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These rules are in line with the real Eroica and with most events of this type... nothing unusual there You can use shoes without plates, you can use glorified trainers in fact

There were also the organisers of the Japanese event, which was a bit of a flop, for what I have seen on YouTube

Which is what I said... I have started this rant withe aim of getting a lower entry fee, in line with other events, rather than an outrageous one. I want this to be a success, it would be great if it was a success. I live in this world and I know that over here events are expensive... if you...

Yes, it appears that the price has gone down.... which clearly indicates they don't have a clue of what they are doing, they have not done their maths and they were hoping to cash in big time, but maybe the pre-registrations proved slower than anticipated and maybe campaigns like this contribute...

Ahhhhhhh This is where you go wrong Vivelesalpes. Nobody in the Retroronde is there to make a profit... they do it for passion, there is no profit there. Nobody at the Anjou Velo Vintage turns a profit. The Eroica was like that too, before your friends even knew it existed. Now it is changing, I...

I think a few people on here are regulars of these events (I have done the three big European ones a few times), but we are a bit perplexed, as typically these events are ran by passion and not fuelled by dollars. I would really really love to be part of the Eroica britannia, but there is...

Vivelesalps, you seem to be in the know, re. the organisers. Which events are you talking about that they have organised before?

Back to topic? The Eroica Britannia is not the first franchise of the Eroica, last May they did an Eroica Japan in the Fuji mount national park. I have seen the video and I have seen fewer than 100 riders taking part. What it means is that the brand Eroica is not necessarily a recipe for...

For me it is a matter of principle. This people, whi I understand being the owners of a restaurant in Eccleshall road in Sheffield somehow got the franchise of the UK Eroica... fine. Assuming they expect 1,000 people, that makes over 75,000 pounds revenue according to their pricing (only 500...

I knew it was going to be more than european events, that's always the case, as things are run for profit or charity, unlike in the continent, where they are run for fun.... but I was expecting 30-40 pounds, instead it's double that and it's ludicrous as it's got no pedigree... We are in the...

Ed, I think we will be missed. I don't see it being a big hit on year one... better events with a stronger backing from the local community and a well oiled advertising machine in place only managed 500 entrants on year one. Beside a few people who only recently got into cycling, everyone I...

I have seen the eroica britannia website... of course it will be a nice event and probably well organised and the route will be amazing etc. etc... however 1) 70 pounds is the entry fee for the quick ones, otherwise 85. The week before you can do the Retroronde in Belgium for 10 Euro and the...

I believe these are the same eyelets as used in the CXP 33, still in production. You can build the rim without eyelets and using some rim washers specific for V shaped rims. I have a few of those, which I have used to repair CXP 33 when the eyelet dies

There is a number of "professionals" who buy this stuff cheap and sell it as NOS or as new after careful polishing and servicing where needed. I met one at the Retroronde and had a chat... they do all sorts of things... and once they have finished you can't distinguish it from a brand new...

Showcase components are only a good idea if you buy them cheap and restore them... or in other words if you have loads of spares and a professional polishing machine. Otherwise they are not viable under any circumstance... they are either in a bad state, hence not worth much as showcase...

You will find that the vast majority of wheel related headaches come from undertensioning and not the opposite. Some "butter" rims can't tae much tension, but this is a problem of the rim, not of the tension... I don't use such rims as they are junk in every other way too (too "soft", crack...

For cheap spokes, you can buy some rustless spokes from www.sdeals.com if you are not going to use the wheels, then no point in spending more. They typically fatigue and snap at about 5 K miles and they are very reproducible in this, therefore I don't use them, but again, for showroom only they...

It was the same for me... I managed to bring all other components back to showroom conditions, but rims never felt particularly good after many years of neglect, so I just fitted some new ones... remember a race bike was a race bike... I don't see the point in restoring it into something slow...

try campyoldy...

Modern wheel builders over tension because modern customers are hardly mechanically minded, let alone can true a wheel, hence we try to build wheels that last with zero maintenance. Low tension leads to spokes coming loose, wheels going out of true and spokes breaking... no serious issue if you...