Road Cycling Essentials

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First, double check that nothing is blocking the mech from moving. Make sure the chain isnt stuck between the mech and the chainring and check that no sticks/stones/etc have wedged in the mech.

Next, I would detach the cable first to check if its the mech or the cable thats stuck.
Stick a blob of paint/tipp-ex/etc on the cable so that you can put it back on in exactly the same place.

If it's the cable that gets stuck, get new cables + outers, not expensive to do but can take a bit of time getting it adjusted right again (and you might need new bar tape if your cables go under the tape).
If it's the mech, wd40 should do the trick. If you can be bothered, it would probably be best to take it off the bike and give it a good clean with some degreaser then make sure all of the moving parts are well lubed.

edit: this is assuming that the shifter still works correctly? Is it still making the normal clicks when you change gears? It's unlikely to be a problem with the shifter tho.
 
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Weighed my bike, with cages and pump. 9.6kg!

Have to lose some off that!

350g could come off the wheels easily, little off the tyres too. Long way off the min UCI weight, guess having an XL frame doesn't help.

Higher spec group sets could save some weight but not enough to get anywhere near 6.8kg
 
100 miles and back before 12 :) Absolutely smashed my target/previous best 100mi and didn't cheat it on a flat route :p

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^^ That's impressive, I just did 20 miles and am pretty pleased with that :p

First outing for me on my new bike. I bought it a month ago but haven't really had the opportunity/weather to get out until today. Here it is:

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2012 Felt F95 in Monster Green...complete with matching green water bottles :p

I took a route up and over Beacon Hill, from Loughborough to Groby and back. Marvellous weather for a ride but it damn near killed me on the hills. I think I'll choose a slightly flatter route next time seeing as I'm new to this and evidently quite unfit. Also my first time using clipless pedals, I was fine for the most part, except when starting on a hill.
 
Cheers guys, really pleased to strike that goal off and very tired. The worst part was I misjudged the distance so when I was parallel with my street I still had 5 miles to go. After that distance almost nothing worse than riding 3 miles in the opposite direction to where you live :p
 
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cool cheers

I would love to cycle across there, do they charge you still?
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Vehicles pay but you can cycle/walk either side for free, it's actually the worst part of the route as even on calm days like today it's incredibly windy on the bridge and on windy days its hell; they close it quite often to vehicles as you can feel it swaying :o

@Borden, nice Felt you'll get lots of enjoyment out of that. I think theres a couple other people on here who have it in the same green :)
 
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Sunny but still v v windy up in South Lanarkshire today. Got out early and did 100km before lunch. The 20km of awesome tailwind coming into Strathaven almost made the other 80km of headwind/sidewind worthwhile!

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Not very fast compared to many on here, but by far the quickest i've ever been over that kind of distance. Have been training towards the Etape Caledonia with a view to doing a sub 5hr time for it, so quite pleased with that. Pretty much bang on where i need to be. :cool:
 
my 6mph avarage looks a lot worse.. kk maybe a lot of that was done walking around shops and my motoactv tracking it .. :DD but hey ho..
 
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