Road Cycling

Musty Pie · 4 Aug 2020 at 12:34

Ouch!

They are gonna crisp up nicely!

labbby · 4 Aug 2020 at 12:38

Musty Pie said:
Ouch!

They are gonna crisp up nicely!

went out for a short ride the next day, I’m the type that if I don’t get back on it straight away I’ll keep putting it off

Toothy1911 · 4 Aug 2020 at 13:01

Tried clipless pedals for the first time last week. Never been so nervous to cycle.
So much better on climbs and out the saddle. And only one sketchy half fall when i hit some sand!
I'm sure I will fall over at some point though.

SoliD · 4 Aug 2020 at 15:05

Ouch labbby, but certainly a cool story. I hear nail polish is supposed to be good if you get the colour match right then a bit of clearcoat on top.

labbby · 4 Aug 2020 at 15:37

SoliD said:
Ouch labbby, but certainly a cool story. I hear nail polish is supposed to be good if you get the colour match right then a bit of clearcoat on top.

thanks, great idea had never thought of that.

that’s going to be an interesting shopping experience

labbby · 4 Aug 2020 at 15:42

Toothy1911 said:
Tried clipless pedals for the first time last week. Never been so nervous to cycle.
So much better on climbs and out the saddle. And only one sketchy half fall when i hit some sand!
I'm sure I will fall over at some point though.

If you mean clip ins I’ve got some funny stories from when I first started using them.

the first time I had come back without stacking it. I pulled into my drive, neighbours all in their front gardens, forgot to unclip so I fell into a bush.

second time out I stopped in traffic and forget to unclip much to the amusement of the ambulance crew right behind me

Toothy1911 · 4 Aug 2020 at 16:02

labbby said:
If you mean clip ins I’ve got some funny stories from when I first started using them.

the first time I had come back without stacking it. I pulled into my drive, neighbours all in their front gardens, forgot to unclip so I fell into a bush.

second time out I stopped in traffic and forget to unclip much to the amusement of the ambulance crew right behind me

Made me chuckle.
Good stories aside, I would rather not fall off. I think the panic is worse than the actual fall.
They are called clipless, which is counter intuitive. I had to look it up when I purchased them, it refers to the lack of toe clips I think, when they were still a thing.

garnett · 4 Aug 2020 at 16:17

Toothy1911 said:
Made me chuckle.
Good stories aside, I would rather not fall off. I think the panic is worse than the actual fall.
They are called clipless, which is counter intuitive. I had to look it up when I purchased them, it refers to the lack of toe clips I think, when they were still a thing.

I remember that feeling... And I had the obligatory "Roll up to the lights. Put foot down. Foot? won't? go? down? WTF! Bang!" moment.

Now I feel unsafe on flats - you're able to move the bike around so much more clipped in.

Musty Pie · 4 Aug 2020 at 16:50

garnett said:
I remember that feeling... And I had the obligatory "Roll up to the lights. Put foot down. Foot? won't? go? down? WTF! Bang!" moment.

Now I feel unsafe on flats - you're able to move the bike around so much more clipped in.

If we are talking clip less pedal incidents one happened to my brother just like above 2 weeks ago.

The girl in the car behind us was literally besides herself with laughter. I think the fact my brother screamed out "NOOOO" was the real cherry on the cake of it all.

I told him thats what he gets for being arrogant and trying to slow pedal/out balance the red light. He even scoffed a bit at me for un-clipping so soon in preparation! Oh how he soon learnt why.

One More Solo · 4 Aug 2020 at 19:24

SoliD said:
Ouch labbby, but certainly a cool story. I hear nail polish is supposed to be good if you get the colour match right then a bit of clearcoat on top.

I thought you meant for his skin at first.

labbby · 4 Aug 2020 at 20:16

Toothy1911 said:
They are called clipless, which is counter intuitive. I had to look it up when I purchased them, it refers to the lack of toe clips I think, when they were still a thing.

oh and so they are... this type of thing will confuse me for years haha

AndyCr15 · 4 Aug 2020 at 21:15

Had my first 100km ride today. Loaded the bikes onto the car with a mate and we drove out to start the ride, so we'd get some new roads

Was a great ride, didn't actually feel too bad by the end. My legs were okay, bigger issue was sore bum and feet, but another cake and coffee stop would have fixed that if needed. Averaged 17.6mph with 3,600ft of climbing, which I was quite happy with.

Lethal` · 4 Aug 2020 at 21:16

RoboCod said:
Winnats pass today and a good route around that area. We didn't make it up the pass without stopping though. One lads chain snapped half way up. It was emotional

Urgh. I did that pass with an incredible headwind in the cold. It was tough!

Beautiful though.

gublok · 4 Aug 2020 at 21:40

@labbby I would leave the scratches unless there down to the carbon I mean how many ppl can say that where taken out but a rockfall and touch tend to look worse unless you pay a lot of it to be done

Toothy1911 · 4 Aug 2020 at 21:56

AndyCr15 said:
Had my first 100km ride today. Loaded the bikes onto the car with a mate and we drove out to start the ride, so we'd get some new roads Was a great ride, didn't actually feel too bad by the end. My legs were okay, bigger issue was sore bum and feet, but another cake and coffee stop would have fixed that if needed. Averaged 17.6mph with 3,600ft of climbing, which I was quite happy with.

Well done!
Super windy in the midlands this afternoon, hope you didn't get any big headwinds.

SoliD · 5 Aug 2020 at 01:12

One More Solo said:
I thought you meant for his skin at first.

Haha with the amount of crashes I've had you could be forgiven I might have tried this at some point.

RoboCod · 5 Aug 2020 at 06:23

Lethal` said:
Urgh. I did that pass with an incredible headwind in the cold. It was tough!

Beautiful though.

Ooh, I can imagine that was pretty hairy! It was rough enough climbing in perfect conditions. The procession of cars on my tail were good inspiration though

Jonny ///M · 6 Aug 2020 at 23:21

Got dropped tonight after easing off into a wet dodgy bend

Hate the feeling of getting spat but I'd rather be alive than embedded in the front of a car for a training ride.

Musty Pie · 7 Aug 2020 at 09:35

Jonny ///M said:
Got dropped tonight after easing off into a wet dodgy bend

Hate the feeling of getting spat but I'd rather be alive than embedded in the front of a car for a training ride.

Never done proper group rides, but safety first better to be alive and well and dropped than anything else.

Whats everyone suggestions on the best bang for buck Bib shorts and jersey combo?

I have DHB Aeron shorts (i think) at the moment, but my jersey needs replacing as it was bought when i was 2 stone lighter than I am now (not all flab, more so muscle from stonglifts in the gym).

AS usually i dont want to break the bank!

AndyCr15 · 7 Aug 2020 at 10:34

I've got all brands of jersey, including DHB and tbh they're as good as the other more expensive brands like Castelli, Rapha and Lecol.