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Not sure your question here.
Not sure your question here. However I agree with you, once you’ve opted to buy and wear something considered a bit brighter/clearer/safe.. I do think it’s a struggle to go back.
I personally look at people on the road and ‘judge’ them for safety as a matter of course.
I wear black a lot as I’m short and fat and it makes me think I’m as slim as a shadow. However I relish the little reflectors you get on garments nowadays, they do work and I’ve been ‘considering’ one of those full reflection jackets (pro-viz?) which in my opinion are bloody awesome if you want to be noticed on the road.
Fluro I think has been proven over and over to offer ‘limited’ extra visability – it’s all about the reflective stuff now.
Lights, I totally agree, once you’ve got a decent pair you can’t go out without them.
Helmets, I wear one 99% of the time, the only time I don’t is when I potter into town or to the shops.
I questioned a ‘new’ member of the local club after a sunday bash the other day as to why he wasn’t wearing a helmet, his response threw me, as he was quite defensive, why do you wear a helmet he asked, I’m as likley to get hurt with or without a helmet on.. (I asked him if he’d ever had a proper accident on a bike? to which he said no, and so I proceeded to tell him about when I did have a accident how my helmet split open). He’s a very fast rider btw.
Zondas to save cash or go get
Zondas to save cash or go get some hand builts, I picked up a pair of Panceti Sl23’s with Novatec hubs for £400 from Malcolm at thecycleclinic.
Consider tyres as a major upgrade.. 25mm Tubless Schwalbes Pro Ones is my fav upgrade of late, the SL23’s are wide, light and tubeless compatable.
I think the ‘best’ thing I’ve
I think the ‘best’ thing I’ve seen and experienced was the revolve 24 event in with fellow road.cc people. Why not do more of this, there are quirky events all over the UK taking place, cross/enduro/overnight/brevet/bog cycling etc etc…. send a scribe up and offer road.cc club members the chance to ride with the team.
We’re all cyclists so, whatever is offered for me really has to be around actually incentising riding or training, that for me holds the best value.
What about opening up blogs written from road.cc members, I know Upham’s always got something on the boil you could pitch the blog as ‘road.cc club member XX’ writes about their experience of this or that mini adventure. Obvs the ‘writing quality’ may be lowered but you can always stick some sort of disclaimer on there, or even edit the writing before going live.
Oh and more member only competitions!
According to Strava it’s
According to Strava it’s about a 15-20min climb with a reprive half way..
Train for sustained climbs on a turbo or rollers, we call the following type of training ‘efforts’ although I’m sure there’s a better term for it. Basically it’s no recovery time between sprints. Warm up, then ride at 80% (80% being for me my ‘I can hold this for an hour’ heart rate) for 10 mins, then sprint 20secs (maybe 90-95% power), then straight back into 80% for a short while (60 seconds) then sprint, then 80%…rinse repeat. Do this until you fall off/faint/throwup – make sure you do proper warm downs also.
Incrementally build up your sprint times and you’ll be laughing come the Fred with an improved lactic acid threshold.
(I’m not a trainer, but this is what our club coach told me a while ago and it seems logical.)
… and core work for out of the saddle efforts!
Lots of flippant retorts here
Lots of flippant retorts here, however in all seriousness, there’s probably a very nice article in here for someone to research.
Motor Oil on chains used by World Tour mechanics? !!
Who can eat the most Fenwick Foaming Degreaser competition?
What is this ‘Wickens & Soderstrom No.5 lube’ you speak of?
I’m sure there’s one of those degreasing rinse tests to be done here AKA Daz/Persil/Arial washing powder stylee?
And a sticky oil test going the other way?
And while you’re at it, why stop there, what about an actual rinse test with persil/daz and arial to see which gets the oil out of your trousers the best?
The UBER200, start and finish
The UBER200, start and finish in the Midlands, there and back for me was 138miles and 10,000ft of climbing, with the infamous Bushcombe Lane about two thirds of the way round – http://veloviewer.com/segment/745156 *shudders* I was buggered for about three days afterwards.
They’ve made it slightly easier this year, not surprising as 20% of people on the tough route didn’t finish it last year – https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/140119/The-UBER-200
Any crack in carbon is a bad
Any crack in carbon is a bad crack. Get it sent off to be checked and or repaired.
I’d like to see some more
I’d like to see some more members only competitions (Ideally to win wheels).
Bigger prizes means more members will join.
I’m sure there are some smaller but equally exciting brands out there who’d stump up some old demo wheels for such a cause. Swisside, Halo, Stans, PlanetX, Edco, Zuus, DCR, TU, Edco…. to name but a few. You could even review ’em first for added value.
