Road Cycling

grudas said:
agreed. I have a chunky regret sitting here that I went and got another race geo bike with 28cc tire clearance. I want beefy 35-40mm tires and endurance geo.. but oh well, old GuRders - (@Roady) took over and here I am. The bike I got is still awesome to ride but the roads around here don't do it justice.
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If you take it to somewhere like Mallorca though it will be lovely!

I can easily enough fit 32c tyres on the TCR and thats likely what I will do when these are done. Well, unless I can save £3 by going 28c again :p
 
grudas said:
so it's probably smooth rather than slow. GCN did a video and the difference on a controlled circuit with flat smooth road between 26/30/35 was literally a handful of seconds in a 10k ride if I remember right.
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I ride in the peaks. Flat and smooth aren't a thing, unfortunately :-)
Getting them rolling and getting up 10% hills just seems like more effort than it should be, but it's only feb.
 
fez said:
If you take it to somewhere like Mallorca though it will be lovely!

I can easily enough fit 32c tyres on the TCR and thats likely what I will do when these are done. Well, unless I can save £3 by going 28c again :p
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Interesting that you can fit those tyres on a TCR - what year? I have a rim brake version and run 25's currently.
 
Back on my bike after a far too long hiatus. I am 20kg heavier than pre-covid, when i was quite happy spinning around town on my fixed for road bike. i am suffering, but really loving the serotonin boost after my commute each way.
Hopefully it wont be too long before I can consider a 100 mile jaunt down to Portsmouth a reasonable thing to do in a day again.
 
Need to pick me up a cheap track pump from market place, i used to borrow my mates, i have a small pump which i tend to use. But its not the best, i deffo not got enough air in the tubes. I used to ride with about 60psi i think. Its probably about 30-35 psi atm

Im on my 3rd day riding in to work this week,

One thing i am kind of thankful for about 3-4 weeks ago when i had car issues was that i got out on my bike and have got a bit of a routine going now with riding to/from work. Hopefully i keep it up. I also need to switch back to dry lube as i ran out of dry lube and was using wet lube, it makes the chain so tacky.

Im going to try and grab a new chain, and get a decent brush or a tool so i can remove my casette and give it a proper clean/going over
 
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Liefrich said:
I was using Vittoria Corsa N.EXT 28mms, so I think they are a step up the quality ladder from the every-day Rubinos. I've put about 500 miles on them, and they had held up well, but the total failure of the back tyre when I hit a small pothole was concerning. Perhaps that same hole would also cause Gp5000s problems, but they are far better tyres for not substantially that much more money, so I will have more confidence in them!
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Yeah I've had holes in GP5000's before, maybe even more than on the Vittorias but when I've ridden them 3x as much without the similar issues of fit, pressure & they feel and ride a lot better then it's a no brainer, certainly now.

But back when they where £90 vs £32 it was a hard sell for a winter tyre, but now the GP5000 are closer to half previous value, easier to choose to ride them.

Yeah the Rubinos not the top end, but for a version 4 or whatever I expected more. They don't look to have worn that much so figure I'll still be riding them next winter too... Drat! :D

grudas said:
old GuRders - (@Roady) took over and here I am. The bike I got is still awesome to ride but the roads around here don't do it justice.
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Haha, you where blessed before with London roads! Welcome to the 'real' rest of the UK road conditions! ;)
 
I've been running around on my cx bike with 33mm and pu tubes, and even that is pretty horrible with the stare of the current roads. I've got a 2024 tcr with the standard 25s, will need to wear them out before chucking on some 32s.
 
Interestingly i went from 28mm Gravelking Slicks with TPU tibes to 40mm Hutchinson Caracals with tubeless and didn't really notice much of a difference. I guess going tubeless offset some of the downsides of the wider tyre, but my average speeds seem largely the same as before. Although i don't pay too much attention to the minor differences.

Dropped my bike off for a service yesterday. It's been around 6000km since i built it up and figured i'd get it professionally checked over whilst i can't ride.
 
If anyone wants a bit of a bargain and excuse to have a holiday. Carbon Ultegra DI2 bike for sale for what'd be around the equivalent of £2400 at current rates. Fly to Spain, ride around in some nice weather and then take it home :D

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Martynt74 said:
If anyone wants a bit of a bargain and excuse to have a holiday. Carbon Ultegra DI2 bike for sale for what'd be around the equivalent of £2400 at current rates. Fly to Spain, ride around in some nice weather and then take it home :D

www.bicispasaje.es

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Opinión del experto: La MMR Adrenaline Aero 00 2024 fabricada sobre un cuadro de alto módulo, rígido y reactivo, con uno de los grupos más buscados del mercado, el Shimano Ultegra R8100, tiene todos los ingredientes para aquellos quieren ir rápido!
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oooh di2. im sure ill end up having electronic shifting at some point. i only just got my hands on a look 555 with 6800 which is way too much bike for me at the moment anyway. Lovely to just sit and stare at it though.
 
cue all the jokes at my expense but last night my bike wasn't shifting in from the small ring into the big ring.

And my first thought was "I wouldn't have to deal with this crap with DI2" :cry: :mad:
 
Junglist said:
cue all the jokes at my expense but last night my bike wasn't shifting in from the small ring into the big ring.

And my first thought was "I wouldn't have to deal with this crap with DI2" :cry: :mad:
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Come get a nice relaxing holiday before the stress of moving house then!

The red colour looks amazing actually.
 
Didn't you need a passport for house purchase ... why I had to renew mine.


pretty sure pot-holes are responsible for this damage on rubino pro4 graphene ?

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With salt&mud on Cambs roads would wax help on the chain - over drylube,
Having to take the jockey wheels off to for a clean it's just as tedious to toothbrush scrub whole chain in hot degreaser, then rinse - I'm not convinced any clip on chain cleaner would be as efficient
 
jpaul said:
Didn't you need a passport for house purchase ... why I had to renew mine.
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Nope. Driving License and birth certificate were all that I needed to provide.

Sadly, the bike is being pushed down the list of things that we need. Though was talking to my mum about the house we are selling in Jamaica and that's getting a valuation this month. Hopefully that'll sell soon and I'll get a surprise windfall come my way to spend on silly things.

To be fair, with the rumours that a new groupset is on the way it turns out my endless messing about may have worked in my favour for either getting the new one or a heavy discount on the old one. Even though I'd be buying a complete bike so may not make a difference
 
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