Today's Bike Ride

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

The feel and handling changes a lot, even the tyre makes a difference - don't get cheap tyres even if you have cheap wheels. Some wheels are specialised for TT or climbing whilst others are all rounders. Hard to explain the feel of a nice wheel & tyre combo but it certainly gives you confindance zooming down a fast and twisty descent.

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Ah i see.......and what about though solid black wheens you seen on TT's and in the velodrome, what are they for?

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Originally Posted by Al Fowler

Ah i see.......and what about though solid black wheens you seen on TT's and in the velodrome, what are they for?

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For minimum drag in a TT. Shit in an evening 10 up the A6 with a cross wind though! Horses for courses.
Expect to pay around £1600 for one of those solid black things though!

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Originally Posted by Al Fowler

May i ask....what makes a bike better to splash out on some snazzy wheels?

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remember if your going to do some big descents , good tyres are a must

road pro 3s are my choice
and i can confirm that on sunday i topped 54mph with them

make sure you carry spare tubes, levers and a pump AL, + some surgeons gloves

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

For minimum drag in a TT. Shit in an evening 10 up the A6 with a cross wind though! Horses for courses.
Expect to pay around £1600 for one of those solid black things though!

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Jesus christ!:eek:

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Originally Posted by daz h

road pro 3s are my choice

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Gone up in price a lot Daz. Check out the reviews of the Ultremos. Picked up a pair for £55 of ebay delivered.

I see Cav won today and it's the individual TT tomorrow ;) Should be interesting :cool:

Lance went well today too, might pull a good time out the bag tommoz and get into the top 20.

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Originally Posted by Ady In Accy

Lance went well today too, might pull a good time out the bag tommoz and get into the top 20.

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he was the one who instigated the slow go t other day.
but seeing what happened to horrilo he had a point.

Quick 20 miler on road bike taking in a cricket competition mini-merry was playing in, the weather stayed dry for them and his school won the comp:cool:
Grand afternoon compared to this mornings deluge!!

A good TT today,Lance is looking good for a possible top 10.A great ride seeing as he is not yet race fit !!
Just like to mention Christopher froome..anybody heard of him ? He is a Kenyan born rider with a GBR licence.He is 29th overall,just 14.05 down in GC.To put it into perspective Mark Cavendish is currently 145th (out of 186) and 2 hours down on GC.