I was wondering what sort of mount they used as that footage is much less shaky than I expected.
Agreed, had a quick look over my footage from my Sportive and some of it is so damn shakey it's not even worth keeping. Roads are far from perfect around here but with riding on main roads at 20+ mph the vibration makes most of the footage unusable!
depends what go-pro's they've used.. if they used 4 blacks then yeah, no doubt it will be better! but it costs 4x as much too
Very true! Sometimes forget that the VIRB is about 3 years old!
Do I need to set up a different bike profile on my Garmin? or can I just pair multiple S/C to my Garmin?
Different bike profiles is the best way, although my 810 does distinguish between a 'Speed & Cadence' and a 'Speed' + 'Cadence' sensors, although IIRC it won't allow you to pair 2 cadence sensors it will allow you to pair 2 speeds.
I've got some car paint knocking around so I think I'll clean it up and paint over it with the clear lacquer. It won't be pretty but it should keep the rust at bay. I'll be selling the bike imminently anyway, so I'll have to be honest about it, but hey ho. What can you do, no point crying over spilt milk, or chipped paint.
Nail varnish works well, lots of different shades too... Although don't be surprised if the other half starts to give you funny looks/comments... Clear = ok, black = "I'm not a goth", white = "when have you ever seen me wearing white nail varnish?"
plus I fancy doing a few 100 mile plus cycles with some friends.
I aim to get the bike through our cycle to work scheme which limits me to £1000 and has to be purchased from evans cycles. I don't mind whacking in a little extra though.
any suggestions, I like the look of the ones below so far:
https://www.evanscycles.com/fuji-transonic-2-7-2016-road-bike-EV241885
https://www.evanscycles.com/fuji-gran-fondo-1-3-classic-2016-road-bike-EV241904
https://www.evanscycles.com/scott-speedster-10-2016-road-bike-EV253448 I think they do this one with discs, but not sure they are essential.
100 mile Sportives are a different beast to 'getting your first road bike' although not totally foreign to each other. For your first road bike you are taking a big change in riding position and style, getting comfortable in the new position is a big thing. For long 5+ hour sportives being comfortable on the bike is the most important thing, which is why you see so many 'sportive' and 'endurance' branded road bikes. They generally have a much more related geometry than your 'race' orientated machines (your classic 'road' bike).
Both of the Fuji's are very similarly specced, being both carbon with the same 105 groupsets. The only real difference being the BB's - One of them runs a 'Praxis conversion' and the other a BB86 (much more standard). Although the Transonic is the more aggressive machine being aero and speed orientated (race) while the gran frodo has a more relaxed upright position (higher head tube) so is aimed at more of an endurance ride. The Scott is another race machine, although being a alloy/carbon mix it's heavier it has a combination of Ultegra and 105 groupset making it slightly better specced. Although it doesn't mention which shifters it comes with (generally one of the most expensive parts of the groupset).
Discs are a personal thing, if commuting and looking at this price bracket then they are within your 'reach', and probably recommended if you intend on riding all weathers/seasons. If you're a predominantly leisure rider then they're more of an 'expense' which you possibly don't require (and would benefit more from a better frame/groupset at this price point).
