Road Cycling
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Finally decided on a bike:
No, they're not wooden wheels!
My pub/canal path/family/shop/generic duty bike. Specialized Sirrus 4.0.
You dirty thief!
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So have 19% left of the 8848 challenge, hoping to finish it tomorrow so it looks like a trip and a bit on ven-top to get it done or any other zwift route suggestions
Rob Hayles did my steerer tube: turned it around quite quickly. It’s not the most pretty but it’s function over form, and obviously you don’t want to be removing more carbon than needed to make a prettier repair if it’s hidden.
He’s got a good reputation. In my case it was a very minimal amount needed to build back up from the split ring wear, I’d say fractions of a mil on one side only and I wanted to err on the side of caution.
Cost was £120 inc return postage. But a new cervelo fork would be £450+ at a guess (based on enve) as it’s all moulded carbon to accept the lower bearing rather than using a crown race so wouldn’t be cheap.
I've done my DIY repair now, but will keep the name in mind. I did find a few places not a million miles away that can do repairs. The things I have found, filters for wheels are rubbish at all the shops. Things I want to filter on are brake type, group set type, depth and weight but these are lacking. I also think I should start building a plan for buying a new bike as they are so expensive now.
Yeah looks fine. Obviously there’s no way to be sure but minimal amount of material loss and it’s all sealed.
With weight, check out rim weight separate if possible from unit weight.
For example I have FFWD F6R with the DT350 hub, the DT240 hub wheels were something ridiculous like £300 more for a very small weight saving at the hub you’d never notice when riding.
With weight, check out rim weight separate if possible from unit weight.
For example I have FFWD F6R with the DT350 hub, the DT240 hub wheels were something ridiculous like £300 more for a very small weight saving at the hub you’d never notice when riding.
It was more just a rant at the poor searching in the market when you have more niche needs. I imagine someone searching for carbon rims, with rim brakes and campagnolo group set giving up the hunt for new wheels.
Anyone doing London to Southend tomorrow? Any chance you can share the gpx?
Anyone doing London to Southend tomorrow? Any chance you can share the gpx?
the one real advantage is that there's sometimes end of year or used bargains to be had because not that many people want them any more
That wind was a killer today when the majority of it wasn't behind you. We did 95% of the London to Southend route but separated from it towards the end back home rather then get caught up further in the miserable Southend traffic. 19.8mph average which would have meant we would have been first over the line if we continued to the end, thought there would have been some proper fast riders out today, but it didn't look that popular an event.
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I have no idea what event you're talking about myself, and we have some good cyclists in our group that like to do events...?
It's this one https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/events/details/281415/London-to-Southend-Bike-Ride
I'm not sure if you attend officially it is any better, but it looked very bare bones from the outside.
I'm not sure if you attend officially it is any better, but it looked very bare bones from the outside.
Soldato
Argh. had a notification on my E-Tube app that there was a firmware update for my Di2, half way through the update, error message and now the bloody thing is bricked.
When I try to restore it from the iPhone app it just tries and fails 3 times.
Reading up the only fix is to connect to a PC running the E-Tube software and connect using either a bloody expensive 'SM-BCR2' charger or the crazy expensive 'SMPCE02'.
Ive ordered the 'SM-BCR2' which should be here tomorrow (£88
). Hoping I can fix it when it arrives.
So annoying that Shimano doesn't provide you with the tools needed to safely do updates.
When I try to restore it from the iPhone app it just tries and fails 3 times.
Reading up the only fix is to connect to a PC running the E-Tube software and connect using either a bloody expensive 'SM-BCR2' charger or the crazy expensive 'SMPCE02'.
Ive ordered the 'SM-BCR2' which should be here tomorrow (£88
). Hoping I can fix it when it arrives.So annoying that Shimano doesn't provide you with the tools needed to safely do updates.
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The etube app is very buggy and UI is pretty awful.
You probably could have taken it in to a bike shop and got an update done very cheaply or free.
You probably could have taken it in to a bike shop and got an update done very cheaply or free.
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Also it's much cheaper here https://www.merlincycles.com/shimano-sm-bcr2-di2-battery-charger-for-internal-battery-87894.html
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I'm fairly sure the cable/charger that I use for software updates came with the bike? I forget what the model is, but it works fine when plugged into my laptop. I bought another at about £100 at Christmas when I had a Di2 issue away from home, so now I have a spare!
Yup, that's the one. Reasonably sure Canyon supplied one with the bike. How else do you charge your Di2? @kidloco did you not get one with yours? How do you charge it?