Road Cycling Essentials

One More Solo · 3 Mar 2013 at 10:00

[DOD]Asprilla;23865257 said:
I'd love a steel frame with chromed legs but my body shape means I need either a sloped TT (can't do with lugs) or an HT extender (fugly).

Now you can do alpha planks you'll be running a 15cm saddle to bar drop in no time.

[DOD]Asprilla · 3 Mar 2013 at 12:07

One More Solo said:
Now you can do alpha planks you'll be running a 15cm saddle to bar drop in no time.

More squats required first.

kiteloopy · 3 Mar 2013 at 12:20

Guys...trying to remove this bb. Its a specalized sealed cartridge. I should be trying counter clockwise right?

Lefty loosy, righty tighty? Yes, the other side 'washer' has been removed. This is the only part left to be removed.

Thomas. PLease. · 3 Mar 2013 at 12:28

Drive side will be left hand threaded so in this case righty loosey.

kiteloopy · 3 Mar 2013 at 12:36

Thomas. PLease. said:
Drive side will be left hand threaded so in this case righty loosey.

idiot award of the day goes to me.

THANKYOU!

6thElement · 3 Mar 2013 at 13:01

I've been on full SRAM Force since 2008, no complaints here

touch · 3 Mar 2013 at 13:05

Thomas. PLease. said:
Drive side will be left hand threaded so in this case righty loosey.

Yep, easiest way to think of it is to turn the same way that the cranks turn to get them off.
However, it's not quite so eeasy to think of the physics of why this is the case, just accept it and move on

VeNT · 3 Mar 2013 at 13:48

6thElement said:
I've been on full SRAM Force since 2008, no complaints here

Apex/Rival here and no complaints!
tbh I'm getting kinda miffed that so few bikes some with sram nowadays?
unless you go top end most seem to have 105/tiagra or campag?

InQ · 3 Mar 2013 at 14:05

SRAM Rival here on my Boardman Team Carbon, no complaints really.

Probably go Campag next (Athena or Chorus), only because i have my winter bike on Campag (Veloce) and i like it and the Ribble R872 doesnt have the option for SRAM anyway.

VeNT · 3 Mar 2013 at 14:35

InQ, give their twitter a poke, if enough people ask maybe they will get the option back?

touch · 3 Mar 2013 at 14:40

Yikes! This 3k prologue of the Paris-Nice is scary!
It's a tight, twisty course and would be tough enough on a road bike never mind a TT bike.

ethos · 3 Mar 2013 at 15:18

I'm wanting to buy a decent GPS computer in the next week or two, and have my eyes on the Garmin Edge 500 w/HRM and Cadence- it's coming in at around £197.

However, the Garmin Edge 510 is being released in a few weeks which obviously has a few improvements. It's around £250 for the unit alone, so with HRM/Cadence, it'll come it at around £300 I guess.

Think I'll just go for the Edge 500, but... opinions?

One More Solo · 3 Mar 2013 at 15:22

Edge 510 isn't worth it, but hold fire a week or two in case 500 prices drop when the 510 is released.

Lakeland · 3 Mar 2013 at 15:35

Don't forget the Bryton variants

Thomas. PLease. · 3 Mar 2013 at 15:39

kiteloopy said:
idiot award of the day goes to me.

THANKYOU!

No problem!

One More Solo · 3 Mar 2013 at 15:40

touch said:
Yikes! This 3k prologue of the Paris-Nice is scary!
It's a tight, twisty course and would be tough enough on a road bike never mind a TT bike.

Yeah certainly is! :eek:

Have to wonder if some riders would actually post better times on a road bike...

WriteThatD0wn · 3 Mar 2013 at 15:50

Just back from my first sportive around Sussex it was great fun to be with larger groups but the last 10km was a real struggle. I think the legs had gone but I need to get better with eating on the bike as some more calories would have given me more energy.

Anyway 15 miles further than I have ever done and 500M more climbing so overall I'm pretty happy

link for a laugh!
http://app.strava.com/activities/42964384

uniQ · 3 Mar 2013 at 16:18

WriteThatD0wn said:
Just back from my first sportive around Sussex it was great fun.

Good effort

Mad old tory · 3 Mar 2013 at 17:02

Got out on the bike again for the first time in a month and was confronted by a constant headwind

Need to start riding more regularly as I'm not making much in the way of improvement at the moment, which is hardly surprising.

ethos · 3 Mar 2013 at 17:29

Lakeland said:
Don't forget the Bryton variants

How do they compare to the Garmin Edge series, what is the Bryton equivalent?

*Goes off to have a look....*

The Bryton 50, looking at £230 for the 50 w/cadence and HRM, the Bryton 35, which is £188 for the 35 w/cadence and HRM or the Bryton 40 which is £197. Interesting. I'll have to check out some reviews. Seems they have a lot of closely priced models eh?

One More Solo said:
Edge 510 isn't worth it, but hold fire a week or two in case 500 prices drop when the 510 is released.

I have a feeling it won't, I think they've pitched the 510 as a higher end model- rather than a direct replacement for the 500...