Road Cycling

Saytan · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:44

hornetstinger said:
nah it's not going it better not lol.

Just as a matter of interest can you fit the newer, crapper bottom brackets into threaded BB shell?

there are plenty of threaded external bottom bracket options.

hornetstinger · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:47

Internal bearings though, inside a cup prevent bearing from being exposed to water and muck?

Saytan · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:49

hornetstinger said:
Internal bearings though, inside a cup prevent bearing from being exposed to water and muck?

there's T47 but it isn't particularly common.......

ISIS demonstrated that a fatter axle, internal bearings and a standard shell wouldn't work. Bearings were too small so they failed LITERALLY ALL OF THE TIME.

hornetstinger · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:51

So just buy a couple of dozen UN55 Centaur hehe

Nursie · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:52

Roady said:
Can't find any info about it, the only one I see is on their site about trading in an old unit. As they're £249.99 on the website and '£50 off' then how did you get to £190?

I'm not being difficult but I have told myself if I can find one for under £200 I'll buy it now rather than hoping for a Wiggle sale or January sale somewhere else...

On the elemnt shop page there is Save £50 on ELEMNT! Discount automatically applied in your basket. It's just above the add to cart button.

SoliD · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:53

Roady said:
Great pics, throw the one of the pinnacle up with the tinsel on it from Strava please!

If you insist...

Action Shot!!

FrenchTart · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:53

Seems really complicated...

Lethal` · 29 Dec 2016 at 22:16

Legs utterly toasted after topping off yesterday's completion of the Festive 500 with a 112 mile ride today with two stupid hills at the start and the finish (Beachy Head area). I had always planned to incorporate it in the challenge but ended up doing a lot of riding early in the week too..

437 road miles for the Festive 500 and just about 720 miles over the past 14 days. Far more elevation than I'd have liked at just over 28000ft but it's impossible to plan a flat route round here without just lapping the same flat roads. Lots of rolling hills about.

Tomorrow's rest day well earned

SoliD · 29 Dec 2016 at 22:31

Lethal` said:
Legs utterly toasted after topping off yesterday's completion of the Festive 500 with a 112 mile ride today with two stupid hills at the start and the finish (Beachy Head area). I had always planned to incorporate it in the challenge but ended up doing a lot of riding early in the week too..

437 road miles for the Festive 500 and just about 720 miles over the past 14 days. Far more elevation than I'd have liked at just over 28000ft but it's impossible to plan a flat route round here without just lapping the same flat roads. Lots of rolling hills about.

Tomorrow's rest day well earned

Nice work! That's some big miles. Think Festive 500 was harder even though I did it in less days this year due to the minimal miles currently in my legs. Same as you gonna enjoy tomorrows rest then Saturday/Sunday easy, before kicking off 2017 with a bang.

Lethal` · 29 Dec 2016 at 22:49

SoliD said:
Nice work! That's some big miles. Think Festive 500 was harder even though I did it in less days this year due to the minimal miles currently in my legs. Same as you gonna enjoy tomorrows rest then Saturday/Sunday easy, before kicking off 2017 with a bang.

I didn't bother last year as I had 3 days or so off in the middle and think I only became aware of its existence on Christmas Day!

Glad the weather has been relatively dry at least besides the wet roads. I almost came into trouble yesterday and today. Yesterday hit some slush ice on a little lane descent but fortunately going slow enough that I didn't career on into the rest of the ice as I didn't know the road. Today frosty descent into Cuckmere Haven.. can easily reach 40mph+ down there but I was lightly feathering brakes to keep speed down a tad.

Some MTB on Saturday I think. Legs better recover quick!

Shamrock · 29 Dec 2016 at 22:51

Lethal` said:
Far more elevation than I'd have liked at just over 28000ft

Try over 43000ft in 6 days!

Seriously though, fair play to those doing the Festive 500 in the UK! I've done it 2 years now, both times on a Canary Island.

Roady · 29 Dec 2016 at 23:05

Nursie said:
On the elemnt shop page there is Save £50 on ELEMNT! Discount automatically applied in your basket. It's just above the add to cart button.

Can see it now, thanks! Hadn't added it to basket before lol

SoliD said:
If you insist...

Awesome pic, only saw it on Strava app before so not very big. Really love the blue, looks lighter than the blue the Kinesis racelight comes in?

FrenchTart said:
Seems really complicated...

Shurrup! Some of us are getting old!

Roady said:
I could shed some clothing and head back to meet you somewhere Rotherwas-ish at around 10.15-30 (depending on traffic)?

Probably going to find it hard to squeeze a ride in now as gotta be home 12ish. Are you still around the shire on Saturday morning?

Lethal` · 29 Dec 2016 at 23:12

Shamrock said:
Try over 43000ft in 6 days!

Ha. No thanks!

Might have been a little bit jealous of your photos while I was looking at more frost... oh another wet road... oh another idiot driver

Jon33 · 29 Dec 2016 at 23:49

Shot in the dark question - does anyone know what size (width) the bolts are on the k-edge gopro adapter? I've got one to attach to the bottom of the k-edge mount but it really doesn't feel secure, the bolts seem way too short.

lordrobs · 29 Dec 2016 at 23:52

LIGHT THE BEACONS... picked up my first proper KOM today. I had one but that was a segment I created to track a specific route and only one other person rode it.

So I am now the proud custodian of "Rear Entry" which runs the length of Slutshole Lane. Only in Norfolk hey

Legs felt trashed after 30 miles though which is a worry as I've got to do a fair bit more than that tomorrow. Hopefully the pace will be low!

EDIT... or maybe not, made my excuses and passed on the ride

merlin · 30 Dec 2016 at 10:01

lordrobs said:
LIGHT THE BEACONS... picked up my first proper KOM today.

Screenshot that mofo before some mean git steals it from you.

I've got one that I will probably lose as soon as someone with a decent pair of legs has a pop at it:

https://www.strava.com/segments/13889540

Still, fun whilst it lasts!

Roady · 30 Dec 2016 at 11:25

Nursie said:
Roady, was just a £50 off offer. No codes or anything needed. Still listed at the same price but taken off at the checkout.

Nursie said:
On the elemnt shop page there is Save £50 on ELEMNT! Discount automatically applied in your basket. It's just above the add to cart button.

Thanks for this, ordered one and would've missed out otherwise! That's £30 saved towards the PWM...

SoliD said:
Action Shot!!

Although doesn't the tinsel rub your legs and make an annoying noise?!

Lethal` said:
437 road miles for the Festive 500 and just about 720 miles over the past 14 days. Far more elevation than I'd have liked at just over 28000ft but it's impossible to plan a flat route round here without just lapping the same flat roads. Lots of rolling hills about.

Awesome riding buddy, thought maybe you were going for 500 miles not km!

SoliD · 30 Dec 2016 at 11:44

Roady how big do you think my legs are?

It's surprisingly quiet. I'd thought I'd rip it off after a few miles. Only when descending at 30+mph do you hear it. Rest of the time don't notice. And yeah lighter blue than kinesis. Good colour shame it's got a few chips.

Jon33 · 30 Dec 2016 at 12:17

For those with the Wahoo Elemnt, are you able to customise the strava live segments screen? Eg can you get rid of time behind/ahead and replace it with speed?

Shadowness · 30 Dec 2016 at 12:40

What a crap ride!!

Planned a 100 miler today, but despite it looking pretty nice where I live, it was super foggy and pretty wet not far into the ride. I abandoned it and only did 20 miles

Took a quick pic of the new bike, which I immediately cleaned when I got home lol!

The club ride tomorrow will take me to 6750 miles for the year. I'll make up for today's wussiness in 2017!