Disc will be fine, just the front that may be a problem even for a little pipsqueak like you
Ha, I went out this morning and it wasn't so bad in terms of handling but I really didn't enjoy it that much! Sick of this wind.
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Ha, I went out this morning and it wasn't so bad in terms of handling but I really didn't enjoy it that much! Sick of this wind.
This ride? Good going but I did notice your average cadence was quite low with a large suffer score. To me that could indicate you're grinding lots on the flat (not many climbs there) and probably overly tiring yourself? Try dropping a gear or two to increase your cadence, you'll find the lower muscle strain eases some of your recovery time and lowers fatigue. I could be wrong, the power profile looks like you were freewheeling/easy spinning for lots of it, even though the suffer score is huge (incorrectly set HR zones would also cause this)? Ben commented about your HR being lower than your recovery - when your HR was low your cadence was also low, when your HR was higher (pushing on!) your cadence was much higher and more consistent... I guess what I'm trying to say is - maintaining a more consistent cadence, regardless of the effort/power you're putting out should lower your overall fatigue and recovery requirements. There's less power 'spikes' when you're picking up speed.My first experience of riding in heavy winds last night mixed with a couple of light showers. Not a pleasant experience
Hate to use my own rides as examples, but check my cadence here. I was pushing on for the first half of the ride, got defeated by a hill and then took a leisurely exploratory ride back, although my cadence for the two halves of the ride is very similar (ignoring the climb and getting lost/riding off road).
Weather next week is looking better too! Jealous of the free breakfasts!
Yeah the flat top tube does also look much thicker. The dropped seatstays is a current trend for many of the aero and endurance models (like the Venge) but the downtube remains mostly unchanged (which is obviously quite distinctive on the Venge). They should've made it more in line with the Venge, as like you say I think at the moment it looks very similar to the Road/Teammachine, Canyon Aeroad/Endurace, Scott Foil, Cervelo S3 and even more like the Specialized Roubaix than it did before.
I'd look at your hub, there shouldn't be enough 'flex' in the rear stays for the dropouts to move outside of the hub sides onto the skewers unless the frame has bent outwards?! (or you've lost an endcap from the hub).
Good shout, I hadn't realised Duraace started at 7700 only recalling the change from 7900 to 9000!
The numbering change doesn't make sense, even if they were bringing the MTB groupsets in (there's not enough 'numbers'), unless they were going to combine some of the MTB & Road groupsets series naming/numbering (or even drop some of them)?
No it wasn't that ride, that was last night. Cadence was so slow as it was a group ride and we were with two people averaging 8-10mph (yep...
) so was a lot of freewheeling and barely moving I had to keep myself entertained by doing sprints every now and then and trying to get our strongest rider some KOM segementsI was referring to this ride. You're right though, need to set up my heart rate zones, I've set my maximum but thats it, not really fine tuned them yet.
It's my own fault for not tightening the QR tightly enough. When I say they were sitting on the skewers it would be more apt to say they was sitting on the hubs just above where they should have been.
Ahhh, sorry I just recalled looking at the data of that ride & thinking WTF@ the suffer score!No it wasn't that ride, that was last night. Cadence was so slow as it was a group ride and we were with two people averaging 8-10mph (yep...
I was referring to this ride. You're right though, need to set up my heart rate zones, I've set my maximum but thats it, not really fine tuned them yet.
You may find your HR changes slightly anyway, I'd previously seen 200bpm soon after I started on the turbo (I was quite unfit!) a few years ago. Between then and now I really reduced my turbo work and wouldn't really see my HR over 180bpm on the roads, so I considered that my 'max'. This winter I got back into riding hard on the turbo and soon saw my HR well over that (190bpm). Although I doubt I can/should get to 200bpm again (I'm 37 in a few weeks!), certainly since I pushed it up on the turbo I've also been able to push it much higher on the road, but I've also done much more higher intensity stuff than before (Chaingang & TT efforts spring to mind). Although I've found I've always had quite a high HR compared to others, 160-170bpm is pretty sustainable for me!
