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Colin Peyresourde wrote:I
I don’t care if it’s Sky or anyone else. But they do set themselves up to be hypocrits.Mooleur – you show your own bigoted mindset. Suspension of disbelief.
My point about the youth cycling is that young riders are pushed to doping and the denial and continued support in a world where cheats prosper leads to casualties like these young men. You bury your head and that’s what you foster.
Face palm to you douche.
Are you for real? So innocent til proven (or even decent grounds for suspicion) guilty is indicative of a bigoted mindset? But ‘Ive decided that you’re all doping because some of you were’ isn’t?
When you say you still enjoy the racing, do you watch American wrestling too? May as well, if your opinion of the authenticity is that low.
Oh, well done with the personal insults too.
Colin Peyresourde wrote:
If
If you are happy for that to happen then you sicken me.If you managed to interpret this from Mooleurs’ post, then it’s you thats on the bloody juice.
Oh, and citing THE MOST suspicious performance (Horner/Vuelta) in recent years to paint everyone with the same brush just discredits your argument even further.
crazy-legs wrote:
Pacing is
Pacing is the key to it; too many people go balls out right from the level crossing, get round the bend then die. Steady start and you’ll be fine – save your lowest gear for the last 50metres! It’s not as bad as everyone makes out, it just looks bad cos you can see it all in one straight line in front of you!Or, as one of the lads in the club shouted at me (while sat on my wheel) “Right, soon as you hit the bend, go FULL GAS and nail it, you’ll be fine!” 😕
Or maybe not.
I seem to recall passing the pub just as you hit the last bit. I was happy to be out of the saddle from then. The T junction at the top is an anti-climax though, any decent climb should end with a nice view.
The sky-haters will be along
The sky-haters will be along in 5-4-3-2….If he turns out to be
If he turns out to be returning suspicious readings when not doping, due to some quirk of ‘altitude natives’, that could get interesting if other, previously banned, athletes start to appeal on the same basis.It is rather quiet on the JTL front.
True enough. I believe
True enough. I believe there’s 2 others in that area as well, a climb that starts on London Rd between Macc Rd and Artists Lane, and has a cobbled section on it somewhere, and another that’s parallel to Swiss Hill, neither of which I’ve seen yet. Then again, if you’re Geraint Thomas, you just go up Swiss Hill 4 times, so I hear…Long hill. Do the brickworks,
Long hill. Do the brickworks, then turn left, over the smaller hills until you hit the main road, turn right, up long hill, take a right, down into the valley then turn left or right to take you up to the Cat and Fiddle or Blaze/Pyms respectively.If you’re short on time but need some climbing, just go to Swiss Hill and mix it with Macclesfield Rd (main climb to the Wizard) and Artists Lane; up Artists, down Macc, up Swiss, down Artists, up Macc etc. All very close together.
Or, just go out with a club. They’ll show you plenty.
What kind of riding will you
What kind of riding will you be doing? Many of the ‘new bike’ threads on here throw up the usual leading sub-£1k suspects (Specialized Allez, Giant Defy, Canyon RoadLite AL 6.0, something from Boardman etc), but when you say Belgium, I’m (probably incorrectly) thinking cobbles etc. Also, I’m unsure which brands are widely available there.I commented on the Cervelo
I commented on the Cervelo R5ca hanging on the wall at mine, something to the effect of “that must cost you a fortune just to hang it on the wall”, to which they replied that they had sold 5 in the last eight months. That’s just one model, generating over £40k in revenue. God only knows how many £2k bikes they sold in that time. They’ve also just extended the shop.To be fair, they are the extreme I guess, but I think it depends on knowing your market and all the other business-focused stuff. There is a little shop in Knutsford that used to be run by a nice old guy, who I heard having a grumble to his mate that times had never been as hard (maybe 18 months ago). Then I walk in a few months later to see a new younger guy running the place (he’d bought the business), the cheaper bikes and kit have gone, and there’s a couple of Scott Foils and CR1s hanging up. I mentioned what the previous guy had said, and he told me he’d sold 3 CR1s that month.
I see you’re in the West
I see you’re in the West Midlands – could you get over to see Adrian Timmis in Burton on Trent for a bike fit?Cool christmas present! As
Cool christmas present! As mentioned above, once you get the adjustment right, Speedplays are really good. There’s also something very useful about understanding your own physiology that bit better, to remedy the pain.So the first thing is understanding the stack height, as others have said. Assuming you haven’t also switched to a Speedplay-specific shoe (4-bolt cleat pattern), then you’re probably using the little adapters and shims provided in order to fix the cleat to the 3-bolt shoe. That raises the stack height a little, but the design of the system itself, where the cleat fits over and around the pedal, puts your foot really close to the pedal axle, thus reducing your stack height.
