Road Cycling

merlin · 29 Dec 2016 at 18:42

Dat beef.

Well done all!

hornetstinger · 29 Dec 2016 at 18:44

Obviously fake. You can't ride with a mince pie on your handlebars as it'll fall off.

merlin · 29 Dec 2016 at 18:46

hornetstinger said:
Personal experience. Would not buy a bike with PF.

Im only 68 kilos with average legs so im never going to worry a push fit solution.

hornetstinger · 29 Dec 2016 at 18:47

Have you ever tried to remove and fit PF? And especially on CF frame?

merlin · 29 Dec 2016 at 18:48

The bike im interested in is alloy and bb work is what the LBS is for

hornetstinger · 29 Dec 2016 at 18:51

Well I removed PF with alloy frame too. It's a horrid design.

Threaded BB shell is a good design, only thing I suppose would be improving square taper but keeping threaded cup/BB shell. Not stupid PF

I do all my own work plus on other bikes why would I pay others to do it? I've also got all my own tools. And I get paid to repair bikes.

Bear · 29 Dec 2016 at 19:18

There are an increasing amount of thread together pressfit BB these days which takes the pain out of PF by screwing the two cups together which helps prevent creaking.

Nursie · 29 Dec 2016 at 19:20

Roady, was just a £50 off offer. No codes or anything needed. Still listed at the same price but taken off at the checkout.

hornetstinger · 29 Dec 2016 at 19:20

Bear said:
There are an increasing amount of thread together pressfit BB these days which takes the pain out of PF by screwing the two cups together which helps prevent creaking.

You mean the Praxxis? Nah, expensive work around. Rather stick to square taper or other threaded BB like megaexo (although not perfect as bearings are outside and exposed)

Bear · 29 Dec 2016 at 19:22

hornetstinger said:
You mean the Praxxis? Nah, expensive work around. Rather stick to square taper or other threaded BB like megaexo (although not perfect as bearings are outside and exposed)

I used wheels manufacturing thread together bb86 on my build.

SoliD · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:02

Shadowness said:
Great effort. That Wellington looks awesome too!

Can anyone advise me on Rapha bib shorts? I'm in London in January and might treat myself in the Rapha store.
But there's so damn many! Classic, lightweight, pro and shadow. And combinations of some of those!
I'm just after a really good quality summer cycling shorts, comfortable on long rides (80 miles plus)

For that type of riding I'd say the Pro. I prefer the pro, but don't really find any degradation in warmth with the lightweights so wear both all year round. If you're gonna buy them get them in the sale now and send back if you dont like them.

Shadowness · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:12

Thanks.

Whats the difference between the classic and the pro? (besides the price!)

SoliD · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:23

Shadowness said:
Thanks.

Whats the difference between the classic and the pro? (besides the price!)

Slightly different cut on them with the pro being a bit more slim, also pro have a radio pocket... I find Rapha shorts are generally slightly longer on the leg than all other shorts, which I much prefer.

Shadowness · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:25

Ah a radio pocket.....just what I needed!

The description of the pro states one day races and crits etc.....which leads me to think they'll be a bit too aggressive. And the Rapha logo is absolutely horrific!

Might go for the classics, not bad at £120

Roady · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:31

Shadowness said:
Whats the difference between the classic and the pro?

About 5 years, amirite?

Oh wait, shorts, not riders?

SoliD said:
Once again the Pinnacle performed flawlessly throughout as it did last year, even though it got chucked off my cars roof at 70ish mph... The tinsel survived all throughout too!

Great pics, throw the one of the pinnacle up with the tinsel on it from Strava please!

hornetstinger said:
Personal experience. Would not buy a bike with PF.

Hate to say it, but if you're choosing a frame over BB type then you're almost exclusively looking at buying an individual frame and building it yourself with the associated costs. Hardly any come threaded these days, especially 'off the shelf' types. I'd do it for a long haul type audax ti/steel bike but the money saved buying off the shelf carbon/alu for commuting/general riding I wouldn't.

Nursie said:
Roady, was just a £50 off offer. No codes or anything needed. Still listed at the same price but taken off at the checkout.

Can't find any info about it, the only one I see is on their site about trading in an old unit. As they're £249.99 on the website and '£50 off' then how did you get to £190?

I'm not being difficult but I have told myself if I can find one for under £200 I'll buy it now rather than hoping for a Wiggle sale or January sale somewhere else...

Saytan · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:32

hornetstinger said:
Rather stick to square taper

Now I love square taper, but production of serious quality stuff has by and large ended quite a few years ago, and although the cranks last like champions, supplies of good quality brackets are drying up.

hornetstinger · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:33

Saytan said:
Now I love square taper, but production of serious quality stuff has by and large ended quite a few years ago, and although the cranks last like champions, supplies of good quality brackets are drying up.

UN55 and Centuar last ages.

Saytan · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:39

hornetstinger said:
UN55 and Centuar last ages.

Yes. Long enough that they might be hard to find by the next time you need one - I've got a UN71 with 15000+ miles on it. It's a grand technology and there was never any *real* need to move away from it.

But now that it's going, the time to move over is coming sooner or later. Only my high-days classic steelie still runs square taper nowadays, and that only gets about 300 miles a year.

Roady · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:42

Liefrich said:
I am looking to head out about between 10 - 11 which is when the fog is meant to clear (or so the BBC tells me). My intended route is just under 30 and was going to be a mixup of my usual routes: Rotherwas -> Holme Lacy -> Mordiford -> Dormington -> Marden then up to Pool Head and back into Hereford via the straight road through Sutton St Nicholas. Mostly flat and hopefully quickish.

Feel free to join, although I appreicate it is the other side of the City from you!

Hmmm, very tempting!

Although as the ice will be clearing I'll be commuting with the other half again in the morning (10 miles) and not back until around 9... If I don't come back home I'll be in town at 8.30 kicking around - far too early! I could shed some clothing and head back to meet you somewhere Rotherwas-ish at around 10.15-30 (depending on traffic)? I'll be up to 90 miles for the week by then so won't be a quick one!

hornetstinger · 29 Dec 2016 at 20:43

nah it's not going it better not lol.

Just as a matter of interest can you fit the newer, crapper bottom brackets into threaded BB shell?