Road Cycling Essentials

EndlessSky · 13 Oct 2012 at 17:41

I've joined the Strava club as Steve H, can someone add me to the list?

ShiWarrior · 13 Oct 2012 at 17:58

EndlessSky said:
I've joined the Strava club as Steve H, can someone add me to the list?

i wondered who that was, thanks for the Kudos !

LOL just noticed, I think my date is wrong on my garmin..

EndlessSky · 13 Oct 2012 at 18:04

No worries!

topgun06 · 13 Oct 2012 at 18:13

uniQ said:
Bananas > gels.

I'd prefer a banana if they were easier to carry.

ShiWarrior · 13 Oct 2012 at 18:23

i cant fid the answer, how do you change the date and time on an Edge 800 ? i rather not reset the device if poss

grudas · 13 Oct 2012 at 18:23

ShiWarrior said:
got it working

so here is my first ever Road cycling
short and sweet (using Garmin)
http://app.strava.com/activities/24892048

http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/94985356

and that is on bmx! were you pushing it at all? as 4.6miles in ~24 mins in slow in my eyes on a road bike

uniQ · 13 Oct 2012 at 18:29

I don't have any problems carrying a couple of bananas in the back of a jersey pocket?

On a long ride (60+ miles) I'll take 2 bananas and a jam sandwich and that does the job for me.

Shamrock · 13 Oct 2012 at 18:41

bastic said:
one hour on the train to richmond rail station for me...

I think it's going to be difficult to find a place convenient for everyone that doesn't require much initial travel. Richmond Park main gate is a 30min cycle from where I live.

uniQ · 13 Oct 2012 at 19:21

Anyone in Birmingham? This looks like an awesome deal if so:
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_734045_langId_-1_categoryId_228374

ShiWarrior · 13 Oct 2012 at 19:28

grudas said:
http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/94985356

and that is on bmx! were you pushing it at all? as 4.6miles in ~24 mins in slow in my eyes on a road bike

thats becuase it ws my first ever ride on a road bike , so no I was being careful of my new bike !

grudas · 13 Oct 2012 at 19:36

ShiWarrior said:
thats becuase it ws my first ever ride on a road bike , so no I was being careful of my new bike !

ah.. can't wait to get my roadie! :O can anyone answer my question? just how WEAK are the wheels? i know it depends on the wheel but are they a lot weaker than lets say "cheap mtb" wheels?

ShiWarrior · 13 Oct 2012 at 19:37

grudas said:
ah.. can't wait to get my roadie! :O can anyone answer my question? just how WEAK are the wheels? i know it depends on the wheel but are they a lot weaker than lets say "cheap mtb" wheels?

hope they arent "too weak" i rode over loads of bumps and pot holes on my first ride, as i couldnt steer straight at first!

uniQ · 13 Oct 2012 at 19:46

grudas said:
ah.. can't wait to get my roadie! :O can anyone answer my question? just how WEAK are the wheels? i know it depends on the wheel but are they a lot weaker than lets say "cheap mtb" wheels?

Which wheels? Most wheels that come with off the peg bikes are quite heavy but generally pretty bullet proof. On my commuter I have some crap Bontrager's and I regularly hop off kerbs. 3 years later and they're still pretty much true. I wasn't so harsh with the Mavic Aksiums but they withstood plenty of potholes too etc.

[DOD]Asprilla · 13 Oct 2012 at 19:48

grudas said:
ah.. can't wait to get my roadie! :O can anyone answer my question? just how WEAK are the wheels? i know it depends on the wheel but are they a lot weaker than lets say "cheap mtb" wheels?

Depends what you mean by weak.

26" wheels are always going to be weaker than 29" (700c) wheels but the biggest factor is spoke count.

I used to have 20 front / 24 rear spoke climbing wheels but is just wasn't with it. Now all my wheels are 32/32 and once I get the hang of this wheel building lark I'm going to knock out some 36/36 commuting wheels.

grudas · 13 Oct 2012 at 20:05

ShiWarrior said:
hope they arent "too weak" i rode over loads of bumps and pot holes on my first ride, as i couldnt steer straight at first!

uniQ said:
Which wheels? Most wheels that come with off the peg bikes are quite heavy but generally pretty bullet proof. On my commuter I have some crap Bontrager's and I regularly hop off kerbs. 3 years later and they're still pretty much true. I wasn't so harsh with the Mavic Aksiums but they withstood plenty of potholes too etc.

[DOD]Asprilla;22953924 said:
Depends what you mean by weak.

26" wheels are always going to be weaker than 29" (700c) wheels but the biggest factor is spoke count.

I used to have 20 front / 24 rear spoke climbing wheels but is just wasn't with it. Now all my wheels are 32/32 and once I get the hang of this wheel building lark I'm going to knock out some 36/36 commuting wheels.

well the only thing i could compare them to is my BMX, but then again bmx wheels are tough, specially the ones i have on it! and i jump of curbs(on commute, on track we are talking 4-6ft jumps) and so on all the time

so it will take some "Getting used to" before i know the limits of them

they are 32 spoke, aluminum and double walled? so should be strong enough for 100mile/week commute to central london.

[DOD]Asprilla · 13 Oct 2012 at 20:39

grudas said:
they are 32 spoke, aluminum and double walled? so should be strong enough for 100mile/week commute to central london.

Walk in the park.

Similar pair for me did 7000 miles last year, mainly commuting in London.

grudas · 13 Oct 2012 at 20:42

[DOD]Asprilla;22954173 said:
Walk in the park.

Similar pair for me did 7000 miles last year, mainly commuting in London.

awesome! that was the only worry tbh

bar the carbon fork but that should be strong too.

Vonhelmet · 13 Oct 2012 at 21:02

I've just done 18 miles in the dark. The temperature is down to 5 degrees according to the thermometer on the side of a building in town. I'm hereby invoking rule 9 and claiming the title of badass.

VeNT · 13 Oct 2012 at 21:14

uniQ said:
I'm off to a bicycle "jumble sale" 50 mile round trip. Looking forward to it, sounds like computer fairs of old but full of bike bits. Suns out too

where did you find out about it?

also, anyone wanna tell me how noisy a turbo trainer is?
thinking of picking one up but no point if it's going to wake the baby!

uniQ · 13 Oct 2012 at 21:26

I was reading an article yesterday in cycling weekly about bike jumble sales and I wasn't even aware there was such a thing so I googled around and found one 25 miles away that was by chance today. Wanted to cycle somewhere so figured it was worth the 50 miles round trip.

I looked up the prices of my bits and the Assos toe covers are £33, the skull cap £35. I paid £5 each :eek:

. They had loads of dhb stuff too. I saw a deuter bag for £30 just looked it up and they retail for £150 :eek:

I can't wait for next months. Going to fill my boots, literally.