.. and Santa… I’d like to see Santa please.
New verses Old is not a
New verses Old is not a comparison, some people won’t touch a second hand carbon frame as if it’s cracked you probably won’t see anything wrong with it.
Metal frames are generally stronger and made in less pieces, therefore you can identify any issues in the frame easier. People like ally frames for criteriums as it’s more likely you’ll take a knock and it’s less likley to write off the frame thereafter.
New Tarmac SWorks frame is 2400EURO so the answer to your question is people ‘might’ prefer the Allez becuase it’s 700EURO cheaper (and it only weighs 1050grams).
Personally I’d love to own an SWorks Allez, I think they LOOK the business. However would I pay for one, NO, with my own money I’d pay for a CAAD12 frameset and spend the difference on components.
No commuting for me in Winter
No commuting for me in Winter.
Week night rollers, Sunday bash in ‘most’ weathers.
FYI tubeless doubters (I was
FYI tubeless doubters (I was one) I’m a convert – 25mm Schwalbe Pro Ones on SL23 rims with 20ml of sealant = 279grams.
The more I ride them the more I love em. I’m running 80psi in the rain and about 95psi in the dry. Defo more comfortable. Even at 110psi getting bounced about, I feel this set up for me just rolls better. It just seems a little more floaty at times, probably more so at speed thinking about it.
Previously BTW I ran the continental supersonic race tubes (50g’s) and Schwalbe One 23mm clinchers 205g(?) directly prior to going tubeless for comparison.
The internet is full of
The internet is full of gangster roadies going ‘getto tubeless’ with non tubeless rims.
The risk is mainly due to tyre burps. Which at most road higher PSIs isn’t really an issue, but at lower PSI I believe tyres can burp. Burps on rode tyres are only likely to happen when you hit an unexpected obstacle such as a large deep pot hole, or if you’re off road, a tree root/log.
However consider IF you were to hit a large pot hole at speed with road PSI’s in play – you’d probably be thrown off or at least have a hell of a wobble, and you’d looking for issues and be very aware of your tyres after such an incident.
I read up significantly on Tubless before jumping in with both feet and I found this RARELY happened in real life. However if you’re a bigger lad and run low PSI’s then you may want to consider the risks further.
I’m not a planner, so I’m
I’m not a planner, so I’m quite pleased with this lot fixed, booked and pass stamped for so far….
28th Feb: The Rawlinson Bracket – Warwickshire (fun or competitive not sure yet)
March/April (TBC): 2x Victoria Park Criteriums – Warwickshire (stay with the pack)
24th April: The Uber 200 – Warwickshire (just get round it)
5th June: Tour Of Cambridgeshire GranFondo (qualify British Masters – hey you’ve gotta have goals)
2nd July: la Marmotte – France somewhere south (just get over the bumps)
58 notes = galibier Tourmalet
58 notes = galibier Tourmalet
– SECONDED, new ish purchase for me, used about five times so far, haven’t got wet yet, the fit is racey and the arms aren’t flappy.
Used in temps from 7 to 14 degrees with long sleeve merino base layer and long sleeve top – I expect this set up to last the winter temps with no extra layers required (on my top half anyway).
If I could improve it, I’d have a couple of vents under the arms, but this is picking holes as for £58 it’s a peach!
Hi Mark, if you’re looking
Hi Mark, if you’re looking for feedback on the one t-shirt on offer in multiple colours, with added double en’tendre slogan.. then… I personally wouldn’t wear a t-shirt with Rims, Nuts, Nipples and Flanges on it, because I’m 40 (nearly), not a student or mountain biker and have a kid.
T-shirt quality feedback – that’s what you need, the one thing missing from buying a t-shirt over the internet is how it feels (e.g. quality). If you can do this then you’ll change the internet.
Remember buying a T from a music shop in the 90’s? Then you’ll know that you ‘expected it to be terrible quality’, but you brought it anyway for the image. Fast forward to 2015 and I’ve had to ‘thin the heard’ of T-shirts I’ve accumulated over the years, now I’ll only buy a t-shirt if it’s ‘bleeding edge cool’ (rare nowadays, unless hand made limted run prints), OR it’s comfort scale is off the radar, I have a rapha T with Sky – 1 written on the front which was brought for me, upon getting said t-shirt I ‘forced a smile’ and rolled my eyes, who wants a rapha T, well it turns out that every time I put it on it feels like I’m getting a very soft hug off a mythical t-shirt beast.
I wish I could say otherwise, but it’s limited offerings to feedback about.