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I use dhb arm and knee warmers. Highly recommended when compared to the Rapha and Torm ones I've had in the past.

I only really use roubaix warmers, I find the Lycra only ones fairly pointless.
 
Been feeling under the weather this week, had a little ride tonight but wasn't really into it.

The work I have been doing recently has obviously paid off though as I went round almost as fast as I have done in the past and found the hill climb a lot easier.
 
Those dhb roubaix things look quite good. And half the price of the things I was looking at last week :)
 
I'm going to get the roubaix tights (unpadded) and wear them over my bib shorts - cheaper than buying bib tight versions and should be warmer than just adding lined leg warners - I have some Lycra leg warners and they do a job but not going to be warm enough when it gets properly cold!!
 
godinman said:
Damn you with your options! Now I don't know what to do! :p
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Well, I've got 5 pairs of padded bib shorts and 5 pairs of padded bib tights and I now know that this was an error. I should have just got some non-padded bib tights to wear over my shorts. It would have saved money and wardrobe space, and provided more flexibility.

I use knee warmers for the autumn before it gets proper cold. Never bothered with leg warmers.
 
well, that bike on Ebay i was watching has now gone above my limit, so ive now decided to go ahead and get a boardman team carbon bike as my first road bike. Was going to get the pro carbon one but the gearing isnt compact.

Just signed up to British cycling through quidco and ive still not received my email from british cycling so i cant log in at the moment.
 
[Damien];22796521 said:
Yeah, I've got a speedo. I'd usually do 18-20 when on a straight on my MTB, on my CX I do 20-24ish. So not slower, but not exactly blowing my head off either.
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Is that mph or kph?

Wind resistance is exponential, so as you get faster, it takes more and more effort to increase your speed.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19166035 said:
power (force x speed) is related to velocity cubed, Jardine-Wright says. So for every doubling of speed, the cyclist is required to put in eight times more effort.
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22mph may seem like only a small improvement over 18mph, but it's actually quite a big jump when you consider the wind resistance.
In the past 2 years i have improved my average speed for a 10mile time trial from 23.5mph to 25.7mph. That's quite a big improvement, but when you look at the speed, it's only 2mph faster.
 
Planet X are doing a one time only deal, the RT-57 frame with SRAM Rival groupset for £999. You will not get a better bike for the money, I've ridden the Force model and the frame is great to ride.
 
Kimi said:
Guys, one of my friends has asked me to find her a Hybrid between £400-600. I dont really know much about them but from looking around i thought this would probably be ok.

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/trek/72-fx-disc-2013-hybrid-bike-ec040355

What do you think? any good?
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It's a hybrid, so useless. If she doesn't go off road buy a road bike, if all she does is trails get a mountain bike. If she INSISTS she goes off road (which she won't) get a cross bike.

And since there are no cross bikes for £600 my advice is utterly useless to you. I would seriously quiz the person on their requirements tho.

Cubes are well specced across their range so this might be worth a look if hybrid is definitely the way she is going to go: http://cyclecentreuk.co.uk/m13b0s167p12679/CUBE-Curve-Pro-2013
 
Heh! Ive been over it all with her, are you going to go off road? are you really going to go off road? seriously are you? yes yes yes lol! her friends got a mountain bike and she claims shes wants to be able to go off road with her at the weekends,(which will probably be twice next summer) but also wants to ride to work..believe me, ive tried to get her to buy a road bike but you know what women are like when their mind is set on something haha
 
Riding to work on a mountain bike will suck donkey pole.
Slightly less so if she has slick tyres on, which you will have to fit. Then replace them for off-road tyres again when she wants to go through a muddy puddle.

Tell her to get a pink road bike. Job done ;)
 
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