Anyone ever used protection? I mean not all of us are fathers here...! But more specifically frame protection?!
Looking at
www.invisiframe.co.uk but it's £95 for a kit. Need to do it while frame is 'box fresh' rather than some filth/road grime etc on it. The LBS wants £195 (inc kit) to install, so I'll be doing it myself. Got some samples from Invisiframe, seems fairly fiddly and a little time consuming but got a good result. Just not totally taken with the finish, as makes my matt ('Satin Obsidian') frame a little more glossy (although it's not that bad, one of the reasons I chose this colour option was to not have a glossy frame).
My HRV has been slowly increasing. It was 55 last night. Not sure why though as I was up a few times! Not putting too much stock into it just yet. I'm still on the fence with whoop. I quite like the data it has been showing and it's something new to obsess over but I'm not sure if it's wasted on me. My friends comment when he say it yesterday was "well, yeah, but you're not an athlete" and I suppose he isn't wrong. I'm just a recreational rider with a few fitness goals. Will whoop help me reach them faster along with TrainerRoad? I'm not sure either way yet.
Last nights sleep was 5:14. with REM accounting for 25% and SWS just 14%. I am building up a nice chunk of sleep debt though. 2:05. Lovely!
Haha yeah my sleep debt is fairly consistent (1.5 - 2 hours average for last 6 months). Whoop is pretty 'good' about learning some things, others (like sleep debt or need) it seems to keep racking up big numbers and not learn that most of us can't sleep for 10-12 hours every night. I mean it'd be nice to wouldn't it?! If I slept 12 hours a night I'd only have a couple of hours for everything else. Impossible! Hell, for me even 9 hours would be hard to 'fit in' every day.
Pfft Sleep noobs, all hail my lack of kids sleeping
Haha yeah damn kids, I mean mine sleeps well. 7.30 or 8pm ish until 6-6.30 every night. But it's all the 'other' stuff around that (as we don't really do most house chores until he's gone to bed) that take the time. Usually not sitting down to chill & watch TV until 9.30 / 10pm. Then the morning work alarm goes off at 6.15!
Yea because people need to find value for money somewhere and a little servo and battery somehow accomplishes that.
I meant nothing physically prevents an electric frame from using mechanical. as they will always need a hanger.
Personally think its a fad until something better replaces it.
I'm curious how long before high end road bikes instead of electric gears have a light weight motor and gearbox.
It's only a matter of time until someone starts pushing it and most people riding those bikes aren't doing competitions
The whole industry (or certainly the road side) marketing is driving for Riders to always want to ride what the Pro's are riding - so just fairly natural along side that riders want electronic shifting. So in the same vein, until the UCI are pushing /allowing ebikes in Pro road racing people will not want to replace their 'race' bikes with ebikes (lets be honest here the UCI are never going to - sport is about physical activity). You may as well be arguing about the legitimacy of the 'assisted games' or whatever the drug allowed racing thing is called...!
Lots of physical reasons how and why frames are electronic only, all about routing. If a frame doesn't have cable stops and the manufacture of the frame headset, downtube & chainstays means that internal cables can't be used, then how would you cable it? I mean you could strap them to the outside with toe clips but really what's the point on doing that with a frame which costs 3 times a complete bike. Why buy a ferrari, then try to fit a 1.6 diesel engine into it? There are masses of frames designed to be cross purpose and mass market which will be compatible and compromise far less (as even di2 and brakes need some routing), but the quite specific frames - which are high in value and low in number you'll find more of them are 'electronic only frames' (Canyon, Specialized, Giant & Cannondale all have 'electronic only' labelled frames, will be others). Manufacturers then can save on production/design/weight etc doing it as they determine someone spending £4000 on a frame is going to be prepared to spend more on a groupset. They don't feel they need to cater and support someone putting an 8 speed Tiagra mechnical on it. As mentioned it's clearly obvious many places - if you look for it. There's no point disagreeing with the industry with your opinion on something here when several of us have already corrected you, it's beginning to make you look like a troll.
Not trying to argue, just stating the facts as we all have. The debate about 'do we really need electronic shifting' is a totally different thing. To be fair I'm probably in the ballpark that they shouldn't make 'electronic only' frames, as feel compatibility should be retained. Maybe not at the compromise of design, but to push development of compatibility within the groupset manufacturers themselves as they really seem to try to avoid it when it suits them. But that could be said of the whole bike industry! They seem to drive 'standards' rather than standardisation.
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