Cycle Drivel

Dubman

I nearly bought a Canyon & a YT before i got my Trek. The price for what you get did seem very reasonable. I did speak to my LBC about Canyon’s they said they good bikes but the biggest problem was getting specific parts if anything goes wrong as you have to go direct to the manufacturer. which could take weeks. This was before covid as well.
Regarding wait times. Last week i was in my LBC as i was going to buy some new tyres. They had a lovely White EMTB and the lead time was 12 months.

Along_the_Wire

Dubman Canyon are really good these days in terms of specific parts being cheap and quick to deliver. Used to be a mare

Dubman

Along_the_Wire
that’s good to hear. I did like the fact that as there was no middle man.

apyssjw

Richard Moore dead at 49. Feels like I’ve been listening to the cycling podcast forever. Rip.

benson

Did malllorca 225 yesterday. Comparison to my times 4 years ago when I did the 312 show how badly I’ve got out of shape. I can barely move today.

10hours on the bike. In pieces.

baggers44

benson sounds like a massive effort and achievement to me ….speaking as someone who can manage about 10 laps of regents park inner circle (thats inner not outer) before needing a rest and a lie down! it does prove however that we all have massive untapped physical potential if prepared to put the effort in.

Along_the_Wire

benson a better man than me, Bens

benson

baggers44 yesterday was psychological as much as physical. I know the climbs in the middle third really well which gave me a bit of a boost.

Amazing to see how far off my times of 2018 I was though. Kick up the arse to get back into shape.

funnily enough the last thing I wanted last night was booze.

Double bonus.

Along_the_Wire

Did you do Sa Calobra? 33:27 for me

Along_the_Wire

3:54 today in RideLondon. Would’ve been quicker, but there was a split in the first group because of a crash and couldn’t get back on.

apyssjw

Along_the_Wire

Mega quick - is that par for you? How did you find the wind?

3.15 to do the 60 for me. Working my way back to fitness.

Along_the_Wire

apyssjw should’ve got somewhere nearer 3:45. The head and crosswinds were a fucking nightmare for large parts of the ride.

Along_the_Wire

apyssjw 3.15 to do the 60 for me. Working my way back to fitness.

No shame in that at all mate

Old-Dutch

As much as I fucking despise cyclists, whenever I’m driving on the road and see them on their silly bikes in their silly fucking lycra I think to myself, that could be Granto or Benson there - so I make sure to pull as close to the cunts as I can as I pass them and force them into a ditch / bush / wall

Along_the_Wire

Old-Dutch LOL

Mad_Cyril

Old-Dutch
SL2 on full bore and the windows down I hope ?

Old-Dutch

Mad_Cyril

Playing this:

apyssjw

Along_the_Wire cheers. Ran out of gas a little towards the end. Didn’t help that the family were up before 5 to get a flight - but have an empty house now so it’s swings and roundabouts.

Smallman1

Old-Dutch Playing this:

One of Snr’s!

Along_the_Wire

apyssjw I had to get up at 4 and ride to the start for 5:15. I’m fucking shattered.

apyssjw

Along_the_Wire Harsh. Yeah I rode to the start and back, but dispute having a start time of 8.50 didn’t actually start until nearer 10. The front group (you?) we’re coming back down the A12 as I was going out.

Along_the_Wire

apyssjw I was the second group as it got split due to a crash. Still annoyed about it.

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