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Let’s be clear, Winstanleys
Let’s be clear, Winstanleys IS a bricks and mortar shop!I’ve had a few bikes from them, the first time i was offered a £30 discount if I wanted to collect it unbuilt (yes, please! I’m fine building my own bike, always have been).
Mail order, I’d expect to have to fit the wheels, pedals and perhaps turn the bars.
I have had bikes mail order where I’ve also had to wrap the bar tape myself and at the other end of the scale only had to turn the bars and fit pedals.
It would be fully built for the same price if you collected it from their shop, so i’d guess they probably offset the postage costs against minimising the assembly they themselves have to do?
Just for balance I ordered
Just for balance I ordered some Shimano shoes from athleteshop and they came straight away, no issues.It will probably be heavier
It will probably be heavier than the Contend. I had a TCX SLR, it was fine on the road but didn’t handle quite as nicely as a dedicated road bike on the bends. Felt a bit perched on top of it, which is probably to be expected for a cross bike.Yep, doesn’t look like it’s
Yep, doesn’t look like it’s needed to support the bearing. The outer race is the only bit that needs supporting on the angled surface, the inner race will mate on the fork steerer/crown (is it top or bottom bearing?) otherwise it won’t spin freely.They won’t always nicely finish the bits you can’t see once assembled. And if it doesn’t affect the function, why would they. I’ve seen much worse looking down a headset tube of an old carbon Trek. It was fine.
Its probably well within the
Its probably well within the manufacturing tolerances for all the components added together, and as previous, manufacturer bike weights never include pedals.That’s more than enough but
That’s more than enough but every session needs to be good quality.I do between 5-10 hours a week depending on it being a hard week or an easy week. That’s a longer weekend ride and 3 or 4 x 1 hour turbo sessions in the week. Its just about enough to hang in the bunch in 3/4 road racing and do 23mins for a 10mile TT.
Should be steady base miles, not necessarily slow – i.e. not easy but not hammering. Its got its place but the reality is, not many people have that kind of time to do purely that – and you don’t need to if you make sure every session is focussed.
Training to power makes it easier to ensure a quality session but you can do it with heart rate too, or even perceived effort.
Blimey, I’m 5ft 10 and ride a
Blimey, I’m 5ft 10 and ride a 56 road bike and similar TT bike.A smaller frame might make the front end too low, which you might think would be aero, but you could end up with a lot less power and your head stuck up.
52 would be seriously small for someone 5ft 10 I think, even on a TT bike
I’ve bought bikes from
I’ve bought bikes from Winstanley (collected) and also Rutland (mail order).No issue with either, item as described.
Sweat is seriously corrosive!
Sweat is seriously corrosive! My chainring bolts look like they’ve been in the deepest darkest depths of the North sea. Chain is lubed but quickly gets a brown rusty tinge to it regardless.I think it depends on how
I think it depends on how much you sweat more than the strain on where the bike is clamped in the stays. Sweat finds its way into headset bearings even if you use towels, turbo trainer sweat guards…. The bike I’ve had on the turbo permanently for about 3 years now….after less than a year the paint on both frame and forks was flaking, the lacquer on the brake levers is flaking, bottle cage bosses are rusting, chainring bolts rusted.I use my best bike now and again for the odd session but if you are going to put yours on it a lot you’d want to be absolutely fastidious to make sure it wasn’t a corroded wreck come the end of winter….
No issues with my pro ones in
No issues with my pro ones in wet races. They haven’t lasted mega miles but then they’re meant to be a fast light tyre so I wouldn’t expect them to last 1000s of miles.I’d use some normal Ones for winter if my non-race tubeless wheels weren’t a bit the worse for wear and i was going to fit some new tyres.
I’d never try ghetto tubeless (normal tyre) on a road bike due to the pressures involved. Mtb, yes. Road, definitely not!
We use Maxgear (Bolton) who
We use Maxgear (Bolton) who supply kit made by Tactic. £39 Inc vat and delivery to individual addresses for the standard jersey, minimum of 10 items in total.Would highly recommend from a customer service and product quality perspective.
If you’re going to race then
If you’re going to race then I’d go for the AF, for normal club riding the 540 due to normal seat stay rear brake and mudguard mountsI’d go for some of
I’d go for some of Chainreaction’s Prime Pro wheels. £280 and 1470g. Can be run tubeless. With the weight loss and run tubeless (say Schwalbe Pro Ones), the improvement in ride quality should be tangible.
DTSwiss probably have a more
DTSwiss probably have a more premium brand reputation, so I’d be happier to have some DTSwiss wheels swapped in rather than vice versa. Seems that Axis components, like brake calipers, usually get spec’d when the manufacturer can’t budget for a full Shimano groupset.
