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Your LBS will do individual cables for a couple of squid each. Looking good (although white tape on a winter bike?). Are you going to put an decals on her or keep it bare?
Yep the old white bar tape trick! This stuff actually cleans pretty well and the saddle has 4000 miles of my harris sitting on it so its holding up not to badly.
Not sure about decals. I think I will finish it off and ride it before deciding.
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I should be barred from eBay.
One Cotic Roadrat frame on it's way. Anyone want to buy a CAAD CX9?
One Cotic Roadrat frame on it's way. Anyone want to buy a CAAD CX9?
my saddles got a blood stain lol from when I fell off and stuck my hand out to stop me falling oops
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Dunno yet. I hadn't actually really convinced myself that I'd have to sell it until I placed the bid on the Roadrat 30s before the end of the auction.
I might sell it as bits as I think it will be worth more.
Size 54 2009 Caad CX9 - USA Made Optima Aul Frame
Easton EC90 Fork
TRP CX8.4 Mini Vs
Full Apex Group (inc long cage RD)
FSA SLK Layback seatpost
Fizik Arione
I think it's worth about £600-700 in bits, but only about £500 as a bike.
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Has he said why? Tubs are better in every way other than ease of replacing the tyre. Tubeless could give a slight improvement in rolling resistance at the expense of weight I suppose.
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Rolling resistance as mentioned above somewhere:
http://m.cyclingnews.com/features/pro-bike-tony-martins-specialized-shiv-tt
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Did 90% of my winter bike build today. Considering it was my first ever build it didn't go too badly. Normally half way through DIY project I wish I hadn't started and start looking for a hammer however this wasn't too bad.
Pressed in BB cups with make shift press tool made from some threaded rod, nuts, washers and some hard wood. Hard to get the bearings to line up straight but a bit of gentle persuasion worked.
Routing cables was actually pretty easy despite the internal cable design of the frame. I actually found cutting the cable outers and sizing them a harder job.
Bar tape isn't the most pro job but it will do for this bike.
The one **** up I made was when I was setting the rear mech and indexing. I managed to fray the gear cable and basically that means I need a new cable.
Everything else seems to be ok.
not the best light for a photo but here is a quick pic of the progress.
Need to buy a hacksaw tomorrow and get a new gear cable.
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Niceone! Looks decent.
Pro tip for cables, get some 1.5mm heat shrink from maplin or somewhere and heat shrink the end of the cable. It won't fray when you start pushing it through guides and mechs etc.
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I cant' recommend it but I've just ordered it this morning so hopefully its good.
I did 58 miles in the peaks with some friends yesterday. My longest ride before was 50 miles around flat lincolnshire so it was a bit different.
It felt like such an epic ride. It was my first time being on the wheel of someone which was also fun. I LOVE going down massive hills.
I took a couple of hours off work this morning - last day of the year before it expires - and got out for 32 miles. Veeeeery windy so average speed was sub 15mph which is pretty pitiful. Still, some PRs on the early climbs, so it's not all bad.
Might do a flat one tonight after work to get up to 500km on the strava challenge and get the second badge.
Starving now... Good appetite ready for someone's leaving lunch at an all you can eat place
om nom nom
Might do a flat one tonight after work to get up to 500km on the strava challenge and get the second badge.
Starving now... Good appetite ready for someone's leaving lunch at an all you can eat place
om nom nomLongest ride so far for me (got bike 6 weeks ago)
http://app.strava.com/activities/85698110
Pretty please as I was out with 3 other guys and on both the climbs i found I was feeling good and got into a rhythm and ended up being a good bit ahead of them at the top.
Off on holiday for 2 weeks this weekend so no doubt fitness will be gone by the time I get home!
http://app.strava.com/activities/85698110
Pretty please as I was out with 3 other guys and on both the climbs i found I was feeling good and got into a rhythm and ended up being a good bit ahead of them at the top.
Off on holiday for 2 weeks this weekend so no doubt fitness will be gone by the time I get home!
Good lad! Got a link to the ride?
I was let down by my mates yesterday so went on my own. Furthest I've been on my own. It wasn't as bad as I had imagined. The elevation reading went a bit fuzzy half way around though
http://www.strava.com/activities/85719592Oh yes and it was obscenely windy in places making it tough!! But that was balanced out by it being wind with on the way down the cat.
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Average speed is something I get kinda stuck on. It doesn't matter what sort of distance I do whether it is my normal commute or a weekend ride for fun I am having trouble cracking the 17-18mph average speed bracket. I tend to hover around the high 16's. Gets annoying sometimes as every time I glance down at the Cateye on the bars its registering around the 18mph mark then when I finish the ride and check its stuck at 16 ish. I know the simple answer is pedal faster but it doesn't seem to be as easy as that, maybe I'm getting too hung up about it?
Average speed is something I get kinda stuck on. It doesn't matter what sort of distance I do whether it is my normal commute or a weekend ride for fun I am having trouble cracking the 17-18mph average speed bracket. I tend to hover around the high 16's. Gets annoying sometimes as every time I glance down at the Cateye on the bars its registering around the 18mph mark then when I finish the ride and check its stuck at 16 ish. I know the simple answer is pedal faster but it doesn't seem to be as easy as that, maybe I'm getting too hung up about it?
Yeah, you are.
Firstly - what does average speed actually matter? Secondly put the miles in, stay on the bike and it will improve. You won't get much faster if you don't work at it, eg intervals, strength training and so on, but it'll come.
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Exactly that, just crack on with the training and it will eventually improve. I know I've started to go on about it, but training with power will really show you that average speed can sometimes be completely meaningless. I had a great ride Saturday and managed decent power for some intervals. But if I take a look at my average speed it was high 16s where I don't have a massive problem averaging 20 for some rides.
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Good lad! Got a link to the ride?
I was let down by my mates yesterday so went on my own. Furthest I've been on my own. It wasn't as bad as I had imagined. The elevation reading went a bit fuzzy half way around though
Oh yes and it was obscenely windy in places making it tough!! But that was balanced out by it being wind with on the way down the cat.
50 miles on your own must have been killer, the winds at some parts were insane. Very nice.
I didn't know how I would cope as I've not been up hills like this before so I was hiding behind the other guys most of the time out of wind.
Yeah here's the ride I did http://www.strava.com/activities/85778206
I'd love to train with a power meter but would never be able to square the cost away.
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