well just done my little 24.5km loop and knocked nearly 5 mins off my previous time. now to go rest my undercarriage in a bucket of ice.
http://app.strava.com/activities/63716708
http://app.strava.com/activities/63716708
[Damien];24538196 said:Hey you N West lot, Bolton sportive coming up in september. Takes in the ever so gentle and not at all terrifying climbs of The Rake & Anglezarke.
http://www.epicevents.co.uk/cycle-sportives/the-bolton-bash-cycle-sportive-september-22nd-2013.html
Looks like it goes over Belmont as well. Out towards Burnley, too - not been out that way.
Smithills school is local enough to cycle to, so no fannying about looking for lifts at least.
[Damien];24537596 said:Just finished the Great Manchester Cycle. Thoroughly enjoyable.
Edit: 84th place out of however many did the 52mile one. I'm well happy with that!
7k people in total turned up over the 3 distances according to the tannoy guy but I've no idea how many of those did the 52.
some nice hilly sections through there. Might have a shot my self if i am still up north in sept.
Hi guys,
I posted in here a while back about possibly getting a road bike to ride to uni every day from this coming September. The Triban 3 was kindly recommended to me by somebody here as a good budget bike as I was looking at spending no more than about £300.
Anyway, I'm still looking at bikes and have discovered firstly I can buy my bike through cycle to work scheme to scrimp of the VAT and also have generously been given a bigger bonus than expected this year. So I've got a little, but not a tonne, more money to play with.
So now I've been looking at the Specialized Allez for c.£550 and have found the compact version on Evans site and the regular version on Rutlands. With Rutlands I can get an extra 10% off if I spend over £500 which if I get some half decent pedals as well should bring me back over that £500 mark. I'm led to believe I'll almost certainly want to upgrade the pedals so I think this is the best bet for me.
Has anyone had any experience with this bike? Or has anyone got any comments on it generally? All help and opinions much appreciated.
http://www.evanscycles.com/products/specialized/allez-compact-2013-road-bike-ec040963#features
http://www.rutlandcycling.com/43470/Specialized-Allez-Road-Bike---2013.html
[Damien];24538196 said:Hey you N West lot, Bolton sportive coming up in september. Takes in the ever so gentle and not at all terrifying climbs of The Rake & Anglezarke.
http://www.epicevents.co.uk/cycle-sportives/the-bolton-bash-cycle-sportive-september-22nd-2013.html
[Damien];24538196 said:Hey you N West lot, Bolton sportive coming up in september. Takes in the ever so gentle and not at all terrifying climbs of The Rake & Anglezarke.
http://www.epicevents.co.uk/cycle-sportives/the-bolton-bash-cycle-sportive-september-22nd-2013.html
Yea it is a nice climb i am from around those parts so know a few of them
Had a look at the that the other day. didnt realise it went up the rake
1. It'll Be Reet (35 miles)
2. Ecky Thump (60 miles)
Love it. What route are people doing? If I can get some hills in between now and then I'm tempted to join you (albeit whilst lagging miles behind I'm sure!).