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Thanks! Do you know which
Thanks! Do you know which model he has? I’m also wondering about their wheels, do you know if he has the 50mm carbon model?
I nearly mentioned Orro as
I nearly mentioned Orro as well actually, so this is good to know, thanks! I actually test rode the Dogma just because the Manchester Pinarello store held a demo day like a mile from my house, and I’d never ridden anything of that level before. I couldn’t afford to drop £12k no matter how good it is.
but if I do that, who will
but if I do that, who will clean the bike?!
TBH, I was hoping to pay
TBH, I was hoping to pay around £3k, but you get less for your money than I was thinking of. I wouldn’t have a problem with used but for the lack of transferable warranties. Even then, I wouldn’t have a problem with a used groupset. I’ve just bought some used-but-like-new Spesh shoes, because it’s obvious how much or little they have been used – you can’t disguise wear to shoes, but a frame and wheels I’d be more unsure of.
Oh totally! I have a whole
Oh totally! I have a whole other rant about that; in 2014 a Madone with Di2 was £2.4k, it’s now nearly triple that. However, moaning about that wouldn’t actually get me anywhere. I should have said ‘value for money by comparison’.
As you say that you’re happy
As you say that you’re happy with your current fit, I’m going to assume that a bike fitting isn’t something of interest to you. You might want to consider it though, to validate your position before you go and buy something expensive.
I quite like using Stack and Reach, although there are other factors. One of the gotchas for me is that you don’t strictly need stack and reach, you need ‘effective’ stack and reach, by which I mean the distances to the bars, since none of use sits there holding onto the headset. Here’s how I work it out:
– Preferably, use a diagramming tool like Visio or a cloud equivalent like LucidChart (it’s free and just runs in the browser), get familiar with the ruler and the ability to place marks on exact co-ordinates
– Mark a point on the diagram for the BB – just use a coloured dot, and if you can, place it at xy 0,0, this makes it more intuitive to then work with the stack and reach figures
– Refer to the frameset geometry of your current bike to mark the stack and reach to the headset of your current bike
– Combine head tube angle with amount of headset spacers, length and angle of stem, and reach and drop of bars.
– Armed with this info, mark on the diagram three different ‘effective’ stack and reach points – one for the bar tops, one for the shifter hoods, and one for the drops (you’ll need to make an assumption regarding the rotational angle of the bars and the position of the shifters)
– Change colour, and repeat for the geometry of the new bike you’re lusting after – reuse the existing BB mark, and you will see how the new bike will differ from your current one
Yes, I know this seems really fussy, but if you’re dropping a couple of grand (or more) on a new bike, you want to know that you’ll be comfortable in each position.
Lastly, I bought a Genesis CdF online, based on the geometry diagrams. The thing I hadn’t factored in was that I pedal with my heels turned inward slightly, which is fine on rim brake bikes, but the CdF has disc brakes for which the chainstays are flared. They catch my heels and I had to sell it on. Just an example of the kind of stuff I would have picked up straight away on a test ride.
Just brought my first pair of assos bib shorts. The quality is amazing but the cut st the front means that any sort of belly hangs out.Should I
A. Return them
B. Right around with pride at my bulging love handle
C. Put them in a draw for that one day (which wil never happen) when I look like the model on the assos site?
If you ever find yourself looking like the guy on the Assos site, you should have gone to specsavers – those glasses make him look like someone rebooted The Fly without Jeff Goldblum.
I suspect the most misleading
I suspect the most misleading thing is Sealskinz claiming their gloves are waterproof…
The thesis seems to make a
The thesis seems to make a lot of sense, particularly this part:
“Roadways are highly congested (and thus contested), publicly funded space, and both space and funding are a finite and limited resource. This results in the perception and reality of roadway competition as a zero-sum game between roadway users (Aldred, 2012). It may be that this “realistic” competition is a stand-in for social competition; that is, the roadway is a battle ground for social domination, rather than just access to physical space.”
There are regular comments (here, elsewhere, both online and off) in the vein of “why would that person drive like a complete cockwomble when they wouldn’t speak to people like that”, and the author has identified this as effectively a class war. Never mind that many bikes cost more than the car which might be used to run the rider off the road.
Ok, thinking time: Taking this into account, if you could say something (a message which could fit onto, say, a cycling jersey) to such drivers, what would it be? Aggression would only escalate the negativity, as would submission.
-15?! I think my kit at that
-15?! I think my kit at that point consists of just a duvet.
Seriously though, try your local military surplus store (if that’s even a thing in SK) for long johns. Pair with other layers.
Aye, asking “for a friend”…
Aye, asking “for a friend”…
Thanks all. Sounds like for
Thanks all. Sounds like for the distance and the intended budget, I’m probably best going for a single speed btwin. I think I would have to be more serious about the prospect for a brompton to make sense.
Ha, love it!
Ha, love it!
What would the stopping
What would the stopping distance be I wonder?
I did think you could
I did think you could probably get through from there, but since I moved house I don’t regularly ride over that side of the A34. I was admiring a Cervelo RCA there (I think it was about £8k just for the frameset), and asked if they even sold any. Was told they’d sold 4 of them just recently. Seems odd that such a business was struggling.
