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Hannah from HH is selling an XS planwet frame in black for £300. Less than a year old and perfect for an Umpa Lumpa.

Alpinas are nice but crazy $$$

I think they're cheap, need 'em when producing 2000+ Watts for standing starts :)

I'm just about to order one of these in a large, i am just a scrape under 6"5. Does anyone have any advice on what stem length to go for?

I'm 6"5, I have a 140mm stem due to the top tube on the PX being 58cm but feeling shorter.

(Just spotted how old this thread is)

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£24 delivered and nice looking too.

800g of frame flex :)

It'll be ok if he's only producing 800w's.

I thought it was a marketing tool for a well known crisp maker.

How can we book? I can only see taster session gift vouchers which I presume require booking at some point.

You'd be talking only 5rpm or so difference, so not a huge difference.

There is a DF3 on eBay at the moment. Too small for me unfortunately.

If you had the cash to splash: high end steel or a carbon frame?

For posing or racing?

Lucky for you, well read. A win is a win...

I thought man 2 was running out of steam or was planning on closing the gap just before the derny pulls off and go for a long run. Idiot.

I thought the Alpina's were cheap for full carbon, about £50 more than the NItto's. They are great but not as strong, for standing starts they are better, normal riding or posing then the Nittos are fine.

I'm 6'5" and they work well for me!

The make is Alpina by Dolan.

http://www.brookscycles.co.uk/velodrome-shop/handlebars-and-handlebar-stems/alpina-caron-track-bars.html

33s take some getting used to, especially when out of the saddle and standing starts but they are great. No matter how wide your shoulders are :)

power cleans, starting them this year myself

I started them earlier in the year. My main issue is getting my fingers under the bar and elbows up when I catch it on my shoulders. Which turned out to be tight lats, so get stretching regularly (daily). I do forearm, lat and shoulder flex stretches.

If you've never cleaned before, book a few sessions with an Olympic lifting coach, they are really technical. I did even after years of 'proper' weightlifting.

That's not too bad considering the DF3 is £999.

If you get a coach to help with functional weight lifting, make sure it is a strength and conditioning coach with olympic lifting experience. A personal trainer can go from bicep boy to PT in a few months.

Good for her. I've had back problems since I was a teen so I'm back at 30kg. That should make you all feel better. Unless of course none of the big man crew here are going deeper than parallel.

Always arse to grass.

If it's only 30kg because of a 'serious' back issue, then why waste your time? It'll be more beneficial and much safer doing some single and double leg presses.

I feel good, thanks.

70kg squat is a bit flimsy - if you really want to strenghten your legs you should be startting your winter weight training about 90-100kg and aiming to imrove in 5 kg increments till you 'top out' in March. A good improvement would 100 to 135/140kg.

Deadlifting is also very good but watch your back!

Watch your back?

Get some decent gym coaching from a strength and conditioning coach who can give you great form from the start.

As for 100kg squat - my girlfriend can do that, man up.

Get a proper track coach, you'll go faster and won't spend every 5 minutes second guessing your training plan.

Carbon is the new steel, move with the times grandads.

Of course, silly me.

Yes, yes it does.

You need to relax, maybe a snickers?

Thread is titled 'track sprinting' therefore you should be using a Prologo scratch.

Which Prologo scratch, as there's about 7!?

Excellent :-)

If you need a hand with anything, let me know.