Road Cycling Essentials

platypus · 1 Jul 2010 at 15:09

It's like sex. Once you're over the first time it's like, er, riding a bike.

Siliconslave · 1 Jul 2010 at 15:15

don't worry about it - once your on the bike everyone accepts you as being just another road bike tart, keep moving and you won't really hear their sarkey comments!

Matutu · 1 Jul 2010 at 15:16

lol still surprised it fits, all reviews said that even if your small a large is needed and i got small in both Bib shorts and Jersey :S. Lucky though

[DOD]Asprilla · 1 Jul 2010 at 15:27

Remember that lycra stretches; I'm 5'10" and 75kg (carrying about 10kg of excess fat) and I too am a Castelli small.

A year ago I was a very tight large in a jersey.

Did you get haribo or Goodnessshakes from Wiggle?

Matutu · 1 Jul 2010 at 17:43

I got a Goodnessshakes sample

do you always get soemthing or was it just because it was my first order?

Well i did it guys went out in my new kit haha even got a photo

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What ya think hahahah

VaderDSL · 1 Jul 2010 at 17:56

Apart from the trainers you don't look out of place on that bike

Matutu · 1 Jul 2010 at 18:00

yer shoes are on the list lol

platypus · 1 Jul 2010 at 22:18

The kit looks great. Shame about the shoes

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Matutu · 2 Jul 2010 at 09:29

lmao i didnt think they looked that made, do cycling shoes look that much different?

platypus · 2 Jul 2010 at 09:34

Yeah.

Siliconslave · 2 Jul 2010 at 10:31

Matutu said:
lmao i didnt think they looked that made, do cycling shoes look that much different?

you can get some MTB shoes that look very similar, but road shoes are totally different. Heres me looking like a road tart on the Capital to Coast last weekend, you can see my Bontrager Race Road Shoes:

[DOD]Asprilla · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:05

Bar tape needs a wash.

Siliconslave · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:28

[DOD]Asprilla;16867584 said:
Bar tape needs a wash.

you should have seen the back of the jersey! - chain came off a couple of times (need to tweak the bottom stop on the front) so my hands were filthy and it got all over my nice shiney new jersey and bar tape - white is so impractical

platypus · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:32

I really wish your frame said Wibble.

What cycling computer do you use?

PardonTheWait · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:34

I was just wondering that, it looks suspiciously like an iPhone from here.

Shoei · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:39

Siliconslave said:
you should have seen the back of the jersey! - chain came off a couple of times (need to tweak the bottom stop on the front) so my hands were filthy and it got all over my nice shiney new jersey and bar tape - white is so impractical

thats why i have latex gloves in my seat pack. saves the hands from oil.

[DOD]Asprilla · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:43

I just buy black jerseys and mitts. You get oily, but you don't notice.

SS, you should have got the 7005SL like me, white frame with black saddle and tape, it's a much more practical combination

Hamoodii · 2 Jul 2010 at 11:50

Cleats?

Siliconslave · 2 Jul 2010 at 12:11

platypus said:
I really wish your frame said Wibble.

What cycling computer do you use?

it is an iPhone with cyclemeter that ride is here: http://j.mp/blQBnl

and wibble would be good, i also might have to get a D sticker for some of them

Shoei said:
thats why i have latex gloves in my seat pack. saves the hands from oil.

I've seen that mentioned before and will probably chuck some in asap, although the last time was as i came up to some lights about 400yards from the end, trying to race one of the other guys i went with so wouldn't have been time for faffing with gloves

[DOD]Asprilla;16867830 said:
I just buy black jerseys and mitts. You get oily, but you don't notice.

SS, you should have got the 7005SL like me, white frame with black saddle and tape, it's a much more practical combination

its the 7005SL with the carbon monostay so not too dissimilar - but the matt black frame, they didn't have the white when i ordered and black is slimming

I tend to ride in black most of the time but we had some "team" jerseys made up for the event (team as in work team, totally not a cycling team)

[DOD]Asprilla · 2 Jul 2010 at 14:00

Hamoodii said:
Cleats?

Bits of metal or plastic attached to the bottom of your shoe which in turn clips into the pedal attaching you securely to the bike.