Road Cycling
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It's that time of year again, I've been silent all year and now I'm heading to Majorca with the old man/brother to ride solo and wondered if anyone was around from 4th - 7th May for a ride?
Looking to beat my Sa Calobra time this year as I ballsed it up last time going to hard on the first day (Formentor) and on the ride up to it (Batalla) so was pretty spent by the time I got to do it. I scoffed foods from the cafe at the bottom and was probably a couple of miles of bonking come the end of my ride, beautiful ride but as always, but I don't pace myself very well.
Looking to beat my Sa Calobra time this year as I ballsed it up last time going to hard on the first day (Formentor) and on the ride up to it (Batalla) so was pretty spent by the time I got to do it. I scoffed foods from the cafe at the bottom and was probably a couple of miles of bonking come the end of my ride, beautiful ride but as always, but I don't pace myself very well.
Soldato
Daily update.
My Aeroad is DURTY! Cleaning tomorrow.
The aero mount for the garmin.
Slight differences...
On the bike! Now just need to wait until the new cassette to arrive with the chain. Bike Discount still unsure where it is. DPD supposed to be redelivering... no worries though, as I need to wait for my new FD / charger/ dongle to arrive. Then all groupset should be complete.
I have ordered a small 2mm headset spacer for the top and a headset cap, and that's all of it, I think. Light bottle cage maybe, oh and I'm going to need to get some KEO pedals.
I thought the ultimate was light, but I can light the Scott up with my little finger!
My Aeroad is DURTY! Cleaning tomorrow.
The aero mount for the garmin.
Slight differences...
On the bike! Now just need to wait until the new cassette to arrive with the chain. Bike Discount still unsure where it is. DPD supposed to be redelivering... no worries though, as I need to wait for my new FD / charger/ dongle to arrive. Then all groupset should be complete.
I have ordered a small 2mm headset spacer for the top and a headset cap, and that's all of it, I think. Light bottle cage maybe, oh and I'm going to need to get some KEO pedals.
I thought the ultimate was light, but I can light the Scott up with my little finger!
Man of Honour
https://www.formbycycles.co.uk/specialized-venge-vias-expert-disc-road-bike-2097.html
Would have bought that right there and then at that price if they had my size
ride a 56 now, 54 would be pushing it 
Would have bought that right there and then at that price if they had my size
ride a 56 now, 54 would be pushing it 
Never.
I chickened out of riding tubs when I found out my TT doesn’t fit in the car unless I remove both wheels removing the rear is a pita guaranteed to get oil on something. Take me longer to put the bike in the car and reassemble it then ride a warm up (and risk a flat) as just ride there.
I’ll buy a cheap Vitoria Rally as a spare and maybe some more stans notubes!
Man of Honour
Woos, I used to ride my tubs about 12 odd miles with no spares for a good couple of years to and from weeknight TTs.
https://www.formbycycles.co.uk/specialized-venge-vias-expert-disc-road-bike-2097.html
Would have bought that right there and then at that price if they had my size
https://www.jejamescycles.com/speci...MItc7mtcWj2gIVhLDtCh1U2wEcEAQYASABEgIcm_D_BwE
They seem to have a 56cm in stock
Man of Honour
Yeah I saw that, they have some other good deals too. Specialized have one in stock direct from them at Newbury, for the same price. With a six year guarantee and free servicing. So if I go for that bike I would get it from there.
Didn’t get a chance to see the S3 due to the traffic but gives me a chance to look for more bikes tonight
Mine arrived ahead of schedule, two months earlier than indicated on their website
Ordered at the stand @ LBS.
Soldato
Fairly sure mine wasn't actually dispatched until the final day of the dispatch range(the friday), even though i got the dispatch email half way through the range of dispatch dates.
Was delivered the following Tuesday.
Ooof. Little bit further to ride out than I thought (24km) but good to actually ride the bike rather than sit on the turbo.
