Yup, you and pretty much everyone else
Some people get precious about it though (I don't mean SDK when I say that btw!).Road Cycling
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Yup, you and pretty much everyone else
Some people get precious about it though (I don't mean SDK when I say that btw!).
Its wasn't in relation to any above posts, just a general point - hence no quoted posts
I guess it being unrelated makes sense, though still a little odd given the flow of conversation
Power meters are awesome
The thing I like the most is when cycling into a headwind and feeling like I'm putting out crazy power to go at 15mph...then looking down and realising that I am. Let's not talk about slight declines are tailwinds though. They don't exist.
The thing I like the most is when cycling into a headwind and feeling like I'm putting out crazy power to go at 15mph...then looking down and realising that I am. Let's not talk about slight declines are tailwinds though. They don't exist.
I'm all for Di2 being a smarter choice than EPS in terms of value for money but if you're going Bianchi then that argument is out of the window already so... EPS it is
Exactly, that's why everyone rides Japanese frames with their Shimano groupsets.
Not to mention all the fines you'd receive from the Australian police for not having a license plate.
To be honest I only read the start of the article. Having read the rest I agree with your point. Mea culpa
Kask Mojito is pretty pro. I have one.
What's the life expectancy of a Bottom Bracket out of interest? Assuming this (above) is it on it's last legs it's done around 4,000 (mostly dry) miles which seems a bit on the low side. (BB86 PressFit).
Any excuse to buy new tooling
Varies massively - I've had as low as 1k (was a very cheap Sora or lower end one ridden in rain, bike left out in rain, etc) but more normally I'd expect 5-6k, sometimes more.
Jonny ///M's advice is good.
The requirement for adaptors isn't that unusual even when you go for post mount. There are lots of standards for the frame and slightly less for modern road disk brakes. Steel frames often tend to be the most annoying when building up road disc brakes.
If buying new I'd personally just buy flat mount. I was very close to doing this for my post-crash build but for various reasons didn't - and I slightly regret that decision. I'd also not bother with TRP Spyres either. They're good for mech disc brakes but theyr'e substantially worse than hydraulics. Could you not get some setup with 105 hydraulics? The hood shape is kind of annoying but it's not awful and the brakes are substantially better than Spyres.
I'm not sure the difference between 105 level hydraulics and Spyres is that much but I could be wrong HY/RDs are a nice half-way house if you can find a decent deal...
HY/RDs are a nice half-way house if you can find a decent deal...
That's a pretty impressive price for the Spyres. I thought they were more like double that (each).
Spent most of my weekend building a 6'4' glasshouse so missed any of the group rides, hard work with the number of parts and ***** instructions! Managed a good Zwift base session on Sunday catching up on some of the Rugby 6N. Just as I was finishing up I recalled seeing a 'WBR Fast Lap' listed so I jumped on it for an easy ZP result.
https://www.strava.com/activities/906585695
As I was well warmed up I smashed it early, a group of 5-6 of us working well, 4 of us held on but I'd done too much previously to finish any better than 4th. Two guys getting up the road around 2 miles before the end and the 3rd place guy putting a couple of seconds into me before I opened my finish, had to go for a long sprint but couldn't close him down. Looking at the results the power averages put me into CAT A so was racing CAT A guys! Not many in the race but I was well in front of the CAT B's I'd normally be racing!
300W avg for 19mins, might mean I need to do another FTP test... (FTP currently set as 271W!)
Sounds like all the group rides got soaked saturday and then the headwinds on sunday made things pretty miserable too! Most of them rode out to Abergavenny to support some of the locals riding in the 2017 #1 Abergavenny Handicap Road Race, best placed was Will coming in 6th. Sounds like a brutal race with only 65 finishers of the 100 starters!
Winds must have been coming from the south as of the 10-15 riders on my Strava (who rode down together in the morning), they had splintered into several groups for the ride back. A fast group of 4-5 smashing a load of KOM's on the way back!
While we're talking discs...
What are peoples experiences on pads & types? My 785 on the Diverge are 'Ice-Tech resin pads w/fins', I've had some wet weather noises again from them (still loads better after topping up my fluid levels!) and although I'm not changing them anytime soon, I think I need to start to build my understanding of pad compounds & types.
Most of this stuff should really be posted in one of the other threads
Zwift/turbo thread for instance.
Popped out for a flat metric earlier. Weather was pretty grim right up until 10 minutes before I got home... which I guess I shouldn't be surprised by 
Feeling the effects of the stag weekend I think (and to be fair, my lack of activity lately). HR was a bit high for the power output and it felt like harder work than it should do. First metric of the year though so I'm happy on that front
https://www.strava.com/activities/907521568
Feeling the effects of the stag weekend I think (and to be fair, my lack of activity lately). HR was a bit high for the power output and it felt like harder work than it should do. First metric of the year though so I'm happy on that front
https://www.strava.com/activities/907521568
Lol, thanks. It's more about how hard work 200w felt rather than the speed
This time of year - short sleeve. I rode with a long sleeve today and even when taking it steady I was edging towards overheating.
If you're the type to get cold easily though perhaps take this with a pinch of salt. I'm more the overheating type.
Worth checking if anywhere else has it at a decent price - Wiggle are quite good with price matching
Got back from Milan last night and have to get out to a wedding prep (not mine ) thing in a bit but this weather was too good to pass up. Headed out for a quick 35 miles and put my foot down a bit. Definitely felt the effort but hopefully it's helped clear out some of the 4kg of prosciutto and cheese I ate over the last few days...
https://www.strava.com/activities/913483993
Pretty happy with the speed and average power
Didn't realise that is today
Guess you're done now but... er... belated good luck!
) thing in a bit but this weather was too good to pass up. Headed out for a quick 35 miles and put my foot down a bit. Definitely felt the effort but hopefully it's helped clear out some of the 4kg of prosciutto and cheese I ate over the last few days...https://www.strava.com/activities/913483993
Pretty happy with the speed and average power
Didn't realise that is today
Guess you're done now but... er... belated good luck!