Thanks all for the referral links, but let you all down and actually ordered it through Tweeks
So good shout Martyn! Thanks. Do love a bit of cashback and brought it nicely towards the 400. Also pay day today so can even justify it (a little) with the finance department!
Now I'm back onto tyres... Tubeless 28mm, kinda considering tanwalls as
although my frame doesn't really suit, the
wheels are very dark/subtle decals so they may look good.
Certainly better than on my current. But that does limit choices quite a bit. I think I'm currently between the Vittoria Corsa G2.0 TLR and the GP 5000 TL. The Corsa does have a tanwall option, but I think the Continental are swinging it as I've ridden conti before and they
can come in at £40 each hunting around, the Corsas being over £50 and more of an unknown.
For those also looking, I found the Specialized Turbo Rapidair in 26mm for
£40 here, but the 28mm I couldn't really find for much below £56-57. Shame as I really like the Roubaix Pro 30/32's I'm riding now and at £30 each they're really budget friendly.
Also gone with a mount for my Garmin Fenix. For £10 it seems worthwhile and can be used for mapping too.
At this point. Is there any point thinking about Power meters/cadence sensors? I like numbers and data so my head says yes. But it’s a fairly hefty cost to get into that side it seems.
Saw the bar mounts for watches and the Garmin one even coming in cheaper than other non-branded. Pretty much a no brainer! I do know some Tri riders who have both a head unit and a watch on their bars. I would assume watch for metrics and head unit for additional + mapping.
As a new rider I'd say cadence is good alongside HR to get an idea on pacing things. That's where most of us started really... Power is quite an investment in money and time. You really need to be using it as a training aid to properly benefit from it, not just using it for the sake of it (like I seem to be!)
In other news,
blew myself up twice last weekend doing some local hills. Dorstone I was just going too hard at the bottom, 4 mins rest before continuing.
But looking at the data/time if I'd paced it better at the bottom I'd have been close to 9 mins and PR by nearly 30s. Was not aiming for one - just trying to get up the damn thing! If it'd gone much better
I had my eye on this brutal segment. Need to find some climbing legs and then I'll have another crack at it. Did an unplanned circular route up the Golden Valley I've not done for a while, good fun but mostly block headwind.
Did check out another steep one to Vowchurch I'd not ridden before and blew myself up before it even got to the steepest bit. Really want to cross that one off - but again need better legs. Seems like I'm back to my 'hunt for climbing legs' after far too much Zwifting and beer/cake...
Think I need to do some VO2Max type sessions - to sit at those high wattages, at near max HR and low cadence without blowing up...?
With running i usually have it split into 3 which is perfectly readable and when set to auto scroll i figure it should be doable. I guess the main thing is around whether it's beneficial post ride for analysis. For £30 i might get the Garmin one. 