Road Cycling Essentials

touch · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:00

thepeteh said:
New wheels

Very nice. I like them unbranded plain black. The 88 front is quite a handful in a crosswind though :eek:

arknor said:
Am I the only one who thinks carbon wheels look ugly?

Yes

arknor said:
I'm guessing there carbon since they have the huge edge thing going on to reinforce them?

Yep, they are carbon. The deep rims are to improve aerodynamics.

Shamrock · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:05

Ultra deep rims on a skinny framed bike don't do it for me. 50mm or less on a conventional road. Deeper rims for the aero and TT frames!

Z e e b R a a · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:08

Also agree 50mm section are best.

arknor · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:21

deleting every post I ever made in this thread

Shamrock · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:21

Between grudas and arknor we have lycra-wearing spacemen riding ugly aerodynamic tractors.

arknor · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:22

deleting every post I ever made in this thread

Shamrock · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:25

That's what I'm saying. You guys need to embrace the inner roadie.

grudas · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:27

I'll pwn your outer roadie if you judge my jeans again

arknor · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:28

deleting every post I ever made in this thread

Shamrock · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:29

The road jersey has your phone issue covered! It's basically a t-shirt with handy pockets on the rear.

[DOD]Asprilla · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:30

arknor said:
oh so they have normal sized spokes? I just assumed because it's carbon the rim had to be thicker , Do they use carbon spokes to?

There are some wheels with carbon spokes but only a few.

Spokes on normal wheels act under tension though, they pull the rim towards the hub. You need a material with some elasticity to do this; steel works perfectly well.

Carbon spokes act as a solid pillar so it's very different forces at play.

my issue with carbon rims is that they are so stiff. They don't flex much and so you feel every bump (or I did).

Edit: 16 stone is well within the weight limit for a road bike:http://39stonecyclist.com/

daveski · 18 Jul 2013 at 20:48

Been round Donington tonight - http://app.strava.com/activities/68065495

Wasn't as much fun as I thought, perhaps its because I didn't have the legs tonight.

Nice to be out without cars though.

thepeteh · 18 Jul 2013 at 21:18

Shamrock said:
Ultra deep rims on a skinny framed bike don't do it for me. 50mm or less on a conventional road. Deeper rims for the aero and TT frames!

Time will tell, out for a ride on it tomorrow. Main reason behind purchase is I'll be building up a TT bike over the coming months so these wheels will get transferred over, if I don't get on with them it seems the second hand market isn't too bad for nearly new wheels.

R0B75 · 18 Jul 2013 at 21:20

daveski said:
Been round Donington tonight - http://app.strava.com/activities/68065495

Wasn't as much fun as I thought, perhaps its because I didn't have the legs tonight.

Nice to be out without cars though.

Was going to do this tonight but its too hot. Probably do the one on the 5th August if its cooler.

Calpol · 18 Jul 2013 at 21:25

InQ said:
New toy taking shape....

Found myself speccing up a build around the Cr1 Pro frame. Looking to have a second bike for winter as I don't like getting my nice white Wilier too manky. I reckon I can build quite a nice n+1 for about a £1000 (already have wheels I can switch and use. So wish I had bought one of the SL's ! anyone ridden a pro frame care to tell me how it is?

[DOD]Asprilla · 18 Jul 2013 at 21:36

My good bike is a CR1 Pro and I love it.

Light, responsive, comfortable but still 'connected' to the road. It's not a magic carpet frame, but I'd only swap it for an R5 VWD (still regretting not getting one in Dec when they were half price).

daveski · 18 Jul 2013 at 22:03

R0B75 said:
Was going to do this tonight but its too hot. Probably do the one on the 5th August if its cooler.

Give me a shout if you do go.

Wasn't that bad tonight, bit of a breeze which helped.

SoliD · 18 Jul 2013 at 22:05

Berger said:
That's what you get!

Buy a new one

Bought some off a mate, never used, Mavic Aksium Race with tyres and tubes for £150, will last me for a while, no point getting stupid wheels for now!

[DOD]Asprilla · 18 Jul 2013 at 22:52

Went to swap the chainrings, chain and cassette on the Scott tonight.

Turns out the BB is lumpy and I can't get the drive side crank out. Trip to the bike shop next week.

R0B75 · 18 Jul 2013 at 23:19

daveski said:
Give me a shout if you do go.

Wasn't that bad tonight, bit of a breeze which helped.

Too hot for me. That, and I'm off to Cannock Chase in the morning on the MTB. I'll let you know if I go to the next one. Also got the Cannock 100 sportive on Sunday.