https://www.strava.com/activities/1889823238
Headed out yesterday, quite late morning and things where only really just starting to warm up. 6-7 degrees but the wind was bitter coming from a northernly direction and didn't really ease up. Sun only really warming things by the time I was done but glad I choose to wear thermal shorts and windproof softshell. Only really cooked on the climbs!
Wasn't quite the route or distance I'd planned but knowing I hadn't got time for another +10 miles before being back for lunch I decided to take on my nemesis. Bredwardine hill/Arthurs stone. Allegedly the steepest tarmacked road in the West Midlands (unsure how true that still is). Steeper than all of the local 'Hill Climbs' that are ridden (and still unsure why they don't do it, maybe it's too brutal?!)
Haha, that's ace! Kudos for trying and reporting back!So I tried out the marigolds... I thought it was at least worth a chuckle.
One of them didn't make it out of the front door as it ripped before then. The other stayed intact but did have a tendency to ride up. Unfortunately (actually fortunately) I didn't get to test them properly as it didn't rain all that much and I didn't fancy literally smashing it through unknown standing water.
The boots were good though. No cold feet at all really. I'll be wearing them a lot more over the next few months I'm sure.
Ouch, did see your ride, was that you on the floor in the picture?Hey, my ass is huge for comfort reasons
Side note, went mountain biking yesterday. Came home with what I thought was a broken finger, A&E this morning shows just bad sprain. Still can't move it or use it mind so that's a bugger!
Tweetle dum?
No lol for once I whooped someone up hills and that was himOuch, did see your ride, was that you on the floor in the picture?
Massive kudos!!
That's quite an incentive, good luck! What's your plan over winter? Indoors?
I lol'd.
Looks just like another Veloviewer knockoff? Failing to see what extra is there... While also noticing whats missing (compared to Veloviewer).
That's pretty epic, fair play to her. She should have the record as she's 30 days within the old record time already. She could almost walk it now!
Not bad 'extras' on top of the 5% really. But how often do they have sales on their website similar?
I literally hate my new bike (the Bowman). I know it's unreasonable to expect it to feel like my Bianchi but I just can't stand riding it. It's objectively slow and it's not my imagination! I can swap over to any of my other bikes after riding it and the difference is night and day. The Bowman feels like it costs more Watts to achieve the same speed and even on a flat road with a tailwind my quads are burning out far too quickly. I know many would be happy to have a bike like this but right now I want to smash it to pieces with a sledgehammer. I should have just bought a Canyon Endurace and put some Raceblades on it.
I assembled the bike myself so it could be due to something I've done wrong? I've had a lot of problems with disc rotor rub but apart from one time where the wheel was stopping after a couple of revs can it really make that much of a difference? I can't figure out where else in the system could be causing resistance. It's a heavy bike at 10.1kg but my TT bike is 10.5kg and that doesn't feel slow. In terms of bike position I've set it up exactly as my bike fit describes but it seems to hit my quads really hard.
Really suffering heavy buyer's remorse.
Doubtful. They're looking to corner the Rapha market now they've sold out.
Fixed your fix.
Gutted to hear this mate, sure it's not just the wheels/tyres? Do you have tyres you've ridden on your other wheelsets you could swap across to check how they feel? Know anyone with some better disc wheels you could borrow to try?Really suffering heavy buyer's remorse.
I wasn't being serious
