Schwaggggggg
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Nice! You'll have to let us know how it is and how it compares to other videos. :bigsmile:0
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Looks interesting... sadly (yeah right!) there's no "Ergo Mode" file for it, as Tony didn't really want to publish his data, but according to Phil at Tacx who films and produces the DVD's it was an easy afternoon spin for him, as he'd been out for 5 hours training in the morning. Apparently, it was a nice steady Z2 active recovery ride for him - apparently at an average of around 260W... :noway: :brokenheart:
Actually, if there WAS an ergo file of that ride it'd make a brilliant 25mile TT training motivator for me... Basically keep me at around 97-98% all the way round!0 -
Got myself my first pair of road bike shoes (currently have the MTB ones with the recessed SPD cleats)
or....'Disco slippers' as TBY calls them. They were in the sale from £120 down to £80, more than I wanted to pay but I saved on the pedals (Look Keo Plus £34.99 from Amazon) and thought it was worth paying more for the disc mechanism which really helps with my narrow feet.
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Got myself my first pair of road bike shoes (currently have the MTB ones with the recessed SPD cleats)
or....'Disco slippers' as TBY calls them. They were in the sale from £120 down to £80, more than I wanted to pay but I saved on the pedals (Look Keo Plus £34.99 from Amazon) and thought it was worth paying more for the disc mechanism which really helps with my narrow feet.
I hope the impending 'clipless moments' don't catch up out! Rather embarrassing when you flop over onto your side at a busy set of traffic lights! :laugh: :blushing:0 -
I do clip in now - with SPDs so the habit is already there - will just be a different mechanism - will set the tension quite low till I get used to it though - highly embarrassing otherwise!!!0
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Everybody has done it. It is rather embarrassing when one minute you are upright and the next you are on your side still attached to your bike. Funny though.0
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Arrived from Wiggle this week...
A new 105 bottom bracket for my road bike, to be fitted in time for my first century at the end of feb.
A new pair of overshoes as my Altura ones have seen better days. These should do the job; http://www.wiggle.co.uk/bbb-hardwear-shoe-covers/
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New pair of "Spock Mits"
So called because you look like your doing the whole Vulcan "Live long and Prosper" hand signal when you wear 'em.
They're bloody warm though.0 -
2 pairs of Endura FS260 - pro bib shorts and Shimano blue cleats0
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I hope the impending 'clipless moments' don't catch up out! Rather embarrassing when you flop over onto your side at a busy set of traffic lights! :laugh: :blushing:
Hate it when this happens0 -
New Schwaggggg
Pics will follow.......ordered up a new Frameset, Headset and disc brakes
a 2014 Surly Straggler, Cane Creek 40 headset and Avid BB7s
This will replace my Surly CrossCheck as my commuter/CX'er/winter roadie, most parts will swap over to keep the cost down and my other half happy...kinda0 -
And my new ride ...to replace my Surly CrossCheck..
2014 Surly Straggler....fresh out of the box..
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Gearing up for the summer... new Conti 4000s 23c's for the Dolans "best wheels" - ProBikeKit had a bit of a 1 day special on yesterday...
List £44.95ea. got them at 50% discount - would have been churlish not to really...0 -
GP 4000s , nice price and a good choice, I like mine alot..although in x250
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Arkel Cam-Lock hook kit to convert my Jandd Mountain panniers to a more universal fit for multiple bikes.
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A few kits-
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Would love to get some Twin six stuff, really hard to get it in Aus, not sure if they post to this neck of the woods.0
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Would love to get some Twin six stuff, really hard to get it in Aus, not sure if they post to this neck of the woods.
I just went through their site today. Ended up with over $500 in gear. Time to stop. :bigsmile:0 -
Your SO must be very understanding, if spent that much on Schwag, the shed would become my new home.LOL Working on convincing her to let me buy a new bike later this year without having to sell one of my others. I explained N+1 to her and got a laugh ,which is a good sign.
Only time will tell, I am just allowing her to buy all her crap at the moment and then I am going to cash in.:laugh:0 -
Your SO must be very understanding, if spent that much on Schwag, the shed would become my new home.LOL Working on convincing her to let me buy a new bike later this year without having to sell one of my others. I explained N+1 to her and got a laugh ,which is a good sign.
Only time will tell, I am just allowing her to buy all her crap at the moment and then I am going to cash in.:laugh:
I didn't actually BUY the items...I just picked out all the cool stuff and it came to over $500. LOL.
I DID go in on a special order with Mad Alchemy to get their team kit stuff.
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Not so much Shwagg as "warranty replacement"...
replacement powermeter for the 6750 unit that developed a slightly voracious appetite for 2032 batteries and an aversion to talking via Bluetooth.
They've now begun shipping the 6800 series cranks instead of the 6700 - hey - they're the same colour and still say Ultegra on them, so I'm not grousing - plus, it's sort of "future proofed" my meter a bit - save me having to buy a new-old-stock 6750 chainset if anything untoward happens with the current one.
they don't look too different anyway...
