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Went out on a ride yesterday - 43ish miles planned plus my 10miles each way to get there.

Not been on the bike much for about 4months so easily one of the biggest rides if done for a very long time! Im sad to say I bailed after my speedo ticked passed 30miles about 1/2 way into the route and going into a more hilly area and we were about to turn south into the wind, so since i was holding the gang up I called it a day :(

Saw my HR reach 193 a fair few times just didnt have the strength I used to have very sad :(
 
Shamrock said:
Funky looking jerseys!

I'm officially sad...I spent £20 on some carbon/Ti skewers to save 60g of weight.:o

In my defence, that is a great £/g ratio!
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My bike weighs about 11kg and I reckon I'm about that much overweight for my height.

I could make my bike effectively weightless!

:D

Edit: Also, someone add me to the strava list. I added my name earlier in the thread but got overlooked because you're all meanies. Damien S shockingly enough.
 
[Damien];22985598 said:
My bike weighs about 11kg and I reckon I'm about that much overweight for my height.

I could make my bike effectively weightless!

:D

Edit: Also, someone add me to the strava list. I added my name earlier in the thread but got overlooked because you're all meanies. Damien S shockingly enough.
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just poop before you leave.. ;)
 
Meh, screw weight. If the bike's too heavy it just means you need bigger legs :)

Besides, I like looking at segment rankings on strava and going "damn I'll never get top 10 on this one" then setting it to filter for 200lb+ riders only and being all :smugface: because I'm #1.
 
[Damien];22985897 said:
Meh, screw weight. If the bike's too heavy it just means you need bigger legs :)

Besides, I like looking at segment rankings on strava and going "damn I'll never get top 10 on this one" then setting it to filter for 200lb+ riders only and being all :smugface: because I'm #1.
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There's a fair few segments round our way where I've scored a good time... Then spotted you a few places further up the leaderboard!
 
Vonhelmet said:
There's a fair few segments round our way where I've scored a good time... Then spotted you a few places further up the leaderboard!
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All those years of riding MTB's on the road and doing barbell squats have paid off I reckon. I might drop a couple of stone and see how much faster it makes me :)

I still need to go up that hill along Platt Ln you mentioned. I might do that on Sun if the weather's up to it.
 
grudas said:
yup, but its out of the box and all built? will they take it back?

guess returning it will be a problem too as the box is HUGE and 18kg+
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18kg :o is it made from lead?

Sounds like a lucky escape if it weighs that much, thats shocking for a hybrid - its pretty shocking for an MTB!
 
[Damien];22986009 said:
All those years of riding MTB's on the road and doing barbell squats have paid off I reckon. I might drop a couple of stone and see how much faster it makes me :)

I still need to go up that hill along Platt Ln you mentioned. I might do that on Sun if the weather's up to it.
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Check the route I take up there - don't go from the Greyhound roundabout, go from the crossroads on Gloucester Street - as otherwise the segment won't register on Strava.
 
so im waiting for my triban 3 to arrive, and before ordering i have noticed some people mentioning the "2300 groupset" what bad about it?
 
The main differences between group sets will be weight, durability, crispness/smoothness of shifting and the overall ergonomics of shifting.

As you move up the range these things should improve, but also the price increases.

EDIT: I realise I didn't really answer your question. As Shimmy said, for the price of the Triban that groupset will perform fine and have cheap replacement parts if things go wrong.
 
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Vonhelmet said:
Check the route I take up there - don't go from the Greyhound roundabout, go from the crossroads on Gloucester Street - as otherwise the segment won't register on Strava.
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Yeah, that's the route I was planning anyway. I'd come past the cemetery, onto Mealhouse Ln then take a left on Bag Lane and up that way.

Edit: Just checked out a couple of the segments we've both been on.

http://app.strava.com/rides/25127165#448884573

One second. One bloody second...
 
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