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Finding the limit transfers
Finding the limit transfers tough in this competition. Stick or twist decision tonight.
A regular scam, but you knew
A regular scam, but you knew that already.
On a par with lottery winners that need help and Nigerian Princes.
Doesn’t sound like a good
Doesn’t sound like a good experience.
A couple of generic thoughts.
- Although lots of replies talk about how easy it is to do yourself (and I don’t doubt they are right) if you don’t have the time, inclination and don’t get the satidfaction some do by taking on BB replacements and the like you may not want to.
- Find a mechanic or LBS you can really talk to. I don’t particularly like bike fetling (I know others do). I prefer spending my limited free time riding the bike not working on it. After a bit of searching and trial and error I now have a place I can go to where they know my name, know I am repeat custom and and I can discuss how much work is really needed and exactly when I need I need it done by.
I know that I could save a few pounds taking on more myself, but I value the opinion of someone who has much more experience than me and the fact that I don’t need to spend Saturday afternoon replacing bearings.
Different models work for different people. Find one that fits with your own inclinations.
Roster change emails: I just received my eighth identical email from Rcc saying the same 3 riders were removed from the Classics roster. I appreciate the update, but eight times?I suspect each time the roster list in the game is updated you get an automatic EM. I don’t mind as it shows that someone is trying to get the start lists as correct as possible and are trying to be diligent.
You will just have to change your team! I’ll be more pissed off if I get one now as I have made my changes for tomorrow already.
I think he might be referring to the fantasy football style thing that’s run on this site. I could be wrong though.If so, it is open now.
Yes
Yes
Sounds like the time to look
Sounds like the time to look for a bargain then
A ‘basic’ membership with
A ‘basic’ membership with British cycling will still provide legal support.
So has anyone picked Satan? Sorry typo. Sagan (I hate autocorrect)Yes, but will he sprint or will it be all for Bennett. Expensive mistake if he doesn’t go for it, or a missed opportunity if he does.
OK, a mistake. Did have the podium though, but plenty others did too.
So has anyone picked Satan? Sorry typo. Sagan (I hate autocorrect)Yes, but will he sprint or will it be all for Bennett. Expensive mistake if he doesn’t go for it, or a missed opportunity if he does.
Me too. Thanks
Me too. Thanks
I have the Northwave
I have the Northwave Fahrenheit 2 GTX , but ordinary version not the Arctic version.
I have ridden in them for around 6 Scottish winters and they are still in good condition, wore them this morning for the commute.
I have found them warm enough for anything I would cycle in, including rides around freezing. Even with decent gloves I usually find my fingers are the problem before my toes. They are way better and simpler than overshoes.
I bought a pair with sufficient room for a decent thick pair of socks, too tight and you restrict the blood flow and end up colder, so consider sizing.
They are excellent for road spray etc, but they have the same problems all boots and shoes have – water runs down your legs into the boots and you wil get wet feet if it is a wet day.
These versions are available at the moment in a couple of places at £100 if you can find your size. I would say good value at that.
Thanks everyone for the
Thanks everyone for the comments. I tried the undelete tools referred to here and elsewhere from a Google search, but it is as if the file never existed. Garmin did get back to me and told me there was nothing that could be done. So the ride is lost. Not the end of the world, but a bit annoying. I have got over it though and will have to do that route again.
Monday and Tuesday commutes downloaded just fine.
TER said he was not scoring the golden km points in this game, just the regular intermediate sprints..I think you have this the wrong way round.
I agree with much that has
I agree with much that has been written, but I would rather we didn’t push the game towards closure. I don’t actually think there is much needed to fix the running of the game and I have really enjoyed it and would miss it. It is still the best value £10 I have spent this year.
We should recognise a couple of things. There were more than 2,700 teams entered in the TdF standard competion. I recognise that most of those don’t play all the competions, but that is still a lot of interest for a game that has not been heavily promoted this year. It won’t be a major revenue stream in itself for Road cc, but it does draw me (and I suspect others) to the site more when there is a competion running though.
To keep most people happy we need only a couple of things.
- Scheduled games are run and open on time. Which race is probably less important than delivering the ones advertised.
- More cover to update scores. Burden falls on very few people and if they are volunteers they may get too much flak when it goes wrong.
I am not too bothered about prizes. I recognise the revenues won’t run to much. I pay my £10 for the entertainment of competing not to win stuff. Don’t get me wrong, I like the chance of winning free stuff as much as the next player, but that doesn’t drive my participation.
So I suppose my hope is that next year we have a little more energy in supporting an excellent game rather than we encourage the owners to give up on it as it provides more bad press than positive traffic to the site.
