sbbefc
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Big fan of the wahoo elemnt bolt. Simple design, easy to use, loads of data fields and long battery life.
Cycling thread
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canuckblue
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Not the fanatics most of you guys are, but I did finally get the bike out today for a 90-minute ride along our city's bike trails. Felt good.
Black Belt Jones
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Pidcock had a massive result yesterday - won a MTB world cup race and beat MvdP head to head. Potentially indicates a showdown at the Olympics, but it is not clear that the UK will get an entry to the elite men's race (not enough qualifying points, collectively). Plus Olympics are looking a bit iffy overall right now.
Even got a short write up on the bbc page:
www.bbc.co.uk
Even got a short write up on the bbc page:
Tom Pidcock: British rider wins his first elite World Cup mountain bike race
Great Britain's Tom Pidcock wins his first elite World Cup mountain bike race in the cross-country final in Croatia.
www.bbc.co.uk
Road vs Cyclocross/gravel bike for the Lake District?
Black Belt Jones
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Road for me.
Gravel is for where the mountain biking is poor, not where it is awesome. Personal choice though - obv you can do both on a gravel bike so it depends on whether you're inspired by getting off road. Does something like this look good to you:
Lake District Reiver | gravel ride | Komoot
Focal Events planned an outdoor adventure with komoot! Distance: 119 km | Duration: 10:20 h
www.komoot.com
That would be a decent ride IMO but for the same time you could do an exceptional road or mountain bike ride.
Plus Lakes everyone immediately thinks of Windermere in the heart of the mountains but you might be marooned in Maryport So it depends where you live and what's available at the front door.
Road for me.
Gravel is for where the mountain biking is poor, not where it is awesome. Personal choice though - obv you can do both on a gravel bike so it depends on whether you're inspired by getting off road. Does something like this look good to you:
Lake District Reiver | gravel ride | Komoot
Focal Events planned an outdoor adventure with komoot! Distance: 119 km | Duration: 10:20 h
That would be a decent ride IMO but for the same time you could do an exceptional road or mountain bike ride.
Plus Lakes everyone immediately thinks of Windermere in the heart of the mountains but you might be marooned in Maryport So it depends where you live and what's available at the front door.
Thanks man. Yes so basically I live just south of the Lakes so Coniston is the nearest spot. It’ll be road dominant but the road conditions are patchy. It’s not like I plan to go off-road really but I’d hate to spend a load of money on say a road bike and then find it unsuitable, but on the same page spend loads of a hybrid and find I’m struggling on the roads.
Get something with very low gears.
You're not going to enjoy Wednesday's stage.
I don’t own a gravel yet but I think it’s next on the list for me. I’ve been convinced by a friend in the versatility and comfort a good gravel bike provides. And we have some great gravel rides I’d like to join in on at some point.
davek
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If the gravel stretch is mid-race or wherever then ok. Riders have time to deal with it and recover. Putting it on at the end of a stage was ridiculous.
Part of racing isn't it? The Finestre has large sections of gravel, and I remember a few years ago they ran a time trial up to the Plan de Corones, which is a brute of a climb and largely gravel (having done 7-8km of the Passo Furcia to get to the bottom).
davids
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True,but the Classics are road races.
Kind of, but you have cobbles regularly used and of course Strada Bianche has become wildly popular since the epic stage in the 2010 Giro. And that's before you get into races that are really dubious, such as TroBro Leon, which throws all sorts of gravel, cobbles, pig muck etc at the riders. Even that's probably better than the Tourmalet was in 1910.
Having had a few days riding around roads a bit like that in Devon recently it's not my cup of tea at all, but the professional ranks are well known for pushing the boundaries in the search for novelty.
davids
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That's the sad part,it's for novelty value.Kind of, but you have cobbles regularly used and of course Strada Bianche has become wildly popular since the epic stage in the 2010 Giro. And that's before you get into races that are really dubious, such as TroBro Leon, which throws all sorts of gravel, cobbles, pig muck etc at the riders. Even that's probably better than the Tourmalet was in 1910.
Having had a few days riding around roads a bit like that in Devon recently it's not my cup of tea at all, but the professional ranks are well known for pushing the boundaries in the search for novelty.
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