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Is that Japan? Stunning (and nice bike)

I say post your own

Only a cunt would do that

The polished Caad?

My over-analysis ...

• It’s dirty, not posed.
  
• It’s got og atacs!
  
• Cadence sticker.
  
• Fairly random mix of collected parts that just work (suggesting it gets worn/broken often).
  
• Woundups (super low rake replacement forks since forever)
  
• It’s literally metal.
  
• Unnecessarily fast wheels (points to the right priorities and belief systems).
  

HipHopSlaveBoomer

the joy of this thread for me are builds that show great taste and long-term appreciation of HHSRB

This is why this thread doesn’t work and just ends up being that fucking beat up TCR. Again.

HHSBs are a bit agro, blingy or ratty, fun bikes steeped in the culture of, and kneeling at the alter of Tarck. ‘Individual’ bikes without the NAHBs wankery means bad taste is to be embraced to a degree.

Road bikes cannot be this. Even with silly bar tape. Too much baggage from the history of the sport and too much all-round, mainstream Freddery. A few courier bikes manage despite the odds. That Caad up there sure is trying and gets a pass.

The bling road bikes (that end up here) are just yet more materialistic flexing in a world full of that ... and not interesting.

I (in a similar situation) ended up running the pump up the seat tube (losing a bottle cage) and using a frame bag instead.

It was.

Evans were good about it. Let me have a spare freebie mech hanger too. All good.

MVDP was doing 5.84w/kg normalised for the last 1.5h. After 3.5h of racing.

I mean ... that just seems insane. That would be unheard of 10 years ago right?

Sigma are legit and they look totally fine. The 3 yr warranty and crash replacement is actually pretty huge! ... probably justifies the premium over ordering from LightBicycle or similar.

£460

umm, if I wasn’t running a dynamo on my beikwithdiscs I’d get you to add a pair for me :)

Aero wheels are faster. But 38mm isn’t very aero unless you’re running a very narrow tyre. 45-65mm with a 25/28mm tyre is pretty usable/light.

Do I need

It’s essential. Cycling is not possible otherwise. How else will you chase to draft HGVs? :-/

Bath has some very steep descents with abrupt stops/junctions/traffic. Are you on discs? Braking in carbon rims in the wet is not great. I wouldn’t want to do that through winter personally.

I fancy your bike.

This wheel review is straight from The Onion.

With quite a few traffic lights and roundabouts dotted on the main trunk road section, there are plenty of bits where you are mixing it with stop/start traffic, and it can require instant hard accelerations to maintain your primary position.

This is where the Wakes really showed their stiffness levels and how that works with the low weight. Under some very hard efforts there was no feeling of any flex or waste of energy, and they are quick to transfer that energy into forward motion.

Then, once you are up to speed, like I said earlier, you aren't having to work so hard to maintain your speed. It makes it easier to close gaps to get into the slipstream of an HGV as it labours away from the lights as well.

Cheers.

Orly? I see similar shots from the same angle only. Must have missed it.

It doesn’t seem to be in the official Strada photo selection.

It makes me sad that images get ‘orphaned’ in minutes now. It’s quite possible the photographer didn’t earn a single euro.

Jan’s headlight needs a fiddle.

Dura-Ace clamp test. Done.

best 60 seconds after a stonking race

ftfy

I know what you mean. I was expecting him to go right from the bottom of the climb, before the arch ... in order to suite his physiology vs the punchier opposition.

But wtf do we know really.

He’s right though. The gelato alone is worth the visit.

So rapid neither moto nor choppercam could keep up.

Bernal’s form is unknown rn (?) but the Sienna climb is steep enough to favour him?

Maybe

Clearly needs cycle training

WVA keeps letting the wheel go.

Labradors on leads please or 2021 cycling would be cancelled.

Ridiculous

Not enough to stay until the front group though.