Cycling

[Horizon]

Very nice

[sid10]

One of my mates has started doing night rides to Edinburgh and back from Carlisle , next one is a bit further 250 miles round trip .
  I went for the disc spec one as most manufacturers are going down that route , the reviews on the 105 compared to the ultegra were very good so thought I would save £500 and spend it on some new wheels , unfortunately the amount available is very limited and I was advised to wait until next year as the wheels are fairly good on it Maddux 2.0 ( no I had never heard of them either ) as Mavic are bringing out some cracking wheels disc spec . Up to now it is very good it is a more upright ride as I found the Supersix fantastic but a bit too sporty for me . Must be getting old .
  The Caad10 is a brilliant light and pointy bike , my son 13 loves it , he had a Scott S20 before but says this is in a different league .
  The BMW is very light for a 58cm 7,25kg without the pedals it is a great ride and quite scarce now ! will use lightly .
  I watched a youtube vid on squeaky brakes with try and find as they used a house hold product to eliminate it .

[Horizon]

A night ride of 250 miles

[sid10]

My son did the coast to coast last year with school in 24 hours , I was shocked they even planned it . It would have killed me ! That was practise for the Alps .
The synapse has the wider tyres as the wheel rims are bigger to aid with comfort .
  Like most people on here I should have gone for an electric bike as I seem to be getting slower instead of faster .

[X Box]

Another cycling fan here - hence why I haven't been on here much!

Have a couple of road bikes, an mtb and a fat bike!

[sid10]

pics

[Horizon]

[quote="sid10"]
My son did the coast to coast last year with school in 24 hours , I was shocked they even planned it . It would have killed me ! That was practise for the Alps .
The synapse has the wider tyres as the wheel rims are bigger to aid with comfort .
  Like most people on here I should have gone for an electric bike as I seem to be getting slower instead of faster .
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The mention of the Alps has made my legs start to hurt, and I'm only sat on the sofa.
We had 4 days in Majorca last May, they unfortunately had a mini heatwave that week and it was 40degrees for 3 days.
Fantastic place to ride though, lots of climbing up near Alcudia

[Pinewood]

[quote="X Box"]
Another cycling fan here - hence why I haven't been on here much!

Have a couple of road bikes, an mtb and a fat bike!
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Only 3 bikes  ::)
I started off with a road bike,
Then a rebuilt steel hybrid
Finally a 29er .....
But then I wanted a Dahon folder  :-[

[toonarmy]

I'm down in shape near bedale this week doing some cycling walking drinking Guinness we've done a few big rides now coast to coast extended version /coast to castle Edinburgh back to South Shields /South Shields to reeth bit of the Tour de France then back to South Shields very hilly then last year we did London Paris .....London to new haven ferry to dieppe then on to a small village called gissors then onto Paris finished there on sat Tour de France finished on Sunday amazing

[Pinewood]

Sounds amazing. Would love to be in Paris to see the TDF one year. My longest rides have been for charities close to my heart. 107 miles from Bristol to London and the following year London to Birmingham which topped 120 miles. Both were done in a day,so now the idea of a multi day tour involving over night stays and beer are my next target.

[jaynana]

From which side of London is that?

I do 15x2 miles to Central London  from north west, 2 to 3 times a week.. On this[emoji13]




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[DiscusbT]

Amusing really to think that bikes are using disk brakes. In my cycling days, which is more than half a century ago, what would you call the braking system, where you had a a round metal thing with a tyre round the outside in contact with the road, and two pads that were squeezed onto the sides of it to brake.

[Pinewood]

[quote="jaynana"]
From which side of London is that?

I do 15x2 miles to Central London  from north west, 2 to 3 times a week.. On this[emoji13]




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I cycle in from Hillingdon along the Uxbridge Road to Shepherds Bush and into the city (EC2), find it difficult to do more than twice a week as i need a laptop etc. But it's so exhilarating compared to sitting in the X3 for 90-120 mins EACH WAY!

[X5Sport]

[quote="DiscusbT"]
Amusing really to think that bikes are using disk brakes. In my cycling days, which is more than half a century ago, what would you call the braking system, where you had a a round metal thing with a tyre round the outside in contact with the road, and two pads that were squeezed onto the sides of it to brake.
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If you were really lucky they actually worked properly too.  After that the backup system (FOR) foot on road helped a bit 

[Pinewood]

Did none of you ride bikes with non existence brakes?
Jam foot between rear tyre and frame was the default braking system....  Followed by a whack from mum every 2 weeks as you needed new shoes/trainers for school!
(she passed 18 months ago, and i remember the funniest strangest things   )