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randomshenans said:
Bike discount now competitive for you guys? I find it's impossible to touch their prices anywhere else most the time.

Had my race tonight. Mate of mine did Cat A, which makes me cry thinking about 4-5w/kg.
Anyway, I did the Cat D, which to be fair was fairly easy. I kept having to hold back up climbs to keep my average power to my category. I wasn't really too sure of what the rules were... either way, was decent and came in 3rd, which is nice.

http://www.zwiftpower.com/v2/race.php?id=1311 (page 2)

https://www.strava.com/activities/750872514

Happy with that for a first go. Like their event format! :)
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Looks pretty fun. I need to get in on the Zwift action at some point :)

I've ordered a fair bit of stuff from Bike-Discount. I find Bike24 cheaper for a fair bit of stuff though.

Roady said:
Code: 
Part                        | Wheelies   | Tredz |  Rose | Wigg | PX  | CRC  |
105 5800 12-25 cassette     |     £40    |  £40  |  £31  | £32  | £34 |  £32 |
Ultegra 6800 11-28 cassette |     £50    |  £50  |  £44  | £47  | £40 |  £47 | 
Ultegra/DA 11 speed chain   |     £25    |  £25  |  £23  | £25  | £34 |  £28 |
SRAM 1130 11 speed chain    |     £14    |  £14  |  £    | £14  | £13 |  £20 |

Only thing to note would be bundles & delivery costs & time. CRC have some pretty attractive cassette and chain bundles. The delivery time & cost from Rose don't make much sense (not saving enough).

2 orders - Wiggle (105 cassette & 5800 chain, if the 1130 was in stock) and Ultegra cassette & 1130 from PX. If you needed other kit you could get the 105 cassette/bundle from CRC, nothing else from there makes sense from that list unless bumping an order up for a bigger total for the 10% off...
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That's quite useful, thanks. Certainly cheaper than I'd found, even with CRC BC discount :)

I don't order from Tredz though. They have cack service.
 
platypus said:
I've commuted for years through English winters and managed to keep my feet dry 99% of the time. Course, the best change was to buy Winter commuting boots, but even so with overshoes it was fine.
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Have to go with the G-man on this. Overshoes are generally pretty rubbish in any kind of heavy rain (and especially so without mudguards).

Then again, grudas is in London rather than a city where it actually rains so.... :p
 
Anyone with experience of building with Di2 - would you mind looking at these measurements I've just taken to see if they sound crazy? Handlebars are 42cm width and frame is XL Bish Bash Bosh.

I'll round up to the nearest available wire length obviously...

Levers - 2 * 36cm (350mm, 36cm seems a bit OTT)
FJ > RJ - 100cm (950mm, 100cm seems OTT again)
Battery - 40cm (350mm, internal battery, 40cm OTT)
FD - 40cm (350mm...etc)
RD - 90cm (This seems crazy high compared to what I see everywhere else. Based on chainstay length I'm thinking that 650mm will be more than enough)

Okay, after speaking to uv:

3 * 350mm (levers, FD)
1 * 1000mm (junction boxes)
1 * 750mm (internal battery)
1 * 650mm (RD)
 
randomshenans said:
Had some friends over at the weekend who like their riding, they're way better than me, but ate and drank too much sat night. I was ruined yesterday. Was asleep by 8:30pm.

Me and one of the guys are going to setup a 24hr Zwift "race". Stupid idea, but we're doing it for charity. My wife has been diagnosed with a rare bone disease called AVN so lacks mobility in her joints (currently her hip is the worst) and will require a replacement soon. As such, we wanted to do something ridiculous and this seems pretty stupid, so going to try and centre an event around it.
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Sorry to hear about your wife but that sounds like an excellent idea for a charity support event. I reckon you could get huge support if you setup a small website and some social networking groups/etc.
 
So, it's over a month since Bikmo paid out my insurance. They did say they'd arrange to collect the parts and so I kept hold of them for a while... but eventually decided it had been long enough and chucked most of it.

They've now got in touch to arrange collection of the parts. Any idea how they'll react when I'll tell them they took too long?
 
I actually kept most of it tbh and luckily they've only asked for the stuff I kept. However, theyve asked for stuff to be picked up on Fri when I'm in work...and also I have no time or ability with a dodgy arm to disassemble the bike for the bits they want (frame, which has tons of stuff on it I didn't claim for).
 
Yeah..It's not that I'm a perfect moral person or something and I don't have an issue with the free old pods being passed along. It's just if one purchase of a pod ends up with three people getting warranty replacements then things are starting to get a bit OTT. That's all.
 
SoliD said:
Coming from the bloke hiding the fact he has thrown away stuff from his insurers? :D
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See above :p

I've actually emailed them today to tell them that I've still got the frame and the wheel they want but there's no way in hell they're getting it on Friday as I just don't have the capacity to disassemble the bike atm...
 
So, emailed the insurance company on Wednesday (as a reply to their email, which they said was an okay way to get in touch). Not heard anything back. I fully expect that they'll turn up at the house today to try and pick up the bike bits. Oh well.
 
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