i use the drops on these all the time:
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Posted 8 years ago #
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@iwrats, what our leader says is true. Also on a descent you can stop pedalling entirely and tuck in with your backside over the saddle at the back and your belly on the top tube. You can then fairly wheech along in a downward direction. Various upright people who are faster than me on my daily commute get passed that way on the kingsknowe downhill. Obviously, if it makes you puke I would avoid it. I am also ridiculed by the peloton for spending too much time in the drops. Though as chDot has suggested I do try to hug the hoods more often these days but cannot do the cycling along with my hands close together on the handle bars either side of the stem.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Clearly you need shorter handlebars -
http://eugenebicyclist.com/2010/06/28/my-handlebars-are-shorter-than-your-handlebars/
Posted 8 years ago # -
I'm thinking of drops in this case because it will give me 'options'. I've ridden 60 miles on a flat barred bike with no problems at all, but I was taking it more leisurely than I would want to if I was trying to do 100+ in one go. One option would be to put bar-end risers on, but I have a mirror on the end of my handlebars on the current bike, so can't fit them easily.
...that's a thought. I'm an enthusiastic mirror user. Can you fit them to drop-barred bikes?
Posted 8 years ago # -
Hmm. Price drop of 50 notes on that Dawes Century SE, which has been re-listed. That is a good price, paint flaw on top tube regardless:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DAWES-CENTURY-SE-AUDAX-RACING-TOURING-BIKE-NEW-/371492337153?Posted 8 years ago # -
What size are you after? Soul Cycles have a 54cm Kaffenback at the moment.
http://www.soulcycles.co.uk/#!Planet%20X%20kaffenback%20-%2054cm%20-%20£375/zoom/c1w20/dataItem-ih7qmd1j
Posted 8 years ago # -
@chdot, according to that article yo have posted - the size of one's handlebars correlated with the size of one's Johnson.
Posted 8 years ago # -
That's just handlebar envy.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Triban 3 road bike, 60cm frame, carbon forks, upgraded wheels, race blade mudguards, rear rack, spare stem and extra tyres all thrown in for £165.
Total bargain. Corstorphine.
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bicycles/btwin-triban-3-60cm-frame-/1143385045
Posted 8 years ago # -
@crowriver:
Yep, total bargain and I can vouch for the condition of it: it's me that's selling it! (It's not the carbon fork model though)
Posted 8 years ago # -
Ha! Coinkidinky.
My mistake about the forks. Still a nice bike and a very good price too.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Vouchers arrived :D
Posted 8 years ago # -
Smashing. CDF soon then? I'm loving mine so far, but still need to get out for a decent long ride. FYI: I got SKS Longboard mudguards, fitted easily with no problems at all (I got Hart's to do it for me....)
Posted 8 years ago # -
Yeah going to get it on Saturday. I'm not sure what guards I spec'd but I got them to fit them and a rack prior to me collecting it. I'd never get round to it otherwise!
Posted 8 years ago # -
Any one know where I can acquire an adhesive that was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike helicopter tape locally?
Posted 8 years ago # -
What are you trying to stick, and to what?
Posted 8 years ago # -
I was looking for the thick protective tape mountain bikers apply to vulnerable areas of their frame to stop them getting chipped or scratched.
The seat stays of my racer are scratched to all heck from Sheffield stands and I thought I'd pre-empt that on my new bike and prevent it rusting away.
Posted 8 years ago # -
You can buy A4 sheets of Pace(?) Carbon Armour, which you can cut to size and then heat in oven before applying to a clean frame (warmed too preferably). Have used it in the past and it's very effective.
Posted 8 years ago # -
Nearly two years on and a disappointingly little mileage (that’s me not the bike) I’m starting to notice some bits needing attention. The seals blew on the front hub months ago, I’ve just spotted a broken drive side spoke on the rear, the adjustment turny bits on the front brake have seized and a few other niggly bits. I’d like a lower gear but not sure the base spec 9spd gear can handle that so I’d need to upgrade the entire drive train.
So new wheel set (I don’t trust that rear wheel won’t start shedding more spokes), new drive train including shifters and at least new cables including outers and turny bit for the brakes. I’m probably into new bike territory. Don’t get me wrong I still love the bike but I’m wondering if economically I’d be better selling it in its current condition and getting something else, potentially on cycle scheme depending on my employment situation over the next few weeks.
Thoughts?
Posted 6 years ago #
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