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Just a heads up for anyone doing this,

Rapha has just sent a email stating the route has indeed been changed due to very poor conditions on certain sections of the route and as they wanted the event to be ridden in the spirit of PR on road bikes they have amended accordingly..

A new route GPX file has been sent and no doubt new route cards will be supplied..

Regards

Morning all,

I actually have a place sorted for this years ride as a regular punter not from the RCC but I am trying to work out if it is even worth getting to the start line, looking at the weather for the coming week it looks to be a total wash out and having spoken briefly with a lad from work who lives near Hadley wood he says the trails in the area are boggy and water logged.. I was also told by a fella at Rapha at the start of March that this year's route will be taking in more "Grave" than ever before, which in turn looks to mean thick mud if the weather continues..

So if you have done this ride previous what was the course like?, I will be stuck with 25c 4 seasons which work great on hard pack or light wet trails but will be totally useless on anything resembling Epping forest as it is at the moment, I may have the option of getting my hands on a pair of Challenge Strada Bianca's but honestly I would like to avoid this...

Over that weekend I will be away and travelling a substantial distance to get down there on time for sign on, I am trying to work out if it is worth the trip or to get in a training ride where I will be located..

The obvious options is to use a Cyclocross/Gravel bike, sadly I no longer own one and my mountain bike is older than Jesus and in far worse condition....

Gotta love the weather in spring it can either be 20 degrees with bright sunshine or snowing, but that is the chance you take I guess with events this time of year....

Regards

Bit of "Banter" from Rhino regarding the Dark Knight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42VzXlIBaI8

Yep, just waiting for the knock on effect to bite, I just hope the brand does not fall into levels of depression that see's it for sale in Sports direct in 10 years...

Afternoon all..

Hope I am not taking the piss by puting this in general but I need a answer ASAP.

The long and short is i'm in Malaga west of the airport (Benalmadena?)( Sp) for the week and wish to get over to the routes that start off on the A-7000.

However I was totally unaware that there really is only two roads that head that way both have the signia of MA and blue signs. From memory and many years ago these use to be simple two lane roads but now resemble motorways.

Has any cycled in this region and used the MA21 route to get East??, I actually only need to be on that road a short distance of a few klm before I turn off and hit the hills..

I was heading that way today and coming off the N304a (fine for cycling) that leads onto the MA21 but thought there is no way cycling could be legal and there is fuck all signs.. My Garmin was a total waste of time, two times it calculated another route only for both to end in dead ends and still showing there should be a road???, (that will be for another thread)..

In the end I turned back and headed into the mountain range to the west of where I am staying so the day was not wasted but any assistance would be greatly welcomed and I would send copious amounts of Karma your way...

Tar

Right,

Trying to find this out whilst on the blower to a few bikes seems to be about as hard as getting the cure for an itchy ass hole...

To the good patrons of LFGSS, if someone can answer this I would be very happy..

Right is there a combined ANT+ and Bluetooth cadence speed sensor that is able to send both signals at the same time to different devises.

I have currently started on ZWIFT after a good few months of debating if it will be worth it and honestly with the shit weather the last few weeks I really feel it has done no end of good not just for my fitness but moral and the miles and hours have been flying by..

My ZWIFT setup is normally on a laptop that is tethered to a THREE sim in a android phone and a ANT+ Dongle running to the laptop. This works 100% fine but my THREE plan has a tethering limit..

I do have a older Iphone that works fine when I move the sim over and I set ZWIFT up on that but obviously the screen is tiny so I ran a HDMI connector into a old flat screen TV, again no issues with the setup and also this can give me unlimited Internet with my THREE plan as it is not tethered "BUT", The Iphone, as I am sure you know is BlueTooth only, all my sensors are GARMIN ANT+.

I thought it would be easy to just have another BlueTooth speed/Cadence sensor fitted along with my GSC GARMIN sensor but honestly it is a ball ache and I doubt it will be a long term solution.

What I really want is a do it all Speed/Cadence sensor that could at the very worst be used on the ZWIFT/Iphone set up when on the trainer and then with my GARMIN edge when I hit the roads.

The holy grail would be to have a sensor that not just runs ZWIFT on the IPhone with a BlueTooth connection but "also" allows me to have data on my GARMIN edge screen using ANT+ at the same time.

If there is such a unit what model is it???...

