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[quote peted76]Solo, 1) you should know your surroundings, I can only think that if you ‘didn’t know’ someone was on your wheel you must have been wearing headphones
Christ, you have better hearing than me for sure! Into a headwind, all I hear is a roaring sound.
[/quote]Oh.. maybe it’s my helmet, but yeah into wind I can still hear the distinctive rattle and ticks of a bike behind – can’t hear what people say mind, I’m like an old person with an ear trumpet at hearing people talk when on a bike..
@kempston – this happens all
@kempston – this happens all the time, in a group or riding solo.
In a group people are more inclined to join in, peer pressure or just showing off, I’ve slowed a group to let said new person or persons just pop off the front on their own if they aren’t quite in sync with a group.
Solo, 1) you should know your surroundings, I can only think that if you ‘didn’t know’ someone was on your wheel you must have been wearing headphones, if that’s the case you are not spacially aware and probably wouldn’t have heard any hello’s from them anyway. If you weren’t wearnig headphones and can hear properly, you would have probably found that the accused wheelsucker had probably only just reached your wheel, nobody’s bike is that quiet.
2) Don’t get annoyed at this, if I feel someone has been there a bit too long (it’s nice to let them recover for a bit imo) then I simply purposefully flick the elbow and move over to let them through. It’s also nice at that point to say hi to your guest on the way past, ask them where they are going.. It’s my/your choice whether to sit there and get annoyed or not. (Although there has been a couple of incidents where I’ve done that, let them through and the pace has dropped significantly, which is rude, on those occasions it’s usually clear that they’ve buried themselves to reach you so I’ve just powered away with a cheery see you later.
Ankles.
Ankles.
That is eye opening in a
That is eye opening in a number of ways!
I feel it’s the sort of information which needs to be escalated and shared to people with publicity.
Giro mitts for me, on my
Giro mitts for me, on my third pair now, great fit and feel.
I think the ‘wrap idea’ is a
I think the ‘wrap idea’ is a good one.. you can get her involved in the ‘design of the wrap’ she could have anything her imagination desired.. and it’s 1) be cheaper than a respray 2) protect the paint for resale value
I think it’s a great idea…
I think it’s a great idea… the important bit on kids bikes are kid sized contact points.. so if you’ve got them you’re laughing I’d say (you might need to reconsider the shifters though…)
I’ve zero real world
I’ve zero real world experience, but I’m told the 30mm and 35mm G-Ones are great for road and dry offroads.
I’ve persoanlly just brought a set of these for a bit more bite in more conditions and gravely stuff 33mm https://www.schwalbe.com/en/offroad-reader/schwalbe-x-one-speed.html
There are other indoor bikes
There are other indoor bikes out there.. it’s generally considered that the Wattbike (proper) is the best one for the money (circa. £2250). These also command a really good resale value so if you did find it sat there for a year unused and unloved, you should be able to move it on pretty sharpish.
There are also a couple of places where you can also rent these bikes for about £75a month for a fixed period.
The Wattbike ‘Atom’ is very new and has a few niggles which are cause for some concern, however I’m sure these niggles will be ironed out with a software update sometime soon.
Stages do an alternative indoor bike which connects to Zwift – https://stagescycling.com/global/indoor/
However to me it does seem a little extravagent to spend all that money on a trainer just to ride ‘virtually’ on a screen and then pay the monthly fee on top. You may be very wealthy and not like leaving the house much, or maybe you live in the middle of nowhere I just don’t know.. however I’d suggest you looked at your local ‘spin classes’ or maybe you’re lucky enough to live near an Athlete Lab or SoulCycle class or similar.
Let us know what you decide.
Or ditch the discs, and go
Or ditch the discs, and go with the Ultimate CF SLX 9.0 @ 6.5kg’s ? Lovely bit of kit.
Second hand Garmin edge 25 –
Second hand Garmin edge 25 – there are loads on ebay going or between £45 to £55..
I read half of your post and
I read half of your post and was thinking Shand Stooshie, Mason Definition and Kinesis 4S.. all perfect, then I got to the havnig to buy from Evans bit… does it have to be Evans for the C2W scheme?
@efail – I’d be very miffed
@efail – I’d be very miffed if my bike was that ‘over’ the advertised weight.
Note you should remove any bits off the bike for an exact weight, the weight is not expected to include cages, pumps, pedals or any parts swapped out from the stock supplied parts.
Don’t be bothered by the some of the voices here naysaying your post, I’d send it back or complain until Halfords or Boardman offered you some lighter piece of equiptment to bring it down to the advertised weight. which is reasonable.
If they just state that it’s within tolerances, then just say that it’s within your tolerances to reply daily to every twitter post of theirs with ‘Boardman adevertise 7.3kgs when the actuial weight is 7.8kgs you have to ask what else might be within allowed tolerances?’
Aww, I love your moniker
Aww, I love your moniker Boatsie.. give us a hug…no tongues !
Tosh, any endurance sport of
Tosh, any endurance sport of hobby suffers from the same dichotomy….
I do however wonder if it’s a particualry British thing to feel awkward dishing out encouragement whilst worrying about sounding patronising. I can imagine our North American brothers and sisters, feeling very satisfied with themselves by dishing out or recieving words of ‘help’ whilst struggling up a long mountain climb or similar…
There’s a comedy sketch somewhere, on the side of the road, using ironic encouragment on people… you can do it, if you really pedal hard you can catch that other slow kid..