I was cycling down a bike lane near Waterloo once with about 7 others going the same way as me, and there was a guy on a Boris bike going the opposite way and everybody else was moving out into the road for him. I said to him "You can't just cycle the wrong way down a road", and he shouted abuse at me! Unbelievable.
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I was cycling down a bike lane near Waterloo once with about 7 others going the same way as me, and there was a guy on a Boris bike going the opposite way and everybody else was moving out into the road for him. I said to him "You can't just cycle the wrong way down a road", and he shouted abuse at me! Unbelievable.
Soldato
wtf chain ring bolt sets are £10-£20the profit margins on them must be massive?
hopefully the ones I ordered are the right size lol...
£5 to ensure next day delivery as well *gulp*
they are £2 on ebay..
they are £2 on ebay..
cheapest I saw on ebay were 6.99 for a set but with BS shipping and an estimated delivery date of the end of the month lol..
rather pay extra and get them fast, gutted this is the best weather we have had up north in weeks and I snapped a bolt
almost tempted to go out with just the granny gear LOL
Soldato
cheapest I saw on ebay were 6.99 for a set but with BS shipping and an estimated delivery date of the end of the month lol..
rather pay extra and get them fast, gutted this is the best weather we have had up north in weeks and I snapped a bolt
almost tempted to go out with just the granny gear LOL
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Anodised-...cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item35c3c050c3
so you've paid 25quid?
Man of Honour
So I've ordered the Planet X 105 Shimano and gone for the carbon frame option I just don't think I can justify paying quite a lot more for quite a bit worse a bike from my LBS sadly.
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBPXXLS105/planet_x_xls_shimano_105_cyclocross_bike
Pretty excited about it
I just don't think I can justify paying quite a lot more for quite a bit worse a bike from my LBS sadly.http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBPXXLS105/planet_x_xls_shimano_105_cyclocross_bike
Pretty excited about it
Soldato
So I've ordered the Planet X 105 Shimano and gone for the carbon frame option
http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/CBPXXLS105/planet_x_xls_shimano_105_cyclocross_bike
Pretty excited about it
that's the one I'm looking at getting at the end of year.. not a massive fan of carbon frame and this -; http://www.merlincycles.com/bike-shop/bikes/road-bikes/beone-bikes/beone-mistral-race-road-bike.html
looks VERY meaty for the price.. hopefully its still in stock when I'm ready to order it.
no lol.http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Anodised-...cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item35c3c050c3
so you've paid 25quid?
9.99 + £5 delivery
I guess a courier is going to come with a tiny little package
even if I cancelled my order and went with the one you linked on ebay theres no guarantee the guy would get to the post office in time or that RM would deliver the next day with a first class stamp anyway
Soldato
no lol.
9.99 + £5 delivery
I guess a courier is going to come with a tiny little package
even if I cancelled my order and went with the one you linked on ebay theres no guarantee the guy would get to the post office in time or that RM would deliver the next day with a first class stamp anyway
meh you'll have to wait anyway
1st class is normally next day for me.. after the seller takes 3 days to dispatch lol.
Man of Honour
I was originally thinking of switching it to a steel frame but the reviews I could find of this frame were fairly promising and I already have a reasonable steel frame cotic x so...y'know
The bike you've linked to looks very shiny indeed. No disc brakes though
Soldato
I was originally thinking of switching it to a steel frame but the reviews I could find of this frame were fairly promising and I already have a reasonable steel frame cotic x so...y'know
The bike you've linked to looks very shiny indeed. No disc brakes though
meh disc brakes while nice to have is not a priority in my case.. getting the best bang for buck is what I want and alu frame is perfect.. shame that most ~1k bikes come with carbon and tiagra groupo... id love to see more 1k with alu/steel and better groupo/wheelset and brakes.
Man of Honour
Personally I don't like alu so I guess we're kind of polar opposites on that
Steel is generally my first choice but decent carbon can win me over. Disc brakes are always extremely high priority for me though. To be honest this is the first year I've noticed 1k bikes coming with much better than sora :/ (though I mostly look at CX bikes rather than road due to my love of discs).
What does the frame weigh? My Ti is around 1250g
Another cheap pair of P-X wheels:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Planet-X-...h=item4614eefe84&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:GB:101
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Planet-X-...h=item4614eefe84&ssPageName=RSS:B:SHOP:GB:101
Have you ridden a carbon bike? It can make aluminium feel positively agricultural but as with anything there are good and bad of each.
Soldato
I did and genuinely I didn't notice any difference ?! just felt like a different bike and that was it.. as expected really
What I'm worried about is cracking/breaking of the frame.. my roadie had a few falls, hits etc and its still going.. my carbon fork has a few chips etc and its ok tho, I guess I just need to bite the bullet and own one for a while.
I was sceptical with alu vs. carbon and only ended up with a carbon frame due to supply issues and sigma graciously upgrading me. The way my Z6 absorbs road buzz compared with my old Allez is amazing, but then the Cervelo S1 feels pretty great and the Focus Cayo Evo I had a quick blast on was rock solid by comparison to mine.
I'm not sure where the whole carbon being fragile thing comes from. If you smash into something hard enough to crack/snap a carbon frame, then an alu frame would almost certainly be wrecked too.
I'm not sure where the whole carbon being fragile thing comes from. If you smash into something hard enough to crack/snap a carbon frame, then an alu frame would almost certainly be wrecked too.
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