[webbo]

on dodgy ground there no sticky rubber/chalk/pads unless you can climb 8b etc

[tlr]

Exactly the point I was trying to make (obviously not very well).

I think that you should be allowed to buy whatever you like, whether its a flash bike or a top end pair of climbing shoes regardless of ability.

 Certainly should be each to their own though, and if you can afford it then why not buy a lovely bike, there's no ability based entrance exam to owning a flash bike.

Indeed, they are to be encouraged - a great source of second hand kit.

[webbo]

Maybe there should be a man with a stopwatch and a clipboard at the top of Froggatt Hill confiscating bikes that are too good for their owners....

"15.47? sorry mate, thats £1500 bikes maximum for you. Come on, hand over the Colnago".

mmmmm

[tlr]

These look absolutely brilliant.

http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/just-in-crud-roadracer-22881

[Duma]

bigd942 thought so too...

[fatkid2000]

This wanker is creating alot of net chatter - including tweets from Bradley Wiggins.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1211917/JAMES-MARTIN-The-Tesla-Roadster-electric-supercar-thats-fast-Ferrari.html
 

[Yossarian]

He is a cunt of the highest order.  An oleaginous fuckwit who's only talent is to provide some sort of late afternoon masturbation fodder for middle-aged unemployed women who are too lazy to organise a rendezvous with their husband's best mate and darts partner.  That he writes for the Daily Mail is no surprise, and in some ways fortuitous, seeing as my DIY botulinum toxin production plant is running at full capacity now, and the initial batch will soon find its way into a huge sandwich consignment destined for, yes, the Daily Mail HQ.

Apparently he holds the world record for carrot chopping.

What a cunt... 

[Duma]

Millar time.

Well done that man. Shame he's going to take over G-S eventually, he'd be a great road captain for sky. Enjoyed the Vuelta this year, glad Evans got third today, would have been harsh given his puncture debacle with the nuetral service car earlier in the race if he'd missed the podium. Shame about Gesinks crash, he looked strong in the hills, but he's young still.

[DubDom]

This wanker is creating alot of net chatter - including tweets from Bradley Wiggins.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/moslive/article-1211917/JAMES-MARTIN-The-Tesla-Roadster-electric-supercar-thats-fast-Ferrari.html
 

Bargain basement Clarkson rip-off.

Time to buy a new helmet. Any recommendations? Where's the best place to buy in Sheffield?

[fatkid2000]

Problem is the main bike shop is Sheffield is wank (JE James) - however Fatdoc (the dirty boy) has recently admitted to buy a new Deviant  Full face Helmet from them as it was in the sale - so I expect you'll also find road helmets reduced as well. Don't expect any service at all - kind of self-service!!

La bicicleta which is Sheffield best shop (well if you want to abuse your credit card) doesn't sell helmets as far as I am aware.

Good on Dave Millar.
What's all the fuss with Team Sky - people seem to think they are going to win le tour or something as  Dave Brailsford is heading them up. Wiggo won't be going and I can't see him changing his mind - or any one else who might win a GT - and to me Contador could win whatever he fancies entering of the big 3.

[chappers]

race scene any good? i see their adverts, thats over your way is it not.

i got a catlike whisper plus from prendas ciclismo, now they are very expensive... but i love it.

[fatkid2000]

Race Scene is a great shop - had my Wilier serviced there a few months back. Came back riding the best it's ever ridden. Really good staff, it's just easier for me to get such jobs done at La Bicicleta in Sheffield.

[DubDom]

Thanks guys

[fatkid2000]

Anyone feel like getting fit over the winter for this:
http://centcolschallenge.com/

UKB Team? Need to be in a team to enter. The route looks slightly tiring!

[Percy B]

Not to mention the £1250 entry fee!

[webbo]

maybe the works could sponsor a team.

[Percy B]

Graeme would want to be team masseuse though......

[webbo]

also would there be enough folk keen/mad enough for a team or would there be such a response that a series selection events had to be organised to secure a place in the team.
 

[Percy B]

I would think that the only people mad keen to join a team for this event will not be very familiar with how hard riding a number of cols in a day is, let alone riding 100 of them in 9 days (one day of your 10 ten day trip is a rest day!) Day two is essentially the Marmotte course which is an absolute killer, followed by 7 more days of the same - some days riding over 200 kms, and tackling 17 cols.....

I would be super cautious about commiting to ride this event - this year a good number of riders have been forced to retire due to injuries (worn out knees, etc, etc). You'd want to have got a large quantity of alpine miles in your legs before the start date! Its really hard to get any sort of valuable training for these types of mountains in the UK, so you'd need a couple of training trips too in my opinion. A big commitment of time and cash would be required - maybe this is a sort of super sportive for the super rich who don't have jobs/families/etc, etc.... 

[chappers]

anyone up for the tour of the pennines on 3.10.2009?
its a short quick blast and there is a free curry at the end of it! im going to enter on the day if the weather is looking good.

http://www.torelli.co.uk/news_more.asp?news_id=52

[webbo]

how steep are those climbs, are they compact/triple territory.if not i might be tempted.

[Percy B]

Could be tempted. Looks like a nice course, although a profile might be useful - I don't know the hills round that neck of the woods very well....

[chappers]

i have only ridden over that way once, the holme moss climb is steep (not even sure if that is in it, but i assume so). ill look on climb by bike at the rest of them and report back!

[fatdoc]

Anyone feel like getting fit over the winter for this:
http://centcolschallenge.com/

UKB Team? Need to be in a team to enter. The route looks slightly tiring!

fatkid, stop it 

you are meant to be training for the spainish DH trip.

[Percy B]

He's less likely to die on a DH trip with you than he is on that 100 cols thing!