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You should try a Hope District 3. Aircraft give me a wide berth.
(PS; a wide birth is something completely different.....)
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You should try a Hope District 3. Aircraft give me a wide berth.
(PS; a wide birth is something completely different.....)
I think I'm going to do this ride:
http://www.stcrispinsdaynightride.com/
100 mile night ride through London. The route is meant for vintage and fixie bikes so is almost pancake flat.
http://www.stcrispinsdaynightride.com/
100 mile night ride through London. The route is meant for vintage and fixie bikes so is almost pancake flat.
Box Contains
- Edge 800 Europe with worldwide basemap
- Premium heart rate monitor
- Speed/cadence sensor
- Bike mount
- AC charger
- USB cable
- Quick start manual
Was going to wait and see what the bryton rider 60 came out at as it looks like they could finally have a really good cycling computer to challenege garmin
anyway only posting ihere so anyone in need of a cycle computer with navigation knows you can get a pretty good deal on amazon right now
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[DOD]Asprilla;24797968 said:
Yes, I've gone for another Ti. I really like riding my Yukon, especially since I had the bike fit last month. I have been looking at getting something a bit more race orientated for a while. I knew I wanted electronic shifting, and I was leaning towards getting a Pinarello FP Team with an Athena EPS groupset, having seen one in the window of GB Cycles. I then discovered that the wheels it comes with (Campag Khamsin) weigh close to 2kg, which is completely unacceptable on a bike that costs £3700. I had a look at the usual suspects for alternatives, such as Canyon and Ribble, but none of them really grabbed my attention. I stumbled across the Aquilo review on the road.cc site and decided it was the one for me.
The bike I ordered was on the Van Nicholas Outlet, so I am not 100% certain of the spec. I've also not had the order confirmed yet, so it's possible that somebody else beat me to it, but they've taken payment from my credit card so I assume it's all good. The description that they gave it said;
Given that they've used the photo of the Aquilo SE, I'm assuming it'll have the spec they list for it. I'll replace the stem and cassette, but otherwise it's what I would have ordered anyway. I'll also have to decide what pedals to put on it, but that can wait until it arrives. As you might imagine, I am very much looking forward to getting it (assuming, of course, that I've secured it).
The price of the 800 has really come down now that the new ones are out.
You can get the unit (not HR bundle) for £230 from another uk site that i cant link to here (specialists in mobile phones, gps and other handheld technologies)
You can get the unit (not HR bundle) for £230 from another uk site that i cant link to here (specialists in mobile phones, gps and other handheld technologies)
Just the base unit with no sensors for cadence/speed though
anyway why can't you link them here ? I thought ocuk relaxed the rules ages ago so you can link to websites aslong as there core business is not the same as OCUK's which is why people are allowed to link to pc games etc in the pc section
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Excellent stuff.
What's the difference between the SE and the standard? I can't see anything obvious on the site.
Just been though the customisation options on the site and it appears you an customise the stem length, frame size and either have pedals or not.
Massively customisable then.
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Are they really OcUK competitors? Pretty sure they are OK to mention?
PEDALS!
/spelling nazi
Oh and the Rapha Rain Jacket came back into stock in Red (weird eh?) - ordered!
My LBS has Garmin Vector demo peddles I'll be hopefully borrowing soon
PEDALS!
/spelling nazi
Oh and the Rapha Rain Jacket came back into stock in Red (weird eh?) - ordered!
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Welcome back.
The Rider 60 looks potentially good but I expect will be priced nearer the 810 than the 800. Should be interesting as features wise it looks competitive and the screen potentially looks better than the Garmin. I think they'll have a hard time convincing people to buy it at that price until Strava supports it or Bryton start letting you access their computers as external drives to drag and drop your files though.
I believe it's out mid-September so will have to wait for reviews.
Yes, i did make that clear in my post.
Not everyone wants a HR monitor though. Generally, the sort of cyclists who want maps (for touring, etc) are not as interested in heart rate or cadence.
It's not explained very well, but the SE is simply a specific set of components that they've put together and bundled it as a different model - kind of like a special edition. Basically it's an Aquilo with Ultegra Di2 and Fast Forward F6R-C wheels. Ordinarily you can customise the length of the stem, width of the bars etc but you lose this option if you buy a complete bike via the outlet. The one I ordered had a discount of €1095, so I ended up paying £2900 including shipping. FatBirds have the same bike listed at £3700, so even though I have to spend £45 on a cassette and £30 on a stem, the saving is still substantial. Given that the wheels and the groupset cost about a grand each if you buy them from Wiggle, it seems like pretty great value for money. I still haven't had a confirmation email from them yet, however... :|[DOD]Asprilla;24799102 said:
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If you've gone for the 54 then it's still on the outlet site as well.
yea and those types of people at least in my opinion would be better off just buying an android smart phone for £100 or less and using one of the free navigation software that let's you load custom routes from an sd card.
I was tempted to do that but decided the garmin is worth the money for my needs
hopefully it will arrive tomorrow
then I just need to find an SD card to put some openmaps onto since I read the "base maps" only have main roads etcI think my ex has a bunch of old mobile phones so I can just steal a card from one of those I guess
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Yeah, that's why I keep moaning that I've not received an order confirmation from them, as somebody else may have beaten me to the punch on Saturday. If it turns out that I haven't secured it then I'll probably order another one, but with less ostentatious wheels.[DOD]Asprilla;24799222 said:
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yea and those types of people at least in my opinion would be better off just buying an android smart phone for £100 or less and using one of the free navigation software that let's you load custom routes from an sd card.
I was tempted to do that but decided the garmin is worth the money for my needs
hopefully it will arrive tomorrow
I think my ex has a bunch of old mobile phones so I can just steal a card from one of those I guess
I use maps and HR / Cadence, but that because I'm not a member of a club. I make routes on bikerouteroaster and then load them to the device as a course to follow.
You can use the OSM (Open Street Maps) on the garmin 800 rather than forking our for the Garmin ones. The OSM maps are continuously updated and are completely free.
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Could you list the steps to doing this? Does this allow for turn-by-turn directions?
Looking online there seems to be so many ways people go about doing this on an 800!
I was going to test it tomorrow by plotting my commute on BRT then putting it on the Garmin. I don't want a breadcrumb trail though, I want proper turn by turn directions.
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