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• #52
Do they work with cycling shoes/cleats?
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• #53
I have the cheaper ones. The Btiwn 100 road shoe. Dunno what you get for the extra money but the 100s have been comfy on 40 to 50 mile rides so would recommend.
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• #54
What's the fit like on the shoes ? Big / small ?
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• #55
Never quite sure how to answer this question. I reckon more generous than the equivalent Northwaves I had, about the same as the Giros I'm currently using.
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• #56
I think that translates as a bit snug but no big thing.
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• #57
Thanks !
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• #58
Surprised to see Icebreaker also but im not sure what criteria that website is using, Icebreakers transparency report is a really impressive document and from looking around the web, very well received. It could be they are missing one data point to satisfy that website. In fact one news story notes..
Icebreaker’s wider environmental footprint is yet to account for total emissions reporting – which are currently being developed – but 76% of product is shipped by sea, with just 10% transported by air. Icebreaker claims this was a deliberate decision built on “careful planning”.
Can't imagine Decathlon comes close and it's put me off buying merino products from anyone else. Happy to be proven wrong though..
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• #59
They seem to have an issue with wool in general... A company that primarily makes merino products is therefore not going to score really well.
They also state that recycled polyester is their "preferred" fabric...
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• #60
Anyone got any experience of the Triban RC520 frames? My brother has managed to get one which which will fit my girlfriend for free & am thinking of building it up as a gravel bike for her. Hoping to fit 35mm tyres, is that realistic?
Edit: ah, found my answer a page back.
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• #61
They've just launched a £200 single speed / fixie too :)
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/elops-500-single-speed-blue-id_8549624.html
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• #62
Shame it doesn’t have mudguard mounts otherwise it would be a cracking little commuter.
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• #63
The fork looks like it does and I guess you could use pclips on the back.
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• #64
Who doesn't ride horses around Ealing?
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• #65
That's why I used to buy the more expensive Chocolate Fish stuff.
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• #66
These arrived today. I took heed of the comments and ordered an 8/42 and I normally take a 43 wide or 44 in cycling shoes. They seem spot on for quality although they didn’t come with cleats nor did they come in a box although I’m less worried about that as it means less wasted packaging.
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• #67
they didn’t come with cleats
Shoes wouldn’t normally?
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• #68
Each 2 bolt pair I’ve bought before (2 pairs) did.
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• #69
I've been using their BTwin SPD-SL cleats and they are better than the originals; really tough plastics used and have inserts of super hard but slippery plastic at front and rear of the cleat where they make contact with the pedal body.
The clever bit is the two part body lets you replace your cleat in two stages and keep the cleat in the exact same position.
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• #70
Yeah I've never had any shoes come with cleats
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• #71
Wot? For every brand of pedal in the market?
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• #72
Looks easier than the Look memory tab.
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• #73
There are no instructions to say thats what its for, just a translated response to a question in the review.
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• #74
No. They’ve been the shimano version so no use for anything else of course. But then I use shimano mtb pedals so no issue.
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• #75
They’re rebranded VP split cleats. Clever stuff that was likely originally an SPD-SL patent workaround... http://www.vpcomponents.com/product/vp-arc-sl/
Think @middleofnowhere has them