Road Cycling

sHo0sH said:
- Paypal credit instead 0% over a year? You're saving way more second hand than you do with the 'savings' of the cycle to work scheme.

Did you need a large as that is the only size they seem to have on that Wilier
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Ah yeah, thats a good point. As for the Wilier, yeah, it would be a large for me given my inside leg and height.
 
Fusion said:
https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/road/endurace/2018/endurace-al-5-0.html

Canyon Endurance Al 6.0 is 8.6kg and only £799. As the name implies, it's aluminium. Don't worry about weight too much. Much of the time, rolling/air resistance are more limiting factors.
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Looks nice. Does that geometry give a more upright position though? Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking to be doing a superman ala Chris Boardman, but I don't want to be really upright like I am on the FSR.
 
Damn, my bad. Funny you should mention Chris, as you can get a Boardman Road Team Carbon for £900, which happens to be 9kg. Don't snigger, they're well rated.
 
So it's gonna snow tomorrow... and Saturday... and Sunday... and then it'll be below freezing for a lot of next week.

Guess I'll be driving to work.
 
BennyC said:
Took them a while but Zwift did eventually introduce a 'Powermatch' feature, similar to that of TrainerRoad, for ERG mode with external sources.

Pairing the trainer as controllable and using a power meter as a power source always worked, even before the Powermatch feature, just you'd see a discrepancy between the two.
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I believe there are still people reporting discrepancies with it but much of the differences are well within the probable 5-10% variance of different Power Meters/measurements.

randomshenans said:
Well I was aimed at by a car last night. I was on my MTB on the road, lit up like a Christmas tree as per, when a car decided to cross my lane and try and take a side road while I was coming. Luckily, I slammed on the brakes, but as it was emergency stop style, I stopped on the spot. Couldn't get my feet out my clips, and was down. It was so close to being a bonnet ornament, and I went mental at the car. Although he probably only spoke German and had no idea what I was on about anyway. Drives me mental. I always make myself as seen as possible and still people aim at you!
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Rubbish! Hope you gave him lots of abuse so at least he realises he was in the wrong even with the language barrier!

I had a close one on my way to work too, quite gloomy and overcast this morning. On this stretch of road commuting cyclists generally use the pavement as the segregated cycle path (not show on these old images) finishes for around 50 feet over an old bridged section then reappears as shared use the other side. I'm usually fairly cautious as there are lumps and uneven pavement there but this morning a guy cycling the other way caught me out, he was riding in dark clothes and no lights on. I did clock him oncoming but most of the regular morning commuters here give way to each other in the couple of house entries and ride cautiously over the narrow section, this guy didn't, he barely even slowed down so before I realised he was around 10 feet away. I locked both wheels (due to the wet tarmac - still semi controlled), but in doing so I was dragged towards the overgrown hedgerow, almost stationary my bars caught some vegetation sticking out and pulled me into the hedge just as he passed me (he couldn't stop, rode past me shouting "sorrrryyyyyy". Rim brakes :rolleyes:). My front wheel was pulled in the air and I managed to unclip and land on my feet while my front wheel dropped off the kerb next to a passing car. I was nearly thrown into the road, thankfully there was nothing following. Lesson learnt - don't assume all the guys I meet commuting (around 4-5 different oncoming riders fairly regularly) are the same guys. Much of the time they're stationed at the SAS camp and only around for 4-8 months.

Closest I've come to being hit by a car (probably 6-10" in it) for at least few months and closest to a fall for 8 months. I even swore. :o

leaskovski said:
Instead of creating a "Spec me" thread, Im just going to ask it in here...

Spec me a carbon road bike... well it doesn't have to be carbon, but I want it under the 9kg weight. <snip>
I am looking for a more aggressive position on the bike, so not looking for an endurance/upright position (is that the right terminology?).
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No crime using SPD's but I think you really don't need to worry about an endurance geometry. A more relaxed 'sportive'/gravel/endurance geometry is still going to significantly more aero and drastically different to your upright nodder position on the mountain bike. It'll still take some getting used to, but will be quicker and smoother to transition to than a full on race geometry you'll generally end up being specced when you put that down as one of your requirements. Loads of guys will get a race geometry and be put off from riding due to it being so extreme and painful as they don't have the flexibility and core strength to hold it. They get put off from riding road and go back to hybrids and MTB's. Usually a relaxed geometry can be sharpened up by raising the saddle a little, dropping some spacers and maybe flipping the stem or replacing it. Loads cheaper than changing the bike!

The Wilier is a good buy, equally PX and Ribble both do their own branded frames (and such as Verenti from Wiggle) which will get you a generally better groupset for similar. Boardman from Halfords and Btwin from Decathlon are also good shouts.

You'd easily get an alu frame with Ultegra or 105 within your budget. Probably around the weight you want. My Alu Giant Defy 1 2015 was £900 and came in at 8.5kg (without pedals). Carbon at this price range is doable but you don't really get much weight saving from it, but through experience I would probably recommend dropping the groupset to 105 if it meant getting a carbon frame (over going alu and ultegra).
 
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This is a good read thanks. I used to be a roadie way back when before I went to uni, but have been out of that since then... It will be 20 years! lol

I totally messed up anyway. I didn't realize you could actually do an online order without the cycle to work certificate. Anyway because I was waiting for that to come through, the wilier has now gone out of stock. Gutted.
 
Minimal use of the snow shovel here this morning.

Had some at 5am but drizzle followed it and all clear. Commuting in it didn't feel cold enough for snow, around 3-4 degrees with very little windchill. Felt colder yesterday!
 
I took the car today, but could have ridden, looking at the roads.

I've just been looking at studded tyres for riding on ice. I found a video on Youtube of a guy riding round a frozen lake in Lithuania at -18C. They'll probably do the job, then!
 
Hefty reductions at the Rapha Outlet in Bicester, popped in today for a coffee & to whittle away some of my day off. Only 15 miles down the road :)

All the shelf items get put back at the till and fresh packaged ones get brought out from upstairs for you :cool:

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Wiggins Core bibs for £40 and Pro Team Winter Tights for £120~
 
Damn good prices, especially the Wiggins Core shorts, I've missed out a couple of times on buying S/H worn ones on ebay as I'm not prepared to pay over £65! :o

Appreciate the pink choices. Also strong sock game to be commended! Those Brevet jerseys are superb, windblock body and hard wearing comfortable fabrics/designs.
 
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