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| SSJ2Luigi |
Posted on 03-12-2014 21:18
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dat thumbnail is not really inviting to look the video though 
like GCN said, it's ground for debate but I think that as if it's a clean NC/WC jersey (as in no teams sponsers and anything related) it normal I think. I only think will you get "massive douche" look if you wear a fully sponserd WC jersey (like Kwiatkow)
edit: so Shonak I say to buy 
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| Strydz |
Posted on 03-12-2014 22:13
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+1
Buy Shonak BUY!!!
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
William Rd The Patch
David Hill Rd Monbulk
Lakeside Drive Emerald
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| Cossack |
Posted on 08-12-2014 09:40
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I'm thinking about buying Edge 800, as in Denmark there is currently a very nice discount on it. My only concern is waterproofness, I read many posts on the Internet where people complained that after rainy ride USB and SD port covers where not effective enough and the device got broken afterwards. What are your experiences with this potential problem?
The alternative may be Garmin Dakota 20 for mapping, I could either use ANT+ cadence or HR on it or buy a separate Sigma computer and use Dakota only for mapping.
What's you opinion?
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 08-12-2014 11:39
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Cossack wrote:
I'm thinking about buying Edge 800, as in Denmark there is currently a very nice discount on it. My only concern is waterproofness...
No experience with the 800 but remember reading many posts about the 500 being problematic yet I've never had a problem with my 500 despite riding in constant torrential rain for in excess of 3 hours on occasion.
They are both classified to the same waterproof standard and I believe the connections are similar too. If so the main vulnerability is the USB port - I always make sure the protective covering is correctly positioned and fully sealed before a ride and when I get back I dry thoroughly around the seal and then the USB port itself just to be on the super safe side before uploading.
Like I say I've never had a problem in the last year despite some sustained wet weather. I've also never heard of Garmin not replacing a unit that did succumb to water anyway - despite the fact that it's highly likely the result of someone not checking the waterproof covers before riding! |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 09-12-2014 17:24
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Cossack wrote:
I'm thinking about buying Edge 800, as in Denmark there is currently a very nice discount on it. My only concern is waterproofness, I read many posts on the Internet where people complained that after rainy ride USB and SD port covers where not effective enough and the device got broken afterwards. What are your experiences with this potential problem?
The alternative may be Garmin Dakota 20 for mapping, I could either use ANT+ cadence or HR on it or buy a separate Sigma computer and use Dakota only for mapping.
What's you opinion?
There is a very easy way to fix issues in the rain with any Garmin unit that has a barometric altometer and that is cling wrap, warp and layer around the unit and data will be reliable (owned and own a 500 and 510) By all accounts the 800 is a quality unit but once I worked it out I find a 510 to cover all the bases I required outside of maps but a smartphone cover that for me
Edited by Strydz on 09-12-2014 17:25
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
Don Rd Launching Place
Melbourne Hill Rd Warrandyte
Colby Drive Belgrave South
William Rd The Patch
David Hill Rd Monbulk
Lakeside Drive Emerald
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| Shonak |
Posted on 09-12-2014 19:47
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Still havn't bought the jersey but I'll order it some time around. Thanks guys.
But in other good news: Got my bike today from home. So, no more missing my bike, it's time to start riding it again.. I hope. So I probably will hit town tomorrow and discover the country side south of Vienna a bit. Not sure yet how I get fastest (and safest) out of the city but heck, I'll find a way and just cruise a bit until the weekend when I aim to do a larger ride.
Switching from Tyrol to Vienna will be quite different. Lots, lots of cars and street trams. Very strong wind at times and constantly switching between bike lanes and normal roads. Ugh.
Since I did most of my cycling in my life going away from my little village into lovely hills, bike trails and wide, open roads, which had always enough place for cyclists, I have shocking little experience of riding in the city. I rode like 2, 3 times each year in a city but always avoided towns when it wasn't necessary - and I always hated riding there. Any tips from you guys? (I'm aware this question sounds totally noobish  )
Edited by Shonak on 09-12-2014 20:25
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 09-12-2014 21:15
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Shonak wrote:
But in other good news: Got my bike today from home. So, no more missing my bike, it's time to start riding it again.. I hope. So I probably will hit town tomorrow and discover the country side south of Vienna a bit...
Any tips from you guys? (I'm aware this question sounds totally noobish )
Glad to hear you have your bike back.
On the subject of city riding - find the fastest way out of it would be my tip! You mention the south but a quick look at Google Maps suggests the north west might be another option too depending on where you are exactly. Looks like about 15km from the centre to get out into some hills that way, maybe?
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| Shonak |
Posted on 10-12-2014 21:14
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North West is for me not really an option, at least not yet. South West might be though.
I went South East today. Luckily I have a bike lane right at my doorstep and once I was out of the city, it was smooth sailing. Traffic wasn't so bad as I had imagined, so I guess I already have a first route. Today was only a bit of easy riding and I guess I'll increase distance each time a little bit.
The hills westward are from the Wiener Wald and I plan to head there on the weekend. It's always something special to discover the landscape and hills with a bike for the first ime.
