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in other news, I really like the flared drop bars, gave me a much better had position and I actually spent some time in the drops! Probably a couple of CM too wide but they were supposed to be for my 26" mountain bike but I'd thought I'd try them on the Road bike. Could order smaller ones and use these as planned.
Really like that, would love to try one but don't think I'd get on with one long term.
ive got a 105 front derailleur to go on it to match the back 105. What I really need is a bargain set of 105 shifters so I can use a ten speed casette. It will get some Gatorskin 25c this week too.
@Niallmo I thought all Mango were SS/FG didn't know you could get them with gears.
Vintage v400mh mahogany topped dreadnought acoustic FS - £100
Winter commuter...
I have two any my wife has one, and that's about as many as we have space for. You must have about 20!
Charge Cooker 1 29" MTB
Mongoose Subject BMX
Triumph Trafficmaster 20" folder 1976
Raleigh Team Corsa 12 Panasonic colours 1985
Dawes Impulse 531c 1990's
MBK Adventure 26" MTB
https://www.strava.com/activities/752643020/shareable_images/map_based?hl=en-GB&v=1477158113
Straight in and out really. It was about 15 miles each way but relatively flat.
this has less miles but hillier at key points.
I made the mistake of popping down to CRC today to try the Cube. They have one in my size, it looks good and rides well and the hydraulic brakes seem excellent, with the 105 gear as quietly very good as ever.
They also do 0% finance over 12 months which would only be £70 a month..
I haven't bought it yet but it's likely I will unfortunately.
I had my heart set on a Cube Attain SL Disc 2016, currently on sale in CRC for £839 from £1199.
I tried one out, and confirmed that cube sizing is indeed on the small side so I'm a 58 rather than a 56 which is my usual.
Sadly now I've noticed that Rutland Cycling have the Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc (same as the SL Disc but carbon rather than alloy frame, so a little lighter and more compliant) for £999 from £1499, which seems even better.
I'm not a carbon snob, but £160 for a lighter, more comfortable bike seems reasonable. I prefer screwfit BB but even the alloy version is pressfit, so no real advantage to it, and the welding around the BB wasn't the tidiest I've seen on the alloy version.
My only reservation is that Black Friday is pretty close, so I wonder if I should hold out and see if they're even cheaper.
CRC is local to me, and although they don't have an official price match policy, I wonder if they'd match the Rutland price if I went in and paid up front.
Also nearly a grand for a winter bike is a lot of money (although my Canyon is now two grand so I guess it's not too bad really).
I'm also really looking forward to the spring. I'm doing some interval training and seeing definite fitness gains, and even losing a little weight in spite of not doing so many miles, so I reckon after training all winter on a heavier bike I should find the Canyon very quick in spring.
I weighed myself at 75.6kg on Saturday which is the lightest I've been in a decade. I'm looking at doing a 175km hilly sportive in June (8000ft of climbing), and I reckon I'd need to be about 73kg to be in really top shape for it.
I do need to get back out on the Raleigh or Dawes too. They are steel, the Dawes is 531 and a shade over 10kg and the 501 Raleigh is about 10.5kg. I'm going to sell the Dawes to partly fund the upgrades.
In an ideal world the commuter/winter bike would be about 8.5kg so I'd need to go over £2k to get something at about 7kg. I don't ride enough to justify that yet.
That Cube Attain GTC was one I was looking at, the spec on the Cubes is great. If I was paying cash I'd get a Canyon.
Im going to be commuting to work almost ever day now, probably 4 times a week so I should get that last bit of fitness and weight to where I want it to be. Don't think I can drop weight so it's the bikes that need to get lighter now. Would love to do a longer Sportive next year, and I'd likt to a 50 miler once a month.