Road Cycling

xdcx said:
That's rich coming from you Frenchy.
Starting your sentence with "because" and then not capitlising "English". You are a disgrace to your tea drinking/brake disc fiddling brethren.
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You have me on all of these points, apart from the fiddling as my Hydros are brilliant and require zero adjustment.
 
Saytan said:
just because i think disc brakes are a pointless sell-more-stuff exercise on a road bike doesnt mean i dont think hornetstinger is a bit of a flat-earther. They're brilliant on an MTB, and the deore M615 is very well regarded....

my 6ft 6inch 20 stone mate disagrees with me on the pointlessness of road discs thouhgh
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Definitely part of your post that I agree with there :)
 
My next bike will have disc brakes as I want a winter/crap weather bike that can take fat tyres and mudguards, and once you get into 57mm calipers you may as well attempt to slow down by exhaling sharply.
 
I love discs, and for a bike being used all year round would definitely recommend them, but there is something about a bike with discs that doesn't spark as much passion when riding in the summer. Got to have that lovely clean lines. But you do get the benefit that you can go and splunk god knows how much on rims and know they won't wear.
 
Vonhelmet said:
My next bike will have disc brakes as I want a winter/crap weather bike that can take fat tyres and mudguards, and once you get into 57mm calipers you may as well attempt to slow down by exhaling sharply.
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Shimano R650 calipers and Campag Veloce brake levers here. Can pull long languid stoppies on it no problem.
 
I commute on a £600 Boardman with 2x9 Sora, Spyre mech discs - absolutely no problems whatsoever.

Only slight concern is pad wear - I think I'm half way through my fronts and I've only done 600 miles on the set.
 
merlin said:
I commute on a £600 Boardman with 2x9 Sora, Spyre mech discs - absolutely no problems whatsoever.

Only slight concern is pad wear - I think I'm half way through my fronts and I've only done 600 miles on the set.
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Are the pads organics? I'd go semi-metallic for your next set. I find sintered are too rubbish/annoying.
 
merlin said:
Lovely, except £1800 minimum for the cheapest. :(

I don't think at 45 yrs of age there's much point in me spending £1800 on a bike - I wouldn't get any extra out of a £1800 bike than a £1000 bike, hence next bike budget will be just that - £1,000 and not a penny more.
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I'd argue that age doesn't matter in the slightest. Nothing wrong with having a budget in mind of course.
 
jonneymendoza said:
sweet ok here is the plan

change my mtb tyres for some road tyres if possible for commuting

Buy a 1k ultega groupset bike for nice long pleasure rides in the summer!
good?
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Everyone is different but I don't think I'd fancy commuting on my MTB because the bar width - I commute through heavy traffic and being able to squeeze through tight gaps on the road bike is pretty much essential.
 
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