Road Cycling Essentials

nydryl · 28 May 2013 at 15:14

I'd like some tyre advice from you knowledgeable folks. I'm on Schwalbe Luganos at the moment and find them to be perfectly okay but the tread at the rear is well worn now and needs replaced. I like that they are cheap, I've only ever had one puncture and find them reasonable comfortable, but don't feel they are all that great at cornering (or that could just be me) or in the wet. Without breaking the bank, say a fairly flexible £30 limit per tyre, what should I be looking at buying?

grudas · 28 May 2013 at 15:18

daveski said:
I'm tempted to go to Decathlon and buy a pair of cheap ones, how bad can it be?!

I reckon I will have time to go to Decathlon, Halfords, Leisure Lakes and Evans tonight. Probably come away with nothing!

i had the b'twin tyres on my triban 3 originally.. i think they are 6.99/each - i had the 23c version.

if i remember correctly i covered 1.8k miles on those with 1 puncture but i was 1cm cut that basically killed the tyre too!

for the price they are good if you have decathlon close to you.

http://www.decathlon.co.uk/frc-700cx23-flex-bead-id_8171679.html

these.. funny how they were 6.99 a couple of months back! vittorias are better for the price then!

nydryl · 28 May 2013 at 15:51

nydryl said:
I'd like some tyre advice from you knowledgeable folks. I'm on Schwalbe Luganos at the moment and find them to be perfectly okay but the tread at the rear is well worn now and needs replaced. I like that they are cheap, I've only ever had one puncture and find them reasonable comfortable, but don't feel they are all that great at cornering (or that could just be me) or in the wet. Without breaking the bank, say a fairly flexible £30 limit per tyre, what should I be looking at buying?

I should have read the previous ten or so posts :rolleyes:

Kimi · 28 May 2013 at 15:51

I would use GP4000S for everything, ive only had 1 get cut out of 3 sets on different bikes, oh and 2 punctures. I guess it depends what roads you run on tho

Kimi · 28 May 2013 at 15:54

Gave my ride a clean after a couple Strava days and a few damp rides, chain was filthy but came up brand new

[DOD]Asprilla · 28 May 2013 at 15:59

Shamrock said:
Wow PBK suck.

Without any explanation as to where my Castelli Gabba went they refunded £135 of my £136 order. So I effectively paid £1 for a bag of dried apricots (which were meant to be free) and wasted time. Great service!

I will not be using them again.

Used to be good, but were bought in January by The Hut Group. Things have gone down hill since then.

Console yourself by trying to find it cheaper here: http://www.flubit.com/

Users on BR are reporting some decent success with it.

I'm not on the market for anything at the moment so I've not tried it.

[DOD]Asprilla · 28 May 2013 at 16:02

****Stop The Presses*****

Massive bargain: http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/fr.../scott-cr1-sl-hmx-road-frame-set-2012-p194662

That's the SL version of the Scott CR1 for under £500. Jubus. I'm tempted myself even though it's only about 100g frame / fork saving

uniQ · 28 May 2013 at 16:08

Shamrock said:
Wow PBK suck.

Without any explanation as to where my Castelli Gabba went they refunded £135 of my £136 order. So I effectively paid £1 for a bag of dried apricots (which were meant to be free) and wasted time. Great service!

I will not be using them again.

They were taken over by 'The Hut' group not to long ago who are notorious for being completely useless. Saying that they have been alright for me so far.

BTW my LS Gabba Jersey is by far my most favourite piece of cycling clothing, definitely recommend. Really wan't the SS version too.

uniQ · 28 May 2013 at 16:12

[DOD]Asprilla;24355311 said:
****Stop The Presses*****

Massive bargain: http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/fr.../scott-cr1-sl-hmx-road-frame-set-2012-p194662

That's the SL version of the Scott CR1 for under £500. Jubus. I'm tempted myself even though it's only about 100g frame / fork saving

They have some silly priced deals. But that takes the biscuit almost makes Chinarello's look like poor vfm.

I nearly bought one then had to reel myself in.

Kimi · 28 May 2013 at 16:14

Woah, Scott CR1 for under £500... back away from the computer

One More Solo · 28 May 2013 at 16:14

[DOD]Asprilla;24355311 said:
****Stop The Presses*****

Massive bargain: http://www.westbrookcycles.co.uk/fr.../scott-cr1-sl-hmx-road-frame-set-2012-p194662

That's the SL version of the Scott CR1 for under £500. Jubus. I'm tempted myself even though it's only about 100g frame / fork saving

Was going to link that but I thought you'd see it on BR.

I saw a used one of those go in January for £500 on eBay which was a bargain in itself so that's ridiculous for a new one.

Shamrock · 28 May 2013 at 16:15

uniQ said:
They were taken over by 'The Hut' group not to long ago who are notorious for being completely useless. Saying that they have been alright for me so far.

BTW my LS Gabba Jersey is by far my most favourite piece of cycling clothing, definitely recommend. Really wan't the SS version too.

I've been trying to get hold of a black, size small, short sleeved Gabba but it's proving difficult. I just don't understand what happened. They sent out apricots and no jersey, but the jersey must have gone somewhere?!

[DOD]Asprilla · 28 May 2013 at 16:17

They have the Addict SL for the same price.

Kimi · 28 May 2013 at 16:21

You got apricots but no jersey? wtf thats weird, was the package damaged?

Shamrock · 28 May 2013 at 16:23

I'm not sure they ever sent out a jersey. The packet was only large enough for the apricots and it contained no invoice.

One More Solo · 28 May 2013 at 16:33

Kimi said:
Gave my ride a clean after a couple Strava days and a few damp rides, chain was filthy but came up brand new

Very nice.

I've heard you're better off clamping the seat post on a carbon frame if you're putting it in a repair stand though, just to be on the safe side.

uniQ · 28 May 2013 at 16:33

Shamrock said:
I've been trying to get hold of a black, size small, short sleeved Gabba but it's proving difficult. I just don't understand what happened. They sent out apricots and no jersey, but the jersey must have gone somewhere?!

Over the odds of most places but Castelli-Café have them:

http://www.castellicafe.co.uk/castelli-gabba-ws-mens-jersey

uniQ · 28 May 2013 at 16:37

Kimi said:
Gave my ride a clean after a couple Strava days and a few damp rides, chain was filthy but came up brand new

Looking good. How are you finding the C50's?

Shamrock · 28 May 2013 at 16:40

uniQ said:
Over the odds of most places but Castelli-Café have them:

http://www.castellicafe.co.uk/castelli-gabba-ws-mens-jersey

Thanks, I might use it as a last resort. I've just ordered from another place at £135, but I'm sure they'll email me back saying it's an error and they don't really have any stock!

I'd actually like to get hold of the other waterproof jersey used by the pro peleton, however it's not available in the UK:

http://www.giordana.com/en/collezioni/uomo-inverno/g-shield/g-shield-maglia-idrorepellente-uomo

rogan · 28 May 2013 at 16:45

Now that I have an all weather commuter back on the road I want to spend my hard earned bonus on my road bike

It currently looks like this

It definitely needs new wheels as these are very old and heavy, and I'm pretty set on chinese carbon rims (38mm) to hope hubs, 20/24 built over here.

No I need to decide wether or not to upgrade my frameset or not, the Alan fits well but its old Alu (early 90s), its not the lightest, its very harsh and the power transfer for how harsh it is, isn't great.

But my budget is tight, £500-600, so Canyon Ultimate AL, Steel Bob Jackson with a carbon fork, or chinese carbon are my options after some research, which hasn't narrowed it down at all, as it still leaves steel alu and carbon!