chain dropped 2 times when going down on to the small chainring, never had this before
front disk brake started to squeal at random times on some pretty steep technical decents. Pads are 2 rides old and everything was spotless
bluetooth headphones kept glitching out
Current plan is to sell the Synapse and keep the Mason, then pick up a supersix evo as the light summer bike. It'll be rim brakes with a set of dt swiss pr 1400 dicut oxic wheels and some light spare parts I have. Should build up to just over 7kg.
Shame abiout the 4iiii, bad battery maybe or you think more critical? Pads/disc issue is probably just new pads. They need a ton of wearing in, just be cautious of cooking them when 'young' and not worn in. They'll fade quickly, so be careful! How old is your chain and anything changed recently (any tweaks to FD)?
supersix & dt pr 1400 will look & ride supreme!
If you're ever traveling somewhere with friends or family and want to take a bike but aren't using your vehicle with fixed rails & bars you've got the potential to use any vehicle. Doesn't need to go on top either. Seen images of them on the rear of cars too but if you were ever rear-ended, RIP bike.
All good info, they really are much more useful than bars & rack.
Same as UT, Grand Sport Race and 17mm internal width rims. 85psi for the front seems to give decent comfort without any trade off in speed that I can measure.
Ahh quite a 'traditional' width. You'll probably find any lower than 85 will lead to pinch punctures on most UK roads, although that's very situational and use specific. Try it and see, just make sure you have spares with you!
Managed a 2:34 56 miler last week in a 70.3.
Why can I not ride like that outside of a race?!
Maybe you just ride better fatigued after a swim, yet with a little tapering in the week before? Then again isn't that the ideal situation - difficult training, yet peaking perfectly on race day so you feel like you could've gone harder?
I feel bad for you, 37c here the other day!
Screw that! 25-30 degrees is far far hot enough!
I decided to venture out onto the road again (first time in 2 yrs since i crashed!) almost wish i hadn't now. Five minutes into the ride on the outskirts of Brechin i see 3 cyclists all standing about. I ask if everything is ok cos one guy looks like he's in pain, I discover its a client and two of his cycling pals so stop for about 10 minutes with them. Looked nasty, the guy couldn't lift his arm at all as he'd landed on it from a pot hole. I'll find out the full story at work tomorrow no doubt.
Just pottered about for a 9 mile ride to test out the new bike (first time on that as well since buying it 3 weeks ago!) Felt good being back out again however noticed the bike was quite twitchy, especially when i was one handed getting a drink. Felt a narrower ride than on the Triban 3. Needing to get used to the gearing on it as well stepping up (down) from 24 gears to 22. Nothing spectacular but its a start.
https://www.strava.com/activities/1587357171
It's all a start mate! Steady does it, confidence takes quite a bit of riding and time to build, yet seconds to lose. I'm still building mine back up slightly after getting run off the road a week ago, close passes make me twitch (had 2-3 since) where before they really didn't. I'm super nervous of my commute now and hearing a tractor behind as I'm convinced my luck is going to run out. They don't bother me anywhere else! Horrible feeling but nothing time won't solve.
Hope the guy you came across was all mostly ok, shocking state of many of the road surfaces across the UK, you really have to be careful.
One I used to do when living in Gloucestershire:
https://veloviewer.com/segment/6913771
Nice! Might have to go find that one as not a million miles from me (around 35-40), just a bit of a PITA to get there from the north. Might be why even the 5-6 riders I know from Ross & Gloucester area have not ridden it!
If we're segment % epeening I'll raise you my steepest local:
Bredwardine Hill (but I think that 40% is inaccurate, it's 30-35% max) and then there's the local hill climb favourite:
Capler.
But lets be honest, anything over 20-25% HURTS and with ramps like that in the middle of Haresfield you really can't carry speed onto them. They become a test of your threshold/anaerobic endurance at crazy high power levels & low cadences. I must get out and ride those two again as according to veloviewer I've not ridden them for far too long (2 years!)
The freehub engagement is kinda average, I've had a few minor miss-engagements when really booting it going in to a steep climb. Best freehub I've ridden is the dt swiss star ratchet system, engages perfect every time.
