The Cycling Chat Thread

[High Voltage]

I got a free water bottle though

Perfectly reasonable then

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

I got a free water bottle though

I’d hope there was a splash of Henri IV Dudognon Heritage Cognac inside for that price

 

[DownwardDog]

My Canyon Aeroad was A$14k and I received no bidon.

It is unbelievably stiff and unforgiving though. The frame must have the same second polar moment of area as the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It's the perfect bike for riding across a snooker table.

 

[weepiper]

First quick blast up to the hills after work of the year yesterday evening. I am incredibly lucky to have this on my doorstep.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

My Canyon Aeroad was A$14k and I received no bidon.

It is unbelievably stiff and unforgiving though. The frame must have the same second polar moment of area as the Sydney Harbour Bridge. It's the perfect bike for riding across a snooker table.

Is yours one of the ones you’re not allowed to ride because the handlebars will snap and the seatpost will cut itself in two?

 

[weepiper]

Pfft, A$14k. We've got a road bike build waiting to get done in the shop which the guy has insured for 14k sterling.

 

[DownwardDog]

Is yours one of the ones you’re not allowed to ride because the handlebars will snap and the seatpost will cut itself in two?

No, mine is a 2019. I think I've only done 5k on it due to its... uncompromising nature.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Pfft, A$14k. We've got a road bike build waiting to get done in the shop which the guy has insured for 14k sterling.

What is it?

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Pfft, A$14k. We've got a road bike build waiting to get done in the shop which the guy has insured for 14k sterling.

Mtb, but the Simplon Rapcon, if you go with the extended battery and the electric gears and so on, that comes in around £14k, which is nuts, you wouldn’t want to thrash it down a rocky trail, what if you scratched it!?!

 

[DownwardDog]

A guy in my cycling club has the S-Works Shiv Disc which retails for $A18k and looks ludicrous.

He also drives around in a 2nd gen Kia Sportage with a cracked windscreen which seems slightly perverse.

 

[weepiper]

What is it?

Festka

Founded in 2010, we design, develop, test and build bike frames from A to Z in our home city of Prague. Our unique technology allows us to build custom carbon cycles for riders of all sizes and types while our design schemes and custom paint jobs are bike lengths ahead of the bunch.

festka.com

SRAM Red eTap AXS etc.

 

[Cid]

First outdoor ride of the season here...

 

[Cid]

Also I saw a weasel. It was small and unweasonably cute.

 

[Dogsauce]

Also I saw a weasel. It was small and unweasonably cute.

Looks like the north, proper hills.

 

[Cid]

First quick blast up to the hills after work of the year yesterday evening. I am incredibly lucky to have this on my doorstep.

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What, exactly, is the point in that stile?

 

[Cid]

Looks like the north, proper hills.

Borderline. Peak district (dark peak, out of Sheffield).

 

[weepiper]

What, exactly, is the point in that stile?

I've been riding my bike up that way for at least twenty years and there's never been a fence there in that time. It's a fence fossil.

 

[Cid]

 

[weepiper]

Got me some fresh new Fivetens finally available in something other than pink or purple

 

[waxoyl]

First proper ride of the year yesterday, sacked the mudguards. Managed 25 miles of road on my gravel bike. My backs killing me so just ordered some new tyres, 3/4 weeks waiting time for what I want. Going for Bontrager gr1 team issue . Got Schwalbe Durrno plus on at moment.

 

[weepiper]

Mr W has just inadvisedly put tan wall GP5000s on his completely black Specialized Tarmac and keeps asking me what I think about how it looks, when he knows fine what I thought about it before he did it * gnashes teeth *

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Mr W has just inadvisedly put tan wall GP5000s on his completely black Specialized Tarmac and keeps asking me what I think about how it looks, when he knows fine what I thought about it before he did it * gnashes teeth *

Tan sidewalls are

 

[waxoyl]

Tan sidewalls are

Tan sidewalls on some old racers yes, but not on black bikes.

 

[Sweet FA]

Ebikes you say? I had a go on this thing my mate made out of a frame from the dump and a kit off amazon. It's nuts. Acceleration is ridiculous and I got it to about 30mph following his car before it started to shake and I started to lightly soil myself.

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Ebikes you say? I had a go on this thing my mate made out of a frame from the dump and a kit off amazon. It's nuts. Acceleration is ridiculous and I got it to about 30mph following his car before it started to shake and I started to lightly soil myself.

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Well, that looks terrifying

 

[beesonthewhatnow]

Tan sidewalls on some old racers yes, but not on black bikes.

They make all black bikes look cool.

 

[nick]

Mr W has just inadvisedly put tan wall GP5000s on his completely black Specialized Tarmac and keeps asking me what I think about how it looks, when he knows fine what I thought about it before he did it * gnashes teeth *

Sounds like a wrong-un

Knobbing & sobbing is that a way ===>>>

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

Got me some fresh new Fivetens finally available in something other than pink or purple
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Primeblue

 

[High Voltage]

OK, so here's a question from a non-cyclist

There's a chap on YouTube (CycleGaz) obviously posting up vids of:-

Car driver being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Bike rider being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Moped / scooter rider being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Bus driver being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Lorry driver being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Pedestrian being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Him falling off his bike due to "stuff" - (Not that often, but amusing never the less)

He appears to have a:-
front facing camera
rear facing camera
a camera on the top of his head(?)
and I "think" the camera on top of his head can auto pan, say, for example, just to pull a complete hypothetical out of the air - a twat in a white BMW was, tailing him, tried to overtake but couldn't so had to fall back
He has a camera, that appears to be on his head that can follow the car as it tried to overtake him - I', wondering what gizmo this might be

Ooo! and here's an example of what I'm on about - FF to about 1:00

 

[Cid]

OK, so here's a question from a non-cyclist

There's a chap on YouTube (CycleGaz) obviously posting up vids of:-

Car driver being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Bike rider being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Moped / scooter rider being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Bus driver being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Lorry driver being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Pedestrian being a bit of a cunt - (They are more often than not)
Him falling off his bike due to "stuff" - (Not that often, but amusing never the less)

He appears to have a:-
front facing camera
rear facing camera
a camera on the top of his head(?)
and I "think" the camera on top of his head can auto pan, say, for example, just to pull a complete hypothetical out of the air - a twat in a white BMW was, tailing him, tried to overtake but couldn't so had to fall back
He has a camera, that appears to be on his head that can follow the car as it tried to overtake him - I', wondering what gizmo this might be

Ooo! and here's an example of what I'm on about - FF to about 1:00

Helmet mount powered gimbal I guess. I doubt the pan is fully automatic though, controlled via app or something maybe.