Road Cycling Essentials
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This morning I took my girls for a walk in one of the woods near where I cycle. I drove over the cat 3 that I climbed yesterday. I've not done that before. It's quite amazing how steep it looks when you see it in a different light, like from behind a steering wheel. I wasn't keen on throwing the car around going over the bumps in the same way I would my bike! I guess I'm getting to the point where I'm actually more confident on my bike than in a car. Weird.
VeloViewer Score: 97.33
From 100 of 1,410 segments.
Maximum possible score: 99.68
Whatever that all means?
yeah i saw that.. no idea what it is?!
VeloViewer Score: 97.33
From 100 of 1,410 segments.
Maximum possible score: 99.68
Whatever that all means?
It's a rank based on 10 or so of your highest ranked segments (rank is something to do with your segment position position compared to total number of contenders) which gives a total.
So if you have 3rd place on 10 segments with 1000 people on them, you'll have a higher score than someone who's got 10 KOMs on 5 person segments.
Or something like that.
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*cries in the corner with his T5A*
Hard to compare the viking peleton and the Triban 3 as the viking doesn't appear to say which components are used other than they are shimano, but I'd assume lower end than the triban if they aren't mentioned. Tribans also come with lifetime warranty on frame and forks, 2 years on everything else which is nice to have.
A triban may have been better value, but as long as he is happy with it and it gets him cycling.
VeloViewer Score: 97.33
From 100 of 1,410 segments.
Maximum possible score: 99.68
Whatever that all means?
It means you're pretty damn good at cycling.
My score is about 87.
I suppose it would probably be quite a good metric for putting together groups of comparable cyclists.
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my overall score is 96.38.
My score for this year is 79.85!
My score for this year is 79.85!
Right after I buy 4 x GP4000s tyres I find out theres a new Continental GP4000s II.
Regular 4000s obviously suck now they're completely obsolete and useless *rage throws in bin*
Cant seem to find anything online about them, any links/info?
Mine was in the 98's.....need to rectify that situation!
The Viking Peloton has 14 speeds. The only 7 speed Shimano groupset currently in production is the Tourney, which is their absolute bottom end groupset. There's some brief comments on it at Bikeradar. It's the new 2300, if you will.
The Viking Peloton has a slightly odd range of gears, though - 42/52 at the front and 14-28 at the back. That's quite high gearing for serious climbing. Most of us will be on 34x28 or 34x25 and 42x28 is higher than both of those by a fair way. At the top end 52x14 is lower gearing than the 50x12 or 50x11 that most of us will be using, but I think most of us would be less likely to need the range at this end of the gears than at the other.
I know it's a bit of a silly way of looking at things, but whenever people get to bitching about cheap, low end bikes, I think about the fact the Eddy Merckx won more races than any of us will ever manage on bikes with worse drivetrains than anything we will be using nowadays. His bikes would have been lighter, sure, but our gears are vastly better.
112 miles planned for this weekend \o/. Looking forward to it, some gorgeous villages to cycle through.
Speaking of which, I'm up north for some cycling September 14th/15th. Fancy a cycle around Pendle or me coming along wherever it is you are?Evening rides are getting harder now it's getting darker
We've not seen you for a few Saturdays - you'll have to come out next time you can. Or find a club or something...
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From 4 of 5 segments.
Maximum possible score: 99.89
I think I'm at the other end of the scale here lol
From 4 of 5 segments.
Maximum possible score: 99.89
I think I'm at the other end of the scale here lol
It depends how old it is, and what the bottom bracket fittings are like. A guy I ride with has an old steel bike with Campagnolo kit on it. I think he started out with 52/42 and the best he could do was to get a 39t chainring for it, to get it to 52/39, because there wasn't a decent way to get a compact crankset on it. If that's the case, your best bet may be to get the biggest sprocket you can on the cassette, assuming the Italians made anything bigger than a 26 in those days...
Asprilla may be able to point you in the right direction of someone on Bikeradar or a dedicated retro bike site with a man with a beard who will tell you everything you need to know and more besides.
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Applauds.
Not entirely sure his bikes would have been that much lighter.......
http://felixwong.com/2010/11/tour-de-france-bicycles-historical-bike-weights/
When you say 'old' how old are we talking?
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A 39 chainring might be an easy and cheap way to get a bit lower gearing....good idea.
There is i think a 13-28 available cassette wise but spacing between gears will get bigger probably.
Was thinking of 34/50 and a 12-25 but cant seem to find Campag 9 speed (or Miche or BBB) in 12-25 in 9 speed.
Has anyone done 150mi in one ride before? I think I've got everything covered but I just wonder if there is something glaring I haven't considered. It should be fine, it's just a century + a half century
Route is sorted
Clothing is sorted
Food is sorted
Lights fitted in case it gets dark
Drink I can only carry 1L but I expect for a 10-12h ride I'll need to refill somehow
I need to bring a backpack which isn't ideal but it shouldn't be too heavy.
Will have 2 spare tubes, puncture kit, pump, mini tool, mobile phone and driving licence in case they need to ID my corpse.
Route is sorted
Clothing is sorted
Food is sorted
Lights fitted in case it gets dark
Drink I can only carry 1L but I expect for a 10-12h ride I'll need to refill somehow
I need to bring a backpack which isn't ideal but it shouldn't be too heavy.
Will have 2 spare tubes, puncture kit, pump, mini tool, mobile phone and driving licence in case they need to ID my corpse.
Going to consider getting a higher geared rear wheel for the hills. Any suggestions for a good climbing wheel for 10 speed Ultegra/Dura ace mix groupset? Should really weigh my current one but obv as light as possible whilst not Zipp price.
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