Rode a 24:45 which I was reasonably happy with, 4 miles out and then back with a 2 mile dog leg at the end. Starting order was totally random by the signing in order, I had a couple of slower riders in front and a similar rider behind.
I caught my minute man after 3.5 miles, and the 2 minute man after 6! I got passed by the guy who started a minute behind me just as we crossed the line.
I was held up a little bit by a really slow car at the turn around and again at a roundabout later but only maybe 10 seconds max. The road seal was super coarse from miles 4-6 one of those leg sappers which you get no speed out of.
When we turned onto the dog leg it was a real headwind, until then it had been a slight cross wind that wasn’t a help or hinderance, headwind is not what you want with 2 miles to go.
I didn’t hang around for the full results as needed to ride home before it went too dark. Looking at past results I’ll be mid pack with the fastest people riding a 22. The course record is only a mid 19 which is slow compared to some!
I felt like I was slipping forward off my saddle a little, not sure if I want it to be a little higher or angled slightly. Have to play around and see.
I guess all I can do now is #openthetill a close ratio cassette 11-21 or 23, spare tubular tyre, skinsuit, aero lid, race on my tubular wheels, that’s gotta be worth 60-90 seconds!
Rode a 24:45 which I was reasonably happy with, 4 miles out and then back with a 2 mile dog leg at the end. Starting order was totally random by the signing in order, I had a couple of slower riders in front and a similar rider behind.
I caught my minute man after 3.5 miles, and the 2 minute man after 6! I got passed by the guy who started a minute behind me just as we crossed the line.
I was held up a little bit by a really slow car at the turn around and again at a roundabout later but only maybe 10 seconds max. The road seal was super coarse from miles 4-6 one of those leg sappers which you get no speed out of.
When we turned onto the dog leg it was a real headwind, until then it had been a slight cross wind that wasn’t a help or hinderance, headwind is not what you want with 2 miles to go.
I didn’t hang around for the full results as needed to ride home before it went too dark. Looking at past results I’ll be mid pack with the fastest people riding a 22. The course record is only a mid 19 which is slow compared to some!
I felt like I was slipping forward off my saddle a little, not sure if I want it to be a little higher or angled slightly. Have to play around and see.
I guess all I can do now is #openthetill a close ratio cassette 11-21 or 23, spare tubular tyre, skinsuit, aero lid, race on my tubular wheels, that’s gotta be worth 60-90 seconds!
Around 10-20% would be my guess with agreed various RRP's depending on partnerships with brands. Know my LBS had an agreement with Zipp to price match anything online that was in stock and Zipp would still give them enough margin. @Jonny ///M I think could shed some light on this. There's probably different kinds of agreements of course.
Yup! Thanks. Made it onto road.cc's near miss if the day anyway which a comment on Strava made me email over to them at a whim.Glad to hear you're okay after that near miss Roady! I know you have farmer heritage in you, but a lot of tractor drivers make my blood boil when cycling as they seem to have no idea about the size of their trailers
http://road.cc/content/news/239728-near-miss-day-118-tractor-driver-gets-very-close
Great deals. Hadn't seen or heard much from Stages recently but didn't they tend to be around the same price point?
I'd take the black one to match colours every time!
Not a bad idea but he'll be left getting them to build it up as he's not got the parts or a spanner monkey like some of us here!
Good work, getting there even with bikediscount's hard work to screw everything up!
On the bike! Now just need to wait until the new cassette to arrive with the chain. Bike Discount still unsure where it is. DPD supposed to be redelivering... no worries though, as I need to wait for my new FD / charger/ dongle to arrive. Then all groupset should be complete.
I actually like it without the aero bars, so that one's perfect!
Which year?
You'll feel the difference - more grip = more confidence, more compliance = more comfort! You've gone from some of the most mediocre tyres to some of the best.
Still screams alien abduction to me!Why not the Canyon with hover bars?
