The cycling thread

[Cav]

Good news for me, they open the Cycle Scheme up for a few days each month so I'll likely get something this month (had to check, yes, it is May now).

I'm still going to look at repairing my MTB and change the gearing for something more suitable for road riding. Unfortunately 46/30 is really expensive!

[Perkles]

the weathers been shit but I am going to try and get out later today

[D6Nutz]

the weathers been shit but I am going to try and get out later today

Me too, got a recovery ride on my plan today so will only be about 30 mins. Longer ride planned for Sunday.

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[Cav]

How is this £700 with Shimano 105?

https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-la ... e-EV342346

[Perkles]

How is this £700 with Shimano 105?

https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-la ... e-EV342346

yes good starter bike , 105 is bloody good value and works just as well as higher end ultegra or dura ace

[Cav]

Is says the bottom bracket is threaded.. until now I've only seen tapered ones. Is this going to be a drawback?

[Cav]

There's a lovely looking Orbea too

https://www.tredz.co.uk/.Orbea-Avant-H3 ... tm?image=3

[Perkles]

Focus make good bikes and are a leading brand in germany
Orbea are a spanish brand and not got a great reputation for quality

[Cav]

You said about Focus and Look before but they don't appear on my radar with the sites that use CycleScheme. I did email local shops which sell them but they haven't gotten back to me.

Noted about Orbea.

So far I can't find anything 'wrong' with that Pinnacle so it's probably the one I'll go with. It's a bargain which has me worried.

[Kwacky]

That Pinnacle is a nice looking bike, understated and purposeful.

[Perkles]

Is says the bottom bracket is threaded.. until now I've only seen tapered ones. Is this going to be a drawback?

threaded is betetr imho the BB86 andlatest systems creak like mad and are shit ,its a good bike and the price is about right
Colnago use a threaded sleeved insert into their bottom brackets

[Cav]

Perfect! I just realised it isn't a complete 105 groupset as the chainrings are Prowheel. It's £125 to upgrade to 105 chainrings but it's not something I imagine I will need.

[Perkles]

Perfect! I just realised it isn't a complete 105 groupset as the chainrings are Prowheel. It's £125 to upgrade to 105 chainrings but it's not something I imagine I will need.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wdb7KEc7xJI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Cav]

That's in my watch list but haven't got round to it.. will check it out at lunch

[D6Nutz]

Quick recovery ride after yesterday's hills session (running)

Bike feels a lot better now it's better setup for me. Hills still suck.

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[D41]

How is this £700 with Shimano 105?

https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-la ... e-EV342346

Looks good. 6000-series aluminium will you a firm ride without making you sterile in the process. 105-level kit can be upgraded as & when you feel like it.
Good choice, Lance.

[Perkles]

How is this £700 with Shimano 105?

https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-la ... e-EV342346

Looks good. 6000-series aluminium will you a firm ride without making you sterile in the process. 105-level kit can be upgraded as & when you feel like it.
Good choice, Lance.

yes well done Lance just take some cortisone with EPO and your set to go

[Cav]

How is this £700 with Shimano 105?

https://www.evanscycles.com/pinnacle-la ... e-EV342346

Looks good. 6000-series aluminium will you a firm ride without making you sterile in the process. 105-level kit can be upgraded as & when you feel like it.
Good choice, Lance.

yes well done Lance just take some cortisone with EPO and your set to go

Am I supposed to know what either of you are on about?

[Cav]

I've watched that cheap vs super bike and also the mid range vs superbike video.

The bikes I'm looking at are comparable to their mid range choice and I was hearing a lot of good stuff in their videos!

[D41]

Am I supposed to know what either of you are on about?

Lance Armstrong....famous US cyclist who won 7 Tour De France Championships (or something like that?).
And then was even more famously stripped of ALL his titles when it was discovered that he had cheated on at least a few of them (if not all) by means of "doping"...EPO injections, etc.
I think a couple of his team-mates ratted him out as well, at which point Lance decided that if he was going to go down, he'd take as many down with him as he could.
Very sorry chapter in what has always been a "fringe sport" at best, and it really hasn't been taken too seriously since then.