Road Cycling Essentials
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Well done!
Soldato
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Cheers mate.
Gonna cycle in tomorrow but now have the confidence to head off a little bit later and take on the traffic a bit more. Its a little easier on the way in as its a little less into the wind than on the way back and fewer traffic stops.
Ribble have the RS80s at £299 mate. Dura Ace will of course be a bit nicer, but it's the same rim, just a different hub. If you maintain the hubs then doubt you'll notice much difference in the end.
Also new Ultimate CF looks like a lot of bike for the money:
http://www.canyon.com/_en/roadbikes/bike.html?b=3243
£2.4k - Carbon frame, 11sp Ultegra and a wheelset that's worth over £1k.
Getting N+2 fever atm
Om nom. If I had £2.5k to spend on a bike I know what it would be!
Although the Black/Yellow Force 22 version also looks sexy, the wheels on that one you linked would have to get the vote
Not giving Ribble any more of my money, but gone for the RS80s from PX. £30 for piece of mind is fine by me.
Guess I need to learn something about wheel maintenance and truing!
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Worth getting (if you don't have already) Koolstop Salmons or Swissstop Greens to minimise the wear on your rims.
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im still on the original pads at the mo, but I will ask what pads to get when I need them
or I could get some ready for when I do..
I done 1500 miles plus so far
Did you guys flick through the Eurobike pics on Road.cc. Bloody dangerous. Could easily be n+5.
http://road.cc/content/news/91358-eurobike-2013-first-look-faves-pinarello-colnago-orbea-specialized-giant-scott
http://road.cc/content/news/91358-eurobike-2013-first-look-faves-pinarello-colnago-orbea-specialized-giant-scott
Soldato
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Niceeee
Red or blue ftw. Although coloured tyres aren't as good as all black. They have to remove the good stuff to put the coloured stuff in.
Yeah wan't see prices and spec of the SLX too though.
im still on the original pads at the mo, but I will ask what pads to get when I need them
or I could get some ready for when I do..
I done 1500 miles plus so far
Nearly 4k on my DA pads and probably 50% wear left
Didn't they do a new SLX last year? So won't be too much different (except 6800/9000/Force 22/Red 22 all round)
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Gah, maintenance is infuriating.
I've given up on the Cervelo indexing this week; I'm going to try and ambush it at the weekend.
Instead I thought I'd work on the single speed. Been having problems with crank bolts coming undone so I changed them for some proper Royce ones but that doesn't appear to have solved the problem. I decided to today after doing some reading at work that the cranks were shot as riding with them loose means the BB axle will damage the taper on the cranks resulting in a consistently loose fit.
So I order some new cranks only for the order to be cancelled do to lack of stock. Instead I decide to swap the cranks out for some old Stronglight ones. I take them off the frame I'm giving to my mate and then find I can't actually remove the cranks from my frame. I even hit them with my mallet, but they wouldn't budge.
Threadlocked the bolts (again) and put them back on. I bet I lose them tomorrow and a crank falls off.
I've given up on the Cervelo indexing this week; I'm going to try and ambush it at the weekend.
Instead I thought I'd work on the single speed. Been having problems with crank bolts coming undone so I changed them for some proper Royce ones but that doesn't appear to have solved the problem. I decided to today after doing some reading at work that the cranks were shot as riding with them loose means the BB axle will damage the taper on the cranks resulting in a consistently loose fit.
So I order some new cranks only for the order to be cancelled do to lack of stock. Instead I decide to swap the cranks out for some old Stronglight ones. I take them off the frame I'm giving to my mate and then find I can't actually remove the cranks from my frame. I even hit them with my mallet, but they wouldn't budge.
Threadlocked the bolts (again) and put them back on. I bet I lose them tomorrow and a crank falls off.
Done some maths, I've cycled over 3500 miles to and from work, that's approx 10 tanks of petrol. That's about £650 at current prices. I paid less than that for my bike (700£ in cyclescheme so approx 550 after all)
I've also lost load of weight, had fun and feel better!
I've also lost load of weight, had fun and feel better!
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