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Resident county:
Resident county: SussexJanuary: Surrey
February: Wiltshire‘cross bike play round the woods near Longleat and up and out onto the bleak Salisbury Plain for a bit
a KMC 9spd chain will work
a KMC 9spd chain will work and you can find one that suits your budgetand they have tools-free split-links which are useful for winter bikes as the chain can be taken off and cleaned easily, prolonging life
(edit) just like that one ^
all the ladies i know that
all the ladies i know that cyclocross use a ‘mans’ bike and change the bars/stem/saddle to fit so your best bet is probably to find a bike that’s about right and fiddle about a biti do know some smaller ladies that have plumped for a kids [url=whttp://www.islabikes.co.uk/bike_pages/luath700lrg.html]Islabike[/url] ‘cross bike as well because the dimensions were just right
my regular riding friend has
my regular riding friend has one, a steel Spirit, it’s pruddy, i’ve pointed him in the direction of this thread
at the end, winding
at the end, winding anti-clockwise on the right and clockwise on the left, so that the natural action of the hands on the bars tightens the tape rather than wanting to unravel itthe [url=http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/handlebar-tape-installation-drop-bar]Park Tool[/url] site is always a good place to look
Resident county:
Resident county: SussexJanuary: Surrey
a quick nip up the road to play on the cross bike round the Surrey Hills.
was just getting into it when there was that horrible noise from the back end of a branch ripping the rear-mech into the spokes.
somehow a spoke was between the two jockey-wheel in between the two plates of the mech, and the bottom jockey-wheel bolt had stripped the rear cage thread.
a quick rummage around in the mud for the bits, and a bodge using a water-bottle bolt to hold the bottom jockey-wheel in just to get back to the car
not much mileage at all but soft-pedalling home while the gears are all over the place hoping the bodge will hold up the last hill means it’s a ride yeah?
i say go with whatever your
i say go with whatever your conscience/pedantry is most happy withi’m treating Sussex as the one county for my home shire because i live right on the East/West border so bagging the other half would be too easy
don’t get too carried away with it or i may just class the Isle of Wight as a foreign destination Wild Card 😉
ah yes, apologies, the Ergo
ah yes, apologies, the Ergo thing confused me because they’re not even what is recognised as an ergo bend, they’re compact 😕if you have a look for a side view of the Deda bar you’ll see that the tops are slightly squashed flat, but it’s not as pronounced as the 3Ts.
FSA do a Wing Compact bar with flattened tops, i’ve used them and like them lots
no, not all Ergo bars have a
no, not all Ergo bars have a flat top, but those Dedas were reviewed [url=http://road.cc/content/review/36440-deda-rhm-02-bar]on road.cc a while ago[/url] and they do have a flattened top sectionas an aside ‘Ergo’ usually refers to a certain bend to the handlebar rather than whether they have a egg-shaped top section, that’s just a 3T naming thing
centuries are soooooooo last
centuries are soooooooo last season, it’s all about the [url=http://road.cc/content/forum/72631-2013-roadcc-tourist-trophy]Tourist Trophy[/url] this year
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GavinT actually did 13 in 11,
GavinT actually did 13 in 11, which wins on mileage and effort, but also loses on a technicality 😐
December done, wet, windy but
December done, wet, windy but thankfully warm for the time of year, which helped.the ride was definitley helped along by remembering the previous 1100 miles and all the people i’d ridden with, the smiles, and some of the pain.
may have got a bit emotional at one point, thank you everyone.
another month completely
another month completely banjaxed by a snuffly cold leading to yet another last-day panic.luckily it was a beautifully sunny day if a little nippy and GavinT and i teamed up to tick our November boxes.
about a third of the way in we both went down hard on black ice leading to a variety of aches and bruises but we embraced the spirit of Hoogerland and carried on, if a little gingerly round all the corners
just one more to go, what could possibly go wrong……….
give your LBS a call, they
give your LBS a call, they probably have a dusty box of them, if that fails try calling [url=http://www.framebuilding.com/index.html]Ceeway[/url], they’re a framebuilding suppliers so probably also have a dusty box of them
as above, i’ve never had a
as above, i’ve never had a ‘winter’ bike, i just look after the bike i have, you can buy a lot of kit for your normal bike for the price of a winter bike