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grudas said:
i have harder gears on my "girly" bike ?!
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Maybe he has a huge chainring? ;)

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Rusty_Noob said:
Found via this thread here - http://forums.roadbikereview.com/wh...ect-carbon-wheel-thread-2-0-a-241788-115.html





There's no way I'd trust clincher rims that are built that light, Zipp's 202's which are only 32mm deep are 1375g, so a good 10% heavier but also 10% shallower rim. The cheap Chinese version have clearly had to compromise the thickness of the carbon to achieve such a low weight at 38mm deep. http://www.zipp.com/wheels/202-firecrest---carbon-clincher/

The rims I've ordered are 50mm deep and around 385g each, which is very similar to a 50mm Planet X rim, so I figure they use a similar, if not identical, design.
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After some more searching i'm thinking of these with the Edhubs option:- http://www.velobuild.com/velobuild-shopping-mall/wheelsets/catalog/show/110#

1400g from people who have bought some and weighed them.
 
Jonny ///M said:
Not when your choices upfront are 42/52 rings. What is this girly bike you speak of?

I averaged 12mph average on the way home last night. It is quite uphill and windy. Also I'm unfit as ****.
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my biggest ring is 50 and i never change down ;) more squats and you'll be fine ;)
 
clear roads all the way home from the pub last night, averaged 85 cadence wich is normally 65-70 commuting, record time
 
grudas said:
my biggest ring is 50 and i never change down ;) more squats and you'll be fine ;)
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Shamrock said:
That's because you haven't done a real hill yet!:p

The speed bumps in London don't count!:D
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I know yeah. Come up north and we'll show you some hills. I've got 36/27 at my low end and I'm still at a knee grindingly slow cadence on some of the hills near me...
 
Also Grudas, if you aren't shifting down at the front ever are you also being careful not to cross chain? Using the largest rear sprocket on the biggest front ring would put your chain at a bad angle and considerably increase the wear.

I found out the hard way about this on my hybrid when I had to buy new cassette, chain and chain ring!:(
 
Good point Shamrock, i find tho i hardly ever use my small ring at the front, i just cant get the right gear when i change to it, what am i doing wrong? more leg speed required?
 
Shamrock said:
That's because you haven't done a real hill yet!:p

The speed bumps in London don't count!:D
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true but hey ill find a hill one day ;D

[Damien];23891375 said:
I know yeah. Come up north and we'll show you some hills. I've got 36/27 at my low end and I'm still at a knee grindingly slow cadence on some of the hills near me...
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i couldn't even climb some of the hills you did :)

Shamrock said:
Also Grudas, if you aren't shifting down at the front ever are you also being careful not to cross chain? Using the largest rear sprocket on the biggest front ring would put your chain at a bad angle and considerably increase the wear.

I found out the hard way about this on my hybrid when I had to buy new cassette, chain and chain ring!:(
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i dont crosschain really :) i only use 3rings at the back 3rd/4th/5th and thats about it! so the chain is straight, also isn't this for old school components? modern ones are ok with crosschaining AFAIK
 
grudas said:
i dont crosschain really :) i only use 3rings at the back 3rd/4th/5th and thats about it! so the chain is straight, also isn't this for old school components? modern ones are ok with crosschaining AFAIK
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They're generally OK, up to a point. I can't get my bike into the smallest ring at the back on the big ring at the front, and probably vice versa, and even in the second to smallest/biggest it clicks a bit. Generally speaking, if you are crosschaining like that, there's probably a better sequence of shifts to be made by changing rings up front at some point.
 
I probably should use the small ring combos a lot more than I do. I normally only shift to the small ring when I need to use the lowest few gears on the rear.
 
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