Road Cycling Essentials

Vonhelmet · 14 Oct 2014 at 10:22

23mm or 25mm tyres will fit that rim.

Derek W · 14 Oct 2014 at 10:31

Cheers for the quick reply

FrenchTart · 14 Oct 2014 at 10:35

Even if 23s fit okay personally I'd still go for 25s.

Derek W · 14 Oct 2014 at 12:09

FrenchTart said:
Even if 23s fit okay personally I'd still go for 25s.

Ordered the 25s

InQ · 14 Oct 2014 at 12:56

Just got some GP4000S II in 25c, stuck them on my Zonda's and put them on my 'best bike' which i'm going to use more even if its a bit damp.

The ride is lovely at 80PSI front/85PSI rear.

Reynolds Assault SLG's for sale though (carbon 41mm, 25mm wide), to part fund a new bike purchase if anyones interested. Campag and Shimano freehub fitment (60 seconds to swap), Campag (new) pads and Shimano (seen use) brake pads, boxed etc. 600 dry miles only.

daveski · 14 Oct 2014 at 13:13

FrenchTart said:
Creatine has plenty of research backing up the supposed benefits. As above though, you will get as much or more benefit from sorting out your diet and getting proper rest.

Personally I take creatine as it seems to make a bit of a difference. That and the fact I got a big bag of it that will last me for months.

To be honest, based on the results of all the research that is sitting around, creatine seems a good thing to take even if it's not to get improved performance in a sporting activity.

Creatine arrived today. How much are you taking and when?

FrenchTart · 14 Oct 2014 at 13:54

Derek W said:
Ordered the 25s

Good choice

daveski said:
Creatine arrived today. How much are you taking and when?

I never bothered with a loading phase - there's not really much need for one unless you're desperate to have some kind of "effect" as soon as possible. Loading sometimes gives people stomach upset too.

I have experimented with higher and lower dosages over the last 9 or so months and have slowly lowered my dosage to a point where I believe it's still doing something but it's probably lower than a lot of people would go for. For me this is just a single (heaped) scoop of the stuff (using the MyProtein scoop) in the morning. This works out at about 4g daily.

Higher dosages (I tried all the way up to about 10g or so regularly for a while) caused a bit of bloating for me.

Roady · 14 Oct 2014 at 14:04

InQ said:
Reynolds Assault SLG's for sale though (carbon 41mm, 25mm wide), to part fund a new bike purchase if anyones interested. Campag and Shimano freehub fitment (60 seconds to swap), Campag (new) pads and Shimano (seen use) brake pads, boxed etc. 600 dry miles only.

Interested in one of the sets of pads, if you can tell me how I identify they'll fit my bike! (Carrera Virtuoso 2014)

daveski · 14 Oct 2014 at 14:22

FrenchTart said:
For me this is just a single (heaped) scoop of the stuff (using the MyProtein scoop) in the morning. This works out at about 4g daily.

The packet says 4 (5g) servings a day for the first 5 days, then pre/post workout and twice a day (breakfast and evening meal) on rest days.

Seems a lot but guess I'll try it and see what happens.

Today I'm trying to resist going to the canteen and getting chocolate, the fact our canteen is in a different building on site and charges 70p a bar helps sometimes!

FrenchTart · 14 Oct 2014 at 14:24

daveski said:
The packet says 4 (5g) servings a day for the first 5 days, then pre/post workout and twice a day (breakfast and evening meal) on rest days.

Seems a lot but guess I'll try it and see what happens.

Today I'm trying to resist going to the canteen and getting chocolate, the fact our canteen is in a different building on site and charges 70p a bar helps sometimes!

If you read around online (and ask in the Gym Rats thread) I suspect you'll be recommended a lower dosage but there's no harm in trying what the packet suggests

Worst that will happen is that you'll not absorb the extra and it'll just pass through your system.

