Gone and bought a carbon bike!
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torqueless
Senior Retro Guru
A prejudice against carbon bikes doesn't have to be based on familiarity, or what they ride like.... They are non-recyclable, ugly, and apparently you need a torque-wrench to avoid messing them up. If that is 'progress', then you are welcome to it. So, all else being equal, carbon got you up the hill a bit quicker, and you came down the other side a bit slower.
its great to have mass confusion,diversity .what about the modern alloy,trek domane with a flick forward seat coupler thingy, what about all those carbon/alloy combinations with a carbon back end glued up an alloy pipe surely if they used rubberiod glue,would'nt that be like a suspension sysem?. im confused, its worse than politics its never gonna be resolved its like shimano or campag what's the best ? ive just got a lapierre r200 alloy
the tube shapes are just like carbon ! i could not afford good carbon.but is china carbon bad?does it feel any different, perhaps cycling weekly should do a chinerrelo vs' dogma test! alloy is written to have a 'dead' feeling should i wear black ?its very like the look of the cannondale synapses[alloy] and im looking forward to riding and comparing it too.'nob' love yer blue toolbox
when youve mowed the lawn could you please shave the tree ! :xmas-big-grin:
the tube shapes are just like carbon ! i could not afford good carbon.but is china carbon bad?does it feel any different, perhaps cycling weekly should do a chinerrelo vs' dogma test! alloy is written to have a 'dead' feeling should i wear black ?its very like the look of the cannondale synapses[alloy] and im looking forward to riding and comparing it too.'nob' love yer blue toolbox
when youve mowed the lawn could you please shave the tree ! :xmas-big-grin:
Guys these are houses in the camp where I stay which are all being renovated but just stopped there to hose off the sand then take a couple of pics once it was relatively clean after my morning ride.
Shortly after the community maintenance guys came along with 3 motorized sit down jobbies to mow the lawn. That toolchest houses lots of hammers & some axes with lots of nails........
Shortly after the community maintenance guys came along with 3 motorized sit down jobbies to mow the lawn. That toolchest houses lots of hammers & some axes with lots of nails........
Bats
Senior Retro Guru
The problem with carbon it that it has a magnetic effect to Lycra. It's weird, if you see someone riding a metal bike, they're dressed like human beings. But somehow riding a carbon one makes your undies disappear and the rest of your clothes turn into a cheap power rangers costume.
Has anyone else noticed? Worrying.
Has anyone else noticed? Worrying.
I can't work out if some of the comments in this thread are full of bigotry or irony.
I currently only ride steel road bikes, I would quite like a carbon bike at some point, as they are so incredibly light; my son's Boardman Procarbon weighs nothing in comparison to my lightest steel.
As for buzz, you can get that on a steel bike thank you; my Raleigh 853 on rough roads is far from a joy to ride, and occasionally it is just as well to check any fillings in my teeth, to make sure they are still there. By comparison, my Concorde (made of Columbus Alle R) ridden on the same roads is noticeably smoother.
A 'serious' cyclist friend of mine told me that a carbon bike is worth two minutes up the Cheddar Gorge. He lives in Cheddar and rides the gorge on a regular basis to get onto the Mendips; over numerous rides he could see that when climbing the gorge he was always two minutes faster on his carbon bike, over his steel bike. He doesn't put this entirely down to weight, more down to the directness of effort to drive, as he put it "everything I put into the pedal gets to the back wheel".
As for lycra; I wear it on all my bikes, road and mtb, as it's the most comfortable and practical clothing to wear. Let's face it, at my age it's tough enough climbing hills in lycra, if you lot think I'm going to put on tweet and wool just so I 'look retro', you can think again.
Vive la difference!
I currently only ride steel road bikes, I would quite like a carbon bike at some point, as they are so incredibly light; my son's Boardman Procarbon weighs nothing in comparison to my lightest steel.
As for buzz, you can get that on a steel bike thank you; my Raleigh 853 on rough roads is far from a joy to ride, and occasionally it is just as well to check any fillings in my teeth, to make sure they are still there. By comparison, my Concorde (made of Columbus Alle R) ridden on the same roads is noticeably smoother.
A 'serious' cyclist friend of mine told me that a carbon bike is worth two minutes up the Cheddar Gorge. He lives in Cheddar and rides the gorge on a regular basis to get onto the Mendips; over numerous rides he could see that when climbing the gorge he was always two minutes faster on his carbon bike, over his steel bike. He doesn't put this entirely down to weight, more down to the directness of effort to drive, as he put it "everything I put into the pedal gets to the back wheel".
As for lycra; I wear it on all my bikes, road and mtb, as it's the most comfortable and practical clothing to wear. Let's face it, at my age it's tough enough climbing hills in lycra, if you lot think I'm going to put on tweet and wool just so I 'look retro', you can think again.
Vive la difference!
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