Threshold to work this morning after already running late (fitting bike rack & bike to car for the other half), then ripped my overshoe wide open on my chainring... Wow neoprene tears easily once caught, doesn't it?!
Then my spare overshoes the zip was seized as they've obviously been put away damp... Doh! Mad rush then to find any other pairs I'd stashed away (found some thankfully!). So overshoe shopping, prefer Sealskinz. The open sole ones are best. Anyone spotted any on deals?
It's not the frame that's the issue - it's the rear brake. The power pod on the inside of a left hand crank solution (stages/4iiii etc) fouls the rear brake, because the rear brake is BB mounted rather than seat stay mounted. Bit of a pain, there are solutions (change the rear brake to a TRP), but it's a bit of a faff. Easier solution is just to opt for pedals solution instead.
Or one of the 'crank' solutions which doesn't have a 'crank arm' pod, like those with a crank spider pod, which would also give you dual sided, but admittedly changing your nearly-new cranks/spider. Should be some better deals on Powertap P1 pedals as the P2 gets around more, but I've not seen many yet...
Fair enough makes sense
Going to look into this in more detail when I finish work. might wait for a 15% ebay code and pull the trigger
The guys here can advise on sellers/brands/safe chinese carbon as they can really be a minefield. Feedback & reviews should guide your purchase, not really prices! That's why many go for Zuus and similar - some backup, trouble free warranty/support/hassle.
Equally I've spoken to a number of local riders who've had build/quality issues with Prime carbon wheels (and other brands, names escape me), one guy even going through 2 sets of Hunts where the surfaces delaminated. All where sorted under warranty without issue. Can't comment on if the same issues would've been as easy to resolve with chinese carbon from ebay sellers. Part of me hopes so. Anyone here with them needed to use the warranty?
They likely pull from slightly different sources. API view vs already cached totals view. Ask Strava support to recalculate.
Google gave me a 2018 timeline. They got my hours on bike near enough correct (despite a lot of the time just classifying me a "moving" when you look in detail)... however they only logged about half the mileage.
Good point, not that fussed about it really! Might be a different story if it put my Strava under 4k for the year lol
Where do you see the Google stats side of things?
My 60mm Chinese Carbon rims from eBay are the same weight as a set of Zipp 404 Firecrest and a quarter of the price at ~£400. They also have better braking than my now sold Zipp 808s.
You don't need to spend big money on carbon clinchers unless you are specifically trying to build a bling bike. Differences in aerodynamics between wheels of the same depth is marginal at best.
Totally agree, you did well, but then equally if going to Ebay, searching for '60mm carbon clinchers' and buying the cheapest could equally have bought badly made, heavy and dangerous wheels.
Interesting comments on braking, I'd always wrongly assumed the premium race wheels (with their myriad of development and technologies) would have better braking than 'standard' carbon wheels.
Yea indeed, in comparison with rotors there's around 600 grams the difference.
I've replaced a few things on my 2016 advanced, weight is probably still on the high side compared to most on here but 8.4Kg isn't too bad with pedals and a garmin mount.
The PR2s have been relegated to the turbo trainer.
Obviously depending on where the weight is saved on a wheel can have massive differences. 300 grams saved on a rim is huge (rotational weight) so can make a wheel feel massively different, but equally the same weight saved on a hub (far less rotational) is far more marginal.
Also worth bearing in mind that many of the 'premium aero race wheels' are not actually that light! A set of £1500 303 Firecrests is still almost 1500g. Enve 3.4 on R45 hubs at £3000 are around 1400g. Shimano DA C35 £1500 Tubulars are still (slightly) over 1500g. Some of the lightweight carbon climbing wheels get to around 1200g for around the same cost, but there's obviously reasons nobody races grand tours on them! Weight is not everything.