Road Cycling Essentials

uniQ · 10 Jan 2013 at 12:39

Jeremy Vine on Radio 2 discussing LA.

BlackDragon · 10 Jan 2013 at 12:44

Arsey said:
You can contact Strava and get it fixed. Mine did that once and I contacted them and they said it was "stuck" in the server or something and then it was fixed.

Thanks, I'll give that a go

platypus · 10 Jan 2013 at 12:48

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/jan/09/ten-questions-oprah-wilfrey-lance-armstrong

Made me laugh.

InQ · 10 Jan 2013 at 12:50

George Hincapie said:
The Park chain cleaner is fine. Buy citrus chain cleaner from Halfords. I usually run the hose over the chain, then pop the cleaner on (with rear wheel off or I can't get the clearance), run the cleaner, hose chain again, dry with kitchen roll, wheel back on and lube with Teflon Dry lube.

Others will have their own routines obviously.

This one?
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_520659_langId_-1_categoryId_228374

Shamrock · 10 Jan 2013 at 12:53

InQ said:
This one?
http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/..._productId_520659_langId_-1_categoryId_228374

You can get this one which isn't marketed at cyclists:

http://www.albancleaning.com/cleani...oogle&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=productfeed

willems · 10 Jan 2013 at 13:16

touch said:
I'll be hiring a bike over there. It's such a brilliant place to cycle. Half of the island is pan flat and the other half is alpine style climbing. Roads are perfect and there isnt much traffic.
Leaving 11 weeks tomorrow, cant wait

i really should do something like this.

what are you renting?

Lead_Head · 10 Jan 2013 at 13:31

I just use whatever cheapest citrus based kitchen floor cleaner I can find in the supermarket. Very cheap and does the same job, smells nice too.

George Hincapie · 10 Jan 2013 at 13:43

platypus said:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2013/jan/09/ten-questions-oprah-wilfrey-lance-armstrong

Made me laugh.

This bit made me LOL

Looking back, how badly did the death of your dog when you were seven years old affect you? Looking at this picture of your dog can you feel the tears welling up, the anger coming out? Can you feel the tears for your dog? Would you like to reach out and pat the dog? Pat the dog, Lance. Cry. Cry and pat the dog.

[Damien] · 10 Jan 2013 at 14:05

Pete, if your reading this, I've just climbed the rake. I'm off to belmont now. I'll pop it on strava when I get home. So tired...

ArmoVanBuuren · 10 Jan 2013 at 14:16

Ok thanks very much for the advice guys re bike maintenance.

Going to buy the Park Chain Cleaner and some Finish Line Dry Teflon Lubrication oil.

Do people recommend this lube or should I get traditonal oil (http://www.wiggle.co.uk/morgan-blue-pro-tour-race-oil-125ml-bottle/)?

Also how do people recommend cleaner the rear cassette and front crankset?

George Hincapie · 10 Jan 2013 at 14:59

ArmoVanBuuren said:
Ok thanks very much for the advice guys re bike maintenance.

Going to buy the Park Chain Cleaner and some Finish Line Dry Teflon Lubrication oil.

Do people recommend this lube or should I get traditonal oil (http://www.wiggle.co.uk/morgan-blue-pro-tour-race-oil-125ml-bottle/)?

Also how do people recommend cleaner the rear cassette and front crankset?

Finish Line is what I use - recommended.

For cleaning the cassette and chain ring I use hot water, Fairy Liquid, a stiff bristled brush and lots of elbow grease

Kimi · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:05

I use Loctite 7063 on my cassette, comes up brand new

minty · 10 Jan 2013 at 15:35

[Damien];23531369 said:
I've just climbed the rake. I'm off to belmont now..

was it as bad as you thought it was gonna be?

Vonhelmet · 10 Jan 2013 at 16:11

[Damien];23531369 said:
Pete, if your reading this, I've just climbed the rake. I'm off to belmont now. I'll pop it on strava when I get home. So tired...

Impressive!

[Damien] · 10 Jan 2013 at 17:54

minty said:
was it as bad as you thought it was gonna be?

To be honest, no. It was hard, especially after getting up there in the first place (I went to the top the long way, then down the rake, then back up) but I expected it to be harder. I was knackered afterwards though. I really felt it the rest of trip. Getting up to belmont after that was a struggle at a few points.

Vonhelmet said:
Impressive!

Cheers

Here's the link. I ended up taking a detour at the end because I wanted to make it a metric century. I've got issues...

touch · 10 Jan 2013 at 18:07

willems said:
i really should do something like this.

what are you renting?

I'm getting a carbon massi with ultegra groupset.
It's costing me around 100 euros (but we get a fairly good discount because the club i'm going with have been using the same guy for hire bikes on their annual mallorca trip for about 15 years now). It works out cheaper when you look at the cost of taking a bike on the plane and the transfers from the airport (and saves ~600 miles of wear on my drivetrain).

weta · 10 Jan 2013 at 20:47

Anyone know where I can get some Athena 9-speed Ergos and a matching rear mech from?

I've tried eBay, cycling forums etc.. (for over two years) without success, any help would be greatly appreciated.

VeNT · 10 Jan 2013 at 21:52

anyone get a planet X bike before?
was thinking of getting one on cyclescheme next time?

R0B75 · 10 Jan 2013 at 21:57

VeNT said:
anyone get a planet X bike before?
was thinking of getting one on cyclescheme next time?

I have one and I also got it from them on the Cyclescheme.

Saytan · 10 Jan 2013 at 22:05

weta said:
Anyone know where I can get some Athena 9-speed Ergos and a matching rear mech from?

I've tried eBay, cycling forums etc.. (for over two years) without success, any help would be greatly appreciated.

there are several 9 speed athena ergos on ebay right now!