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Up at 5am, 2 hours of driving, then 100 miles & 7 hours of riding steep category 2 climbs, and another 2 hours drive back home – I’m doing the Tour of the Peaks today.
Event details : http://www.kilotogo.com/index.php?option=event_detail&event_id=267

Here’s a photo of me descending at last week’s Great Shakespeare 100 mile ride.

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Nah, too far from Box Hill and you need passes to spectate from there anyway. Watched them go through Walton on Thames / Weybridge this morning and might go watch them coming back through Esher in an hour or so, depends how my little girl feels.

Did want to post up some video but Mrs A forgot to press the record button.
 
[DOD]Asprilla, did you ever use your studded tyres in the ice and snow? I'm starting to think about winter, and I'm considering getting a pair now while they're in stock. Just wondering if they were any good.
 
I uses them in December and January and although they were pretty pointless most of the time there were a few occasions when they were excellent. I cross Richmond Park on my commute and frequently it was icy as hell and made harder as I was using a pannier so the weight wasn't distributed properly.
 
My current thinking is to fit a pair to my Carerra Subway 8 and leave it like that, only using it when it snows. That way, I don't have to worry about trying to predict when the bad weather is coming. I don't ride the Subway 8 any more, so I won't miss it being able to use it. I was worried that the studded tyres are crap and that it'd be a waste of money. Did you use Schwalbe Winter Marathons?
 
You're not happy with that time, SDK^? I'd be thrilled just to be able to get up them, let alone average nearly 15mph. I guess you'll just have to train to do better next year!

Did you enjoy the ride? How was the bike?
 
Saundie said:
Did you enjoy the ride? How was the bike?
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Although the climbs were painful the ride was excellent - so much great scenery. Reaching the Holme Moss climb 75 miles in wasn't the best but I made it up there :)
The bike was fine - nothing went wrong with it :)
 
Got directed here from the big bike thread, looking into getting a road bike for work/rides on the weekends, but abit unsure on where to start looking.

Ideally my budget is between £300-£600, had been looking at the carrera TDF from halfords but seen a lot of mixed reviews on here from them.
 
I did the Wiggle super series Mendips ride today. Only the standard 65 miles but was pretty good.

Unfortunately went with two mates and one was quite slow but still managed to average 17mph. Got to 47mph which was also disappointing as there were a few riders on the brakes and couldn’t overtake.

Not as much climbing as SDK but enough. :) photo to follow when there up.

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/106434376
 
One More Solo said:
Rarely see Decathlon mentioned on here but their bikes are very good value for money: http://www.decathlon.co.uk/EN/triban-5-172072740/
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I'm a big fan of Decathlon, especially the French stores. Not sure if the gear is all the same (I know for a fact that the French stores have more stock), and in France in all the major cities they have another chain of stores to sell B grade stock even cheaper, pretty hard given how cheap Decathlon is already! Have picked up some absolute bargains - and they sell TdF team kit :).
 
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