Road Cycling Essentials

[Stinger53]

and which mudgaurds to fit my bike? crud racer MK2's or SK race ones?

i have just bought a set of crud road racers mk2's. and no a few people that have them. and highly recommend them.

 

[Vonhelmet]

If your bike has proper mudguard mount points, get SKS Chromoplastic P35s. Bikeradar has nothing but praise.

 

[grudas]

If your bike has proper mudguard mount points, get SKS Chromoplastic P35s. Bikeradar has nothing but praise.

oh yeah if you can fit a "proper" set of mudguards go for them!

 

[George Hincapie]

And he's sprinter lol does bring it home as you said. People bag on Cavendish for being a crap climber but compared to the average rider he would trash them.

Correct.

Cav beat the winning time of the fastest Etape de Tour rider last year by over an hour. He's an exceptional climber by any normal standard. He only looks crap compared to to the finest climbers in the Pro-Peleton.

 

[ShiWarrior]

If your bike has proper mudguard mount points, get SKS Chromoplastic P35s. Bikeradar has nothing but praise.

im quite sure my bike hasent got mudguard mounts

 

[bastic]

a friend of mine is looking for a road bike but with disk breaks .. any suggestions ?

 

[PermaChanged]

With WHAT!?

 

[grudas]

Hmmm dick brakes might be hard to get.. all depends on the budget ofc

 

[minty]

dick breaks?! sounds painful :$

 

[touch]

Road.cc did a feature on road bike disc brakes not long ago. I didnt look much into it at the time, but i think most of those bikes are still prototype/pre-production demo bikes and if any of them are on sale, they will be silly prices.

One of the main problems with disc brakes on road bikes is that hydraulic brakes are far better than cable brakes, but neither shimano nor sram have an option for using their combined brake/shift levers with hydraulic brakes yet.

Disc brakes are becoming quite popular in cyclocross, so maybe a CX frame with skinny road tyres would be the best option. I still dont think that would be cheap tho.

 

[rogan]

Anyone interested this is how my french track frame came out after finally getting it built up, new cranks and wheels are in the works..

 

[touch]

Anyone interested this is how my french track frame came out after finally getting it built up, new cranks and wheels are in the works..

That looks great.

I had my first shot on a velodrome today. It's so much fun. The banked corners are scarily steep when you first see them but feel amazing at full speed. It's just like riding on the flat, but with the gforce pushing you down onto the bike.
Cant wait to get back on it!

 

[minty]

the only road bike that i think you can buy with disk breaks is the colnago c59 disc. it is also very expensive

 

[Vonhelmet]

Dick brakes? Get an old Raleigh chopper with the suicide lever.

 

[bastic]

lol at D... breaks
small typo and so much fun ;p

 

[bastic]

he has found this Kona
never heard of Kona...bu then I have never heard of Ribble as well..now I ride carbon ribble

 

[kieranv]

Never heard of Kona?

Disc brakes on a road bike??

 

[Edinho]

a friend of mine is looking for a road bike but with disk breaks .. any suggestions ?

For what reason? Only benefit I can see is no rim wear.

 

[divuk83]

a friend of mine is looking for a road bike but with disk breaks .. any suggestions ?

Would a Charge Mixer be any good? I quite fancy one myself for getting to work on.

http://chargebikes.com/products/mixer/

Dave

 

[[Damien]]

It's so pretty!!

If I was going to get a new bike it'd probably be that. I really do miss disc brakes in this weather...

Edit: Assuming someone threw a bundle of cash at me that is...