Warranty was fairly painless - apart from an initial few days delay on the email answering front, they agreed there was a problem, put a crank directly into production for me that day (rather than waiting for a scheduled build or taking a chance on old build that may have had a similar problem to the first crank) and within 2 working days it was on it's way to the UK distributor, who basically tested it again, packaged it up, emailed me to say it was on it's way and it arrived today (with a note to say send the old crank back once your happy with the new one) - 4 working days from confirmation of warranty - not so bad really.0 -
It's amazing how much stuff you can/need to add to a bike to make it really usable.
After joking with one of my friends about doing an unboxing video for my new bike, I've been posting "unboxing" photos to my FB, trying to be as vague as possible. So far I've posted the following:
An unmarked box (held the saddle that came with the bike)
A can of hair spray (to attach the new grips)
"Designed in NC" sticker on the bottom bracket
Extra parts from the brake kit (he mistook the center bolt for being part of a short shifter kit on a car)
New headbadge
I've got a long list of parts that have either arrived or will be arriving within the next week:
Bigger rear cog
Front brake
Front and rear lights
Black reflective tape
Camelbak Podium bottles
Plastic bottle cages
NOS vintage headbadge
Wald basket and mount
U lock
I've also added some Hunt-Wilde grips, a Cloud 9 sofa saddle, and a removable front fender from my parts bin, and I'll probably look for a rear rack before too long.0 -
It's amazing how much stuff you can/need to add to a bike to make it really usable.
It's strange, the day I took delivery of the CaadX I spent best part of a hour removing things from it... Damned stupid wheel reflectors, excess "Health and Safety Stickers", the rust-preventing coating on the disks, excess cable outer and the plastic joke pedals.
And then I started fitting things to it again - the GSC10 sensor, pedal magnet, bottle cages, Out-front Garmin mount and some decent SPD's0 -
It's strange, the day I took delivery of the CaadX I spent best part of a hour removing things from it... Damned stupid wheel reflectors, excess "Health and Safety Stickers", the rust-preventing coating on the disks, excess cable outer and the plastic joke pedals.
And then I started fitting things to it again - the GSC10 sensor, pedal magnet, bottle cages, Out-front Garmin mount and some decent SPD's
I know the reflectors are required by law from the manufacturers, but I don't understand why they bother including saddles since they probably won't fit right for 99% of the owners. Pedals are almost as bad.
This bike (a Gran Royale Aristocrat) has one warning sticker with skulls and crossbones running along it: "Riding this bike may cause injury or death." 0 -
Picked up a pair of Maxxis Hookworm tires (26 X 2.50) for the new old '93 Trek 970
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"Riding this bike may cause injury or death."
Ahhhh.... Good ol' Health and Safety... Where would we be without it?
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Well, 2 days off the bike is always dangerous to my Bank Balance...
This week has been no exception.
This morning my Friendly Postman came with a large orange and white box (UK cyclists will understand the reference
containing...
1 pair of Sportful Norain Kneewarmers
1 2013 Castelli Velocissimo 3/4 Bibs (in XXL - the first time in 30 years I've been able to buy Castelli in anything other than XXXL :woot:) that were on sale.... for a fiver more than the DHB own brand, it seemed slightly tight and ridiculous to penny-pinch.
and (somewhat inevitably I guess...)
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Well, 2 days off the bike is always dangerous to my Bank Balance...
This week has been no exception.
This morning my Friendly Postman came with a large orange and white box (UK cyclists will understand the reference containing...
1 pair of Sportful Norain Kneewarmers
1 2013 Castelli Velocissimo 3/4 Bibs (in XXL - the first time in 30 years I've been able to buy Castelli in anything other than XXXL :woot:) that were on sale.... for a fiver more than the DHB own brand, it seemed slightly tight and ridiculous to penny-pinch.
and (somewhat inevitably I guess...)
Ah the 6800 you settled on in the end!! Love new bike gear!!0 -
Ah the 6800 you settled on in the end!! Love new bike gear!!
Yep, "sprinters compact" - 52/36 - not fitting it just yet though, the chain's up for swapping in a month or so, so i'll do it then - as i'll need an extra couple of links in the chain as well from the current 50/34 job, plus it makes sense to not run a brand new crankset on a nearly knackered (well, okay 2/3 worn) chain.
I'm actually slightly more impressed in getting into a XXL in the Castelli's - that's a Large in non-italian sizings :laugh:0 -
Ah the 6800 you settled on in the end!! Love new bike gear!!
Yep, "sprinters compact" - 52/36 - not fitting it just yet though, the chain's up for swapping in a month or so, so i'll do it then - as i'll need an extra couple of links in the chain as well from the current 50/34 job, plus it makes sense to not run a brand new crankset on a nearly knackered (well, okay 2/3 worn) chain.
I'm actually slightly more impressed in getting into a XXL in the Castelli's - that's a Large in non-italian sizings :laugh:
Some of the bikes Rob is looking at (around the £3k) mark had the 52/36 I noticed, was trying to explain to him that it would give him more welly at the top end...he's fine for climbing so I can't see him having too much issue with an 11/28 cassette anyway???
You'll be challenging Cloggsy to sprint champion in the Challenges with that bad boy ;-)0
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