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well I mentioned my ftp remained the same - perhaps I should do another however as it is a couple of months out of date.

Looking at some stats from earlier in the year, found a similar ride to what I did today.

23/04/15

Watts: 189
Avg HR: 163

05/09/15
Watts: 192
Avg HR: 164

now I know comparing avg hr doenst tell the whole story however - would you not expect to see slightly better results over an entire summer? I.e I should have been able to produce 192W today for less effort/ hr. I was also slightly less fatigued today vs the ride in Apr.

Although I havnt tested my FTP in a couple of months last time I did it seems to be only a few watts greater than what it was in May.

Before Apr I was doing around 200 miles/month. Apr was the first month I did 500 and since I have done 500 to 550 every month since.

Any ideas what I am doing hopelessly wrong?

reading the first several pages of this thread and thought it was relevant given that my small town has just put inplace a 2 mile cycle lane from the edge of town to the train station.

I am against it - I have never felt unsafe on that road, ever. The road has now been converted into one-way traffic with the other half a 2 way cycle line (I think, its still a WIP)

Anyway as feared the first thing I over hear in the pub is "yeah theyre making that road one-way for those bloody cyclists!"

Segregated cycle line to encourage people who cant cycle to cycle. But all it will do is cause friction between cyclists and drivers rather than educating drivers that cyclists also share the road. Drivers will now have to take a 2 min detour every morning to get to the station. Cyclists will no longer get over taken by 4-5 cars in the space of 2 miles during peak hour. Result.

from a couple of days ago, I think he said he was starting painting today

The CAAD12 and SSe have Mavic Askium wheels though which is a selling point.

not really though is it?

I doubt he's talking about that ugly thing..

how do we feel about RAL 6027?

worried it might look a bit "sweet baby blue fixie" but with gears and mudguards

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ral+6027+bike&espv=2&biw=1277&bih=679&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIhuyD2tjYxwIVx6HbCh3t0g5p#imgrc=YLZIj-tHzh8MYM%3A

Cheers, should be 105, zip finishing kit (obvs) and will use my Chris king wheels from my caad (for now anyway)

Not giving me much time to think about colour is he? Haha. Where in London would mind me looking at their ral charts?

Can I use gxp sram force22 with 105? So I can transfer teh powerz

yeah pretty much & a bit more stack.

columbus spirit & max rear end

yep, said he could start this week. Started today.. mad!

reckon I can get this built up for less than an off the peg CDF

well, exactly, no point in having space for 35c tyres if they wouldnt clear the brakes I guess!

Anyway, paid deposit this morn..

..this afternoon:

colour wise..

yeah this is what I am doing, keep it simple.. also dont want there to be too much clearance when running 25c tyres as I will probably end up riding in the summer too! I have contacted Kuba at Rychtarski to get the ball rolling.

nearly got sucked into the disc + 35mm hype

JB has a build that is pretty much what I am after. I think sticking with rim brakes makes the most sense..I can get what I need with them (28mm + mudguards)

useful stuff thanks. Are you suggesting I avoid discs because Rychtarski doesn't specialise in this and a combination of communication & my lack of knowledge would be an issue?

can you use mini-v's with dropbar levers? I searched this before and thought not.

I do keep considering discs but my lack of knowledge is also putting me off. Both in terms of spec'ing the bike but then future maintainance.

Do I just have to spec an apropriate drop out? I think I would go carbon fork if I went with discs so what are my options here (with mudguards mounts)

@psee thanks - I actually updated the chainstays to 415mm glad to hear that sounds right.

@amey do you have spyres? when did you last have to touch them?

@Acliff I had seen the kinesis and did consider it, but it doesnt excite me & its also alu, I would like something steel.

Been researching this all eve and have to say while it would be nice to fit 35mm tyres, I doubt I ever will. This bike is basically just a road bike with the comfort of steel and space for 28mm + mudguards. Discs sound like more effort than I need. Reviews of TRP Spyre's are not 100% glowing, talk of judder have to maintain etc etc.. Bear in mind that I have not adjusted my rim brakes in 3000+ odd miles, i simply can not be arsed with any extra maintenance.

While searching for further inspiration I came across this, which I then realised was also psee's!

to me that is perfect, I don't need any bigger tyres than that and can ride 28mm with fenders.

Discs would also be another £200 odd quid.

so can I buy disk groupsets or do I have to buy it all separately? looking very pricey!

What are the best options?

my understanding is that you need to give Rychtarski full instructions

I based it off the Tokyo Fixed wide open as It was basically what I wanted and figured that its geometry was best suited to this kind of bike. But looking at it there are not many differences now I have changed the tt length.

I updated it so that it has the same length top tube as my caad and increased the headtube, decreased seattube by a cm.

reach: 362 (virtualy same as caad)
stack: 530 (+1.5cm + external headset)

will keeping the rear brake hole mess up the tyre clearance as the bridge will need to be further down?

One reason to go rim vs disc is that I can swap wheels between the caad and this, It would make it cheaper to get rolling as I wouldnt need any new wheels.

inspiration

@Mechamorgan

when it was clean

started a thread to see if it is a good idea as if I was going to go custom it would be Rychtarski.

Anyone who knows what they are talking about please pitch in and help.

http://www.lfgss.com/conversations/273445/#comment12478769