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If you select from the route the pretzel when you start, it'll automatically take you up the mountain route. It's a nice steep climb!

I had a bit of a longer ride out yesterday, as I had some time before I was needed at home. Only 35k but nicer than the 6k I normally ride. Did a slightly longer route in this morning too, only 14k. Might try and do ~15k home, my kms recently have slipped again :( Need to try and get the trainer back from the wife.
 
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Edit: It looks like they are 23kg single speeds. Someone has ridden one up Mont Ventoux as well, grinding up at a 25rpm cadence, must have killed his knees :eek: http://road.cc/content/news/102778-video-boris-bike-vs-mont-ventoux
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Huez guys basically copied this one which was much more impressive! Guy riding it must be a bit of a machine! Really enjoyed the video when I saw it last year, then the bit about getting it back before the 24h hour hire time was up! Haha! :D
Vonhelmet said:
I am a lone wolf, though, in life in general as well as in riding, so maybe it's just me.
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I'll be your friend! xD
Kimi said:
I had my first proper go on Zwift with the Wahoo Kickr yesterday, it was awesome! i didn't know where or what i was doing but ended up going up some big mountain, got to the top and there was a 13-14% section that went on for ages. That was tough!
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Great stuff, totally jealous! Really want to climb the mountain too but pretty unrewarding on a non-smart trainer.

Doubt even maximum resistance (50*11@35/40rpm) on my Road Machine II is enough to simulate 25%? Any tools to calculate this?

Quite tempted to see what I get as weather next weekend is stinky and I need some climbing training... Also realised I hadn't stopped my Zwift subscription when the payment went through on saturday. I've not ridden on the trainer since Feb/March! This would be a good excuse for not a total waste of pennies! Doh! ;) :o
 
Roady said:
Yup, pressfit BB! Your original was probably threaded and not HTII (due to being an older years model and lower in the range).

I have the exact frame, although mine was a complete Defy 1 2015from the shop (with 105), it looks like they've put your older shifters and saddle on? Which wheels did they give you? If they're the P-R2's (and tyres) then keep an eye on them. The tyres are shocking in the wet and my wheels didn't stay true after 1000 miles...
Drivechain is the most important by far. I've been lazy/busy and not cleaned my frame for probably a month... :eek:
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Yes, part of the service identified the wheels had buckled but, that was apparently my error. Do you recommend any good value wheels and tyres to replace them?
 
Boris bikes have 3 speed hubs. They're shocking bikes. Really heavy, really slow to wind up, really slow to stop with the dire brakes. I mean, they do the job, but I wouldn't ride one for fun.

In other news... I've got a cold. Or hayfever. Or both. It sucks.
 
I started on the Baconase as soon as it got remotely nicer weather-wise. It seems to have helped so far. Though actually now I think about it, I tend to get worse hayfever later in the year, nooo.
 
MM-Seat said:
Yes, part of the service identified the wheels had buckled but, that was apparently my error. Do you recommend any good value wheels and tyres to replace them?
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Campagnolo Khamsin, around ~£100 and infinitely better than the stock Giant wheels! That or the Fulcrum version (FR5?) - basically the same wheels with different badges, spoke lacing and colours. Whatever tyres you like, I'm running Conti's (4Seas & GP4000S2's) but have run MitchPro4E before (and would again). Some people here running cheaper Vittoria's they like too.
Vonhelmet said:
Boris bikes have 3 speed hubs. They're shocking bikes. Really heavy, really slow to wind up, really slow to stop with the dire brakes. I mean, they do the job, but I wouldn't ride one for fun.

In other news... I've got a cold. Or hayfever. Or both. It sucks.
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I may hire one in July (next down south) and go take some of grudas' KOM's. ;)

I've had a stinky head-cold type thing from a month ago. It got 'worse' 2 weeks ago and I thought I'd taken a couple of rest days enough to shift it. I think I did as it cleared from my chest but still have the slight sniffle and occasional throaty cough.

I've put it down to the cold winds & low early morning temperatures as I've been 'suffering' from a lesser strain the same thing since about November... :rolleyes:

There is some pollen around, couple that with some of the high pressure and humidity from changeable weather, it could equally be that. I don't suffer from hayfever as such (take nothing for it). Maybe worth trying a course of something...
 
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topgun06 said:
A solo anything above 50mi is impressive. More for the mental strength required IMO. Nice one!
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I find I get bored pretty quickly if not riding with others, all about the social aspect for me! :)

I do a lot of lone riding (most is lone riding), but for longer club rides I'm always glad for the company, makes the miles tick by faster.
 
Yeah, riding alone does get tiresome quite fast. Music in one ear for the win though.

My longest solo was about 80 miles iirc. I'd like to extend that to over an imperial sometime.

Didn't OMS do his 200 miler solo? :p
 
Yep - when I did my 107 mile ride back in March I much preferred it as 70% was social (and considerably lower pace for 30 miles or so helped a lot).
 
George Hincapie said:
Does anyone know what degree stem I need to get it parallel with the ground?
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Wouldn't it totally depend on your headtube angle...? Which might change between frame sizes, should be able to find the info for most of them when looking at the geometries (hopefully on websites)?!

FrenchTart said:
Didn't OMS do his 200 miler solo? :p
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Clue is in the name... ;)

Music in 1 ear I've only done twice, I tended to start it when out of the town traffic and just doing fairly flat/straight rides. The biggest one (53 miles?) I had music for the run out & back, but not for the big climb (single track road with oncoming cars) or the rides through traffic. Need to get used to it more (& probably invest in a %generic% mp3 player so I'm not running down my mobiles battery, will probably only use it when riding for 3 hours or more...
 
FrenchTart said:
I started on the Baconase as soon as it got remotely nicer weather-wise. It seems to have helped so far. Though actually now I think about it, I tend to get worse hayfever later in the year, nooo.
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Beconase surely... Baconnaise is the crap they put on your food in Almost Famous :p
 
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