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I think it’s perfectly
I think it’s perfectly acceptable, but be prepared for some banter if you drop eveyone on the last mile in 🙂
But but but… they are the
But but but… they are the best.. I’m clicking I’m clicking..
Regarding the Tiagra vs 105
Regarding the Tiagra vs 105 question.. they are both good groupsets the main difference is that Tiagra is 10 speed and 105 is 11 speed. I’ve ridden with both and I’d be happy with either… a lower groupset is easily upgraded at a later date..
I’m on my second TCR now..
I’m on my second TCR now.. If you can do 20mph on your own for 30miles (as per your TT record), then I’d suggest that slamming your stem and getting a bit more aero would be the most efficient way of going faster if that’s what you want to do.
The stock wheels on everything up to the top level giant bikes are dogshite, you’ll get an instant hit upgrading those.
I’d ditch the power meter idea, you’ll have far more fun with a better bike/parts upgrade than you would if you pay money to constantly felt anxious about your power output… I think the advice above to get a PM before a better bike is ludicrous. I train on HR which costs £50 for a strap, after a while you can just feel what’s going on accurately enough. Now I only use my HR monitor to ratify what I already know OR if I’m doing a roller session. I’d like a PM don’t get me wrong but it’s a ‘luxury item’.. I already know I struggle to keep up with my mates on a climb, and I monitor my HR for TT’s.
However saying that, you can very cheaply put a set of drop bars on your hoy (£20) and you’ll instantly have your gravel/endurance bike right there.. so getting a racy TCR and owning a do it all gravel/commute is closer to covering all the bases in my humble opinion.
I ride my TCR wherever and over whatever most of the time (tubeless tyres), I have no issues with comfort, however I can ‘see’ where I’d be a bit more comfortable if I was a little more upright (defy style). But that comfort would be offset by being a bit slower (less aero).
Compromises at every turn.. I don’t envy your decision.
Little and often.
Little and often.
For 100 british weather miles, I’d consume about 2 litres of drink, it depends on how often I planned to stop to what config this may take, typically two large (750ml) bidons which would be filled up on route or carry an extra 500ml bottle of water in my back pocket to refill a bidon at some point on route.
Echo nutrition ideas above, real food is far better than ‘purchased packet bars/food’ peanut butter sarnies, jam sarnies, flapjacks, one of the best things I’ve found for ease of eating and handy size are fig rolls, I have no idea their nutrition content, however they seem to work for me..
The issue I have fuelling on a ride is remembering to drink and eat…. someone once said that if you feel thirsty it’s too late, same for food, although if you’re up into threshold you’re unlikely to feel hunger. If you have a garmin you can set a little beep to go off every few mins or miles.. can be handy as a reminder to take a sip of drink/eat.
It’s at the back end of a ride you’ll know if you’ve fuelled right, keep a gel and some haribo back for when/if you feel you are getting low on energy, it’ll give you a short term boost.
It’s a personal thing of course, all of the above.. I find that caffine in gels or water bottles on a long ride makes me feel sick, and if I feel sick I can’t stomach food, so I try and keep away from those.
I’d have a chat with a
I’d have a chat with a wheelbuilder. Malcom at the Cycle Clinic knows his stuff.
Any possibility of an ad-free subscription option? A couple of £££s a month might be a price worth paying for some folk – although not for me.Like a streamlined, membership version… I’d actually be up for that.
So far, no question of why wasn’t the pedestrian using the official, safe, crossing infrastructure (provided at great expense for her convenience) that was a mere 30 feet away?Double standards, much?
Have you ever been to London? It can get quite busy at times and pedestrians are only moved to use infrastructure when infrastructure is either needed or convienient.. ergo the path of least resistance. Unless you’d prefer we were more American and had laws in place such as ‘jaywalking’ (which even sounds obnoxious) to add to the list of things we can’t do this country.
And I’d keep the activites as
And I’d keep the activites as hard as you can without causing any pain. It’ll do you no good to delay healing because you needed to do 25miles over 15miles on a turbo. Spin free and raise your HR, I’d suggest over and above any ‘resistance based’ wattage stuff.
Prior to the event don’t worry about covering distance, to me baseline miles are a ‘want’ not a ‘need’, just focus on HR training ramping it up and recovering your HR, the rest will take care of itself.
