Road Cycling Essentials

[[DOD]Asprilla]

Thanks for the suggestion, but as it's only a terraced house in the centre of Cheltenham, the garden is a decent size, but one of those would be a bit OTT I think.

Friends of mine with a terraced house in Brighton have something similar to this in their front garden.

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/categ...oduct/review-asgard-access-bike-shed-09-35060

Means they don't even have to bring dirty bikes though the house.

 

[Jonny69]

i ride 32/32, because that's the right number of spokes for a wheel to have.

If we're getting into that argument then the correct number of spokes is 32 front and 40 rear

 

[Saytan]

If we're getting into that argument then the correct number of spokes is 32 front and 40 rear

Touché

 

[6thElement]

Good luck finding a good selection of 40H rear hubs nowadays though

 

[PermaChanged]

Just to clarify guys, my weekend bike is a 20/20 spoke count and my regular commuter is a 32/32.

The interesting thing is my 32/32 wheels feel more flexy and I've broken spokes on the rear wheel 4 or 5 times now, but the 20/20 wheelset haven't missed a beat or snapped any spokes despite being ridden faster and harder in the corners.

Quality over quantity I'd assume?

On another note FFWD say their carbon wheelsets are good for 100kg riders (F4R, F6R etc) but recomend their "control" wheelsets for heavier riders (F6C, F8C etc rather than F6R)

 

[George Hincapie]

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose *sigh*

http://velonews.competitor.com/2013...e-away-in-opening-days-of-puerto-trial_273093

 

[rogan]

Just to clarify guys, my weekend bike is a 20/20 spoke count and my regular commuter is a 32/32.

The interesting thing is my 32/32 wheels feel more flexy and I've broken spokes on the rear wheel 4 or 5 times now, but the 20/20 wheelset haven't missed a beat or snapped any spokes despite being ridden faster and harder in the corners.

Quality over quantity I'd assume?

On another note FFWD say their carbon wheelsets are good for 100kg riders (F4R, F6R etc) but recomend their "control" wheelsets for heavier riders (F6C, F8C etc rather than F6R)

very much so

 

[topgun06]

Right! We (myself and some mates) have pretty much decided to go to Majorca and to either take our bikes or hire when we get there.

It's not really a cycling related question but have any of you guys stayed around the Alcudia/Puerto Pollensa area and can recommend a hotel?

Getting really excited for this. Just reading some of the info on cycling in Majorca is getting me giddy

 

[ShiWarrior]

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.

Oh no, not another one in the same club as me, that makes 3 of us now

 

[ShiWarrior]

Yep High Wycombe mate, that would have been a good laugh. We actually bumped into a massive ride, a reliability ride or something from Team Quest who are a shop in Harrow? anyway must have been a good 100 people out, me and my mate took it as a challenge, waited for them all to pass then worked our way up to the front group, was good fun then as we had never ridden with a group with more than 3 in it before We are very much interested in joining a cycling club now

never heard of them, we ride in oxfordshire (as we start in Thame, but another "faster" group, starts in High Wycombe) they ride out 3 times a week, i go twice a week due to working 5 days a week

 

[uniQ]

Wind + 12kg Trek = epic workout. Commute is immense wind is 30-50mph in Brizzle and looks like it will be windier tomorrow

 

[Shamrock]

Why are headwinds omnidirectional?

 

[DIABLO]

Are Crud RoadRacer mk2 the best mudguards for road bikes without mounts?

 

[ShiWarrior]

lol

yeah was fun today riding in a group, ended up taking up the front most of the time, and its a big difference riding at the front into a head wind !

 

[ShiWarrior]

Are Crud RoadRacer mk2 the best mudguards for road bikes without mounts?

Yeah i asked that a couple of weeks back

we were talking about mud guards today in my club and the others have SKS Raceblades on their race bikes

 

[Shadowness]

This wind is getting ridiculous! I was down to about 12 mph on a flat coming home it was that bad.

Might sack it off tomorrow if it's the same

 

[Vonhelmet]

I want to go out again tonight and do the last 24 miles I need to get to 200 for January, but it's been windy all day and I'm tired...

 

[ShiWarrior]

I want to go out again tonight and do the last 24 miles I need to get to 200 for January, but it's been windy all day and I'm tired...

i guess tommorow isnt an option?

i havent thought about what miles for this month at all, only the year as a whole

 

[Vonhelmet]

Wife might be out tomorrow evening. Since the snow melted I've had a big push. 28 on mon, 31 last night, need 24 to get to 200. Given that I barely ever even cycle consecutive days to begin with, I'm finding it quite hard work! You were saying yesterday about how your average speed had been "only" 16mph but my goal yesterday was just to keep my average above 15, never mind any faster!

 

[ShiWarrior]

well thats funny, becuase i never came online yesterday

go out now and get those last one in mate, be good for you