Check out this link:
http://www.speedplay.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=roadcompare.compareroadYou’ll need to select your pedal models (I assumed Speedplay Zero and Shimano SPD-SL), then you can refer to the row marked “Stack Height on 3-hole mounting”. Based on my assumption, you would need to lower the saddle height by 2mm.
Also, how did you have your Shimano cleats setup – were they fitted straight up-and-down – i.e. aligned with the direction the shoe points in? I ask because as you will have noticed, Speedplays don’t offer that rotational adjustment in the cleat. This is because the adjustment is in the float. Assuming you have Zeros and not the Light-Action model, you’ll need to loosen the tiny screws on the outer edge of the cleat until you can adopt a natural (natural for you, that is) foot stance, then start to tighten them to remove the excess (the excess being the bit where you’re still clipped in despite twisting your heel out) until you get a nice compromise of the float you need, and the ability to release from the pedal with just the right amount of ‘twist’.
Just out of interest, was there a reason she bought you pedals as a gift? I ask because, as much as I am a Speedplay fan (and I got them to avoid historic knee issues), the foot-pedal interface is crucial, and once you’ve got it right (i.e. you can put the hammer down for sustained periods without joint pain or problems such as hot foot), I would be extremely loathe to changing it just because you can. Were you trying to solve a particular problem to start with?
drfabulous0 wrote:Greatest
Greatest ever: Merckx, this is just obvious, nobody elese even comes close to his achievments, regardless of doping or who is your favourite rider. I can’t believe there is any debate on this.
Greatest woman: Vos
Greatest Brit: Beryl Burton, for me Cav is a one trick pony, same with Hoy, Froome isn’t British, Wiggo would have it if he won another Tour and Boardman is great but for more reasons than sporting success.What I love about this, is how many British riders we’ve got to choose from! Anyone remember the time when, during the TdF highlights, the results would come up, showing all these foreign riders, then Phil and Paul would also mention that in 66, 109 and 142 place were the three brits, all on different teams, just working for someone else and who you would never see? Now we’re arguing over a bunch of guys who all hold some of the most prestigious prizes in the sport.
Speaking of which, Stumps’
Speaking of which, Stumps’ Felt AR5 is indeed BB30, so that adds £30 to his Campag price…stumps wrote:Thanks folks, as
Thanks folks, as for the wheels i was going to get whatever fitted the groupset. I like the look of the Campagnolo Zonda Clincher Wheelset which you can get through Wiggle fitted with either a Campag or Shimano freehub so its good for both groupsets i believe.My head says Shimano whereas my heart says Campag. Decisions decisions :?
And herein lies the real nub of the matter – both are very good systems, as demonstrated by the spread of opinions here. As such, there is nothing wrong with choosing the one that looks cool. Let’s face it, Zondas are nice, and the Campag spoke pattern looks ace. No-one chooses Shimano group with Campag wheels – it just looks wrong to be flashing those brand grphics on the rim but be running something else. I reckon this is the reason that Fulcrum wheels exist – they’re a Campag brand, but you don’t look a weapon if you spec them with someone else’s groupset.
Oh, and should you happen to choose a Shimano group with Campag wheels, thou shall be cast into the fires of eternal damnation etc etc.
So if you went all-Campag, what’s the frame that all this is going on? Please say its a Bianchi!
6800 is this years’ model,
6800 is this years’ model, right? I ask because I have 10-speed Ultegra and while it’s really good, the upshift requires a relatively long throw of the lever. This is something which I believe they fixed for this year.I will also say that coming from SRAM, Shimano seems to be far easier to tweak and keep running smoothly without being an ace mechanic.
As for Campag, well my clubmate that runs it, loves it. However, my impression is that it can feel a bit clunky but appeals to traditionalists and those who want an ‘all-Italian’ bike. I’m not really a fan of the thumbshift lever either. HOWEVER, these things are entirely personal, and no doubt someone else will be along to tell you that Shimano is like buying a Toyota – reliable but soulless.
If you use an LBS to service your bike, then unless they are a ‘proper’ road bike shop, they may get a nervous twitch when asked to service Campag.
Oh also, Ultegra is Shimano’s second tier group so inherits the majority of the nice stuff, while Athena is further down the list, with Chorus, Record and Super Record all offering the higher end Campag bits.
