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currently have very heavy Shimarno R540 but my cleats are dead anyway, and want something lighter (250 ish?)
No you don't.
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I've just started a 2 month fixed contract with a client. Part of the
package is enrollment in their pension. I don't currently have a
pension of my own so I know pretty much nothing about this. Their
contribution is 3%, mine can be up to 20%. Is it worth me taking this
out for 2 months and transferring it to my own at the end of the
contract. Apparently there is a tax charge to consider but I don't
know what this amounts to.Anyone?
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guys, can a short stem "ruin" the handling of a road bike?
9cm is not that short but putts the handlebar a bit behind the front hub and when i am turning at low speed after a few degrees it feels heavy and the handlebar and wheel wants to turn on its own somehow (i'm probably not explaining very well)
for the record, before i had a 12cm stem and dont recall this happening, but i was tooooo streched thats why i changed to 9, -
What's a regents park rouleur and why on earth would anyone ever want to be known as one?
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It's a matter of leverage. It's all a bit complicated:
When you apply force to the handlebars, that creates torque through the steerer proportional to the distance between your hands and the steerer axis. At the other end of the steerer, the fork and the wheel act as a lever between the steerer axis and the contact patch, converting the torque into a force vector at the contact patch that's proportional to the distance between contact patch and steering axis. (when vertical, straight steering, this = trail * sin(headangle). When you lean and turn, this distance changes.)
The motion resulting from this torque depends on a lot of things, including weight distribution, contact patch shape and pressure, speed, lean, initial steering angle and flex/twist in the bars, stem, steerer, fork, axle, spokes, rim, sidewall...
When you shorten the stem, assuming your hands are in front of the steerer, you reduce your leverage. On the other hand, your weight distribution might shift rearwards and your arms might be able to apply more force.
edit: paging @mdcc_tester for peer review
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All black bike and probably going to win the event, yes.
Anything else, probably best not.
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For me it's a charity thing. Someone beats me on a segment they get to feel good cos they beat a super pro sponsored hero rider.
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100% no on a white bike
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We've been to Scherrit (Bike Whisperer) for measurements. We have a bike shaped drawing of body measurements.
Mielec, the frame welder, say this is not enough for them to draw up a frame. They aren't 100% cool with BikeCad either [I don't get it either]. I think they just want all the numbers so they can just get building, so I need an intermediary that can take the Whisperer's file and draw up a frame around it and we can do a little back and forth with e.g. "Can you make the headtube longer", "can the wheelbase be tweaked a little?"
Who can do this promptly?
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A Regent's Park Rouleur is a miserable person who rides their expensive bike quite fast around Regent's Park wearing the same horrible kit as other Regent's Park Rouleurs. It's not clear why they do this, but it must be some kind of punishment, as both talking and smiling are banned.
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Don't forget the comedy video
https://vimeo.com/88070914
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RPR are top lols. Really the London cycling aesthetic taken to its logical extreme. We were doing LFGSS RP laps last summer and one of them got shouty at some guy for sitting i
They also all have these cute little nicknames that they put on strava.
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That is a joke video, right?
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Amen