Edited by Shonak on 10-12-2014 21:15
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 10-12-2014 21:15
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Disproportionately chuffed with myself. Think I tracked down a clicking creak sound to my headset and decided to be brave and see if I could check out the bearings and re-grease them.
Grabbed my first ever pot of grease and downloaded the relevant GCN maintenance vid to my smartphone...
An hour and a half later (it's actually pretty straightforward so long as you keep the parts in order and should only really take 15 minutes!) I think I've successfully cleaned out all the crap and reconstructed everything back together again with a fresh layer of grease.
No idea if it's going to eliminate the annoying click-creak yet but another significant step forward for my mechanically challenged self and saved myself £15 by doing it myself.
Might take on the bottom bracket next...maybe...
Edit - click/creak sound successfully sorted with the headset clean out and re-grease! 
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 13-12-2014 17:42
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Been thinking after the above post whether it's still worth paying to get my bike serviced. Most of the service is elementary stuff like chain checks/lubrication, tyre pressure, brake blocks etc. that I manage week to week.
If I can get on top of indexing the rear derailleur (hopefully just playing with one barrel adjuster), maintaining the bottom bracket, the wheels are true, the front derailleur okay and cables in good nick there probably isn't much value left in getting a standard service done?
Appreciate it depends on the shop and the level of servicing but am I missing something here?
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 15-12-2014 14:32
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So further to the above, I spoke to a very helpful mechanic in a Specialized store today tipping me even further towards uncharacteristic brand loyalty!
Basically bottom brackets are designed to be easily replaced wholesale and only cost about £20. So it's probably not worth me messing with it (buying a crank puller and bottom bracket tool in the process) unless there's a specific problem, just think about getting it to the LBS way down the line for a total replacement.
Following the chat I'm pretty happy that paying for general servicing would be a waste of my money given my ongoing drive train, brake, tyre and even headset maintenance. The only other thing to worry about is the hubs (especially the rear) and wheel truing that for my money can be done as separate jobs by a mechanic as and when.
The most value in a service seems to lie with those that don't ever properly clean the drive train, replace brake pads or even properly inflate their tyres...I go that far at least and it's only taken me 5 years to get to that stage
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| Strydz |
Posted on 21-12-2014 08:17
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I will be attempting my 5th successful Everest starting on Christmas Eve, this one is a little bit crazy but hey I really love riding my bike. The climb is nothing challenging in itself being 11.2 k's @ 3% https://www.strava.com/segments/638218...er=overall but the sting in the tail is that to bag the Everest it will take me just over 500 k's to do it. This works well with the Festive 500 challenge on Strava. I am not sure how much sense i'll be making at the end of the ride or even if I can do a 500 k ride but I'm having a go, if everything runs to plan I will be going for 10,000 vertical
Hells 500 Crew and 6 x Everester
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| Shonak |
Posted on 21-12-2014 09:54
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500 km doesn't soundy soo bad at first but when you make 'em in a 11 km climb than once more - holy shit. All the best to you strydz, you living legend of daily!
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 21-12-2014 17:09
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All the best Strdyz. Sounds like you're giving yourself the gift of the worlds longest false flat for Christmas! I have my own endurance event set for Christmas Eve (pantomime), thoughts are with you as I break out the beer after that  |
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| Alakagom |
Posted on 30-12-2014 14:27
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So, my mate got a bike stolen and his insurance company can either replace for the bike for Dawes Giro 400 road bike - https://dawescycle.../giro-400/
Or have a swap with any bikes on the first page of the link.
https://www.wheeli...rice%20ASC
So now while I am into cycling, my knowledge ends at changing gears and fixing a puncture
Anyone here with any advice on whether to stay with the Giro 400 or swap for any others in that link?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 30-12-2014 15:08
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Depending on how much your mate liked the Dawes bike personally i would go for the Merida Ride 88 2015 road bike 
Its going to be a hard choice for him to make. |
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| Cossack |
Posted on 30-12-2014 18:27
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I would definitely go for a bike with carbon fork, makes ride much more smooth especially on worse quality of tarmac. Merida Ride 88 has full carbon fork, but drivetrain is only Claris. Felt Z95, Merida Scultura Alloy 901 and Merida Ride Alloy 91 all have Sora 9-speed drivetrain and carbon fork, so they are the best choice here. The exact choice would depend on differences in geometry or other components (like 11-32 cassette is only useful either in mountains or if you have bad fitness , normally 11-25, 12-27 or similar will be better with smaller gear differences.
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| Paul23 |
Posted on 30-12-2014 20:54
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Do you guys know, where I can get BMC bikes online quite cheap? I'm aimin for the BMC Granfondo GF02 from 2013. The shop where I bought my old one, closed, so I will buy the next one online because all my local cycling stores do not sell BMC.
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| SportingNonsense |
Posted on 02-01-2015 13:28
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First bike ride of the year, put it on Strava, and I get a few '2015 KoM's and lots of other Top 5s for the year
Wasn't riding particularly fast, so clearly one of the first to ride them on Strava this year! New feature as far as I'm aware, and I guess will be quite good later in the year - but a bit funny at the moment to get loads of trophies for an average ride.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 02-01-2015 14:37
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Twenty miles on the home trainer today, but how long will it last  |
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