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ShiWarrior said:
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My garmin 800 through a wobbley today

went out and it seemed to be working fine (all sensors) and half way up a hill it kept saying turning off in.. secs so i press stay on, and my speed etc is still ok, and it kept doing it, anyway, i am now home plugged it into the computer and its only done 0.1 mile and the map is toally wrong! :(
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Had similar with the 800. For the price you pay for these things it really isn't on.

It seems like on 50% of rides there is some kind of malfunction, sometimes minor sometimes major. And usually it's a mapping problem. Not sure I would trust it if I had no idea at all where I was going, which kind of defeats the whole point of owning one.
 
Saundie said:
This is the way to deal with punctures. Trying to patch a tube by the side of the road is too much of a hassle, especially when it's cold. Repair them when you get home, where you can do it in comfort.

Or, if you're like [DOD]Asprilla & George Hincanpie, throw the damaged tube into the bushes and order some new ones when you get home ;)
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That's not true. I throw them over something random in the garage and then throw them out when I give the garage it's bi-annual sweep.

Tbh I think I had three punctures in 2012 across three frames some I'm not being that extravagant.
 
After a week of rain, floods & mud:

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[DOD]Asprilla;23468686 said:
That's not true. I throw them over something random in the garage and then throw them out when I give the garage it's bi-annual sweep.

Tbh I think I had three punctures in 2012 across three frames some I'm not being that extravagant.
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Ah, excuse me, my mistake ;)

uniQ said:
After a week of rain, floods & mud
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Seeing that makes me think I should remove the stickers from my Van Nicholas.
 
Saundie said:
Or, if you're like [DOD]Asprilla & George Hincanpie, throw the damaged tube into the bushes and order some new ones when you get home ;)
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LOL!!. To be honest I take a spare tube or two with me too and just replace it at the side of the road. It's too much of a chore to patch up at the side of a back road at 06.00am in the dark on the way to work to try and fix it. Then I'll just bin the damaged tube and replace it with a new spare for the next ride. For the sake of a few quid for a box of new tubes it seems pointless to risk a poorly repaired tube giving you grief if you stick it back in again. Although maybe I'm just rubbish at patching!!.
 
Just ordered some mega light alloy clinchers to liven up my commute, 1390g for £217 :-o http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/700C-27mm...Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item33778098c1

Their kinlin rims, on chosen hubs so quality kit. I have set of 1500g 38mm carbon clinchers so a set of climbing wheels will good to compliment them.

I'll also use them on my commute, they should easy be strong enough on 27mm rims. I nearly went for these bad boys: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/22mm-clin...Cycling_Parts_Accessories&hash=item4abe414ef5

But I think 1280g is pushing it too much after all the xmas indulgence.
 
Quick photoshop of some possible wheelsets on the bike. (The deep rims were just to appease touch) :p

DA C24's
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DA C35's
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FFWD F6R
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uniQ said:
Quick photoshop of some possible wheelsets on the bike. (The deep rims were just to appease touch)
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:D
You know they are the right choice.
They look the best by far and, in such a flat country, they will give the best performance.
 
I got a fairly cheap GPS logger for Christmas. Took it out for a walk today, and it did OK when we were out in the open but went a bit sideways when we went indoors and when we were in the car. I'm going to see how it fares if I take it out on the bike, as an alternative to nuking the battery on my iphone. I think I'll go out for 10 miles or so on the mountain bike this evening. Not been out in ages, and the weather is passable at the moment. I can't ride my road bike as my shoes are locked in my neighbour's house...
 
uniQ said:
Bargain, any reviews on them? Are you commuting on the Chinese Carbon and how are you finding it now after owning it for a while?
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These are basically Yishun IAL27C which quite a few people on velo build and weight weenies use, but not much can go wrong... Kinlin rims and chosen hubs are decent, and I already have the same spokes on my carbon wheels and they have been fine. Even if they turn up not trued I'll take them to a LBS and still save a lot of cash.

I don't commute in winter on carbon wheels simply because braking will never be as good as alloy wheels and you really need it cycling through the city centre, so these new alloy wheels will go on my commuter, which is still a nice carbon bike.

I do do weekend winter rides on my chinese carbon wheels though, they're fantastic, I can't fault them... just gave them a wipe down on my full 100% chinese carbon special after I was out today :) :

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Excess? All of about 1cm? The stem is already slammed all the way to the head set, I'm not taking any more off I like to have a little room for maneuver. Plus it protects my edge a bit incase of an accident or something :).
 
Hehe I'm just nitpicking, it's a nice bike.

I'd be tempted to build up a Chinese carbon bike but I'm not sure I trust them, although I guess you've had no issues so far?
 
Shamrock said:
Hehe I'm just nitpicking, it's a nice bike.

I'd be tempted to build up a Chinese carbon bike but I'm not sure I trust them, although I guess you've had no issues so far?
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There is a lot of misinformation thrown about, probably stemming from disgruntled manufactures.

Fact is a lot of china frames are open mold, free for any manufacture to use them, it's where all the Ribble, PX, On-One come from, even some of the bigger boys too.

Mike Hall set the round the world record on a chinese carbon dirty disco: http://road.cc/content/news/59716-i...holder-mike-hall-talks-round-world-record-kit

I've had absolutely no issues with all my chinese gear, it's been solid, and light, I'm under 6.8kg, as pictured.

EDIT: I should also say I have a full chinese carbon MTB, and a mostly chinese carbon commuter, no issues here either.
 
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Did you source the parts from multiple places or just one?

I want to build a new single-speed commuter this year (or get my LBS to :p) and I'm thinking steel, but if I can get a light, cheap carbon frame with horizontal dropouts and drillings for brakes then I'd be interested.
 
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Frame, headset, seat post and fork came together from one place.

Handle bar, cages, stem, seat, all of them carbon came from another place.

Wheels different place again.

Cassette, mechs, crank, peddles, brifters, chain, cables all came off ebay from various sellers, some of them uk, some of it second hand barely used.

EDIT: Oh I got the brakes (planet x cnc) from bikeradar forsale forum total bargain for £30, one had been used once the other was new.

You do get horizontal dropouts but they tend to be chinese TT frames, FM018 and FM020... Still I reckon a TT frame would make an awesome single-speed machine. But theres probably some non TT frames out there. Check Velo build, or roadbikereview forums.
 
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I'm getting some bits ordered and need some cleats for my new shoes, and just noticed Shimano also do a blue cleat set, anyone used these? I know the diff between yellow/red but not seen the blue cleats before.

Edit: They seem to sit between the yellow & red.

Red: fixed
Blue: fixed front 2deg float at rear
Yellow: 6deg float
 
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From Wiggle:

"Available in three options, Red which offer a fixed foot position with no float, Yellow which allows 6° of float, or Blue which allows 2 degrees of float."
 
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