The Cycling Thread

Pookie - I'm good for that London Revolution subject to my exam timetable and will let you know.

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Originally Posted by pookie

there seems to be a fair bit of cycling snobbery about ... I wave nod chat to anyone I ride past. With all this lycra love and general 2 wheel tom foolery it must be time for some org lycra rideout

Any one fancy doing the london revolution? http://www.london-revolution.com/

I'd have to see what my weekend working schedule is, but I'd be interested.

At first I thought it was 185 miles in one go!

My new wheels arrived today - combined 50th/Crimbo pressie and poss "the last bike I'll ever buy"

Dolan Tuono SL
SRAM Red 22 groupset (50/34 compact with 28/11 cogs)
Mavic Ksyrium SLS wheels
Schwalbe Ultremo ZX Evo tyres
Sam Marco Aspide saddle

<6.4kg (without pedals)

Just need it to stop raining (and me to lose almost a stone to do the bike justice!)

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Bloody 'orrible






Not really

Expecting a few "You what?! SRAM?!!" comments but what the heck - I have some Shimano Ultegra 6800 Carbon pedals to even things out

Not sure those tyres will stay on long though. i had a pair of Ultremo ZX HDs a while ago and, whilst fab to ride, they weren't the best puncture-wise. I have a pair of Conti GP4000S ready and waiting. Good experiences with those

Now to sell my Scott Speedster..........

The SRAM stuff is the best looking, just from my very short experience of the double tab, just couldn't get on with it. I'm sure you get used to it. Campag to me is much nicer to use and Shimano have the best hoods.

Regardless, I have micro shift and sora components on my Moda at the minute, so really, I can't comment.

The Canyon I'm looking at I want the Campagnolo, but not convinced they'll do it at the price point I'm looking at which will mean Shimano Dura Ace or a Shimano Red set.

Decisions....luckily I have time to mull it over.

Originally Posted by EssexDave

The Canyon I'm looking at I want the Campagnolo, but not convinced they'll do it at the price point I'm looking at which will mean Shimano Dura Ace or a Shimano Red set.

SRAM Red 22 is currently the lightest groupset available. Force 22 isn't a lot heavier (mainly the crank-arms, which although carbon fibre, are not hollow like Red 22).

As I'm sure you know, if you're balancing a budget (as I was) then you'll get more bang-for-your-buck with better wheels. I decided not to go Di2 for this reason (and the weight, of course!).

Good luck with the Canyon - good value and nearly went there myself. But Terry Dolan is a Brit

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Super sweet set of wheels there Jabba. Although earlier on in this thread I said I'd made my mind up on a Ribble R872...I errr...actually haven't bit the bullet yet. I'm still mulling over a:

Ribble - Carbon frame - Campag Centaur group - Fulcrum Quattro wheels

or

Rose Xeon RS 4400 (2014) - Aluminium frame - SRAM Force 22 group - Mavic Ksyrium Elite S wheels

Both coming in at around £1,550. Rose has better finishing kit too. Do I need carbon?

Org...help me choose.

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Knowing what I know now I would go for carbon every time.

The ride quality is so much nicer.

I had a aluminum framed colnago, lovely to look at, but it rattled my fillings.

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Summer bike Carbon every time, Winter bike not so important IMHO.

I wouldn't run my tyres over 95PSI this time of year to get any grip at all, which takes out most of the harshness.

The question is do you want to spend £1500 on a nice carbon bike to do the Winter miles on??