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Old 20-01-11, 11:13 PM   #721
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Yep, another Continental fan here, got the same Gatorskins as LP, same price too

Although I've been riding around on some Hutchinson's, only one puncture last summer on these and good grip rain or shine
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Old 21-01-11, 07:00 PM   #722
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Here's a site that was recommended in Micromart this week. Don't know how good it is but for whats its worth

http://www.cptips.com/

Plus another one I'd recommended to Paul the 6th in his other thread

http://www.mapmyride.com/

Feeling a bit sad, as one of my old club rivals passed away the other day. When I was in my prime in my 30's he was still competative in his late 50s early 60's, certainly at 25mile distance. He didn't let me win my club's 25 championship easily, so it all added to the spice of TT's and gave me times to chase.

He must have been in his 70's, but I still saw him out on the roads last October. RIP JT
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Old 21-01-11, 08:40 PM   #723
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Anybody had any experience of Ribble Carbon bikes?

Their packages look great value and I'm tempted over a large non-UK brand...

Anything to be aware of?
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One of my contacts has their Sportive model and rates it very highly.

I would have probrably bought one, if I hadn't picked up my Wilier dirt cheap
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Old 22-01-11, 12:05 AM   #725
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A riding mate got one at the back end of the summer (Gran fondo I think) with all the bells and whistles. It's a lovely looking bike and he says it rides very well. He is the only person I know with one of their carbon bikes, I know several with metal framed bikes - they are happy with their purchases. At their current prices they are very good value.
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Old 22-01-11, 10:42 AM   #726
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Anybody had any experience of Ribble Carbon bikes?

Their packages look great value and I'm tempted over a large non-UK brand...

Anything to be aware of?
Ribble have always had good rep - another one to consider is Planet X

You get a lot of bike for £1k:-



I bought one three years ago - carbon frame/forks, Ultegra groupset, bladed spokes etc. Weighs about 7kg, I think the new 'nanolights' are even less!
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Old 22-01-11, 01:29 PM   #727
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I'm on Continental GP4000S which is a lightweight race tyre, again had no trouble.

Decent inner tubes, again I run continentals
Ditto on both counts. No punctures since swapping to them from Ultra Sports. Fabulous tyres, last well, grip well and roll well too. Highly recommended (by me at least) - I'm highly unlikely to swap to a different tyre now.
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I'm highly unlikely to swap to a different tyre now.
I tried some Ultremo's last year, which rolled alot better than the Continentals did, but they didnt last as long.

I want to try some Vittoria Open Pave Evo CG's next just to see if they live up to the hype they get...
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Old 22-01-11, 02:51 PM   #729
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hiya guys, cycling thread noob here - just wondering how long it takes for saddle sore to stop showing up when you first get into riding properly?

I went out on thursday and covered about 7ish miles on my hardtail (specialized hardrock sport disc '09) with the standard seat - looks cool, but my oh my, my arsh hurt afterwards:


Then yesterday I cycled to the bike shop and home again on standard seat (2.5 miles), before remembering the gel seat donated by a friend was in the garage. Having arrived back at home I switched the two seats over and headed off up the river into the middle of nowhere (googlemaps is showing 10.5ish miles roundtrip) on the gel seat... My backside still hurts though - thinking it's because I've done the damage on the hard seat, and then going out immediately after on a gel seat isn't going to make much difference? I know it doesn't look half as good, but I don't want destroyed body bits putting me off at an early stage
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Paul,
Get yourself some proper shorts, or liners with a padded insert for a start, that'll help.

For after ride soothing, go buy some Sudocream. Its for babies bums, but it has a local anesthetic which will ease the pain.

But you've probrably bruised you're sit bones, or around that area, so its going to hurt for a while until the bruising subsides.

I did this last year, after returning to cycling after a 10 year gap. I rode on what I thought was the most comfy of saddles, but my **** had forgotton what it was all about.

I the long term your standard saddle might be more comfy, but they take a while to break in, but its a very personal thing, some saddles suit some folk, some don't.

Some saddles are never going to be comfy.

As you bought a Specialized go back to the Specialized dealer and find out if they do the sit bone measurement, as Specialized do saddles in various widths.

But as a starter get the Sudocream and wack it on and give your **** a couple of days off
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