnight without pumping them up. They are sometimes at 60psi by the time I get to them. Never had the slightest problem, even with energetic cycling and hard cornering on much less than ideal surfaces. If you really do push it hard on an off camber corner just for fun they start to give way very gently leaving plenty of time to correct. Try 80 front 90 rear and relax.If you want to do the pressures by the book, look at this, you’ll be surprised how low the optimum pressure is on 25c tyres:
Try some Bonts? You can heat
Try some Bonts? You can heat them in the oven and mould them to your feet.
Skiers know that the
Skiers know that the dangerous accidents are those at slow speed. Fast crashes rarely cause problems. Still, snow is softer than road.I came off on ice on a beautiful sunny morning, bit of off-camber road, about 15mph and I was on the deck before I could blink. Shoulder and hip took the brunt, no injury except a shifter had rotated on the bars, a quick fix. I slid on the ice, and I think that saved my bibs and my jacket. Had it been tarmac I think I would have looked a bit Hoogerland.
I was just standing up and inspecting the bike when a 4×4 came round a bend. Glad I wasn’t on the deck at that point.
I avoid cold sunny mornings now if there’s a chance of ice…
I just like not having any
I just like not having any assistance. I’m happy to change up and down using old-fashioned cables, and I can fix them away from home if needs must.And thinking of the long term, there’s such a short lifetime before obsolescence with electronic things. To bring my 40-year old bike back into service all I needed was new cables, tyres & tubes, and a bit of grease in the bearings. How easy will that be in future?
Does anyone still make a
Does anyone still make a steel frame with a steel fork?
All the pro-disc people talk
All the pro-disc people talk as if bikes still had drum brakes like cars did before disc brakes. That was a massive improvement.Rim brakes are disk brakes. A caliper clamps on a disc. Of a sort, sure, but we are effectively changing a 622mm diameter disc for a 140mm disc. And adding hydraulics, what a faff.
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Electric blue and fluoro
Electric blue and fluoro yellow was big last year, expect the trend to continue this year.