Road Cycling

Off out to take in some local hills (Blaze, Pyms (proper) and Goyt). Feeling a bit run down so I think I'll take it easy. Also cycling with a friend that is a bit out of practice so another excuse for my hill times ;)
 
Just at a cafe stop... Did go for it a bit on Pym's but PM battery ran out before that and my HRM was playing up - pretty sure my HR was higher than 100 whilst I was sweating/crying up there :p

Ride should be done in about an hour so will be interesting to see the time. Could've gone harder and on a good day a lot faster I reckon /getting the excuses in yo
 
One More Solo said:
:D You rode up it with mudguards (I'm guessing?) so don't give me too much credit!

I got a front flat on some fairly new GP4000s IIs yesterday which was annoying. My second flat of the year and it was dry and an alright road surface. Not too impressed with that.

The 25mm P4Es I bought for Mrs OMS' CR1 are massive though and have no more than a millimetre clearance each side at the rear. I reckon 23mm will be a safer bet as the 25s are as big as everyone says!
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True... That extra 400g of mudguard weight must've slowed me down by at least 90 seconds :p
 
grudas said:
towards my boss at the office ;)

I usually stuff them with toilet paper and the paper soaks up the water a little but if it's a heavy rain day I'm doomed.
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I literally do point my fan towards my boss's boss :p

Working at a University and in the same building as the Computer Science academics - there are far worse things that my boss sees every day :p
 
merlin said:
I usually don't step foot outside of the MTB thread but decided to get outside of my comfort zone and try a road bike so here I am.

Looking at this for £560:

http://www.halfords.com/cycling/bikes/road-bikes/boardman-road-comp-bike

Seems a decent bike for the money, anything else I should be looking at for the same sort of budget? I cba buying 2nd hand, I know there's amazing deals to be had but I have no patience whatsoever, I just want to be able to walk a bike straight back into the shop if it gives me any bother.
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That doesn't look like too bad a buy. There are probably better deals (which I'm sure someone will pipe up with) but Spyres are decent for mech disc brakes (worse than hydraulics of course). Sora on a £500+ bike is a bit blah however. Shame it's not Tiagra at least.
 
Vonhelmet said:
Ok, so my bike is clean and lubricated, and I've got my best bibs and jersey ready. At least I'll look awesome while Frenchtart is destroying me on the climbs tomorrow...
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Spent a bit of time sorting my bike too. I'll be playing it safe with my jersey and bringing my Gabba so I'll be baking on the climbs and taking it slowly :p

Not to mention that my legs are pretty dead. Running, man...why do people even do that?
 
Von covered it better than I could :) Awesome day out. Good to run into Physichull and co too.

The NCC guy I lead with was pretty strong. Quite fun to stretch my legs yeah though I did feel a bit like I shouldn't given you don't know the roads around there.
 
Vonhelmet said:
Good grief, I'm sore. I'm not convinced that Cosine saddle is for me... It's got quite a wide nose so I've got some major chafage on the inside of my thighs, and it's not very forgiving going over any bumps, so my arse is well sore. Might have to go back to the Madison flux, or try one of the new fabric ones.
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Tbh the nose on it did look a bit pointed down too.
 
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