Despite having an entire pot of humous for lunch I'm tempted to go get a snack too. Must resist

Roady · 14 Oct 2014 at 14:34

FrenchTart said:
Despite having an entire pot of humous for lunch I'm tempted to go get a snack too. Must resist

1 pot of humous?! No crackers/bread?

I just demolished:

2 Plums
Breburn Apple (my fave!)
gluten free bagel (they were cheap...) with chicken tikka filler
banana yogurt
go ahead apple fruit bake

A fairly normal lunch for me, probably not that balanced but I'm not hungry now lol

FrenchTart · 14 Oct 2014 at 14:38

Two pitta bread and 2/3rds of a pack of tomatoes to go with the humous. Though tbh I like the stuff so much that I probably could happily just eat it with a spoon

daveski · 14 Oct 2014 at 15:01

Went for the extremely healthy carb on carb combo of a chip cob at lunch.

InQ · 14 Oct 2014 at 15:05

Roady said:
Interested in one of the sets of pads, if you can tell me how I identify they'll fit my bike! (Carrera Virtuoso 2014)

They are for carbon rims and i'm selling their lot together.

SDK^ · 14 Oct 2014 at 15:28

I've just done a ride on my new 25 winter tyres and they were a lot more comfortable and felt faster than my 23 lightweight race tyres.

Q: All things considered, which is the faster tyre : 23 or 25?

FrenchTart · 14 Oct 2014 at 15:39

I think the general idea is that in terms of tyre deformation and the like 25mm is faster. The only issue is that they are going to be slightly heavier.

Roady · 14 Oct 2014 at 15:46

InQ said:
They are for carbon rims and i'm selling their lot together.

Lol my bad! <Bannatyne impression> "I'm out."

FrenchTart said:
Two pitta bread and 2/3rds of a pack of tomatoes to go with the humous. Though tbh I like the stuff so much that I probably could happily just eat it with a spoon

I'm the same, humous is amazing! There's a red chilli (I think) one available from Asda that's my current fave! Only tend to eat it with salad/BBQ's though (so no more for a while)

When it comes to brake pads, how do I know what I've got (Tektro dual pivot callipers) and is there anything else I need to look for? Current ones (came with the bike so they've done well) are getting older and now the wet-rim weather is here my stopping power needs a boost! Getting quite a bit of noise and 'dust' from them (smearing/splashing all over my white frame now) :eek:

ShiWarrior · 14 Oct 2014 at 15:52

Thanks Roadie, found out they can only be done with a special machine, so have to take it to an auto technician/key cutter as the chip needs to be programmed, apparently this came into effect from around 2004

Saytan · 14 Oct 2014 at 16:37

Roady said:
Lol my bad! <Bannatyne impression> "I'm out."

I'm the same, humous is amazing! There's a red chilli (I think) one available from Asda that's my current fave! Only tend to eat it with salad/BBQ's though (so no more for a while)

When it comes to brake pads, how do I know what I've got (Tektro dual pivot callipers) and is there anything else I need to look for? Current ones (came with the bike so they've done well) are getting older and now the wet-rim weather is here my stopping power needs a boost! Getting quite a bit of noise and 'dust' from them (smearing/splashing all over my white frame now)

Get kool stop salmon. Tektro use the same fitments as shimano.

grudas · 14 Oct 2014 at 16:53

Roady said:
Lol my bad! <Bannatyne impression> "I'm out."

I'm the same, humous is amazing! There's a red chilli (I think) one available from Asda that's my current fave! Only tend to eat it with salad/BBQ's though (so no more for a while)

When it comes to brake pads, how do I know what I've got (Tektro dual pivot callipers) and is there anything else I need to look for? Current ones (came with the bike so they've done well) are getting older and now the wet-rim weather is here my stopping power needs a boost! Getting quite a bit of noise and 'dust' from them (smearing/splashing all over my white frame now)

EBay -; "disco brake pads" the 8 pads for 6.99 + 1.99 del is what you should get! Great pads and epic bang for buck!