Laz I have some Shimano double sided spd/flat pedals that do a great job. Mind you, on the e-bike I installed a set of big mtb flats as the pedals it came with were slippery in wet conditions.
Shamelessly hijacking this thread to say I did a pretend solo Ironman yesterday and am physically and mentally ruined. Pretend because I did the swim in the pool and run on a treadmill. Made the cutoff times. Total time 14 hours 40 minutes. 9600 calories burned. Currently having a burger for breakfast. Never doing that again.
Why would you do a pretend one if you're not training for a real one? Though arguably it's not gr8 prep for one. Don't say to say I done one, because pool and treadmill most definitely don't count. Good effort though. My actual IM took me 14h25m so I can empathise with the shift.
I'd say you'd find a real one easier now. They are not meant to be pleasant, you're now in no doubt about that. Ultimately they are about mental toughness and doing it in a pool/treadmill is mentally harder than with other competitors and crowd etc. Just pick an "easy" one and avoid sea swims.
I’m thinking of buying a Specialized hybrid, partially because I like the oxymoronic branding but also because when our riding with the kids I’d prefer something that allows a head up stance, I’d quite like to have secondary brake handles fitted on the ribble racer so that when I get tired of the drop handlebar position I can sit up but still actually use the brakes. Did I mention it’s got a kickstand too? Oh but the extra weight the extra weight give over sun I weigh thirteen and a half stone, if I don’t have a shit for 24h I retain more weight than the kickstand adds.
Kickstand! I don’t think I’ve thought I’ve needed to park my bike upright since I was 9.
As well as non-cleat pedals and a kick-stand are you going to put those tags that used to tie bread loaf packets at the top in your spokes to finish off the look, or will you add a ding-ding 🔔 to your handlebars too? Shopping basket on the back maybe? I’m sure Ribble would oblige
"who on earth puts a luggage rack on a racing bike"
It rather depends: for longer audaxes (i.e. over 400 and over) I stick Restrap (https://restrap.com) on the Domane. But then audaxes are full of the middle bit of the Venn diagram of beards, middle-aged blokes, bike-lovers and CAMRA. And they all used Carradice.
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was out on it this morning sun
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Need to swap the pedals out for normal platform ones. Leisure riding in cleats is for show ponies.
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So is leisure riding.
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quite the opposite sun, that’s literally diametrically wrong
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Got some superb kit off Ali Express. Have you tried it?
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No, links welcome.
Looking forward to watching amstel gold highlights while on the turbo later.
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Have a look at YKYWbike attire. Yes it's a mouthful (as the barrister said to the shopgirl) of a brand name but I can attest to quality and fit.
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Just get yourself some SPDs laz and you can have the best of both worlds.
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Is this a thread about Laz fishing?
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Laz - my Ribble was spec'd with pedals that are SPD (MTB cleat) one side and flat the other.
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what jelly said about double sided pedals - but do it khuntsyle with crank bros double shot 3s
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I like the double sided pedal idea
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Ot get some of those Sambas with cleats in
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Where does all this bike interest come from?
If we go back 20 years, I don't recall people talking about high-end road bikes or aspiring to own them
So this is a relatively new thing
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This reads like ai talking to itself.
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Much has happened in the last 20 years. Pull up a chair
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Laz I have some Shimano double sided spd/flat pedals that do a great job. Mind you, on the e-bike I installed a set of big mtb flats as the pedals it came with were slippery in wet conditions.
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Shamelessly hijacking this thread to say I did a pretend solo Ironman yesterday and am physically and mentally ruined. Pretend because I did the swim in the pool and run on a treadmill. Made the cutoff times. Total time 14 hours 40 minutes. 9600 calories burned. Currently having a burger for breakfast. Never doing that again.
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I think I would lose the will to live running that far on a treadmill. Thought a mate of mine was barking when he ran a marathon on a track.
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Ribble
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Why would you do a pretend one if you're not training for a real one? Though arguably it's not gr8 prep for one. Don't say to say I done one, because pool and treadmill most definitely don't count. Good effort though. My actual IM took me 14h25m so I can empathise with the shift.
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Yep defo don’t count fully aware of that. I thought I might do a real one and didn’t want to fail publicly. I now know I couldn’t do a real one.
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I'd say you'd find a real one easier now. They are not meant to be pleasant, you're now in no doubt about that. Ultimately they are about mental toughness and doing it in a pool/treadmill is mentally harder than with other competitors and crowd etc. Just pick an "easy" one and avoid sea swims.
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I’ve got Candy 7 pedals. MTB cleats.
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Soz that’s Crank Bros.
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14 hr 25 is good for a first iron man.
My first was 13hr 56 so can empathise with the amount of effort yours would have taken.
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good effort tbf pinko
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I’m thinking of buying a Specialized hybrid, partially because I like the oxymoronic branding but also because when our riding with the kids I’d prefer something that allows a head up stance, I’d quite like to have secondary brake handles fitted on the ribble racer so that when I get tired of the drop handlebar position I can sit up but still actually use the brakes. Did I mention it’s got a kickstand too? Oh but the extra weight the extra weight give over sun I weigh thirteen and a half stone, if I don’t have a shit for 24h I retain more weight than the kickstand adds.
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as a great bike blog I once read said: not having a kickstand is fine for purists provided they’re the kind of purist who likes bikes falling over
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Kickstand! I don’t think I’ve thought I’ve needed to park my bike upright since I was 9.
As well as non-cleat pedals and a kick-stand are you going to put those tags that used to tie bread loaf packets at the top in your spokes to finish off the look, or will you add a ding-ding 🔔 to your handlebars too? Shopping basket on the back maybe? I’m sure Ribble would oblige
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No I won’t do any of that. who on earth puts a luggage rack on a racing bike!
But, absolutely every time I park my bike I want to park it upright.
I’d like a proper touring bike with panniers tho for a different type of riding ofc
See you on York Hill
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You're welcome:
https://www.vannicholas.com/touring-bikes/deveron
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"who on earth puts a luggage rack on a racing bike"
It rather depends: for longer audaxes (i.e. over 400 and over) I stick Restrap (https://restrap.com) on the Domane. But then audaxes are full of the middle bit of the Venn diagram of beards, middle-aged blokes, bike-lovers and CAMRA. And they all used Carradice.
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