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I test rode a bunch of bikes
I test rode a bunch of bikes including a CAAD (might have been an 8). I seem to recall loving the stiffness and liveliness of it (think I described it as making me chase a car down the road like a daft dog), although it seemed rather harsh overall. If I could have ridden it with a choice of components I might have felt differently. I ended up with a Trek Madone 4 series (seemed to offer the best blend of stiffness, speed, comfort etc), but I’d be wary of buying a Planet X and expecting it to ride the same as the De Rosa. The Planet X may be a great choice for you, but buy it because you like the handling/ride/whatever characteristics of that frame, rather than another.What’s your budget, anyway?
Judge dreadful
Who gives a sh*t? I was wearing decent kit on the commute the other day – because I added an extra 25 miles to the ride home. Do I have to wear a sign proclaiming this fact in order to make it ok to wear my club jersey?As for judge dreddful playing ‘orbit the FPKW’ (catchy!) – you sir, are a large and rather grand turd. I hope you try it one day and find a pro rider letting you pass because he/she is strictly on a recovery ride – until they’ve had enough and show you what’s what.
I actually like it when I get it wrong, and do it to an actual handy rider. I’ve picked up some subtle, but effective ‘tricks of the trade’ from these guys. Usually they know the game anyway, they do give some banter, but there’s a huge difference between a bit of tounge in cheek banter, and some lardy arsed prat in full pro kit, who takes a kick at your front wheel, for having the audacity to pass their gazillion pound super machine, on my “piece of shit Boardheap”. I don’t class people in club kit as FPKW’s. They are in fact, the antithesis of a FPKW. Club kit = good, full pro kit (that hasn’t been provided by a team ) = bad.
If someone has honestly taken a kick at your front wheel just for passing them, you’re doing it wrong. Seriously, I think it’s you with the issues.
Who gives a sh*t? I was
Who gives a sh*t? I was wearing decent kit on the commute the other day – because I added an extra 25 miles to the ride home. Do I have to wear a sign proclaiming this fact in order to make it ok to wear my club jersey?As for judge dreddful playing ‘orbit the FPKW’ (catchy!) – you sir, are a large and rather grand turd. I hope you try it one day and find a pro rider letting you pass because he/she is strictly on a recovery ride – until they’ve had enough and show you what’s what.
Not to mention that halfway
Not to mention that halfway through a football match, you can grab a full change of clothes!I was like a frozen drowned rat when I got home. Tights, gabba etc. I did see a few wearing shorts in the torrential rain.
I bought a bike renowned for
I bought a bike renowned for stable handling, told myself to trust it and to relax, relax, relax. The muscular tension is the biggest factor, and the more anxious you are, the more tense you get, the less stable the handling, so you get more anxious etc etc ad infinitum.Also, do core stability exercises, you’ll be surprised how much more stable you feel with a strong core.
For sure, it’s still a work in progress.
Top stuff!
Top stuff!Try to tell yourself to
Try to tell yourself to relax, breathe, flex your fingers etc when descending/cornering etc, as the risk is that no matter what changes you make, the knock to your confidence makes you stiffen up, which will just exacerbate the twitchiness.I go out straight afterwards,
I go out straight afterwards, but then the first hour is easy until I reach the hills.Loving the marginal grains gag!
Leodis wrote:in Oct I crashed
in Oct I crashed broke my humerus, smashed the humerus ball and pulled all the mussels off my shoulder due to poor driving and then the above on my fourth commute back to work.Perhaps put the seafood in a pannier next time.
I met my wife via match.com,
I met my wife via match.com, and as a combined result of that and sports-related stuff, google used to show me loads of ‘cycling singles’ ads, so they are out there. Dunno if they’re any good.More importantly though, you sure you want to share that part of your life too? Going out for a ride is my escape from everything. I meet up with the lads from the club, and while my mrs is ace, I don’t need to share that with her too. Just try Match.
A big bag of why protein from
A big bag of why protein from the supermarket, added to milk with chocolate nes-quik. But as crikey says, make sure to do a bunch of work before bothering with it.Oh look, getfast posts more
Oh look, getfast posts more spam – it’s even from the same website. Great, we get it, you want hits to your site, you could at least own up to it.Is the viewfinder important
Is the viewfinder important to you? I have a Contour Roam HD, more for the commuter ‘insurance’ reasoning, but the spec is as good as a gopro for less money, and doesn’t look stupid on a helmet mount. Only about 3.5 hrs battery time though.Conti GP 4000s 23 are
Conti GP 4000s 23 are reckoned to be 24.7mm wide anyway (the 25s are 25.7, I believe), so I just run Conti 23 and have done with it.I’m not so sure. Of course
I’m not so sure. Of course the bike needs to fit, but the body changes so much as you adapt to riding a road bike that you may then need a second fitting. My initial fitting was not the same as my fitting a year later, but that’s not to say that the first guy was incompetent, it’s more the fact that I had changed in the meantime. You get more flexible, you find that you get aches here but not there etc. Your neck and back might ache if you’re transitioning from an MTB/hybrid to a road bike, since the position is more stretched out than on other types of bike, but that isn’t necessarily a reason to change your position – to a certain extent it’s just something you have to adjust to, strengthening your muscles accordingly.I’d buy from a reputable local bike shop. Either they will get your position more-or-less right, and you can put in a few months of riding before getting your bike fit done, OR, if it’s a really good place that does proper bike fits, then you can talk to them to try and come to an arrangement. A good fitting will often be included in the purchase price, which is great if you’re already in the habit of putting the miles in on a dropped-bar bike, but you could ask them about doing the bike-fitting initially but then re-checking your position when you take it in for the first service (assuming you get to put in a decent amount of time on it). Actually, I suppose you could try having the same conversation with whichever bike fitter you find – that way you could cover all the bases.
