Road Cycling Essentials

grudas · 27 Jul 2013 at 23:16

it is the mudguard lol.

Vonhelmet · 27 Jul 2013 at 23:21

Those blue wheels are revolting.

olv · 27 Jul 2013 at 23:23

Jonny69 said:
My drunken eye thought there was a bottle cage under the down-tube, but it's the toe clip on the other pedal

Haha snap.

touch · 27 Jul 2013 at 23:24

[DOD]Asprilla;24676263 said:
Ohhhh, I found a picture.

Ohhhh, i wsh you hadn't

Please get your mate to buy that frame and treat it right.

[DOD]Asprilla · 27 Jul 2013 at 23:34

touch said:
Ohhhh, i wsh you hadn't

Please get your mate to buy that frame and treat it right.

Too late. It went for £520 and that includes a 2010 Force groupset. Once you'd sold the ugly bits someone got a bargain.

DIABLO · 27 Jul 2013 at 23:40

Hi guys i've ordered a set of chinese carbon wheels and they come with a 11 speed Shimano compatible freehub body, will my 10 speed cassette just slot right or do i need some kinda spacer?

Jonny ///M · 28 Jul 2013 at 03:31

DIABLO said:
Hi guys i've ordered a set of chinese carbon wheels and they come with a 11 speed Shimano compatible freehub body, will my 10 speed cassette just slot right or do i need some kinda spacer?

You will need the 11 speed spacer from the wheels, kinda like the mavic ones, and also your 10 speed spacer than comes with the cassette if it's a shimano 105 and above.

Tiagra cassettes don't use a 10 speed spacer, nor do Sram 10 speed.

Jonny ///M · 28 Jul 2013 at 03:33

[DOD]Asprilla;24676263 said:
Ohhhh, I found a picture.

Dat guy must have arms like a T rex for the front end to be so high :cool:

When not pretending to be a bike fit guru I enjoy football and walking the dog.

uniQ · 28 Jul 2013 at 08:38

Should probably go for a quick spin whilst there's still some blue sky, I guess.

Berger · 28 Jul 2013 at 09:39

platypus said:
I'm a medium in Rapha gear, and a Large or sometimes XL in Castelli.

Managed to confuse me, I have the merino under layer in L which IMO is too baggy.

Then I have the pro base layer in L which fits perfectly.

I was going to order a lightweight jersey in L my chest size is 100cm, and bibs I wasn't sure on M or L.

I'm about a 33" waist and a 34 leg.

My L castelli top fits great, the L castelli bibs are maybe a tiny bit on the small side....

Vonhelmet · 28 Jul 2013 at 10:22

uniQ said:
Should probably go for a quick spin whilst there's still some blue sky, I guess.

It poured down here overnight. Our gang were due to go out this morning, so the roads will have been nice and wet for them... Need to check what the weather is doing this week so I can figure out what I'm doing!

ShiWarrior · 28 Jul 2013 at 10:27

so what's wrong with that picture then?

all I can see is the front mudguard is fitted wrongly or something about it
or they've fitted flat bars to it when it had drops ? so that be wrong! lol

uniQ · 28 Jul 2013 at 10:53

uniQ said:
Should probably go for a quick spin whilst there's still some blue sky, I guess.

Reading that back definitely lacking in motivation this morning

Quick cup of strong black MTFU sorted me out though. Did a relatively flat 23mi and tried to make it count as weather is looking dire for the week ahead

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/349387703

DIABLO · 28 Jul 2013 at 10:57

Jonny ///M said:
You will need the 11 speed spacer from the wheels, kinda like the mavic ones, and also your 10 speed spacer than comes with the cassette if it's a shimano 105 and above.

Tiagra cassettes don't use a 10 speed spacer, nor do Sram 10 speed.

Hmm it does not say in the ebay description that it comes with any sort of spacer and i don't know what cassette is on my current wheels as it does not say on the specs and i can't have a look right now as they are in a shop but the derrailleur is Ultegra if that makes a difference.

So let me get this straight, there should be a 11 speed spacer with the wheels and there might be one on my cassette. If there isn't one with my cassette does that mean i don't need a 10 speed one for that cassette?

One More Solo · 28 Jul 2013 at 11:00

Did I mention I got the razor out in France? I'm not going to justify it with spurious sporting reasons, it was a pure vanity thing.

Quite like it now I'm used to it and the wife approves so all good!

arknor · 28 Jul 2013 at 11:01

deleting every post I ever did in this thread

uniQ · 28 Jul 2013 at 11:13

DIABLO said:
Hmm it does not say in the ebay description that it comes with any sort of spacer and i don't know what cassette is on my current wheels as it does not say on the specs and i can't have a look right now as they are in a shop but the derrailleur is Ultegra if that makes a difference.

So let me get this straight, there should be a 11 speed spacer with the wheels and there might be one on my cassette. If there isn't one with my cassette does that mean i don't need a 10 speed one for that cassette?

Surely that's the sort of thing you find out before you click the 'buy' button? :rolleyes:

arknor · 28 Jul 2013 at 11:19

deleting every post I ever did in this thread

One More Solo · 28 Jul 2013 at 11:22

Berger said:
Managed to confuse me, I have the merino under layer in L which IMO is too baggy.

Then I have the pro base layer in L which fits perfectly.

I was going to order a lightweight jersey in L my chest size is 100cm, and bibs I wasn't sure on M or L.

I'm about a 33" waist and a 34 leg.

My L castelli top fits great, the L castelli bibs are maybe a tiny bit on the small side....

That's because you should size your bibs on height as much as anything. I take a medium or large in bibs but a small in jerseys. Small bibs would look like hotpants!

DIABLO · 28 Jul 2013 at 11:25

uniQ said:
Surely that's the sort of thing you find out before you click the 'buy' button?

Sorry mr perfect but sometimes simple things like that slip normal people minds :rolleyes: