Road Cycling

grudas said:
agreed. I have a chunky regret sitting here that I went and got another race geo bike with 28cc tire clearance. I want beefy 35-40mm tires and endurance geo.. but oh well, old GuRders - (@Roady) took over and here I am. The bike I got is still awesome to ride but the roads around here don't do it justice.
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If you take it to somewhere like Mallorca though it will be lovely!

I can easily enough fit 32c tyres on the TCR and thats likely what I will do when these are done. Well, unless I can save £3 by going 28c again :p
 
grudas said:
so it's probably smooth rather than slow. GCN did a video and the difference on a controlled circuit with flat smooth road between 26/30/35 was literally a handful of seconds in a 10k ride if I remember right.
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I ride in the peaks. Flat and smooth aren't a thing, unfortunately :-)
Getting them rolling and getting up 10% hills just seems like more effort than it should be, but it's only feb.
 
fez said:
If you take it to somewhere like Mallorca though it will be lovely!

I can easily enough fit 32c tyres on the TCR and thats likely what I will do when these are done. Well, unless I can save £3 by going 28c again :p
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Interesting that you can fit those tyres on a TCR - what year? I have a rim brake version and run 25's currently.
 
Back on my bike after a far too long hiatus. I am 20kg heavier than pre-covid, when i was quite happy spinning around town on my fixed for road bike. i am suffering, but really loving the serotonin boost after my commute each way.
Hopefully it wont be too long before I can consider a 100 mile jaunt down to Portsmouth a reasonable thing to do in a day again.
 
Need to pick me up a cheap track pump from market place, i used to borrow my mates, i have a small pump which i tend to use. But its not the best, i deffo not got enough air in the tubes. I used to ride with about 60psi i think. Its probably about 30-35 psi atm

Im on my 3rd day riding in to work this week,

One thing i am kind of thankful for about 3-4 weeks ago when i had car issues was that i got out on my bike and have got a bit of a routine going now with riding to/from work. Hopefully i keep it up. I also need to switch back to dry lube as i ran out of dry lube and was using wet lube, it makes the chain so tacky.

Im going to try and grab a new chain, and get a decent brush or a tool so i can remove my casette and give it a proper clean/going over
 
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Liefrich said:
I was using Vittoria Corsa N.EXT 28mms, so I think they are a step up the quality ladder from the every-day Rubinos. I've put about 500 miles on them, and they had held up well, but the total failure of the back tyre when I hit a small pothole was concerning. Perhaps that same hole would also cause Gp5000s problems, but they are far better tyres for not substantially that much more money, so I will have more confidence in them!
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Yeah I've had holes in GP5000's before, maybe even more than on the Vittorias but when I've ridden them 3x as much without the similar issues of fit, pressure & they feel and ride a lot better then it's a no brainer, certainly now.

But back when they where £90 vs £32 it was a hard sell for a winter tyre, but now the GP5000 are closer to half previous value, easier to choose to ride them.

Yeah the Rubinos not the top end, but for a version 4 or whatever I expected more. They don't look to have worn that much so figure I'll still be riding them next winter too... Drat! :D

grudas said:
old GuRders - (@Roady) took over and here I am. The bike I got is still awesome to ride but the roads around here don't do it justice.
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Haha, you where blessed before with London roads! Welcome to the 'real' rest of the UK road conditions! ;)
 
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