Road Cycling Essentials
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Looks very nice. I wouldn't bother upgrading the stem to a carbon one
Save the money for a new frame and transfer everything over.
This. My carbon stem cost around 5x as much as my Alu one and there's only around 15g between them. No noticeable ride difference. I mainly preferred the aesthetics but it's a wedge for a visual upgrade that would be better spent elsewhere.
After a month or so of riding a 3 year old carrera vulcan with road style tyres that I picked up off ebay, I got myself a new 2014 specialized allez sport today from the bike shop down the road. Paid for it and went back a couple of hours later to pick it up and they chucked in a couple of water bottles and holders. No where near as good as most the bikes in this thread but I love it
Don't fret, I comfortably claim the wooden spoon for riding the worst piece of junk in this thread.
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Haven't seen a two tone faded frame in a long time - you should get one for that reason alone. Needs Campag to set it off though.
I'm watching S02 of BB right now. I don't bother with Fructo/Dextro just Malto it's quickly absorbed and almost flavourless. Hope you got the right scoop for the caffeine as 0.25g is around 5 coffee's
I was looking at a carbon seatpost for when I get my bike next year. I'll probably go for it, as it's not massively more, and I'll never bother if I don't stick it on from new, but I'm not expecting miracles.
I'm watching S02 of BB right now. I don't bother with Fructo/Dextro just Malto it's quickly absorbed and almost flavourless. Hope you got the right scoop for the caffeine as 0.25g is around 5 coffee's
I checked the LD50 of caffeine on Wikipedia. 100g is enough to kill 7 or 8 people.
That 100g is about enough for 4000 servings of mixture equivalent to high5 energy source +.
Looks very nice. I wouldn't bother upgrading the stem to a carbon one as alu is usually stiffer, lighter and cheaper. I also wouldn't be racing on carbon bars - if you crash it's very hard to tell whether they are damaged and they're one of the last things you want to fail unexpectedly on a bike, especially in a race.
Save the money for a new frame and transfer everything over.
Fair enough! I'll save myself the ££! Im pretty happy with the allez frame tbh. Might wait until I see something special.
I like the top one too but i feel its a bit dull for a custom bike, but it is classy!
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What are their limits as far as paints jobs go?
I say a chap on a Hetchins the other day and it was beautiful. Metallic orange at the front and going through red and burgundy to a deep purple at the back. The lugs were picked out like flames.
Stunning.
I say a chap on a Hetchins the other day and it was beautiful. Metallic orange at the front and going through red and burgundy to a deep purple at the back. The lugs were picked out like flames.
Stunning.
Dare you to snort some.
I'm surprised it isn't regulated tbh. You can't buy ibuprofen from self service checkout without staff approval but you can buy pure caffeine powder from the interwebs.
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/science/2013/08/this-is-how-your-brain-becomes-addicted-to-caffeine/
thanks to not falling over people on a couple of spots and giving it all i could iv got my time down by another 2 min 12 secs on my little run.
http://www.strava.com/activities/73653185
http://www.strava.com/activities/73653185
IMO.. not a fan of the font tho
my design and typeface skills are extremely poor
Energy drink successfully mixed! I have just over 1.5Kg of mixture that is broadly equivalent to High 5 Energy Source +, which just needs to be added to water or squash.
I worked out that at this stage it has cost about 26p per 46g serving, which is a bit over half the price of buying the best value tub of High 5 powder, so even allowing for buying squash I'm way ahead. On top of that, I've got enough caffeine powder to last me the rest of my life, enough electrolyte powder for another 8 or 9 batches of this stuff, and enough maltodextrin for 1 more batch. So all I'll need for the next lot is £6 worth of fructose.
In short... absolute bargain.
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BTW down to 14.60 stone
skinny runt
iv got a looooooong ways to go but im aiming for major change by april next year when i may do something stupid again.
You wont get a cyclist's physique in the gym. Unless you're talking about a track sprinter rather than a Tour de France rider.
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