Have you been on ‘roadie’ forums? God they’re dull. They’re really isn’t anything to say.
The threads about things related to road bikes (I can’t think of any roadie threads) on STW tend to be fun and mostly harmless with a pinch of BS.
Agree. Post on here for advice on road bikes or training you’ll probably get a reasonable, relaxed and helpful response. Post same on bikema9ic and you’ll get a load of sarcastic, inadequate know it alls demanding to know what your targets are and FTP is before they will offer to share their huge wisdom with you and each thread ends with them points scoring off each other and arguing that a 3×5 min interval session is so much better for improving VO2 max than a 5×3 min session.
hh45 – Member
Well I quit my ST sub a few months ago (after 10 yrs) and have just taken out one to Cyclist. Its rather a good read. It wasn’t an intentional swap, I had just got bored of ST then I bought C when bored in a service station and next thing I’ve subscribed.
It’s a cracking read Cyclist. I have got the road one for the past 2 months, easily the best mag out there.
My club have decided to hold mtb training/skills sessions in preparation for the Tuesday races they will be running in April. Out of 600+ members only 2 have expressed an interest.
teamhurtmore
Epicycle, I was out nearly every day in the snow. It’s the thick gloop that just scores your chain/cassettes etc up that I get fed up with.
I wouldn’t take a derailleur through that sort of muck either.
It’s sunny and the trails are dry but your going out on the road bike?!
Why so? Crazy fool!
Sometimes you just need to go as fast as possible from one place to another. Plus the mtb options are a bit rubbish en route. It’s best done on a cyclocross bike.
Their propensity towards tarmac, their man-leotards, riding two abreast whilst ignoring the log-jam behind, their sour faces, their curly handlebars, their brakes that don’t always work, the list goes on.
Epicycle, I was out nearly every day in the snow. It’s the thick gloop that just scores your chain/cassettes etc up that I get fed up with.
I wouldn’t take a derailleur through that sort of muck either.
I’m going to guess at the hills just outside San Francisco – Mount Tamalpais National Park somewhere.
Watch the Tour of California if you want some stunning roads. 🙂 Easily the match of anything Europe has to offer.
Funny how you perceive a chaingaing to be a hazard, when in reality it’s a group moving at a constant steady pace and effort and at a constant position in the road and is about as highly predictable you can get in a group.
Group of blokes chin wagging, having fun on the way to the next BW on the other hand?