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Anyone doing the Bolton Bash tomorrow? I forgot I'd entered until I got the reminder email the other day.

The Rake, Anglezarke (the long way) and Belmont (the steep way) in one ride. Should blow the cobwebs off...
 
Did 70 miles today to watch the Tour of Britain go through Cranleigh. That beat my previous distance PB by 25 miles. I'm in pieces now, but it was worth it to see the race (even though it only lasted ~5s!)
 
[Damien];24982075 said:
Anyone doing the Bolton Bash tomorrow? I forgot I'd entered until I got the reminder email the other day.

The Rake, Anglezarke (the long way) and Belmont (the steep way) in one ride. Should blow the cobwebs off...
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Oh yeah, I remember you asked me about that one. Looks a good route. I assume you're doing the 60 miler. We did Belmont from the Sheep House side this morning. We had Nathan with us who absolutely stormed it.

Have fun tomorrow!
 
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Folks - What's a Tacx Flow worth these days? Purchased brand new, used maybe 5 or 6 times so in 'as new' condition, boxed complete with all bits and bobs and manuals plus a Skyliner and Tacx sweatguard?

I've had this for a couple of years and its sat gathering dust as I really wanted to get on with using a turbo but just can't stand it - I'd rather go out and ride instead - even in bad weather so thinking of punting this.
 
Adjusting rear dérailleur after putting cassette back together and couldn't get it to working in both directions at all, after a while of wondering what the **** I have done wrong I look down and see an extra cog sitting on the floor :rolleyes:
 
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Adjusting rear dérailleur after putting cassette back together and couldn't get it to working in both directions at all, after a while of wondering what the **** I have done wrong I look down and see an extra cog sitting on the floor :rolleyes:
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HAHA, can't help but laugh as we have all done something like this in the past!

I went to do my bottom bracket today and realised once I took the crank etc off I don't actually have a bottom bracket removal tool in my tool kit...
 
Anyone else read the article in the Daily Telegraph today (main section)? Was something of a hatchet job on "problems" caused by the amount of road cyclists riding the Olympic road route (eg Box Hill etc). Most of it was the sort of drivel you'd expect over in GD... ;)

Mind you, the caption for the photo at the top of article was something like "amateur cyclists fill the whole road near Box Hill" and I'd have £50 on Cav being on the front road in Sky / British Cyling kit (the Olympic warm up race perhaps?).
 
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Anyone else read the article in the Daily Telegraph today (main section)? Was something of a hatchet job on "problems" caused by the amount of road cyclists riding the Olympic road route (eg Box Hill etc). Most of it was the sort of drivel you'd expect over in GD... ;)

Mind you, the caption for the photo at the top of article was something like "amateur cyclists fill the whole road near Box Hill" and I'd have £50 on Cav being on the front road in Sky / British Cyling kit (the Olympic warm up race perhaps?).
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Link to article?
 
#Chri5# said:
Anyone else read the article in the Daily Telegraph today (main section)? Was something of a hatchet job on "problems" caused by the amount of road cyclists riding the Olympic road route (eg Box Hill etc). Most of it was the sort of drivel you'd expect over in GD... ;)

Mind you, the caption for the photo at the top of article was something like "amateur cyclists fill the whole road near Box Hill" and I'd have £50 on Cav being on the front road in Sky / British Cyling kit (the Olympic warm up race perhaps?).
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Read it and commented on it. The anti cycling lot were so full of lies and misinformation it was obscene.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/u...ms-about-road-closures-for-races-8822714.html

One person claimed there had been three major road closures down to races in the last six weeks, which blatantly wasn't true. They also claimed that rolling roadblocks took several hours to set up and take down.
 
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It's the cheap polyester one rather than the actual racing kit, so equivalent of the replica football kit.

I think Rapha are selling them off as the new kit is coming out soon. I took my daughter to a party for one of her nursery friends last weekend and one of the other dads is a cycling photographer; he's doing the Rapha Sky shoot this weekend.

He's also doing a photo journal of europes greatest climbs and he'd been on the Aubisque the weekend before. Lucky bugger.
 
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Yeah easily a more beneficial investment in my eyes. Yeah that's the other major benefit is pacing. I've always been really optimistic so used to go out on rides way too hard at the beginning as I ride solo the majority of time. Then after an hour or so I'd be struggling. Now I can just ride to set power the whole ride.
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How do you do that exactly?

Going out for an hour and ride at FTP to 105% of FTP?
Going out for a couple of hours ride at 90/95% of FTP?
 
Sky's newest signing for the 2014 season Nathan Earle wins the tour of Canberra overall after spending most of the race in a three man break.

Have the urge to splurge on something cycling related after feeling like I'm riding well, just don't know what yet!
 
Just been out for my Sunday ride. 34km. My front wheel is being a bit funny though. I have taken it off and put it on again but its now creaking and I cant figure out what is causing it.
 
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