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Have just ordered 3 DHB summer jerseys for £15. Can't really argue with that. I know some people say the quality on DHB stuff has gone downhill, but at that money I'd be happy if they're wearable and last one summer.

Wouldn't mind seeing a few of them thrown to the lions, tbf.

That said, I don't even know what Gove means by that. Shouting matches? Thumbs up/thumbs down?

Not sure if the Spesh figures include the top cap - the SL7 didn't (and now the SL8 does, which is why everyone lost their minds that they'd made it less aggressive when it was actually exactly the same). If those numbers don't include the top cap, it'll be really close.

Genuine Q: you really that anti-AXS? The XPLR version I've found perfectly good tbh. No, it doesn't shift quite as well as Di2, but it's good enough IMO and the ratios work well for the riding I do.

https://www.specializedconceptstore.co.uk/product/154706/2022-crux-pro/

SRAM and 54 only but 3k off.

Thank you. I didn't go today as yesterday our hot water tank decided it was a good time to spring a leak so today was mostly waiting on a plumber.

On it with the firing times but the links are helpful.

Good points well made.

Salisbury plain experts: is the Imber path usually accessible and not red flagged?

I've got holiday to use up and have booked Monday off. Thinking about revisiting Salisbury plain for the first time in a few years. Last time I didn't even check the firing times and obviously just got lucky. This time I've planned ahead and looked at the firing times; on Monday, there's firing on Larkhill / Westdown, Bulford and Warminster ranges.

Try as I might I can't find exactly where these are located, but was planning to pick up the Imber range path at Westbury, following it round to Netheravon, then seeing if I could loop around there then re-tracing my steps. Does that sound plausible? I don't want to waste a trip!

Thanks for any help.

I think the window of being able to buy new, higher end stuff for rim brakes is narrowing.

I can't see the next gen of Di2 stuff offering a rim lever, and honestly I'd be surprised if whatever Campag offers next in the Record-ish type of space has a rim brake option. Obvs, there will be spares around for a fair bit longer, I think the lower tier stuff probably has a while left, and it wouldn't surprise me if a small industry grew up from guys making backwards compatible spares, but if if I had a beloved rim brake frame that I wanted to keep running in perpetuity with high quality kit, I'd stock up on a few spare bits and pieces over the next year.

I know there are a few guys on a US forum who've got several full spare DA or Record gruppos sitting around for precisely this purpose.

Ditto wheels as well, if you want carbon. And anything mechanical at above 105 level.

Slightly OT, but I was hoping to find 12sp Chorus heavily discounted in the Black Friday sales, and would have picked up a rim brake groupset if there had been.

GE timing may well depend on whether or not Sunak goes for a damage limitation strategy (yes, I know...). I wouldn't rule out an election at the first hints that their vote share is trending up, in the desperate hope they can avoid a 97 style annihilation (or possibly worse).

A more interesting question is, after the surely inevitable and heavy defeat, do the far-right, 30p-Lee, Cruella headbangers totally take over, or do they move back towards more central ground?

TL/DR: Don't. It is absolutely awful - the worst bicycle product I've bought in years.

In full:
installing it is a pain, because it clogs valve cores. So you have to partly take the tyre off. If you then don't get the tyre to seal first time, the sealant will have gone jelly-like, and is ruined. You then need to clean out the tyre and start again.

Next, it doesn't work very well. It didn't seal the most basic of holes, and when I got the tyre off to put a tube in, I saw why: most of the carbon fibres had formed into little stalactites on the inside of the tyre, rather than dispersing.

I say 'most' of the carbon fibres, because the remainder clog your valves, and topping up tyre pressure becomes difficult, then impossible. I had to replace both valve cores in less than a month.

I think I threw out the stuff I have left. If I didn't and it's still somewhere in the garage, you can have it for postage if you really want to try it, but trust me - you're better off with pretty much any other sealant.