I have heard of people using a "bridge" to convert the ANT+ signal to BlueTooth but these all seem to be US products and I cannot find a UK suppliers that has stock, "CABLE" is one product that is spoken about. Also the 4iiii Heart rate monitor is said to act as a bridge but I am yet to see one or even ask anyone what it is like and if the claims are correct.

Anyone....

Ok thanks for that,

Expensive bit of kit then. It kinda makes sense it is a factory type bike as it did not look like something you would see on the regular shop floor of Evans...

Regards

EDIT:: Yep thats the puppy....

Easy lads,

No harm no foul..

I think I found the bike, thanks everyone for the input...

http://www.velonews.com/2015/06/news/spotted-lefty-fork-on-cannondale-gravel-bike_372532

This is far closer than the slate, the one at the show had a "Greener" paint job and I cannot remember seeing the Zipp wheels but I think it was a Custom SuperX...

Quirky bike, would love to take one out for the weekend..

You know what that could be the one!!!

Indeed possible, but the PJ was not anything current, I have in in my mind that it was looking more like the PJ from the current Green Synapse..

Unless it was a one off for a factory rider that did not want to look like a member of the great unwashed whilst tackling a gravel epic?...

I have been a plonker,

Went to the bike show earlier today and for no apparent reason looked on the Cannondale stand, it was free to look as I paid to get in.. And they had a bike setup used as it was dirty with a Lefty sus fork and Apidura bags...

The idea later struck me that of course I need another bike and I was going to take a wee then head back for a pic and to get details but I got caught up collecting swag and totally forget to snap a pic or get the model name and details..

A quick look makes me think it was a slate but the paint job from memory was very much more Factory Cannondale than what I can find online..

If anyone knows the bike I am on about can you post the name or at least what the fuck it is made from I.E frame model!!!...

tar,,

The issues I have seen personally with Stages tend to be user error, people not having good batteries or simply not having firmware updates, "or" the good old lottery of using a Garmin head unit.

The other reason I prefer Stages is that they have a wolrdwide dealer network and I travel a fair bit with my bike so that could be useful plus all my bikes both here and abroad run Shimano chainsets, the other option was something like the P1 pedals but honestly the weight penalty for me just is not worth it esp on mass you will notice.

Truthfully the reason I had not made the jump earlier was I was fully expecting power meters to have trickled down in price but obviously that has not really happened. Stages are still running at £540 odd quid although granted some places are cutting prices for the off season, I was fully expecting by 2018 that someone would have produced a viable alternative and marketed it at a £299 price point that would have opened it up not just to the experienced cyclist but the weekend warriors..

Funny enough I just had some money come in and I was in two minds as to what to do be it get a Stages or head to Majorca for a week, needless to say I just booked the flights for the end of March!!!!...

Regards

Regarding other units, from what I have read Stages seems to be the best overall unit bang for buck???, I have just come back to the UK from a major Property development so saying I am skint is a under statement, and I will never put anything on credit. I purchase when I have the cash..

Sadly none of the people I ride with in the UK have power meters and as most places offer a rental for £30 odd quid a month it is a viable investment to see if it is something I can use long term, sadly they only seem to only carry 172.5mm. As the Stages unit is the one I will be looking at it makes sense to attempt to use that model prior to purchase.

Regards

Morning all,

I am trying to find a store that offers Power meter rental, I have seen that Panagua Bikes offer stages rental but sadly the enquiry I put to them for a 170mm crank arm has gone unanswered, I "believe" they only offer a 172.5mm as a option after speaking with a guy locally..

The long and short is that I want to really build on a few solid years of training and I think a power meter is the way to go, obviously it is a hefty investment so I would like to get on one before making a decision. I currently run Ultegra 6800 but have been informed any of the Shimano Stages units are compatible.

Any options???,

Regards

NOW Sold...

Todays PM answered.

Final bump for the time being on this,

Cannot add much more other than Gearing which is 48T front and from memory 16 rear,

If no interest back into the cave it goes..

regards

Thanks Pal..

Regards

Give this a Bump, if no takers then looks like back to the workshop...

Should add the dimensions are legal for Lee Valley regarding BB and Crank length. From memory there was a fair bit of room to spare..

Now sold with many thanks

PM sent

Yep no Issues, is Black horse ok??

Regards

Sorry for any confusion it is cash on collection only, I require any purchaser to inspect any item I sell to make sure they are 100% happy before handing over any monies..

Regards

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