Road Cycling

FrenchTart said:
Just waiting in the surgical ward to get my collarbone sorted. Quite looking forward to feeling like I'm actually making progress wrt healing/recovery.
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Hope it gets sorted soon for you!

I was going to go in to the office this morning, but I've got to be home for 11:30 because kids have a half day from school on wednesdays... :confused:

So instead I have a cuppa here and I'll jump on the trainer instead in a bit.

All this quiet/ trainer time will go to **** when the wife is back tomorrow. I better clean the house mind, looks like 3 boys have been living in it a week... ooooh.
 
randomshenans said:
I now need to look for some winter gloves. My old ones were chinese DH gates and fell apart lol
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Love my Galibier Barrier gloves... Awesome for the money!
jonneymendoza said:
Yes many of us with dropbar road bikes commute to work and was wondering if there is a bell thats designed for drop bars in mind that are next to the breaks on a dropbar?
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Cateye do a bell which attaches with rubber bands (like a garmin/light does) so you could technically mount it on any bar. Even your stem (reachable from the hood for most).
merlin said:
Same here, bell and reflectors straight in the bin.
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My LBS supply all bikes with bell, reflectors and wheels reflectors. They're all Cateye (so good quality) but not fitted to the bike (if they know you). I believe they are required to supply them?
FrenchTart said:
Get wheels with a loud freehub and pedal backwards as required.
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Or ride with wet discs brakes everywhere? :D
Thomas. PLease. said:
Posted this on BR but deserves more airtime. More horrific driving from a Sky employee.

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Pretty bad, especially considering the number of cyclists there and the width of the road. Hard to tell on video just how much he could actually see when passing, or how close he was to that oncoming car. Needs reporting!
 
kiteloopy said:
If anyone wants a laugh, take a look at the new BMC and Cervelo TT bikes.
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The new Cervelo P5X Tri and Ironman bike - it's interesting what can be done with less frame rules to adhere to.

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randomshenans said:
Nice, might do similar. Would be interesting to see what it's like and how effective it is.
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From what I've been told the 1st one is pretty reasonable but the advanced one involves 2+ hour sessions which I can't see me being able to handle as the boredom would get too much. A hour or hour and a half tops I can manage.
 
BennyC said:
For the user looking for some fancy bibs with a wide pad, article on Road.CC suggesting Endura (not overly premium...) are releasing some winter bibs with pad width options.
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I just got a set of these, but on the medium pad and an endura long sleeve winter top.

Buy bye money. When's payday? :eek:
 
What are the Endura pad options pantaloons like? I can't find anywhere to tell me how wide a pad I would actually need.
I thought the Castelli Free Aero bib shorts would be good, with the progetto x2 pad, and they are... but not as good as I hoped. Maybe it's just because I got soaked in them, but they were not comfortable at all by the end (of 91) miles.

Also they dig in at the top of the leg, but maybe that's cos I'm a fat ****
 
I was thinking the same thing re. the pads... do I need a wide one for my fat ass?! I got the medium pad though, thinking it'll be an in between (I hope). I'll soon see. The endura short pro bibs are spot on though. Fantastic quality and no cutting in or badly placed seams, unlike my bin worthy Northwave ones. They're awful.

Just completed the Cervelo 40km TT. Didn't fancy the 180km :p won't break any records for pace, but keeps me above my 40km a day target I've set this week.
 
New Cervelo is cack.

Too many boxes and places to put food. Who really wants three bottles and boxes on their bike! Two I can understand but three, maybe if you are doing a full 180km ride and don't plan on stopping. But hey, triathletes have to pee their pants too, I'd rather stop, most bike races do, it's rather civilised!

Disc brakes, not needed. Even less needed when it's a cable/hydraulic bodge as there aren't proper etap hydraulic brakes yet.

Price, $15000 USD is hilarious also, not sure why you would buy one.

And you have to go out and buy a shallower front wheel straight away incase it's windy.

And if it's not windy then wouldn't you run a full disc on the rear (but I don't think Enve make one)....
 
Berger said:
New Cervelo is cack.

Too many boxes and places to put food. Who really wants three bottles and boxes on their bike! Two I can understand but three, maybe if you are doing a full 180km ride and don't plan on stopping. But hey, triathletes have to pee their pants too, I'd rather stop, most bike races do, it's rather civilised!

Disc brakes, not needed. Even less needed when it's a cable/hydraulic bodge as there aren't proper etap hydraulic brakes yet.

Price, $15000 USD is hilarious also, not sure why you would buy one.

And you have to go out and buy a shallower front wheel straight away incase it's windy.

And if it's not windy then wouldn't you run a full disc on the rear (but I don't think Enve make one)....
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you seen the new BMC? Seems internal compartments are all the rage now.

I'd host a image but im on a work PC and hosting sites are blocked. Check out the Evans website
 
Berger said:
it's a cable/hydraulic bodge as there aren't proper etap hydraulic brakes yet.
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It's a TT bike - the shifters and brake levers are separate. You can get hydraulic TT brake levers and still use the eTap gears. Must be some other reason for it? Cable routing not compatible with hydraulics?
 
Can you guys give me some advice on replacing a broken part on my bike please?

I think it's called the front derauiler cage, which has basically snapped in half meaning I can't shift between the big and small ring. Picture below of the two points that have snapped.

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I've looked at my bike's spec sheet, which says it uses a Ultegra 6800, braze-on. Which I can find on Wiggle, but it doesn't look anything like the part I'm replacing. Here's the link:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-ultegra-6800-11-speed-braze-on-front-derailleur/

However, the following part does look correct, but it's £120. And says 6870 rather than 6800

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/shimano-ultegra-6870-di2-braze-on-double-front-derailleur/

Can anyone offer some advice, I'm not very good on the mechanical side, my friend usually helps me out, but he's away.
 
The image wont load on my work PC so I cant see the link, but if your front derauiler has a metal cable, you need the top option.
Electric components carry the 'Di2' label. The Shimano (mechanical) 105 will also work but thats a step down in the component hierarchy but will be a little cheaper.

To replace the front derauiler you will need to take off the chain. Its probs best that you take it to your local bike shop to source and replace if you dont have any tools.
 
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kiteloopy said:
The image wont load on my work PC so I cant see the link, but if your front derauiler has a metal cable, you need the top option.
Electric components carry the 'Di2' label. The Shimano (mechanical) 105 will also work but thats a step down in the component hierarchy but will be a little cheaper.

To replace the front derauiler you will need to take off the chain. Its probs best that you take it to your local bike shop to source and replace if you dont have any tools.
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Yeah my bike is Di2 :/ Guess it's the expensive option then :P
 
All,

I'm planning on upgrading my wiggle own brand road bike to something a bit better. I was always going to upgrade for a half ironman I am doing next year but the cycle to work scheme has just started at work and so I am going to take advantage of it. I am looking at getting a Felt Z5 2016 from Wiggle but wanted to know if there were any other options I should be thinking of? Spending limit is max £1k as that's all c2w gives you.

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/felt-z5-2016/

EDIT: question 2: Once I receive my new bike, where is the best place for me to sell my old bike? Is it ebay?
 
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