One for @grievoustim
Davidoff Cool hydraulics for me
I love single chainring on mountain bikes - I have a double on my winter road/ gravel bike as thatās what it came with, but think a single would be more than fine
I am going to but a cheap turbo. I have narrowed it down to
Or
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/elite-crono-mag-speed-alu-trainer/
Iāve been looking for something second hand but given Iāll have to lug it home I cba with it really, and these seem to get the budget balance right. Which to get?
- Lifeline fluid
- Elite mag
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think the elite one is supported on zwift, the lifeline one isnāt, so iād go for that one
(ie zwift have the powercurve data for the elite so can use it to estimate zpower)
your new triban doesnāt use thru axles does it? if it does, you might want to check the trainer will take them
Nope, standard quick release. I donāt think Iāll be getting rid of my other bike yet, so Iāll probably pop that on there.
I was thinking that but arenāt fluid trainers meant to be better than magnetic ones? Or is it basically the same when youāre at the budget?
This.
Cool, thanks.
This is basically to see if we can hack turbo training / for me to get quicker for PBP
yeah
probably.
iād take another look at getting a second hand one tbqh
I have 1x sram apex hydraulic, think thatās the level one lower. the gearing is absolutely fine. In highest gear you can get to something like 45km/h before you start to spin out, so unless you have some major descents or are REALLY fast on the flat then itās fine.
The brakes tbh are not great compared to hydroās iāve used on mountain bikes. HOWever, iām about 75% sure this is because i fucked them up when building the bike, and I havenāt been arsed to get the LBS to check it yet
in fact they barely have the stopping power of normal road rim brakes , I will get them checked soon
edit - might be more like 55km/h top speed actually, canāt reallt remember. Itās rarely an issue anyway.
Is that the bike you rode the Etape on? If soā¦ thatās brave
Just seen that the Titanium Planet X/On One offering is āonlyā Ā£400 more than the aluminium, since Iāve always wanted a Ti bike, Iām almost sold on this nowā¦
You wonāt be disappointed. Love my Lynskey. Best of both worlds of carbon and steel. And stiff as carbon, as comfortable as steel
had full winter gear on this morning: tights, gloves, gilet. AWFUL.
3Ā°c on my drive in
i got some early birthday presents this weekend including a rapha insulated gilet
almost looking forward to the long winter rides so i can wear it
also got some bits from the brevet collection so now i feel that my wardrobe is complete. bloody lovely stuff.
I got one of their brevet jerseys in the sale in the spring, but itās not yet been cold enough for me to actually wear it on a ride yet.
Brought out the thick gloves and glad I did
remembered to bring my gloves with me. after locking the garage and going to put my gloves on the finger holes inside were all sort of out/jammed up so couldnāt put the gloves straight on put them in my pocket and did without
I cycled in wearing a long sleeved t-shirt. It was fineā¦