clio trophy or rover mini cooper s.

nippy and fun. mini won’t lose money either

thanks mat, I’ll check those places out!

I’m getting very excited!

We’ll be away from peniche apart from when spectating to avoid the pros and wannabes. Any recommendations within say 80km for an intermediate?

I’m off to Portugal for 8 days on Monday including 3 days VIP at the ASP round at supertubes. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

specialized sirrus clearances are rubbsih. my sister tried to use hers for cross and a 30c tyre JUST fitted, so they don’t really work offroad. I’d hazard a guess and say a cross frame will be the better rigid all rounder, especially one with dsics

I like it! Often good advice on random subjects and mostly good banter. It’s generally easy to avoid the bitchy threads by their titles or authors.

polo saloon is deeply uncool I reckon, possibly a winner there!

nice work!

fontmoss, for CX? they’re great and very popular

my girlfriend’s faded red battered S reg mitsubishi colt spacestar 1.3

I’m a car geek and hadn’t heard of it but is is growing on me!

A well glued tub won’t roll off a rim. My aching thumbs on saturday after spending an hour removing 2 cyclocross tubs can attest to this….

In fact, one of the reasons cyclocross riders and trackies use tubs is that the tub stays stuck to the rim in the event of a puncture and is rideable just enough to get you out of trouble. It is almost impossible to ride a punctured clincher as the bead flops out so you are more likely to crash with a blowout

I’m sorry, but that transition video is pathetic! They are elite athletes, not complete newbies. They are riding with their heads down looking for their shoes that are attached to their pedals, like they always are….
Amateur cross races feature regular dis and remounts often in slippy conditions towards the end of a full-on 1hr race and it is extremely rare for those kind of crashes and wobbles to occur.
I still have BIG respect for triathletes’ fitness and dedication, those girls and guys are proper hard. They just fall off bikes a lot.

you got it, lots of triathletes taking each other out after only a few minutes of effort! I do wish there were more fitties in road races though 8)

Well done Matt, that swim looked cold….

This is why proper roadies HATE being compared with try-athletes, remember these are elite pros who are paid to practice at this stuff:

what the others said, you’ll be fine*!

* as in suffering as much as anyone else

video still of a small hip:

“we”? are STW sending a team?

this isn’t mine but I really want one (with a nice set of lightweights and FMBs…)

Raleigh SSWCXC carbon belt drive bike:

A giant trance x or reign with bigger forks than factory. pedal very well and can take a beating

qwerty, keep your eyes peeled, we’re in discussion with commisaires etc at the mo and hope to get another 20 places per race….

oi! 😀

much rather in the future use an indoor wooden track than an outdoor concrete job…

Even in the middle of summer? I’d prefer to top up my tan surrounded by green than struggle to breathe riding in a humid box!
I hope to have the option of using both, they will both serve different but important purposes.

No emails received BTW

sven nys and niels albert use Di2 for muddy cyclocross no probs!

I like the sequential programming idea, super tech!

aP, send it to philip@t…

You’re doing it a bit of a dis-service there C-L, there is a cafe and there is shelter and changing! Admittedly they’re not fantatastic, but they do keep you fed and dry.

Also, the existing offroad course is more than ” a little course for kids”. HHV hosts arguably the biggest CX event of the year in the UK!

I would love a permanent facility with proper investment, but it will never happen whilst Dulwich Estates try and fiddle out of the restrictive convenant that insists the land is used for cycling.

Portugal? I was there in October in 2005 and it was hot hot hot. Going again in 2 weeks 😀

I think it’s a real shame that the famous Good Friday is moving to Manchester but I can understand why Graham had to do it, one more wet year would have bankrupted the SCCU.

However I think it is very important that we save the velodrome, I was racing there on Sunday and there was a great mix of ages and abilities of both sexes. Plenty more champions will come from HHV if it is kept on. See here[/url] for what can be done to help.

I blame president blairs

I’ll be doing it on my spare cross bike once thesearrive in stock. If it works well, I’ll do the same to my best bike.

I hardly ever use the little ring in road races (in the SE), it’s really just there to ride home on! I think a single ring makes sense on a tri bike if the course isn’t too hilly, lots of TTers ride a single ring.

entries open at midday today!

time to rearrange your lunch break….

I sometimes find him funny, sometimes extremely irritating! However, echoing what ScottChegg said, at least he had the balls to admit he is too scared. Gervais has chosen to make his money as a comedian with a tiny chance of death whilst at work, soldiers choose to earn their keep in war zone., I don't see why he should go if he doesn't want to. I wouldn't work in Basra right now, no flipping way!

AlexSimon, it was taken by Andy Waterman for MBR and yes, he used a remote flash. That's why I'm pulling a face; hipping to avoid some very expensive camera equipment out of shot!

again, not overly RAD, but I love the picture:

Hillingdon aP? I'll try and drag myself there….

some manufacturers use 3/32 when the teeth are actually narrower, worth checking, I know some steel 3/32 don't work with 9speed chains.

riding or drinking vinny? or both? 😈

I bet that's well good at wheelies

34 front, 11-32 rear with a shortcage road mech and a DMR chaincage up front.

shortcut, what do you mean by standard? singlespeed rings are available in 1/8th (too fat for 1×9), 3/32 (too fat) and narrow/9spd (OK for 1×9).

I have a narrow MRP, it works nicely

go hard or go home

110-140 rev airs, run at 125mm 95% of the time, BB feels too high at 140.

I had some pace RC41s that were AMAZING on there until they broke 😥

search for "the level". I've never been but burmaboy from here goes when he's down there