The Cycling Thread

My boss uses it, on many things the one he gloats about is the fact he now never has to clean the toilet bowl......

[Luckypants]

Originally Posted by apchara

Or just buy a can of NEVERWET and treat your shoes with a coat of that

Doesn't stop water ingress through the venting system though. Nor will it provide any wind protection. Neoprene overshoes do mean that you can use your summer shoes in all but the coldest weather. For me Lycra overshoes are basically dust covers .

I would be inclined to buy some winter shoes if you plan to be cycling regularly in the wind and rain, with come nice merino wool socks.

Northweave Farenheit or Celsius shoes.

Cannot use them below about 12 degrees - they're too hot.

they're near enough 100% waterproof or as close as you'll ever get. they're also really comfy.

I have used them for two winters, for commuting and long rides and they are absolutely fantastic.

However, being a bit of a girl's blouse, I have used them with overshoes before, which resulted in severely damp socks (from sweat) - so I can definitely recommend these shoes.

They are not cheap however!

I wore 1 over shoe today during a 48mile charity thing. ****ing rain and horrid wind and muggins here forgot to pack one of his overshoes.

I can report my left foot (with overshoe) stayed dry until around 20miles. By this point my right had long since been saturated frozen fallen off and been eaten by rabbits.
By the end of the ride although my left had been wet a long time it was only when crunching my toes up did I realise they were in fact wet. Very impressed by the neoprene over shoe today.

See previous posts for my link to the ones I bought.

[pookie]

just sorted out the flow trainer and did my normal route via google earth. Do people swap routes or have any interesting routes for their vr trainers? I realised I could go anywhere on the planet
It was an interesting multitasking ride

[maviczap]

Think you're is a bit more advanced than I am with my Flow trainer

I've got the Ventoux VR ride on disc, plus the free Velodrome one. I've just bought the San Sebastian VR ride dvd.

Its something I need to look at in creating a routes for it, although mine is a old model flow so I don't know if I can do this?

[pookie]

i'm using tts3.10 . The 3.11 update adds a google earth license activation module. There is a real life training option on the left side and in the setup settings you can enable features. The software prompted google earth download.

I have the white usb head unit and I'm sure its just software that enables the functions.
The trainer was fun but vibrates more than a rampant rabbit.

[maviczap]

I'll have to have a look at what version TTS I'm using.

It would be cool to create VR routes from my Garmin data, using Google earth, it would also save a fortune by not having to buy the Tacx VR DVD's.

Although spending 6 hours on the turbo following some of this years French rides might be a bit excessive

[pookie]

I can confirm it is possible to import a tcx /gpx not sure which one to tts. Currently trying out prudential ride 100

[maviczap]

Damn, then my Tourmalet circuit I did with Luckypants is a go'er and all the others saved in my Garmin account.

How to replicate the weather conditions is going to be tricky