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That 30 f/1.4 is lush. I had one in k-mount some years ago.

I spent about an hour yesterday overlaying various bicycle frames in photoshop to compare geometry. Overthinking this..

I think £20 for a bit of plastic is pushing it.. that price would be relying on exclusivity. You can get a full set of SKS chromoplastics for £25 (obv not the same thing, or scale, but you see where I'm going). Without a patent the price will inevitably fall.

#ianaeconomist

Nah you're not wrong, go with what you like - assume the print is for your viewing pleasure not others'? I can see the appeal in a noiseless high saturation scan like the one on the right.

On the other hand if you're scanning it for presenting on the web no one is going to see the grain anyway so who cares..

Edit: photochop out the messy lower right corner, problem solved ;)

Flecha. Actually hit by the car. Perfect body roll. Gets back on the bike and tries to chase down the break. Awesome.
Hoogerland. Fails to dodge round the bike in front. Somersaults backwards into the fence. No effort to chase down the break. Weeps like a girl on the podium. Pathetic.
Really - on his one wheeled bike? Tear your eyes from the bare arse in the next pic and check the bone? tendons? visible through the gaping wound in Hooger's lower leg.

It occurs to me how lucky he actually was.. somersaulting toward the fence it could just as easily have snipped his head right off. F that.

^ I honestly believe that people who cycle like this regularly and don't get hurt they take it as some kind of affirmation that they are doing nothing stupid or wrong.
This kind of behavior is discussed a lot in avalanche safety training too. People who regularly travel in a dangerous environment (backcountry mountains, London streets) are susceptible to confirmation bias when identifying risks. 49 times out of 50 you'll get away with risky manouvers and poor decisions and **until **that 50th time, it appears to be "100% safe".

What made him think driving into a tree lined ditch was a good way of overtaking?
I'm probably missing something - and I haven't even watched that stage yet - but I'm surprised cars were even mixing it up with the riders on a road that narrow. Was it just a short stretch? I recall hearing often in the Giro that a stretch of road was "closed to support cars" - motorbikes and riders only. Does TdF do that as well for narrow stages or not at all? /noob

I'm just wary of reviewers' motives when they generalise like that. Though my experience is hardly extensive - its only my second bicycle ever.

Bikes like the Boardman, Focus, and canyon are reputed to be pretty racey. That sounds great to noobs untill they try and ride it more than 5 miles.

Indeed I've heard that from the likes of bikeradar before in reviews and it sounds to me like an advertiser-friendly attempt to define eras of design that dont really exist so they can sell spotivists the next new thing ("Next Gen german carbon comfort"). I'm not any kind of competitive cyclist but I've taken a focus cayo several thousand miles without complaint. *YMMV

I don't know. My next bike will likely be an old man's granny geared titanium framed jobbie. Will report back then.

Is there any such thing as a semi-official or at least recommended route and if so a GPX file / online route to follow for the garminators? Waypoints even?

Just paste the plain URL - the forum autopixies will turn it into an embed.

I wish all route embed code would just print a couple of jpegs and the vital statistics instead of a heavy flash/googlemaps thing. It makes threads like this weigh a tonne. /grumble

The Norwich to London train (I know it far, far too well) has a guard's carriage. It might officially take six, but you'd easily get more in there. I've also never reserved a space for a bike, in maybe 100 journeys. Obviously DD day is different, but I reckon they'd let you put 20 in there if you were nice and polite.
Cheers Sparky. Much appreciated.

As far as I can tell, the NXEA Ipswich-London train departs from Norwich. Website says 6 bikes per train from Norwich, reservation required.. vs 4 per train, no res required from Ipswich. Which doesn't quite add up to me.

http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/tocs_maps/tocs/LE/details.html

whats going to happen if the forum doesn't put another coach on? what are all the people on the list going to do?
I might be doing this with some random unforummmers and tottering off to Norwich or Ipswich for the train after. 50 km flat after a long sprall on the beach and a big meal sounds doable.

^ Excellent. Ride to the horns today was the hardest ride I've done all year. I had nothing for the last 10 km - passed two others who had pulled over for a rest near the end and looked like death. Advertised 93 miles turned out to be 97. Don't you love that feeling where you reach the "end" and the signs keep going and you're spent and you don't know if the end is one mile away or 10.. That said, can't fault the organisation, signage, etc and the pub on the corner did us a solid - laying on bowls of gleaming hot roast potatos gratis because we got there just after the kitchen closed and probably looked wretched. Anyway, not a thing compared to the typically ridiculous cycling/drinking antics of friday and hippy but a really good event.

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Bit harsh but surely he and his law talkin guys brought this on themselves by dragging it out. Little sympathy.

As above it's fine into the early 20s. Late 20s I'd rather have a lighter jersey if poss. Last sunday was my first time I left the wool at home. Good all-rounder. FWIW I tend to overheat quite easily.

The dartmoor route looks like a winner mf. Missed out this time but it's in the calendar for next year.

The part in Ride of My Life: The Story of the Bicycle where Penn visits the Conti factory in Germany was really cool. Shame it's not online anywhere. What's this thread about again?

vv nice.

You can often pick up the coloured version a bit cheaper than the black versions. I use Michelin Krylion Carbons on my red and silver roadbike, and the tyres with a red stripe are 3£ cheaper than the black/grey version...
I think it was the shwalbe website that used to explicitly state that the coloured versions aren't as good as the plain black. Something about mixing / bonding the two sections I assume. Surprisingly honest of them I thought.

Oh here we go:

Note: Colored rubber compounds are good, but black ones are better. For the very best performance in grip and durability choose the Ultremo R.1 in black.

Only 20L though

I like it. Milltag jerseys are just outside my impulse buy threshold though :(

It bugs me when motorcycles cruise up the left side then park themselves just in front of the left corner of the front car, blocking everyone behind from moving into the cycle zone. I get that they hate cyclists sitting in front of them but that positioning gives everyone little choice. If they'd move over to the right everyone would be happy - cyclists get to use the zone on the left, motorcycles get their own space with no one blocking their acceleration. /peeve

it works halleluja

I didn't know three rear pockets was a signature rapha jersey feature..