Road Cycling Essentials

grudas · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:08

One More Solo said:
How is your gear indexing, does everything work smoothly?

yeah no problems with shifting or anything like that

its just the constant clicking and skipping once/twice in ~20miles :confused:

[Damien] · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:28

grudas said:
yeah no problems with shifting or anything like that its just the constant clicking and skipping once/twice in ~20miles

It's a long shot but that sounds familiar. Does your chain have a split link? I had the same problem after changing my chain but reusing the old split link. It's worth checking. Does it click once per wheel rev or once per x pedal revs? Mine was once every chain revolution and I sussed it once I worked out how many pedal revs that was.

grudas · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:42

[Damien];23653214 said:
It's a long shot but that sounds familiar. Does your chain have a split link? I had the same problem after changing my chain but reusing the old split link. It's worth checking. Does it click once per wheel rev or once per x pedal revs? Mine was once every chain revolution and I sussed it once I worked out how many pedal revs that was.

i would say it was the chain too, but when i lift the back wheel of the ground and spin it up it will still make the noise :/ it so random im not even sure whats causing it - i would disassemble the hub and take a look but i have no time till the weekend and need a bike to commute on.

ill record a video/soundclip later today maybe that will make more sense

K13LCC · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:51

I don't post on here nearly enough...

Just started commuting again, and I wish I hadn't had 3 months off it (due to lack of winter gear and funds to buy said winter gear)! My legs are wondering what on earth is going on!!

Like a summers morning today in comparison to yesterday. About 10oC warmer.

My Strava page in case anyone fancies a laugh

grudas · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:56

K13LCC said:
I don't post on here nearly enough...

Just started commuting again, and I wish I hadn't had 3 months off it (due to lack of winter gear and funds to buy said winter gear)! My legs are wondering what on earth is going on!!

Like a summers morning today in comparison to yesterday. About 10oC warmer.

My Strava page in case anyone fancies a laugh

pfth.. winter gear

K13LCC · 29 Jan 2013 at 12:58

grudas said:
pfth.. winter gear

Haha - by which I (mostly) mean lights! I cycle down unlit country roads and the lights I had were awful.

VeNT · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:47

what 10 speed chain do you guys think out of these?

http://www.probikekit.com/uk/components/bike-chains/mkmc-x10-bicycle-chain-10-speed.html

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sram-pc1051-10-speed-chain-with-powerlock/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-ultegra-6701-10-speed-chain-116-links/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/kmc-x10-73-10-speed-chain-112-links/

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sram-pc1031-10-speed-chain-with-powerlock/

all 10 speed, I'm guessing the x10-93 KMC is better than the other KMC options, and the same for the pc1051 over the pc1031 sram chains, but what about the ultegra?

or is it all just "meh, their all about the same"

Robzere31 · 29 Jan 2013 at 13:52

Shadowness said:
Bit of cheating going on in this Endomondo challenge me thinks:

http://www.endomondo.com/challenges/7954786

(not that I'm bitter as I was leading )

No cheating as mine was on turbo trainer.

I hadn't read anywhere that trainer rides weren't allowed, but if they aren't I'm happy to remove the ride as long as everyone else does to.

Shadowness · 29 Jan 2013 at 14:22

I was only jesting

I didn't even know you could log TT rides like that if I'm honest.

Robzere31 · 29 Jan 2013 at 14:30

Shadowness said:
I was only jesting

I didn't even know you could log TT rides like that if I'm honest.

No problem, the reason I left endomondo last year was because of the cheating & false logs so I know where your coming from.
I've removed the offending log so I'm back down to third for now

Hopefully once the weather improves round here I can get back to my better distances & times.
Last year's best 10 mile time was 26 mins & total mileage of 5,600.

daveski · 29 Jan 2013 at 14:31

Didn't even realise 2013 challenges had been created for Endomondo, joined them just need to actually get out now.

Local cycling club has a reliability ride on Sunday, tempted but its 113km so might be a bit much for me at the moment.

daveski · 29 Jan 2013 at 14:39

Just updated my stats on veloviewer and on one Strava segment I've gone from 46th to 131st

Shadowness · 29 Jan 2013 at 14:40

Robzere31 said:
No problem, the reason I left endomondo last year was because of the cheating & false logs so I know where your coming from.
I've removed the offending log so I'm back down to third for now

Hopefully once the weather improves round here I can get back to my better distances & times.
Last year's best 10 mile time was 26 mins & total mileage of 5,600.

I've only got that time on my commute home, haven't even been out for a leisure ride yet this year.....or even touched my other bike which is still hibernating.

Strava can be annoying where people leave their GPS on while in the car, so they top every segment! But I only recently realised you can flag a ride, and it gets removed (immediately I think)

[Damien] · 29 Jan 2013 at 15:09

I need to sort my head out. I'm spending time looking at bike stuff I want pretty much every day. The latest things are new wheels, a new saddle and a turbo trainer. WTF do I need a turbo trainer for? Too many shiny things...

I've put my rational head on now. If I can drop 10-15lbs I'll invest in new wheels. Until then I'll stick with what I've got.

touch · 29 Jan 2013 at 15:20

[Damien];23654317 said:
If I can drop 10-15lbs I'll invest in new wheels. Until then I'll stick with what I've got.

Just think how much easier it would be to lose weight if you had a turbo trainer that you could use every day and a nice saddle that was more comfortable and let you spend more time on your bike

Kimi · 29 Jan 2013 at 15:34

Thats right and when youre on the turbo, you can look at the shiny carbon wheel at the front

grudas · 29 Jan 2013 at 15:35

touch said:
Just think how much easier it would be to lose weight if you had a turbo trainer that you could use every day and a nice saddle that was more comfortable and let you spend more time on your bike

he looks man enough to ride his bike in rain snow and end of the world so boom. :eek:

but yeah im exactly the same damien.. i can't afford it either!

[Damien] · 29 Jan 2013 at 15:36

touch said:
Just think how much easier it would be to lose weight if you had a turbo trainer that you could use every day and a nice saddle that was more comfortable and let you spend more time on your bike

Haha, now you mention it...

I'd like to use a turbo trainer just to work out my FTP and other stuff without having interference from wind, terrain etc but it'd only be out of curiosity. A comfier saddle would be nice and lighter wheels are always good but getting light wheels that support a 200lb rider and don't cost an arm and a leg would be like finding a unicorn.

Edit: And yeah grudas, that's about right. If I have time to use a trainer I have time to ride outside. We'll both just have to dream of shiny things we can't afford.

Shadowness · 29 Jan 2013 at 15:42

Looking out the window watching the trees being bent 90 degrees isn't making me feel great about this ride home

One More Solo · 29 Jan 2013 at 16:01

[Damien];23654317 said:
I need to sort my head out. I'm spending time looking at bike stuff I want pretty much every day. The latest things are new wheels, a new saddle and a turbo trainer. WTF do I need a turbo trainer for? Too many shiny things...

I've put my rational head on now. If I can drop 10-15lbs I'll invest in new wheels. Until then I'll stick with what I've got.

The most important thing is, since your missus posts on here, go ahead and buy things but don't post how much they cost.