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do people steal just the wheels ?
My last bike, the wheels were worth more than twice the frame and could be released, by design, in a matter of seconds.
do people steal just the wheels ?
And your pro has a battery grinder and a council hi viz tabard....
How would you protect against that then?
That was my point.You can't You generally try and make it look as difficult as you can hopefully putting off the chancers and amateurs, but at the end of the day, if someone well equipped decides they want your bike, they will have it within a couple of minutes at most.
Same, but then as my commute is so short I've got into the habit of overdressing for it... So I still do that to some extent when riding other times. I've become quite adept at carrying things in weird and wonderful ways. Also at tapering my efforts so I don't overheat when I can't carry everything in my pockets!@Roady ah yeah I get out just two or three times a week, not cold morning commutes. I generally run quite hot anyway.
Spesh are quite bad about doing this. To be honest the whole damn industry is bad about doing it! There's just so little standardisation on most of the big brands. Now you have your spare, grab the numbers from it while you can read it, then do some searching around for them. It's highly likely the bearing is a 45 degree 1/4" lower 1/8" lower and it's just the part number of specialized which is hard to track down... Else just measure it! Crane creek headset finder will usually give you different measurements that what Specialized list it as (if you can even find them listing it). It's showing as offline for me at the moment but it was there a few weeks ago...I needed a new headset for my Allez Sprint. Turns out Specialized made a proprietary headset bearing for these that's available for £60... Ouch!
So I bought one, knocked mine out, and offered up the new. The new bottom bearing was bigger than the one I knocked out. I rang the concept store in Nottingham, they said there's different sized bearings depending on the size of frame! Geez... Anyway, long and short of it, they had one in stock but he said they aren't available to order from Specialized any more, so look after it!
So if anyone has any tips for keeping the h/s clean and dry in bad weather LMK. I was hoping the ass saver front mudguard would fit but unfortunately not.
Good to hear of some good CS stories, especially Scribe.Ordered a pair of Scribe 365s for the in-laws bike, 1st ride out and he managed to smash the rim. Claims to have not even noticed hitting anything noteworthy! Only spotted the damage as his tyre went flat Spoke with Alan at Scribe and he was brilliant, no quibble replacement sent out! We even offered to pay but he stands by his brand.
After a summer of chasing the cat 1s in our 20 or so mile chain gang (here if you're curious) I'm kind of at a loss as to how to catch up with them. My KOMs are only as they're too pro to use Strava... But week in week out I just seemed top get slower and/or pop sooner. They're wise, they know when recover and when to push. I'm an idiot
I like the Kryptonite series, I've had an Evolution series 2 (died after many years of water ingress from being locked up outside) and now using the Kryptonite mini 7. The design is a little tweaked so water doesn't get in it as easily, so it should last longer. Mine's 3 years old now and I'd expect/hope the same or more from it. They come with a looped cable you could put through your wheels. It's 'only' silver rated, but there's obviously gold rated ones very similar.in response to roady it will be a bike worth about 500 pounds and i dont know 50 pounds on a good lock ?
Yes. I've heard of frames being smashed for people to steal groupsets. Cutting/breaking a carbon frame for a £1000+ groupset is much easier/quicker and quieter than cutting a lock.i thought looping it through the frame would be best
do people steal just the wheels ?
Yeah but lets be honest, just how much are the UCI going to change. Probably sod all! At least not real world things which effect us mere mortals buying habits... I don't see them changing rules for suddenly all the 2020/21 UCI approved frames to be 'useless' and need replacing...Roady.
Knowing what we know now, the UCI changing rules on frames from Jan 1. You wouldn’t buy a new one now when it’s sure to be outdated shortly!
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Spesh are quite bad about doing this. To be honest the whole damn industry is bad about doing it! There's just so little standardisation on most of the big brands. Now you have your spare, grab the numbers from it while you can read it, then do some searching around for them. It's highly likely the bearing is a 45 degree 1/4" lower 1/8" lower and it's just the part number of specialized which is hard to track down... Else just measure it! Crane creek headset finder will usually give you different measurements that what Specialized list it as (if you can even find them listing it). It's showing as offline for me at the moment but it was there a few weeks ago...
Good to hear of some good CS stories, especially Scribe.
Good riding too, speedy but kinda average speeds for a quick chaingang (looking at that parcours) so those guys are not quite the WT pro's like they're telling you!
Here for an example is a local previously E123 guy on my local chaingang who only really 'made it' nationally and then not very far as wasn't a crit rider (with other local hitters who are more CAT 2/3): https://www.strava.com/activities/3829320122/analysis/3105/7217
Some structured training and/or a basic coach kinda work would get you competitive at those speeds, if that's what you're after. If you're just doing the same thing - chasing wheels, yet getting slower/popping sooner then you're just not recovering enough between rides to build the form/strength/fitness. Keeping riding is one thing to keep pushing yourself, but if you're not recovering enough you just end up digging yourself in a hole!
I needed a new headset for my Allez Sprint. Turns out Specialized made a proprietary headset bearing for these that's available for £60... Ouch!
So I bought one, knocked mine out, and offered up the new. The new bottom bearing was bigger than the one I knocked out. I rang the concept store in Nottingham, they said there's different sized bearings depending on the size of frame! Geez... Anyway, long and short of it, they had one in stock but he said they aren't available to order from Specialized any more, so look after it!
So if anyone has any tips for keeping the h/s clean and dry in bad weather LMK. I was hoping the ass saver front mudguard would fit but unfortunately not.
I'm terrified of getting a puncture though as they are a faff to sort out. From isn't so bad, just a normal valve extender there. Rear is a PITA as you need a 90 degree adapter, which is a real faff to keep pressure on as you pump up, and that's with a track pump at home! I dread to think what it's like out in the sticks with CO2 or a hand pump.
This is the greatest sight at a TT in the car park.
Everyone asking for someone to help them pump up their tyre on their disc wheel and hold the adaptor.
Or having to do the awkward hold it on with one hand and try and get your tyre to over 100PSI with a single hand on the track pump.
Good times.
This is the greatest sight at a TT in the car park.
Everyone asking for someone to help them pump up their tyre on their disc wheel and hold the adaptor.
Or having to do the awkward hold it on with one hand and try and get your tyre to over 100PSI with a single hand on the track pump.
Good times.