Today's Bike Ride

Some of us were off biking in the muddy stuff today.... :thumbup:

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Great Stagger :) Obviously, the beer is a great fuelling method, keep it up ;)

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Originally Posted by Stagger

What a morning.
I went out on the winter bike to do my 1hour time trial (its 25.3k with 390m ascent)
Blasted it and came in with my best time ever on any bike. 55mis 30secs Average speed just over 27kph
HR average was 84% and max was 94% I have more in the tank I think.
Oh and the biggest surprize was that I downed a couple or 6 beers last night with a couple of Blues thrown in.
Over the moon
Might go out for a recovery jog after tea.

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Great short vid by a local CX rider.....................http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID2JV...ature=youtu.be

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

Great short vid by a local CX rider.....................http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID2JV...ature=youtu.be

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Good vid; & I love the bike .... Planet-X Ti prototype, what's the low-down on that??

Available in 2 weeks time!

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/...frame_and_fork

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Originally Posted by wheezing donkey

Good vid; & I love the bike .... Planet-X Ti prototype, what's the low-down on that??

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Follow him on Twitter @crossjunkie
He organises the Ronde Van Oost at the end of this month - tough, medium length route (with cobbles).

....But what they really need to do is partner with Hope to supply them built up with hydraulic brakes rather than cabled brakes.

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Great vid, that bike in the vid looked like it had hydraulic discs Dom, or is that just for the prototype?

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Originally Posted by dominion

Available in 2 weeks time!

http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/...frame_and_fork

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Dom, that link is for the "Dirty Disco" carbon fibre cyclo-x frame, not the Ti in the vid.
As for the brakes, the Avid BB7 will be a lot more powerful and more reliable ( not as affected by water & crud ) than cantis and a lot easier on maintenance than hydraulics, albeit not as powerful.

Steve, definitely cable operated Avids, just look at the closing sequence close up of the front hub.

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Originally Posted by wheezing donkey

Dom, that link is for the "Dirty Disco" carbon fibre cyclo-x frame, not the Ti in the vid.
As for the brakes, the Avid BB7 will be a lot more powerful and more reliable ( not as affected by water & crud ) than cantis and a lot easier on maintenance than hydraulics, albeit not as powerful.

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Sorry, didn't spot that - thought it was the Disco in the vid. The Hope pic above is a convertor that takes a cable from a standard STI lever and links it to a hydraulic resevoir that then powers a hydraulic disk brake. Paul Oldham (in the pic above) was racing it in the British champs this year. I have a PX Uncle John with BB7's and they're not much cop. Nowhere close to the hydraulics on my MTB.