Road Cycling

hornetstinger · 16 Dec 2016 at 20:42

same bike as mine, except mines a older version. Running 46/15 fixed.

physichull · 16 Dec 2016 at 20:51

hornetstinger said:
same bike as mine, except mines a older version. Running 46/15 fixed.

Vonhelmet has one too. I think ours are 42x17.

hornetstinger · 16 Dec 2016 at 20:58

weak legs?

jonneymendoza · 16 Dec 2016 at 21:10

500miles since june till October(stopped after i got ran over)

Vonhelmet · 16 Dec 2016 at 21:13

physichull said:
Vonhelmet has one too. I think ours are 42x17.

Yep, 42*17. I've just replaced my freewheel with a halo clickster as the stock one was getting all crunchy. I might take it to bits and see if I can renew it to keep as a spare.

Vonhelmet · 16 Dec 2016 at 21:16

hornetstinger said:
weak legs?

Meh. 42*17 is a good ratio for commuting. Easy enough to get going at the lights and you can hold it in the high teens without spinning too crazily.

46*15 for stop start commuting would annihilate my knees.

SDK^ · 16 Dec 2016 at 23:51

Finally, Canyon has released the disc version of the Aeroad.

Take my money : https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road/aeroad/aeroad-cf-slx-disc-8-0-di2.html

FrenchTart · 16 Dec 2016 at 23:52

Wow. Still engaging.

GSVBagpuss · 17 Dec 2016 at 06:37

grudas said:
has anyone actually paid for it ?

Me

SDK^ · 17 Dec 2016 at 07:31

Order placed for an Aeroad 8.0 Disc with Di2 - Delivery expected mid January.

Equivalent bikes from Specialized, Giant, Ridley and Cervelo are all at least £1.5k more expensive so this is still value for money.

hornetstinger · 17 Dec 2016 at 08:08

Vonhelmet said:
Meh. 42*17 is a good ratio for commuting. Easy enough to get going at the lights and you can hold it in the high teens without spinning too crazily.

46*15 for stop start commuting would annihilate my knees.

Easy enough to get going at the lights as well. 46x15 with 28mm tyres is a bit high as the tyre size increases gear inches, but 23mm tyres is perfect.

hornetstinger · 17 Dec 2016 at 08:13

SDK^ said:
Finally, Canyon has released the disc version of the Aeroad.

Take my money : https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road/aeroad/aeroad-cf-slx-disc-8-0-di2.html

Disc brakes suck

Shadowness · 17 Dec 2016 at 08:19

They don't.

But on a 'summer bike', they are completely unnecessary yes

jonneymendoza · 17 Dec 2016 at 08:21

Are some of you waiting for the sales before buying a new bike?

whyscotty · 17 Dec 2016 at 08:22

Shadowness said:
But on a 'summer bike', they are completely unnecessary yes

In your opinion

jonneymendoza said:
Are some of you waiting for the sales before buying a new bike?

Unless you want the latest - it's the best time to buy IMO

SDK^ · 17 Dec 2016 at 08:27

Opinions vary on road disc brakes - some love them and some hate them.

The fact remains that braking onto a rim made of plastic and held together by resin is a flawed design.
But putting that fact aside, when was our summer ever dry !!!

hornetstinger · 17 Dec 2016 at 08:29

For single speed, disc brakes are stupid (for the rear wheel) you would need to move the caliper with the wheel as the chain stretches. Although the same happens with rim brakes it's pretty easy to move them down a bit.

Also with hub gear that is another thing, you move the rear wheel back so need to adjust gear cable

SoliD · 17 Dec 2016 at 09:16

SDK^ said:
Order placed for an Aeroad 8.0 Disc with Di2 - Delivery expected mid January.

Equivalent bikes from Specialized, Giant, Ridley and Cervelo are all at least £1.5k more expensive so this is still value for money.

What you going to do with the gearing?

Talking of wet/dry you'd be surprised how few wet days we actually have.

SDK^ · 17 Dec 2016 at 09:34

SoliD said:
What you going to do with the gearing? .

I'll try the 52/36 but may swap it out for a compact 50/34 - I usually average around 96-98 cadence.

Vonhelmet · 17 Dec 2016 at 09:37

hornetstinger said:
Easy enough to get going at the lights as well. 46x15 with 28mm tyres is a bit high as the tyre size increases gear inches, but 23mm tyres is perfect.

My knees are not your knees. Enjoy your high gears.