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Calpol said:
Then we must both be awesome - or stunningly average! Lets stick with the awesome! I can't be too disappointed by 18.3mph for 100+ miles on very little sleep!
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Definitely awesome :cool:

uniQ said:
Excellent effort(s)! Not much stoppage time either. Looked like a great day out on the TV :(
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Yeah I stopped once for drinks and had to stop for a road crossing, otherwise no problems on that front!

Only problems I found was that there was a lot of first timers there who seemed totally oblivious to how to behave on a sportive - despite there being so much room on the road, people still filled out the road going at the same speed (i.e. very steady) this became really frustrating during descents. At one point I was coming up to a guy who was plodding along and he started moaning that I didn't make him aware that I was there so he could move out of the way :confused:

And then there were the folk pushing their carbon up newlands and other "hills".. :eek:
 
oli collett said:
Definitely awesome :cool:



Yeah I stopped once for drinks and had to stop for a road crossing, otherwise no problems on that front!

Only problems I found was that there was a lot of first timers there who seemed totally oblivious to how to behave on a sportive - despite there being so much room on the road, people still filled out the road going at the same speed (i.e. very steady) this became really frustrating during descents. At one point I was coming up to a guy who was plodding along and he started moaning that I didn't make him aware that I was there so he could move out of the way :confused:

And then there were the folk pushing their carbon up newlands and other "hills".. :eek:
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and what did i say month ago about people with expensive kit and 0 muscle power to use it? ;)) london is full of guys like that.
 
Would my SRAM GXP BB from Ti fit the Scott Cr1 w/ press fit? Wondering if I could use the groupset from the Ti as a doner bike for the Scott then sell the Ti frame.

Also, assume I wan't the pressfit CR1 and not the threaded?
 
Bigsy said:
You need to strip it down to make sure it isn't superficial, I suspect it isn't thats quite a lot of spacers and the extra leverage does put extra stress on the steerer and frame.

Still make sure there is no play and that the collar/tapered spacer isn't touching the frame in the area where the crack is.

The outside of that bottom tapered spacer should never touch the frame, it has an inner ring inside which should sit on the main bearing. Where the two meet will have some very thin washers that alter the height making sure the spacer sits on the bearing and not the frame. If this area has ever been rebuilt these could have been missed.
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Aye just taking it apart now. Will update!

Ok it definitely looks to me like a crack in the lacquer, rather than the frame. Should I reduce the number of spacers to reduce pressure? It's at a very comfortable height for me.
 
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oli collett said:
Nuts isn't it??

One odd sight - a cervelo R5.. With mudguards.
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Yeah I saw that too. Saw a few R5s and S2's. In fact its hard to think of a bike I didn't see today. Saw one bloke on a Derosa King which looked nice. Loads of Cannondales, a fair few S- works. Bianchis a plenty (a black Sempre being the pick of them). Its always fun to see people on £4k bikes going backwards on Leith hill.
 
Calpol said:
Yeah I saw that too. Saw a few R5s and S2's. In fact its hard to think of a bike I didn't see today. Saw one bloke on a Derosa King which looked nice. Loads of Cannondales, a fair few S- works. Bianchis a plenty (a black Sempre being the pick of them). Its always fun to see people on £4k bikes going backwards on Leith hill.
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I remember most of those! What time did you start? Are you sure we didn't follow each other around? :D
 
Well done to the people who did the Ride London 100 today

did you see anyone famous?

I watched it on TV Matt Dawson was there along with Sally Gunell
and I think Dani King was riding it too


@ arknor

looks like your doing well to get PBs on a hybrid? good going :)

and the jag doesn't look like the only car prinked on the path to me
 
I saw some bloke wearing jeans today, made us laugh as we sped past as light speed and he looked like h had wet himself with sweat. Why anyone wears them at all in the summer is beyond me let alone on a bike!

Nice 76km today, perfect weather with it not being silly hot and enough of a breeze to aide cooling down! Well played to all the people who did the London 100 today :)
 
Well obv Lycra is the best but even shorts would be infinitely better than jeans! Get some sun on your legs and then you can progress to proper cycling clothing via some nice shorts!
 
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