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The Evans Cycles Rochdale RideIt one. I signed up for the 70m one but it looks like they've shortened it back to 65m. I was thinking of switching to the 50m one anyway but now I dunno. I'll decide on the day.
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The Evans Cycles Rochdale RideIt one. I signed up for the 70m one but it looks like they've shortened it back to 65m. I was thinking of switching to the 50m one anyway but now I dunno. I'll decide on the day.
I have a schwinn spinning bike like this.
Got it on ebay for about £80 i think. I also have a turbo and rollers but the spinning bike is my fav by far.
It's a big, solid chunk of metal. I can stand up and do a maximum effort sprint and it wont move an inch. I hate the 'floppy' feel of the turbo (which may just be down to my cheapo turbo).
It does mean, however, that it's very difficult to move out of the way when not in use (i just leave mine in the middle of the room all the time)
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and im on holiay from Wednesday next week, for a week and a half, so im "fingers Crossed" the weather is good!
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Do any of you guys know a good way to find some decent long hills near me? I want to do some specific hill training, as the bike course at IMUK as one rather steep long hill which has to be climbed 3 times. So I want to make sure I can handle it. I only know of a couple of 300-400ft climbs near me that only last for a couple of miles. The profile is this.
Funny you should say that, but I'm consistently faster on my commute on my fix. I think it's because you ride it up to a certain cadence and work to hold it because it's less effort to maintain your speed than to press a lot harder and slower when you're not going as fast.
Maybe it's just because my Charge is basically a tank and it takes a lot of effort to maintain speed. It has a steel frame, steel forks, over-engineered wheels and heavy/bulletproof 32C Panaracer tyres. All this comes to about 12kg!
Until I actually make my first component purchase for the build I'm going to continue to sway between building and buying the Canyon Ultimate AL 8.0 which I think is awesome for the money.
I've heard that level of weight to be pretty high a few times in this thread. I'm kind of embarrassed to admit now that my shiny new CX bike weighs 11kg (with mudguards etc on)...
I thought it was pretty light for an alu frame.
Now I want a full carbon jobby
Edit: Combined bike/rider weight at the mo = 101.59kg *sigh*
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havent you got a rose??
handbuilts or factory build?
Nice one. What wheels you looking at? Also are you doing the Jodrell Bank sportive with Wally & co?
Well it's all steel and has heavy stock wheels with heavy 32C tyres!
I want to upgrade my commuter and dunno whether to build a new light/agile single-speed or just buy a Canyon because they rock for the monies. Don't fancy commuting daily on the Rose, that is my "Sunday best".
Factory, I think, but it'll be with birthday money so depends how much I get! I'm looking at Shimano RS30s or Planet X AL30. They can stay on my TdF until I build myself a bike next year and then they'll go on that.
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See above re the wheels. I was talking to Wally the other day, when we were fixing my brakes, about the rides they're planning, but I can't remember which ones he said he's planning for. Not sure which if any I'll be doing, but I'll see how I get on.
canyon for a commute! very nice thats one way to enjoy the commute in to work. ye the canyons look fantastic value but i like the idea of building my next bike up myself from something like a ribble r872 frame
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