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New wheels for the spring/summer 2013 - do I want lightweight or aero?

Or do I really push the boat out and get some 1400g Carbon Tubulars with around 50mm aero profile, like Zipp 404's hmmmm
 
Thanks for the advice re the bar tape guys.

[DOD]Asprilla;23182466 said:
You'll find that most bar tape is pretty much the same thickness, although I've just started using Lizardskins which comes in two versions. If you want more padding then you can get gel pads to insert under the tape, or you can double wrap it.

Chances are that the bikes you've seen just have newer tape on as it tends to compress over time.
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The gel pads look good, but you mentioned double wrapping it. Can I just buy some new tape and wrap it over the top of my existing tape then? As that will be an easy and cheap way to increase the thickness.
 
How thick do you want it? :confused:

Presumably you're already on oversized bars?

Double wrapping could work but it would be REALLY thick and you might run out of the top layer before it reaches the end of the bottom layer
 
Rusty_Noob said:
New wheels for the spring/summer 2013 - do I want lightweight or aero?

Or do I really push the boat out and get some 1400g Carbon Tubulars with around 50mm aero profile, like Zipp 404's hmmmm
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I would get some really good clinchers over tubulars. Depends of course on what you're using them for though.
Getting a puncture on tubulars will be a right pain in the ass.

I've got Cosmic SLs, which are a great aero set to go with my aero boardman, and I don't have to worry about all the niggles that come with tubulars.
 
Only one other guy turned out for the ride this morning! I gather everyone else was hanging after a beer festival last night. It hadn't stopped him! We did 30 miles, explored a couple of new roads, then headed home. The weather stayed OK as well, though we did pretty much ride into a cloud at one point.
 
Did a 94 mile ride today. Anyone else go out and do the Strava BMC 79 mile challenge?

Really wasn't feeling very well and suffered stomach cramp most of the route. Glad to be home!
 
About to mount my Edge 800 and cadence sensor tonight and give it a go on tomorrow's ride.

My initial impressions are that it seems like an out-dated piece of kit in dire need of an update to fit in with iDevices and other modern touch things. I appreciate it isn't new tech any more, but the touch interface just feels very clunky. Also, it seems like you can't simultaneously display stuff like cadence whilst using the navigation?
 
If its anything like my 500 you can set the navigation (or course on mine) going and have it on your normal page, at a turn it will then prompt you to turn and the direction.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;23182542 said:
You and I need to have words.

Now, I'm not saying its all your fault but there is a set of Royce hubs on its was to my house.......
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You lucky boy! Cliff is a top bloke and the hubs they make are about as close to porn a hub can possibly get.

I have the yellow + black full fingered and fingerless leather gloves. Probably the only Royce kit I will own for sometime.
 
Cool. I think I'm being overly critical of it at the moment. Hopefully my opinion will change when I actually start riding with it.
 
Shamrock said:
Also, it seems like you can't simultaneously display stuff like cadence whilst using the navigation?
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It's certainly not as intuitive as an iDevice. It took me around 500 miles before I really got to grips and really sussed out all the settings. Learning something new on almost every ride.

You can overlay menu's onto the navigation too. I have MPH & Cadence.
 
Shamrock said:
About to mount my Edge 800 and cadence sensor tonight and give it a go on tomorrow's ride.

My initial impressions are that it seems like an out-dated piece of kit in dire need of an update to fit in with iDevices and other modern touch things. I appreciate it isn't new tech any more, but the touch interface just feels very clunky. Also, it seems like you can't simultaneously display stuff like cadence whilst using the navigation?
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You can't but it would take too much battery power to have a big phone-like screen with everything on it.

Your phone would never be able to let you know where to go for a full 10 hour ride but the Garmin can! Guess the 800 has been out for a while now, but even a new model won't be amazingly better because they are limited by what batteries can do.
 
uniQ said:
Did a 94 mile ride today. Anyone else go out and do the Strava BMC 79 mile challenge?

Really wasn't feeling very well and suffered stomach cramp most of the route. Glad to be home!
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YES! I did, until halfway when I got a pinch flat going over a pothole in Cheltenham......really pee'd off. And they're buggers to fix, so patches didn't do it.
And to make it worse, I forgot that my spare tube didn't have a long valve that would work with my Cosmics. So in the end....I had to get picked up by my Dad :(
Can't be assed to try again tomorrow, going MTBing at Forest of Dean instead :)
 
Today I was wetter, colder and covered in crap far more than I've ever been when cross country mountain biking. Urg. Country lanes underwater, tractors pulling out on me throwing all sorts of dung in my face.

Love it :)
 
Guys I need some help with valve extenders. I'd love to buy some 80mm valve length tubes, but you get much better deals on normal length valve tubes.....so I need some education on extenders.
From what I've seen so far there seem to be two types:

Ones that need removal of the valve core, then the adapter screws on, then the core goes on the end (so the proper valve end is still exposed), like these http://www.wiggle.co.uk/continental-valve-extensions/

And another type which just seems to screw onto the normal valve end, like these: http://www.wiggle.co.uk/lezyne-valve-extender-70mm/

With regards to the latter, I have a lezyne pump on my bike, so I guess that just screws on the end and you start pumping? (Although I'm not sure how it works exactly)
But....my track pump is the usual push on type, so would that still work on the extender?

Any help appreciated :)
 
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I guess I wouldn't want the conti extenders if I'm using a lezyne pump as i'll probably remove the core with the hose (as you have to screw them on before pumping)
That's what happened to me today and I thought I knackered the tube.
 
[DOD]Asprilla;23188492 said:
If you can figure out how to use a Lezyne pump without removing the valve core or letting the tyre go flat as you unscrew the hose end then please tell me.
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I'd love to know that too! I'm sure Lezyne themselves even say this will happen.
I did manage to pump it up once with no problems, I've only ever had two punctures to fix on this bike.

I just don't see how the Lezyne extenders work, you just screw them on to the normal valve ends.
 
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