Crazy as it sounds it'll probably sell! When looking at RD's it took me a couple of months to grab a medium as cheap as I did, loads of other well used ones frequently selling for ~£30. The short cage where 90% or more of cheap 'new' listings.Yeah, I dumped my 32T just recently. It rarely got any use unless I was being lazy up steep climbs
I could put my old derailleur up for sale on eBay for a laugh. "Mint condition. Light use. Only 3 crashes, a rusty barrel adjuster, slightly bent cage and just 19000 miles. Free 34T inner chainring"
As Bear said. As most of the 'racers' here would be predominatly riding crits and street circuits rather than road races a lighter stiff bike was more suited. I also think it was just because it was 'new'.
Lurgy incoming!
Still intending on racing tonight even though I'm sure it'll bring it on, it's not progressed to my chest yet. Kill or cure!
There's been a couple of light flu's and a different 24h sickness going around work for the last 2-3 months. Although most people are on their 3rd or 4th iteration of the fluey thing I've avoided it until now (but had the sickness thing). My cyclist 'ability' to frequently abuse myself (my body being in an almost constant state of recovery from doing so) usually helps me miss most things! Dammit!
Lol wut?! That a meme I've missed?!The important question is, have you been saying, "G'day mate, got any Snickers?"
You certainly got your moneys worth and did well exploring the various aspects of Zwift to help make your decision. I'm glad you did, so many people do 1-2 free rides and then say it's boring or not engaging enough.
Lol wut?! That a meme I've missed?!
You certainly got your moneys worth and did well exploring the various aspects of Zwift to help make your decision. I'm glad you did, so many people do 1-2 free rides and then say it's boring or not engaging enough.
I'd recommend you try some of the other subscription platforms as most have free trials - Trainerroad & Sufferfest being the main ones (plenty of others though!). You can then draw comparisons and decide which would work best for you when you do want to take up more online indoor training. Different riders, different goals, different platforms! You can stop/stop most of the subs while keeping your account. The Zwift sub went up in price recently so as it stands I think it's the most expensive of the lot anyway. I have stopped mine over the summer previously (although I didn't last year and this year I'm grandfathered at the old price so will probably continue it).
Zwift CVR race 3 last night with 2 ascents of Box hill. Utterly brutal! Writeup will appear in the indoor training thread at some point today. Came in 13th in bracket C.
Ha! Thanks! I do recall the change but I was 10 at the time so don't vividly remember any of the adverts - to be fair I didn't watch much TV when young, I was out riding my bike!Maybe you're too young to remember, but in ~1990, Marathon bars were renamed to the global brand Snickers. "G'day mate, got any Snickers?" was used in the TV adverts, used here in reference to "Aussie Flu" that is infecting the UK population currently.
Damn, gutted! Where you using a 'trainer mat' before? Much of the noise which will have transmitted is probably vibration.
Ha! Thanks! I do recall the change but I was 10 at the time so don't vividly remember any of the adverts - to be fair I didn't watch much TV when young, I was out riding my bike!
Damn, gutted! Where you using a 'trainer mat' before? Much of the noise which will have transmitted is probably vibration.
I'm using a cheapy £16 no-name branded one and it made a huge difference when I used to turbo on some decking (open space below) at my previous house. I've also ridden it on some patio slabs down and also on a tiled floor (on a concrete base) in a conservatory and the mat made only a slight difference to noise with both of those. I'm now riding it on a concrete garage floor and it's around the same. The ramp and wheel noises from my Vortex although 'loud' don't really transmit through the wall into the house, only a very low 'rumble'. It doesn't wake the baby who's in the adjacent bedroom on the 1st floor (who's been a real light sleeper the last couple of weeks!).
No training mat, was on the "maybe I should buy" wishlist. I probably should have seen the complaint coming, mancave and lounge are uncarpeted wooden floorboards in rented accommodation, with large rugs in both that we bought. They've been "noise **********" over the last ~5 years they've been downstairs, we told them just after moving in that we had been hear since 2006 and the sound insulation is extremely poor because it's a 1960s build which doesn't have to comply with more recent regulations from ~2000. We told them that if we knocked on their door every time we hear their tv, music, console gaming, talking etc. we would be knocking on their door all day long when they're in. But providing noise is at a minimum from 2300-0700, we would tolerate it.
Really annoying me this latest moan, because since 2006 there has been 4+ different tenants downstairs, we've never had a complaint come through official channels/paperwork through landlords, lettings agents etc. and now these ********** are threatening to get the council involved after no chat or note about turbo noise during all of last week and apparently our Vax vacuum makes a right din! Now they've said something, I've said I will move turbo to use in kitchen which I think has concrete floor, they've never moaned about the washing machine in there so it must soak up a fair bit of noise.
So shortly I will unhook bike from Direto, carry it through to kitchen and see what better half's Surface Pro 4 tablet makes of running Zwift and the ANT+ dongle... And I've started a thrilling noise diary about interactions and noise from downstairs!
Edit: LOL, wintry things that fall from the sky are asterisked out by OCuk forum!
Edit: LOL, wintry things that fall from the sky are asterisked out by OCuk forum!
Edit: LOL, wintry things that fall from the sky are asterisked out by OCuk forum!
Not enough watts?
Good work! Small wonder your jockey wheels where looking a little 'tired'!
Damn annoying! We had similar at our last place of some neighbour complaining about the dog barking. I borrowed a video camera from a friend and left it recording one day and all the dog did was sleep! It wasn't ours barking! A polite knock on the door and just a request to keep the noise down would work so much better but some people just seem to be ignorant to general courtesy and issue official 'threats'! To be fair the council would do very little about it unless it was noise outside of 'sociable hours' or whatever it's called (something like 8am till 10pm?). I've seen reference to a council officer been sent around with some kinda noise monitoring tool, one of the remote sites at my work had similar as they had foreign lorries arriving in the early hours with a house right next to their yard/entrance. They now can't receive lorries before 6am, equally the private house now has to buy land from us for a new entrance to be built as they where using our private drive for access with no agreement...! Being an annoying neighbour doesn't pay!
This. Exactly this!
