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Ice Tech is just the material Shimano are using that pairs with their Ice Tech pads to reduce heat. Most of their rotors are Ice Tech, including the 6 bolt I'm looking at.
Only the CL Ultegra & DA rotors have the cooling fins which are the cool looking bit!
Only the CL Ultegra & DA rotors have the cooling fins which are the cool looking bit!
I use Shimano "MTB" rotors on my cross bike.
It's a metal disc. Whether it's sold as MTB or road doesn't really matter.
I thought as much
It doesn't surprise me that the Ultegra/Dura Ace have a little premium attached as discs are kinda new to road bikes.Some respectable slopes there: Kop, Whiteleaf, Top half of Bedlow, Kingston
You can't be far from @Bear at all. When spring rolls around and I'm riding outdoors again I'll give you both a nudge
That's what I'm figuring out, looks like there's not much physically different. It looks like any Shimano rotors non-ultegra & non-DA are 'XT' branded which I think is Shimano's branding for off-road (thinking groupsets), so therefore there are no lower groupset/non-series road specific rotors? Ergo - get anything that looks suitable & within budget. I'm tempted to stay with Shimano just as I know them.
That's great, if any of them other than the 'Alpine EVO' @£30 each where in stock...
Anyone aware of different rotors for hydra calipers, or lower/older ones which are not suited/recommended for hydra use? Or nothing I need to worry about?
Some respectable slopes there: Kop, Whiteleaf, Top half of Bedlow, Kingston
You can't be far from @Bear at all. When spring rolls around and I'm riding outdoors again I'll give you both a nudge
I had done Whiteleaf before and we hadn't planned to do it this ride but I was talking about it as we went up Kop and the others wanted to give it a try. I think it's harder than Kop but they disagreed. I don't recall the Bedlow climb. Kingston was okay but I was more focused on how cold / wet I was!
I'm over West London / Surrey way. We just decided to drive out Chilterns to meet a friend from Essex (somewhat midway/interesting). However certainly up for coming out that way again (with better weather!) for a little OcUK meetup. It's nice to ride out somewhere different!
@Roady yes XT is an MTB Shimano series à la Ultegra. It might be worth checking Uber bike for rotors too.
https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/why-does-the-uk-hate-cyclists.18800475/
^ Standard old cyclists vs motorists discussion in GD in case anyone is bored.
^ Standard old cyclists vs motorists discussion in GD in case anyone is bored.
I've been battling manfully, but it's an uphill struggle.
The highlight for me so far has been the claim that someone who shall remain nameless is delayed by cyclists for 40 minutes on their 34 mile round trip commute every day.
Haha. I missed that in my brief flick through!
I noticed you've been holding up the fort
XT is the offroad stuff equivalent of ultegra.
For comparison, xtr is Dura ace, slx is 105 and deore is tiagra.
You reckon? I’m a long way off needing new pads but was wondering about them. Who do you recommend instead? Who does anyone recommend?The experience I've had so far with Uberbike pads I'm not going to bother with anything else of theirs. Save 50% and get only 20% life out of components. Just not worth it!
Good to know. I’m using slx rotors at the moment as they seemed pretty well rated on CRC.
I had done Whiteleaf before and we hadn't planned to do it this ride but I was talking about it as we went up Kop and the others wanted to give it a try. I think it's harder than Kop but they disagreed. I don't recall the Bedlow climb. Kingston was okay but I was more focused on how cold / wet I was!
However certainly up for coming out that way again (with better weather!) for a little OcUK meetup. It's nice to ride out somewhere different!
@Roady yes XT is an MTB Shimano series à la Ultegra. It might be worth checking Uber bike for rotors too.
I'd agree with you. Kop is steeper and does progress linearly but overall it's slightly shorter. Whiteleaf undulates between 15-17% so getting any sort of rhythm is difficult. Visually it's also quite a bit more intimidating I found in the past.
Wiggans Lane, the full climb starts on the B4009, Lower Icknield Way. Mostly shallow grades, as a short fast descent and then a bit of a kick at the top
Watched @Steedie suffer on it earlier in the year.We'll get something on the calendar in 2018, @FrenchTart owes me a visit
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I'd agree with you. Kop is steeper and does progress linearly but overall it's slightly shorter. Whiteleaf undulates between 15-17% so getting any sort of rhythm is difficult. Visually it's also quite a bit more intimidating I found in the past.
Wiggans Lane, the full climb starts on the B4009, Lower Icknield Way. Mostly shallow grades, as a short fast descent and then a bit of a kick at the top
We'll get something on the calendar in 2018, @FrenchTart owes me a visit
I might even have recovered my fitness by then too