No simple answer here.
No simple answer here.
If you’re a ‘seasoned’ cyclist ergo your body is used to training and cycling a lot – then the simple answer is – you won’t loose much.
If you’re a reletive newbie who’s shot up the ladder of fitness like a hero – and you have a month of inactivity with zero workouts, then you’ll know about it.
And every shade of grey inbetween..
As I understand it, your heart sort of grows and gets stronger the fitter you get, with that you pump more blood more efficiently around your body and your muscles get more used to getting more blood and act accordingly.. with more oxygen and other sciencey stuff making you into a fuel chomping monster endurance athlete. You let that slide Clyde and it’s all down hill from there…
However the good news is that ‘science’ also says you only need one 15min high intensity workout a week to keep form and fitness.
More good news! Common sense tells me that you’ll be absolutley fine and stop worrying about it, you’ll get from one end of the Manchester 100 to the other in some form regardless.
It’ll be interesting to see
It’ll be interesting to see how this pans out in the courts.. the onus has to be on the cyclist as he couldn’t stop in time, avoiding ignorant, stupid pedestrians on mobile phones is part of the game.
At only 20years old now, I just hope his life isn’t ruined forever from this, although there’s no going back for the 44year old mum and her family. Shame shame shame.
The express has a particualry horrid headline: ‘Cyclist ‘on danger bike blamed victim after killed 20mph crash’
It’s like the more we talk
It’s like the more we talk about these big numbers, the more used to them we all become.. frankly I think ‘any’ waste of this sort of money should result in prosecution or at least have some sort of cap on consulting costs..
Lets have a think, ignoring Jeremy Twunt’s bathroom as quite literally pocket change…
46million to ‘talk about building a bridge’ – this is a near miss and frankly London can just fuck off with their projects, I’d let zone1 residential dwellers rot.
56billion (HS2) that’s about 100% more expensive per mile than the new Scottish Borders railway, yay can’t wait for that to affect my life, oh wait..
Hinkley point 21billion (and rising.. with double the cost of energy for consumers once it is up and running = bargain!)
What other big numbers are we getting blazé to.. ?
Vasaline above your eye brows
Vasaline above your eye brows.
Could be made worse by the helmet are you wearing… the difference between an aero helmet and an airy helmet can be significant from a heat build up perspective.
I’d also reccomend a headband over a buff, as there’s less material to make your head even hotter involved. There are loads of these available thin, thick etc…
If none of the above helps, then you can get special ‘keep sweat out of your eyes things’ to stop it from happening. Search silicone sweatbands, I’ve also seen what look like little stick on opaque silicone eyebrows for your head in a shop recently. Sweat in your face, who knew it was a big thing.
The C2W scheme charges about
The C2W scheme charges about 10% of the voucher value, so that why 1) you don’t often see discounted bikes available to buy on that scheme 2) you keep coming up against a £100 ‘admin’ charge – it’s not the retailer being awkward. 3) It reiterates that you should always expect at least 10% haggle room when buying bikes outside of the C2W.
You can get full Ultegra with the Btwin, also they are very well regarded/reviewed.
The Ribble I’ve heard nothing but good words about. Some of the old planetX’s haven’t been known to be the stiffest of frames.
My money would go to the CAADX every time, however you might faff about waiting for a deal where there isn’t one (see point above).
Maybe you don’t have the best LBS, but give it a reconsider, here’s why, becuase you’ll no doubt have another LBS within a stones throw. My LBS bends over backwards to help with all things. It sounds like you’ll not be forking out for a full tool set anytime soon so no matter how many video’s you watch, certain jobs on a bike need certain bike tools, without which you’re back to the bike shop. Also my LBS were far more open to negotiating than any internet dealings, they sold me a discounted bike on C2W, were open and honest and built value into the sale. They also price match shimano prices (which is handy). However taking the emotion out of it, the most value I get from my LBS is the ability to pop in and get the mechanic to ‘tweak my bike right’, free of charge and there and then. I must have been in ten times for front and rear deraillier tweaks for various reasons. You can’t get this from online shops and you shouldn’t expect it from your LBS unless you are a customer.
Not velotoze, they are too
Not velotoze, they are too sweaty for any long distance.. your feet will be soaked by mile 50, never mind 250..
I’m also hunting this particular unicorn.