I'm glad that's off my chest :-)

My (probably naive) take was that Cameron saw a referendum as a lazy way of shutting up the ERG who'd been a right pain in his arse for years. He'd seen the Scots IndyRef, and thought he'd apply the same strategy. He assumed that the country would vote no comfortably (which iirc was consistently the polling), and he could therefore shut the issue (and the likes of Rees-Mogg) down for the duration of his political career, if not longer. Much as I can see how the prospect of getting the Eurosceptic loons to piss off really appealed, the problems were a) he irresponsibly made a bet which the country couldn't afford to lose and b) we lost.

I'm not defending him at all, btw - it was reckless and irresponsible - just offering what my reading of it was at the time.

I could be interested in the groupset if @DarrellNardo doesn't take it

Thanks. Looking to move from 5-6 times on the bike a week to 3-4 + 2 runs.

Bit of a newb question...

Looking to start doing a bit of (regular) running as an adjunct to the bike, mainly because:
a) The trainer is a bit dull 3x/week
b) The Ridgeway is (literally) 200m from my doorstep and would be a great place to get some running in
c) for variety

I've got no problem starting easy (my first few efforts have just been 5 mins jog/1 min walk for ~40 min, covering about 6k, with my HR staying - just- in Z2), but I am targeting a few big cycling events next year (going back to the Fred Whitton to beat a time, hopefully doing the Dirty Reiver for the first time).

I suppose the concern is that pushing the running aspect over the next 3-4 months may hurt the riding. What's been people's experience on this? Thanks, and like I said, sorry if dim/newb question.

I'd possibly be interested in the wheels if you do split.

I noticed this when I changed the bars on my bike a while back; it was quite hard to loosen the clamp, and when I reattached the levers, the bolt was a bit 'sticky'. I took the bolt out completely, sprayed it with WD40, scraped a few bits off with the end of an electrical screwdriver, and reinstalled it. It's not a big job.

I've noticed exactly the same thing on Pro stems over the years.

Mat at FDN (in the Lee Valley velodrome) is excellent IME.

A fun malapropism used by a work colleague today: "it's a movable beast".

28s are pretty much ubiquitous in the pro peleton now, and given many of these guys weigh >65kg, most will be running under 60 psi. You get rattled around less, so it might feel slower, but it's actually quicker on anything but perfect tarmac.

I can't argue against the idea that clinchers are cheaper and easier to install, but IME you get fewer punctures with tubeless, and the extra time taken to set them up is more than paid back over the life of the tyre. To each their own, ymmv, etc.

Some tyre/rim combos are much worse than others. The old GP5000 were notoriously impossible.

I'm a big road tubeless fan. I'm just under 70kg and usually run high 50s psi in 28s or low 50s for 30c.

In a couple of years solid use, I've only had 1 puncture which neither the sealant nor a dynaplug fixed at least well enough to get me home*. I've also got home a few times and found tell-tale spots of sealant where the tech has done its job and I've not noticed while riding. I've also enjoyed what seems to me a better ride quality. Overall for me they're just better. A touch more hassle on the initial setup, and a slightly greater chance of a flat you just can't fix, but the positives outweigh those things IMO.

The keys IMO are to run lower pressures (I find the AXS tyre calculator pretty good, and you don't need to go any higher), decent sealant (which you need to keep topped up) and carry a dynaplug.

*getting the tyre off and a tube in was an absolute bastard but it did happen (eventually)

Are the Campag parts compatible with each other? I lose track of which Campag gruppos can be mixed and matched and which can't!

Excellent. Thanks.

Can anyone explain why you can ride most of the Ridgeway west of the Thames, but the majority of the eastern section is considered a footpath? Apologies if this is a dim question.

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Penning (local MP: no interest in his constituents or the constituency whatsoever, votes with the Gvt 100% of the time no matter what the issue, hugely on the gravy train, and a fat, arrogant, sneering prick)