Road Cycling
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Same days it just works out like that, can feel super strong & fast but the results say otherwise! There's so many factors which can all contribute to how you 'feel' on the bike, as well as how quick you actually are. Don't get stressed or angry, if anything channel it into your riding. One of the hardest things when riding regularly is being consistent, if you're riding multiple days fatigue can have a huge impact too - you may feel ok, but you're riding with a 10% (or more) reduction in power for the same 'feel' as the other days.Genuinely angry and disappointed that I can be that much slower
Agreed, although they don't really state what the difference is - if they're increasing/decreasing crank spindle length I'd imagine there's going to be lots of problems with frames & clearances!?
Haha, I thought the same! Disappointed Campagnolo succumb to the usual sales & marketing BS, but they are Italian
Good choice, you'll notice them more on longer rides with some gradients. When I changed the Giant P-R2's on my Defy 1 to cheapy (£120) Campagnolo Khamsin the difference was noticeable, even with only a minor weight difference (I did it as a 'cost saving' exercise after breaking a spoke on the Giant wheels and needing them truing 3 times in 2 months). When I switched again to Shimano RS81's (£350) the difference was HUGE!
Have to agree about potenza, but from reading the article they almost hint that it will be changed so they're all ultratorque? Maybe they'll add more features or drop the price point or something similar when they do.
Fitted them (25's) on my other halfs commuter soon after she got it, has done around 2000 miles (around 10 months?) with only 1 puncture. Mostly inner city commuting, but all weathers & through the winter. They're wearing fine but are quite heavy. Although I recall the wire bead on them being utterly brutal and incredibly tight to get onto her Giant wheels! Think I wrecked the last of my non-Park tool levers getting them on. LBS by her work only charges £5 for a puncture repair so I've tried to encourage her to go there!
Brutal one, supreme effort! Kudos!
Sounds like my attempt at the chaingang - riding threshold until you blow, then you're just hanging on until you finish/quit! It's a sure fire way to get quicker if done regularly enough. I was in bits for days and it really ruined the rest of my week so I've been slack about going again. My attempt at the 'easier' thursday social ride wasn't much better!
Did 1 rep of the golf course climb last night, I was intending on doing it twice but it took a little longer than I expected. Also rode too soon after food so spent the first 20 minutes 're-eating' my dinner on a few occasions lol
If potenza goes to ultratorque then there will be basically nothing to choose between centaur and potenza apart from tiny bits of weight difference here and there and maybe the quality of the parts. If that happens, then I agree with Saytan that your choice is basically centaur or chorus.
SCS attempted to solve the problem by making the hub effectively narrower, having the cassette in the 130mm position on a 135mm hub
I'd guess this crank makes the axle longer. This makes the chainline wider, but with the cassette in the 135mm position, it also makes the chainline straighter in the smaller sprockets
Nice work booyaka. 104% intensity, you need up update your zones
Went KOM hunting for a TT segment last night (on my roadie) I made about 18 months back. Knocked 2m44s off, was hard work though! Interesting what pacing and another 25w does.
That feel when legs so dead that the final climb on the 28 just felt weightless
Went KOM hunting for a TT segment last night (on my roadie
) I made about 18 months back. Knocked 2m44s off, was hard work though! Interesting what pacing and another 25w does.That feel when legs so dead that the final climb on the 28 just felt weightless
That's one long 'sprint'Nice work booyaka. 104% intensity, you need up update your zones
Went KOM hunting for a TT segment last night (on my roadie
That feel when legs so dead that the final climb on the 28 just felt weightless
Makes more sense than the SCS solution, I reckon. I'd rather be limited by chainsets than wheelsets.
Nice work booyaka. 104% intensity, you need up update your zones
Can you explain that a bit more for me please? I know my peak heart rate is normally around 170 so what do I need to do to update my zones.
Don't some Campaq parts need their own tools?
As for the next Ultegra, now than Shimano offer the control/battery/firmware upgrade for 6870 Di2 (see here), I'd buy 6870 when it gets reduced to make way for the new one.
Your strava link shows 96% for me? Don't think you need update them.
Intensity based on your power data which Strava derives from your FTP (1 hour thresold power). So for a 1hr 16min ride @ 96% intensity you averaged under your perceived FTP.
Massively generalising and it is Strava data so would not worry too much or over-think it.
Probably missed the boat a little, prices were dirt cheap at the back end of last year (I got it individual for my TT bike and grabbed front and rear mechs for £109 each and junction boxes for less than £20)
Cassette tool is slightly different
I have a tool set for doing bearings on UT cranks, but most folks would probably just pay a shop for the infrequently that it needs doing.
That's about it really.
cheers - I noticed my FTP on strava was set at 230W - I'm more like 255W so I've updated and you might have seen the "updated" version, which @BennyC probably saw the 230W (104%) version.
I have a campag cassette tool as my old single speed bike had a Miche bottom bracket that needed a campag cassette tool.
You can get a UT bearing remover/installer kit for £30 from superstar which is not nearly as ludicrous as I'd expected.
Ultegra 6800 Front Brake caliper. Such little clearance that my Zonda is slightly out of true and it's rubbing the caliper
rubbing the actual caliper? that's impressively tight.
Pretty sure yeah. 25mm tyre and there's about 2mm above the tyre and a few mm either side.
I had to stop on a climb before because a leave got stuck to the tyre and was making a noise every rotation between tyre and caliper.
Pretty sure yeah. 25mm tyre and there's about 2mm above the tyre and a few mm either side.
I had to stop on a climb before because a leave got stuck to the tyre and was making a noise every rotation between tyre and caliper.
my sunny sunday steel bike has the pads at the top of the slots like that. It's pretty tight with 23s, let alone 25s.