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[chadders15]

i was a bit late joining this thread
got that bike a year and half ago lol
campag is the way to go lol
i find steel and ally comfier but the carbon has the performance that i like
go like a rocket on it
ahvent yet crack the 50mph barrier at only 47mph on it haha

[alicetheauto]

I personally dont like the Boardman helmet for the fit. I am sure it is a good helmet, but it fits funny and looks a bit ugly
Try a Met helmet, I find they are a similar fit to the Boardman stuff, try the grey one Halfords sells (cant remember its name offhand), about £27.
I got a free bike this week! A bike frame out of the skip (saracen Xray), as well as v brakes, 8speed cassette, mech, levers, shifter (rear only)chainset, bashguard!! A whole bike! Is sooo heavy, but I dont need to leave my £2k timetrial bike locked anywhere now, I worry more about the £35 lock than I do the bike!

[THE ANORAK]

I personally don't like the Boardman helmet for the fit. I am sure it is a good helmet, but it fits funny and looks a bit ugly

well i have a funny shape head and this was the only one that fitted nice and did'nt actually look too bad on me, maybe i'm the funny type they designed it for

but yeah, i will look at the others again, thanks

Edited by THE ANORAK, 24 April 2009 - 08:26 PM.

[AndrewJ530]

actually that's quite neat, thanks for the pics

No bother .

ahh thats a bit of a pain andrew.
I hate (scuse me) pricks that are inconsiderate. He obveusly didn't mean to do it, so why didn't he stop and see if you were ok?
When i get nocked off, one of the lads from the club stayed with me and all the other guys went after the car, they made him come and say sorry and pay for my new wheel

No idea, must just be one of those prick drivers. Oh well, i'm still here that's what counts lol.

As if the lads did that, that's class :)lol.

[AndrewJ530]

Well rode to work on tuesday again. Luckily i wasn't hit again but i did see the guy who did it drive past me.

Anyway, got up to 30 mph on a flat straight piece of road (with a hint of a tail wind, hint beng quite an exageration really, wasn't particularly windy at all).

I thought that was pretty good being on a bottom of the range road bike and the fact i have only been riding into work twice a week since february. Kept it going for about a mile aswell which was even better because then i know it wasn't just a spurt of power from a quick downhill section lol.

Thanks,

Andrew

[THE ANORAK]

30mph is good going on the flat

i was over in stratford today and popped into the big halfords to check out the boardman cycling clothes. well i decided they were no better than the halfords cheaper brands so i bought their own brand shirt and some Polaris shorts, taking advantage of their buy one get one half price deal. the shirt colours go well with the bike and the shorts seem fine, but the next ride will tell....



whilst there i was looking through the bargain bins and found this saddle for just £15 !!!!

it's much better than the one i have, much smoother and firmer so for that price i thought I'd give it a go, at the very least i will be able to eliminate that "shape" and at best i may have a comfy saddle at a bargain price



also got a couple of their cheap bottles on a buy one get one free deal, so all in all not a bad shop from a place thats usually next to useless

[alicetheauto]

We aint all useless, you just havent found the right store.....

[camp freddy]

We aint all useless, you just havent found the right store.....

which one do you work in i'll have to pop in !!

[alicetheauto]

I work in the store opposite abbey park, on a sunday and monday evening (normally, when I aint laid up with a reaction to antibiotics ). Upstairs on cycles....

[THE ANORAK]

just to report back... the £15 bargain saddle is a big improvement. it's not like sitting on an armchair or anything but the shape is better, it's a lot firmer and a lot lighter as well.

it's a huge improvement on my original one, after 25 miles I'm usually uncomfortable but on this one i was just beginning to feel a bit of....... "pressure" ?

it's also a lot more compact when your streamlining down the big hills.

I'll see how it goes long term but it's a big step in the right direction.

too cold to try the new clothes though

Edited by THE ANORAK, 03 May 2009 - 11:49 AM.

[AndrewJ530]

Good to hear that your a**e is feeling better .

Need to get some meat on you so you can wear your new clothes lol.

[THE ANORAK]

I'm busy trying to lose the meat, not get more

to be honest it was right on the point of being warm enough to wear them but with out psychic powers i didn't know which way the weather was going to turn

oooh, it was windy though

another point worth making, the cheap £2.99 BOGOF water bottles from halfords are really quite good. i had bought some HIGH5 bottles the other week at twice the price but found the spout to be a bit leaky. the cheaper ones are great and you can get six for less than a tenner

Edited by THE ANORAK, 03 May 2009 - 05:13 PM.

[AndrewJ530]

Sorry, when i say meat i mean muscle lol.

On the note of bottles, i need a new one too. I've broke the giant one i got with me bike (think i was a bit rough when putting the top back on). So yeh, i need a new one. Will probably get a second holder aswell if the BOGOF offer is on up here.

Thanks for the tip craig.

Andrew

[Timtom]

i just buy Evian 'sports bottle lid' jobbies.. last forever.. cheap.. and you get it full

I brought one when i brought my bike its still going strong

[THE ANORAK]

talking of cages, i see that halfords are doing those old classic style ones at the moment, the ones with the little yellow spindle things...



i've used these in the past and they are really good but i couldn't find them when i bought the bike. saw them in stratford yesterday but their not cheap at £6.99 each but still worth it i think

they have silver and black ones. i will get some soon