Still not that convinced you need 165 cranks...! Especially when they cost £581 as going 165 on them if you don't you've compromised the resell value being that short...
On Sunday I went out on the ebike for ~1.75hrs and I was using ~150W assist after first few minutes and maximum 250W on the two 260+ feet hills I climbed
How many e-bike motors can give a 'known' power assist!? I thought most as they where speed based just multiplied the rider input when speed was some measure below a set speed - to give assist on climbs the most...
If it makes you feel better my lowest gear is 1.2.
I can't wait for a 1:1. Going to feel like I'm flying up the hills.... well ok maybe not flying but it should be noticeably different
Love my 34 x 34! Do think I'd be ok on 36 x 34 as the few times I use it, I'm generally seated and could be stood. But that itself is nice, having a 'bail out' with tired legs while everyone else is needing to stand just to grind their 36 x 28t. Can never discount the ability to get up 'anything' if you can sit the vast majority of it and just winch yourself up at 50-60rpm.
Got my Chris Hall GPX framed.
Looks amazing, as others mentioned use the top left for the race number. Really like the dots!
Essex Police think this is fine and no further action... :/ ...
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I'd defo question that as clearly within 1.5m - I've certainly had warning letters send for less serious!
I contacted Shokz and they simply said. No problem, have some new ones!
Amazing to hear of quality service. Have you bought directly from them before? How often are their prices similar to others places in deals? Came close to a pair a while ago...
Anyone else sign up to the Dragon Devil ride 2027 today?
Did you ride it? Know a bunch who did. Really need to cross it off myself - have been telling myself for years but also now that I need to do itbefore I'm 50 (46 in a few weeks) to give myself a bit of an ultimatum!
Did a local Sportive/challenge ride instead. Clubmate who I was going to meet there dropped out so was in no rush to get there for the start where the fast guys would be (8am-9.15am start bracket, but a 45 min drive from home). Ended up pretty much solo as from the
start straight up a hard climb with cold legs I was reeling other riders in (who'd started 5-10 mins before) even before the top. But had seen a couple of names on the 'sign on' sheet I recognised... Legs where good - so the chase was on! Focussed on riding by feel and maintaining speed on the rolling/flat parts, alongside gassing the climbs. Must have passed 100+ riders throughout the ride, some of them multiple times as I made sure I enjoyed the food stops! No croissants this year but some amazing chelsea buns... Must have had at least 5 of them through the day!
Got to the lunch stop and came across a clubmate who'd started at 8am so knew I was doing ok. He was just leaving as I got there, so used him as my carrot. Caught him very soon afterwards on the
beast of a climb (biggest of the day) and soon got to the final food stop. Waited around chatting to others and he didn't arrive so figured he didn't stop so the chase was back on again! Fantastic day out and my legs going well, was quite gutted I had things to drop off at the in-laws so couldn't ride home to make it a longer ride/day.
I really want to give a sportive a go. I did book one last year but at the eleventh hour my friend cancelled on it so we never went. That and I'm too much of a wimp to do one solo and I wouldn't want to go with people I don't know through fear of slowing them down
Lets do it mate! Find something near/north of you and if it fits into family schedule I'll meet you there! I'm always up for a day out and am always riding with slower riders than me (club socials) so not a problem - you'll be faster than some of them anyway!
You should be able to claim for all that from the drivers insurance I imagine. I think they will likely tell you to take your bike to a shop and get it professionally assessed as to the total repair costs and to actually understand what should be replaced when this sort of thing happens.
This. Hope you're still feeling ok and the injuries have continued healing without too much discomfort!
Hope you got the drivers insurance details from them - then hope you called the insurers. Highly likely they will need to report that to their customer to verify before you get much back and able to put in a claim. You're a '3rd party' but their client should report any accident to them anyway even if they don't need damage to be repaired. Looking at how hard you got thrown, I would expect they have damage to their vehicle anyway. You will need the bike 'assessed' by a Shop or someone who can give a written report about it (use your LBS and ask for a 'letterheaded' document so it can be considered official).
Really glad you're feeling well enough to type out what happened and have lots of 'evidence'. That is massive - even with mine and Military Police being my primary witnesses, as at the time I hadn't got their 'names and addresses' the drivers insurance tried to wriggle out of my claim - it as their client took 3 days to report it - even with a smashed windscreen! I'd even phoned the police during that time asking if there was anything else I could do - like report the number plate in case the guy was driving around still, but even then as I had no 'proof' so they couldn't. Eventually heard back from the guys insurance that they'd followed it up with him and he'd admitted fault. Things still pretty awkward and seemed to take ages to sort, I had injuries but as I was able to work didn't claim for anything related to that (which would take longer and doctors notes/reports etc) I just loaded the damage claim for equipment a little instead. Claimed for a pair of Oakleys & pair of Rapha shorts (broke some Foakleys & ripped the leg on an old already damaged pair instead).
My equipment and claim even after submitting a list of items and lots of receipts to the guys insurers (which I'd done a few years previously for another knock) this time had to go through some government central portal, which was a faff. Thankfully the guy at the insurers was really helpful and very familiar with it (he turned really helpful once I'd said a few times I didn't want to pursue a personal injury claim). He even made sure I put in 2 days of 'work costs' for attending hospital appointments.
You have to claim for your lost time and travel if nothing else mate - but poor driving like that you should be claiming for everything you can. My other half used to work in insurance and said at the time of mine, likely without an injury claim (which think how many thousands of pounds that would be), likely the insurance company would pay out quickly to get it cleared and likely agree anything under some arbitury figure like 10k or 15k to cover anything, just to clear the claim and absolve themselves of any ongoing injury if I decided I wanted to do (much harder with a closed case)
Hopefully you know someone that has a cracked SL8 frame you can borrow for the day!
I've got a black SL7 with a cracked chainstay & wonkey fork still in my garage... Played with the idea to get it repaired and use as a turbo bike and still might.
