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Heavy legs all last week, could've been from the higher miles week the week before, but I think more weather and lack of sleep related. Without any additional weekly rides outside of commuting I was sceptical of doing the usual 100km sunday morning Zwift session. I'm glad I did! Last minute tweak of saddle instead of warming up solved my knee issue. I dropped saddle by 3-4 mm as thought I was over-extending slightly (had increased by 8mm before). Left nose/angle as it was, but moved forward a few mm using KOPS (my usual cause of knee pain is this, not saddle height). Half way through the ride I felt a twinge so sat a little further forwards for a few miles and it seemed to clear. Great ride and once into the flow I was feeling strong. Did several keeping/chasing back on efforts, then several long/strong tows in the last 10 miles to try and drag the group along and the finish time down. Emptied myself but still felt great and able to cruise and recover at 2.5kg after 3.5-4wkg pulls again and again. Just call me Stannard. Proper domestique duties haha!
2 hours 36mins, so 6 mins over the planned, but bang on 2.5w/kg average. Had a load of fun and legs totally fine for all the usual family weekend stuff afterwards - dog walks, kicking footballs and trimming hedges lol
I'd say an F felt frame would be as stiff or stiffer than a cervelo R - and won't crack round the bb.
The R5 is closer to the geometry of Felt as its so racey the R3/2 are higher stack and shorter reach.
Ah, I thought the Felt F's where more of the 'do it all' kinda bike and I know the Cervelo R's are known to be super stiff. They where one of the stiffest but that was probably from back when they where one of the real aero road frames and now the rest of the industry has caught up...
Re shoes I broke my left foot in 4 places years ago and it sits quite proud where the buckle is and the pointy bone to the left sticks out a bit more than usual. The buckle pushes against that, I've had to go 44 for space but I feel the toe box is too big and my big toe gets chaffed a bit unless I realllly tighten the front velcro strap.
Worth wearing a different size on your left? Have occasionally seen different sized pairs on the Wiggle ebay page. I wonder if you contacted a shoe manufacturer if you could order an individual shoe?!
On the subject of canyons....
Jonny the mobile Canyon repair man!
Leg is ok, although appear to have gained a bruise to the inner part of my shin overnight!
Haha weird where you pickup bruises isn't it.
Can I use this thread to ask for tyre recommendations? Or I should start a new thread? I've got 700c 35c at the moment and I'm wondering about something fast, for road obviously in a 32c or 28c? (Need to go and see if rim width is written on the side of my current rims - Boardman HYB 8.9)
Conti GP4000 SII are fantastic. A little pricey but the premium go-to of most of us. Quite soft so grippy, but generally well wearing and fairly tough. Great summer tyre. Go 4 Seasons if you're looking for something a little tougher, still soft and a great tyre. GP 5000 if able to go tubeless.
Yea, they did a test didn't they. The bonus of a 28 is that you can actually run it at a lower pressure, which is more comfortable, but then you lose the benefit of decreased rolling resistance. Its a bit rattly at 95psi on 28s but hey
28's @ 95PSI. OUCH!? Can't think I ever rode mine near that. My go-to was 60 front 70 rear. Great compromise as I found anything much below 50/55 they would burp air and really drop pressure fast.
The crank arm on the De Rosa was my fault. I did a check before I went out on it, but missed the 2 bolts on the crank arm. Ended up spinning it round up a hill and it came out. Rounded off the spines though in the process. Like I said, it was a cheap old one anyway and it had rub marks on, which annoyed me as everything was new, so secretly pleased I'm having to change it. At least everything will be nice and new now.
Argh, wrecked that then! As you say - good excuse to change it out!
I'm fat and running panniers most of the time at the mo and I only put 75-80 in a 28
I'm getting old and my arse needs comfort, commuting & leisure riding, running 32mm tubeless front 40psi and rear 50psi. It's still a little high for rough roads but fast and extremely comfortable!
Question is... Where's best to buy used parts? I have been looking on eBay but very reluctant to buy off there really. Not really in the market for new as then it becomes more cost effective to just buy a new Force 22 equipped Planet X!
The 'bay tends to be overpriced, Facebook buy/sell groups are generally cheaper but much harder to 'trust' as no feedback etc, but can find local stuff easier.
Pinkbike forums always came up as a trustworthy place to buy/sell bikes, unsure how much components come up on there though.
Since 'roady-ing' increasingly I find myself wanting a road setup
Isn't it Roadie-ing?!
Up to the rider who was hit if he wants to do anything though.
Unless he's looking to seek compensation then I guess there's little point going any further.
As the others have said - that's a hit & run regardless of the speed. Leaving the scene of an accident at the very least. Needs throwing the book at him - next time he'll kill someone!
EDIT: Epic quote post, my longest for a while lol
