Soldato
Dunno how I ever made it down the tourmalet that day in a thunderstorm while the surface was been patched up for the tour on rim brakes..
Poll: Aero or lightweight bike?
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Dunno how I ever made it down the tourmalet that day in a thunderstorm while the surface was been patched up for the tour on rim brakes..
Man of Honour
Disc brakes are awesome 
If you're happy with rim brakes then there's no reason to move over but personally I find they give me much more confidence on the road (possibly making me a wuss but..whatever). I wouldn't want to "downgrade" to rim brakes but I can also see how people find them pointless if they do well enough with regular ones.
If you're happy with rim brakes then there's no reason to move over but personally I find they give me much more confidence on the road (possibly making me a wuss but..whatever). I wouldn't want to "downgrade" to rim brakes but I can also see how people find them pointless if they do well enough with regular ones.
Easily! Lower speed and less aero you are the greater the benefits to the tune of minutes.
For shame:
Berger, Bunka, DanF, Dis86, grudas, lordrobs, mattyfez, platypus, Raptor, Sgt_Pepper, topgun06
aww did I pick wrong, tbh if it was all about speed and efficiency then I'd just jump on the motorbike
The setups on most aero bikes just looks so un-comfy, I've got spacers on a Synapse and it has a long headtube.
Dunno how I ever made it down the tourmalet that day in a thunderstorm while the surface was been patched up for the tour on rim brakes..
was caught in the rains a few weeks ago with disc commuting bike. Some lovely London diesel covered water splashed on my front disc and lost almost all braking power, they squeaked like mad as well.
Soldato
I know you are in part joking so its not a go at you, but what is it with cycling that you get this "all the gear no idea " nonsense? There seems to be some bizarre snobbery where you have to be an elite cyclist to be able to ride a decent bike.
People that own Porsches or sports cars in general dont have to be racing car drivers etc.
What a load of rubbish!
It's common knowledge that every person who owns a Porsche is a total ponse.....
Now that is 100% true! But they have the mental capacity to sort out V-Brakes!
Soldato
I commute on carbon wheels and Di2
I don't see the point in spending a few grand on a bike that you'll only ride on the four sunny weekends a year we get up north.
Soldato
I'm not going to mock how people choose to spend their monies but it was interesting to see how many people were riding TT bikes on Sunday during a half Ironman that couldn't actually use their aero bars. Might as well be on a road bike at that point?
Caporegime
I commute on carbon wheels and Di2
There's a guy at work who commutes in on an Enigma titanium bike. Made me feel a bit more reassured abow the security of parking up my £600 bike on the racks there!
Soldato
I guess that by definition is all the gear no idea.
Soldato
Depends what you're doing. Racing in the south east the longest climb in any race will be considerably less than 5mins. Aero always wins.
Soldato
They still get the benefit of the aero frame even if they can't use the aero bars. They would be slower still on a none TT bike if they can't use the aero bars on a road bike. I guess those people should really use an aero road bike and have some aero bars setup quite high where they can use them.
Soldato
I commute on carbon wheels and Di2
I don't see the point in spending a few grand on a bike that you'll only ride on the four sunny weekends a year we get up north.
I thought this was the only way to commute? Any less and you're not allowed?
I thought this was the only way to commute? Any less and you're not allowed?
Roady mentioned putting aero bars on his commute bike. Commuting is SRS BIZ.
Man of Honour
Tbh I'd be tempted to do that too - most of my riding is commuting so it'd be a good way to get used to them
Plus it'd really irritate people. Win win.
Soldato
I've ordered a skinsuit for pro-mmuting.
Man of Honour
I'm sure OMS talked about speed suiting for his commute to take one of my KOMs.
...then he took it without one
