That frame is one of the ugliest designs I've ever seen!
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That frame is one of the ugliest designs I've ever seen!
Soldato
Soldato
i was so close to getting one as well but saw the decathlon one and looked and had better specs for 500 pound cheaper(when that sirrus was 1200)
Soldato
Tell us what you really think Solid
What, its absolutely awful, someone posted the same on PH and I think my initial reacion was exactly the same.
edit - http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=1602061
It's an XL frame so it's never going to be a looker. Super large frames always looks rubbish because of the longer head tube. It looks better in the metal - bright metallic red finish and a flat swooping top tube.
Anyway, it's a just a grab and ride park bike and probably won't be ridden over 15mph.
Caporegime
Sweet. i prefer gears
My other two bikes have gears
My commute is dead flat, and single speed is fun and makes you work!
Associate
An eventful club ride last night, my chain fell off 6 bloody times, another rider twisted his chain under-load while he was changing gears, another rider snapped his chain and punctured his tub tyre! Then two cars collided into each other....
Still managed 50.1 miles and got back in time for beers at 11pm
Still managed 50.1 miles and got back in time for beers at 11pm
Soldato
Does not compute
Simple - Im riding with a 4 year old whose bike has 16" wheels and no gears.
Soldato
Went out nice and early with the intention to do a metric, 19 miles in and I heard a pop. Stopped and checked to see a great big split in the tyre. Rang up the missus who was asleep (7am) so started walking as it wasn't worth putting a new tube in.
Was passed by at least 20 roadies and not one even bothered to ask if I was ok. The only people that bothered to ask was an old boy trundling about on his bike and a car driver. I always ask if I see another cyclist in a spot of bother and even given a guy who was doing a sportive and had a split in his tyre outside my house, a spare tyre I had.
Luckily I managed to wake the missus, so she picked me up. Loads of snobby ***** in the cycling clubs round here.
Was passed by at least 20 roadies and not one even bothered to ask if I was ok. The only people that bothered to ask was an old boy trundling about on his bike and a car driver. I always ask if I see another cyclist in a spot of bother and even given a guy who was doing a sportive and had a split in his tyre outside my house, a spare tyre I had.
Luckily I managed to wake the missus, so she picked me up. Loads of snobby ***** in the cycling clubs round here.
Soldato
I went to change the inner tube on my bike yestreday (slow puncture) had three boxed inner tubes in the drawer that had been there a while, they all had decayed and had massive splits in them.
I'll have to go through all my MTB tubes today, lesson learnt at least. Make sure I refresh/buy new inners every now and again and don't stockpile them.
I'll have to go through all my MTB tubes today, lesson learnt at least. Make sure I refresh/buy new inners every now and again and don't stockpile them.
Soldato
Wierd, you wouldn't expect rubber to perish and split unless they have been kept in sunlight
Soldato
Same! The tubes were as you get them in the box, banded up and it had split several times at the folds but only on the edges of the fold.
They were a couple of years old and kept in a shed, so it's possible temperature changes or being exposed to heat in summers caused them to degrade. I've just done a quick google and apparently the elastic bands can cause it to perish as well, which would seem to fit in regards to where the splits were.
Soldato
Seems a fundamental lack of thought using rubber bands that damage the tubes.
On a similar story about inner tubes, I was sorting out my puncture and split tyre and found two of my lifeline inner tubes are manufactured unevenly so when you pump it up, it causes localised bulges in the tyre. Two crap ones in a pack of five is pretty poor even if they are dirt cheap. I wonder if it's worth mentioning it to Wiggle.
Finally used one of those Park super patches on my mountain bike yesterday. Small slit through the tyre and the tube. Quick and easy to use and really the only time lost over a tube switch was finding the puncture on the tube in the first place. Definitely recommended.
I saw these mentioned the other day. How do these work? a patch for the tyre as well as the tube or instead of?
Today's club run was a beaut. Top weather and a nice little steep finisher climb which is more what I'm used to!
Paying attention to IF & TSS now I have power data. Rode over slower this morning by 1mph. (15miles each way) which didn't take a great deal longer but much less taxing on paper, quite surprised! Should make managing volume a little easier.
https://www.strava.com/activities/650412227/overview
In comparison to last weeks club ride:
https://www.strava.com/activities/642490257
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Ah I was just on about tube patches http://www.wiggle.co.uk/park-tool-puncture-repair-kit-super-patch/ Pretty much just peel off the patch and apply it.
I think Roady had linked something else for tyres.
Soldato
I saw these mentioned the other day. How do these work? a patch for the tyre as well as the tube or instead of?
Today's club run was a beaut. Top weather and a nice little steep finisher climb which is more what I'm used to!
I wonder if it was your friendly club that rode past me when I was broken down on the side of the road on the Tring high street this morning
