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I'd take the c'dale stem if you don't mind! Pm

Dibs Aksiums please

Used your link, cheers.

Here's mine if anyone wants to insure their stuff:
https://laka.co.uk/r/YFXHA

Unlikely 3rd!

That was the way I was leaning, just the bike with electronic group sets at the same price or less made me wonder.

LFGSS, please help me blow half my savings!

I'm hankering for a new road bike, I've only ever bought 2nd hand and want something new. I currently use a CAAD12 for all my riding, which is commuting into London, Sunday club rides, racing crits and turbo training. I'd like a bike for good weather, something carbon with aero wheels, that I can occasionally race on and leave on the turbo during the winter.

Budget is around the £3k mark and I'd like to be able to get a power meter too as I'm currently on a dumb turbo with estimated power for TrainerRoad. I have a few bikes in mind.

Canondale Supersix Evo - 2019 model comes in a just under £3k with Etap

Advantages - Etap, massive discount and in budget, could probably add the extra quarq spider for power
Disadvantages - A bit boring looking, might want to buy more aero wheels in the future, only ever owned cannondales, too similar to caad?

Specialized Tarmac Expert 2019 model comes in a £3,600

Advantages - Looks amazing, paint is awesome, 50mm carbon wheels
Disadvantages - Mechanical gears, expensive, will have to wait to buy a power meter

Canyon Aeroad - Currently in the sale at £2.6k for mechanical ultegra or £3.5k for di2

Advantages - Options on the groupset, aero wheels, aero frame, just add PM for a great bike that will last for years
Disadvantages - Bit mamil

I thought getting my thoughts down might help me make a decision but no! I'm sure i'd be happy with any of the above but want to make the right decision. What would you do?

Sounds great!! Pm incoming

Looking for some replacement forks for my CAAD12, rim brake version.

1 1/8" to 1 1/4" tapered, 45mm rake

Any leads or advise where I might find some?

Dibs cassette, PM

Dibs RS10

No worries, cheers!

I'm looking for a wheel for turbo-ing, if you'd split?

Just after the wheel, cassette and tyre.

Yup, grew up in LC but left in 2013. Stumbled past those bike locks many times between the orange tree and TJs. Good times!

Possibly one of the more normal things seen on Leicester High Street, least it's secure!

Yeah, fair enough. I get told off for turning the heating off on turbo mornings, otherwise it's too hot!

On a moving train would be good, always wished I could do exercise during long train journeys. Or in airport lounges, why don't they put gyms in airports?

Anyway, panic over, turned the phone on and no more vibrating!

That's pretty cool, wish I had a garage/shed to train in, not sure my girlfriend would let me get away with that in our kitchen!

Similar to what I was using, I just need a better place to put my phone (if this one survives) as I was only wearing bibs.

Stupid thing is I keep everything in a ziplock bag when riding outside.

This morning I did an hour on the turbo and thought it was a good idea to put my phone in the side of my shorts to listen to music. Now it won't stop vibrating, presumably due to water(sweat) damage.

Phone is now in rice. Note to self: buy wireless earphones.

Pm

Sounds like great progress.

If you don't feel like a deload, don't bother, as long as you feel fresh and the lifts are safe. I only tend to deload when I miss a lift more 2 weeks running, feel my form is slipping or am really run down and I just drop the weight by ~10% for the week. This maybe happens once in 6-8 weeks.

Lmnh or rapha would be great for me

I've been doing nsuns531 4 day for just over a year now, alongside commuting just over 50km a day 3 or 4 days a week and a club ride on Sunday, hitting around 300km weekly.

It's certainly a lot to do and I find recovery difficult, it's always going to take a few days to recover from a double bodyweight squat (#boastpost), but I think the cycling helps. I didn't cycle for a week a while back and DOMs were worse than ever. Here are a few tips to get both the best out of gym work and weekend riding:

Try moving the program around - I do the squat day on Monday and move the rest day to Friday to allow my legs to recover for my Sunday club ride.

When you don't feel fresh, treat commutes as recovery rides..

Get a foam roller and stretch, 5 mins in the evenings work wonders.

Get plenty of sleep.

Form completed.

I would say that the way that I use supplements, it just offer a cheap and convenient way of hitting my desired macro split but I only supplement protein and use creatine.

If you've never tracked macronutrient and calorie intake before, I'd suggest giving it a go. You don't necessarily need to do it for more than a few weeks but it should give you a good idea of what makes up what you're consuming and why you might want to supplement. Try an online TDEE calculator for a general idea of what you should aim for and try myfitnesspal for tracking.

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