Road Cycling

Thomas. PLease. · 20 Mar 2015 at 15:59

Good ride to box hill with 3 reps this morning, despite the power numbers being pretty average.

Shamrock · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:16

Thomas. PLease. said:
Good ride to box hill with 3 reps this morning, despite the power numbers being pretty average.

What power meter do you use? Have you only got it on your P3?

platypus · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:20

Hum. Just inspected the Gran Fondo bike a bit closer and did some measuring for new handlebars. Looks like the accident might have claimed the frame after all, there is a crack in the headset.

Thomas. PLease. · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:21

Shamrock said:
What power meter do you use? Have you only got it on your P3?

I've got a Power2Max. No I swap it between bikes, only riding the S3 at the moment. Just using the P3 for TT's and pre TT sessions now.

Vonhelmet · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:35

platypus said:
Hum. Just inspected the Gran Fondo bike a bit closer and did some measuring for new handlebars. Looks like the accident might have claimed the frame after all, there is a crack in the headset.

That sucks!

Any idea what happened? Was the box damaged?

Vonhelmet · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:35

Thomas. PLease. said:
I've got a Power2Max. No I swap it between bikes, only riding the S3 at the moment. Just using the P3 for TT's and pre TT sessions now.

Do you have to use the same groupset on all your bikes to swap it? How does it work if not?

Eliot · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:39

I might buy a bike with Sram Force 22 on it, Only concern is the current version has been out 2 years, Is it likely that it will be replaced soon, Generally how often to groupsets get updated?

grudas · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:40

Eliot said:
I might buy a bike with Sram Force 22 on it, Only concern is the current version has been out 2 years, Is it likely that it will be replaced soon, Generally how often to groupsets get updated?

force 22 is new afaik..

noober of the day award goes to this pro..

Asprilla · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:41

Thomas. PLease. said:
Good ride to box hill with 3 reps this morning, despite the power numbers being pretty average.

I didn't know you were a member of PacelineRT.

You road racing with them or testing?

Thomas. PLease. · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:43

Vonhelmet said:
Do you have to use the same groupset on all your bikes to swap it? How does it work if not?

All bikes have 11 speed shimano, it's just like using the same chainrings across bikes. Very easy to switch rotor cranks too.

platypus · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:43

Vonhelmet said:
That sucks!

Any idea what happened? Was the box damaged?

No I've had my gran fondo for about 5 years now, I had an accident in Feb you may or may not remember the picture of the hole in my elbow. Hit a patch of fuel on a descent, straight down to the deck and slid for a good 30 metres or so. Handlebars were bent and initial inspection was that was the only damage, other than writing off a pair of Sidi shoes and a Rapha top.

I was doing a full service on the bike and measuring up for replacement bars when I found the crack..

Vonhelmet · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:46

platypus said:
No I've had my gran fondo for about 5 years now, I had an accident in Feb you may or may not remember the picture of the hole in my elbow. Hit a patch of fuel on a descent, straight down to the deck and slid for a good 30 metres or so. Handlebars were bent and initial inspection was that was the only damage, other than writing off a pair of Sidi shoes and a Rapha top.

I was doing a full service on the bike and measuring up for replacement bars when I found the crack..

I remember.

So this was you checking your bike was OK in the wake of the accident? That really sucks.

PermaBanned · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:48

platypus said:
Anyone made the change from external to internal routing for handlebars, and able to advise anything?

Yeah, not too hard. Just get a feel for where you want it to be around the bar and use a lot of tape to keep it there.

Thomas. PLease. · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:48

Asprilla said:
I didn't know you were a member of PacelineRT.

You road racing with them or testing?

Mostly road racing, will do the odd TT though. You know some of the members?

Asprilla · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:50

Thomas. PLease. said:
Mostly road racing, will do the odd TT though. You know some of the members?

I used to tow Rob Sharland from Kingston to White City when he was a biffa who wanted to get a bit fitter by riding a bike.

The rest I'm aware of as I used to be a member of KW.

platypus · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:57

Vonhelmet said:
I remember.

So this was you checking your bike was OK in the wake of the accident? That really sucks.

Aye well, it was me checking properly. Initial investigation after the accident everything looked ok except for a bent handlebar/destroyed bar tape. I thought I'd gotten extremely lucky because I fell derailleur up, so no damage the drive train, and somehow the STI was untouched as well.

DIABLO · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:58

What helmets do people rate then? I have to warranty my MET Stradivarius which turned out to be a piece of ****as the rear adjustment is made of cheese and broke.

I was thinking of Kask Mojito as my previous Kask K10 was awesome and the rear adjustment was very robust.

Thomas. PLease. · 20 Mar 2015 at 16:59

Asprilla said:
I used to tow Rob Sharland from Kingston to White City when he was a biffa who wanted to get a bit fitter by riding a bike.

The rest I'm aware of as I used to be a member of KW.

Ah cool, how things change! Must have taught him well.

platypus · 20 Mar 2015 at 17:05

DIABLO said:
What helmets do people rate then? I have to warranty my MET Stradivarius which turned out to be a piece of ****as the rear adjustment is made of cheese and broke.

I was thinking of Kask Mojito as my previous Kask K10 was awesome and the rear adjustment was very robust.

Cannot beat Kask for comfort.

Asprilla · 20 Mar 2015 at 17:06

Thomas. PLease. said:
Ah cool, how things change! Must have taught him well.

Aye, he's a veritable machine.

I can confirm I had absolutely no hand in influencing anything he's achieved. He talked about possibly racing and I told him I had no interest in it, I just wanted to ride for pleasure. I'm just glad I didn't put him off.