Do you work for Sophos? An IT company I worked at 1997-2009 were Sophos partners and I went to a number of training courses in Abingdon. Always had a soft spot for their products since, but have been unable to
The hub should be ok, they're generally very tough! Your frame, chain and cassette will damage easier. The only one I would be concerned about is if your frame is carbon!
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This is a natural correlation as higher cadences are inherently more aerobic.
Same power output can be achieved with differing HR and cadence. A low cadence doesn't necessarily mean it's labouring or fatiguing as scenarios where you carry speed and experience high inertia it will make low cadences feel perfectly comfortable. Wrong ride anyway.
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Same here, was going to plan a route.
Going a pedal to Glasgow and back in the rain - this should be fun
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I can log in fine using my Strava account. #JustSayin' 
Personally I hate linking Facebook, Google, etc with other systems.
Personally I hate linking Facebook, Google, etc with other systems.
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I can't remember why I did it but I'm usually the same with one account for one thing
Same here, fine as standalone! I've got one 'spam' account (a catchall on an old domain) I sign up to everything with... Then once I'm sure I'm not getting to much spam from (or actually using that website/service), I change to my primary (Gmail) account. Strava is still on my spam account for all the junk it dishes out...I can log in fine using my Strava account. #JustSayin'
Personally I hate linking Facebook, Google, etc with other systems.
A few years back (with a catchall) I registered every website with a different email address so I could trace those who dished out my email address to junk senders. Then I'd bounce that address... It didn't work as I switched hosting and then had no option to bounce individual aliases, I still get hundreds of junk emails daily sent to junk email addresses I used years ago. At least they're easy to filter
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I've had this happen to me a few times. It's super annoying :/
Ordered some mitts as my MTB gloves probably aren't a good look for the summer:
https://www.merlincycles.com/castelli-arenberg-gel-cycling-gloves-89228.html
No-one else doing them this cheap.
https://www.merlincycles.com/castelli-arenberg-gel-cycling-gloves-89228.html
No-one else doing them this cheap.
I've had that happen. I signed back into my CRC account and the items and code were still in the basket.
Inboxed you mine, I hardly ever use CRC now so hardly ever use my code!
EDIT: Trek Bananabread flapjacks. Loving them! Paid just over £9 for 15 of them on a Wiggle deal (damaged box). Eaten a couple while riding and found the energy levels good and consistent, not quite the feeling of an energy bar but more sustainable/long lasting (like a Cliff bar). Ate my first today with a coffee while sat at my desk and they eat & taste just as good. No stomach problems. Soft enough to eat while riding without immediately needing a drink, but do need a drink soon afterwards. Protein 'crunch' parts can stick in your teeth but no more than the oats of the flapjack. Wrappers open well being banged on bars and they don't seem to go sticky due to pocket heat, just slightly 'sweaty'. Will try other flavours in future! Well recommended as a more affordable (even at 'normal price') alternative to Cliff.
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It's not worth looking at mine!
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I'm quite interested to read up on the new Ultegra calipers (ST-R8020) and disc rotors (SM-RT800) to see what they'll offer me over my older 'non-series' calipers (BR-785) and Ice-tech rotors (RT86?). I'm probably slightly more interested in checking the Dura Ace black rotors (9100) in 160mm are 100% compatible (with my 785's) as they look superb with the enclosed heat fins! The calipers will be replacements for my 785's if I ever get a problem (again)...
I'm quite interested to read up on the new Ultegra calipers (ST-R8020) and disc rotors (SM-RT800) to see what they'll offer me over my older 'non-series' calipers (BR-785) and Ice-tech rotors (RT86?). I'm probably slightly more interested in checking the Dura Ace black rotors (9100) in 160mm are 100% compatible (with my 785's) as they look superb with the enclosed heat fins! The calipers will be replacements for my 785's if I ever get a problem (again)...
Bugger all!