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Hiring a fast bike?
Tony Raven wrote:
Its rare to find even bike shops that sell road bikes these days - they are nearly all mountain bikes or hybrids You jest! Dundee's two LBSs have window displays that show this to be quite clearly not the case, at least in this part of the world. Pop down to Embra and EBC have a large and growing selection of road machinery, and just over the road are Velo Ecosse who specialise in road bikes. They're growing ever more popular year on year AFAICT, as MTBs become more specialised. Pete. -- Peter Clinch Medical Physics IT Officer Tel 44 1382 660111 ext. 33637 Univ. of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital Fax 44 1382 640177 Dundee DD1 9SY Scotland UK net http://www.dundee.ac.uk/~pjclinch/ |
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On Aug 1, 3:45 pm, "news.plus.net"
wrote: Hi, today on my ride home from work, I managed to beat my personal best average speed by 0.3 mph. Not a big gain, but I was pleased about it. I ride a touring bike, an old Harry Hall frame with mudguards, rack, 25c wide tyres, and had a pannier on one side. I have often been curious about whether I'd go +loads+ faster on a posh sporty bike, instead of a touring bike. I'm not so affluent as to go out and buy a posh sports bike just to try it out. So - does anyone have any experience of hiring posh sporty bikes? A quick google for 'cheshire bike hire' returns the standard mtb hire type things, but not a lot else. It's probably a silly query really, but I thought I'd run it past uk.rec.cycling to see what others thought. I suppose borrowing someone's bike would be another option, but I don't know anyone with a posh bike, so that rules that out. Thanks Jim Ask around at your local bike shops to see if they have any test bikes you could take out. I know when I was looking for a new mtb a few years back I got to borrow about 5 bikes from different shops. Some for an hour or two and one for a whole weekend. If you want to be bold you can even ask some bike companies directly to see if they have any test bikes they could send you, just fake out the ol' amateur racer line. I found the biggest difference between a tourer and full on race bike to be weight and stiffness and that these differences make the biggest impact on acceleration and climbing. I could pull away from the lights quicker, climb alot quicker and could really feel the difference in sprinting. On the down side, a stiffer frame meant a harsher ride, some race frames don't come lugged up for paniers or mud guards and those skinny arse wheels hate pot holes. I used to commute about 27miles into the office (not everyday) and rode a racing frame to help reduce ride times, but I wasn't carring anything more than two water bottles as I'd already taken 4 days worth of clothes in on the Monday morning. Try some skinny race tyres to see of they make and difference in your average speed. Do you ride in cycling shoes or trainers? |
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news.plus.net wrote:
I'm not so affluent as to go out and buy a posh sports bike just to try it out. Find somewhere that has demo bikes to try. In York, Cycle Heaven has Scott and Cycleworks has Look demo bikes that you can take out for the day. There must be somewhere in cheshire that does the same. Arthur -- Arthur Clune PGP/GPG Key: http://www.clune.org/pubkey.txt The struggle of people against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting - Milan Kundera |
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Peter Clinch wrote:
Tony Raven wrote: Its rare to find even bike shops that sell road bikes these days - they are nearly all mountain bikes or hybrids You jest! Dundee's two LBSs have window displays that show this to be quite clearly not the case, at least in this part of the world. Pop down to Embra and EBC have a large and growing selection of road machinery, and just over the road are Velo Ecosse who specialise in road bikes. They're growing ever more popular year on year AFAICT, as MTBs become more specialised. Pete. does seem to be popular at least in areas, i don't see many around where i've come from but then there is hills a plenty. while now living nr kingston there is very little to use a mountain bike on thus, most folk into bikes are seen with racers or such. roger -- www.rogermerriman.com |
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news.plus.net wrote:
So - does anyone have any experience of hiring posh sporty bikes? A quick google for 'cheshire bike hire' returns the standard mtb hire type things, but not a lot else. Jim Eureka Cafe at two mills have mention of bike hire on their web site and at the cafe. They have some posh bikes at the shop they have recently opened. Couldn't see any details on the web site but the phone nummber is there. http://www.eurekacyclistscafe.co.uk/ -- Andy Templeman http://www.templeman.org.uk/ |
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On 2 Aug, 05:45, "news.plus.net"
wrote: Hi, today on my ride home from work, I managed to beat my personal best average speed by 0.3 mph. Not a big gain, but I was pleased about it. I ride a touring bike, an old Harry Hall frame with mudguards, rack, 25c wide tyres, and had a pannier on one side. I have often been curious about whether I'd go +loads+ faster on a posh sporty bike, instead of a touring bike. I'm not so affluent as to go out and buy a posh sports bike just to try it out. So - does anyone have any experience of hiring posh sporty bikes? A quick google for 'cheshire bike hire' returns the standard mtb hire type things, but not a lot else. It's probably a silly query really, but I thought I'd run it past uk.rec.cycling to see what others thought. I suppose borrowing someone's bike would be another option, but I don't know anyone with a posh bike, so that rules that out. Thanks Jim Have you tried the bike shop on Frodsham Street Chester, Dave Millers, Claude Grimes on Delamere Street and also theres that shop on Boughton Road the Bike Factory that has connections with the Chester Road Club, last time I went there they friendly and helpful. If you don't live in or near Chester try the following link it lists bike shops in Cheshire. Good luck! http://www.cycleweb.co.uk/cntys/cnty-lsts/mid-ch.htm AndyM |
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in message ,
news.plus.net ') wrote: Hi, today on my ride home from work, I managed to beat my personal best average speed by 0.3 mph. Not a big gain, but I was pleased about it. I ride a touring bike, an old Harry Hall frame with mudguards, rack, 25c wide tyres, and had a pannier on one side. I have often been curious about whether I'd go +loads+ faster on a posh sporty bike, instead of a touring bike. You might talk your local bike shop into lending you a bike for a proper road test - they'll often do this if you leave your credit card in the shop as security. Alternatively, say where you are and how big you are. Someone on here might lend you a decent bike for a day, or swap bikes with you for a ride. Personally I am about 2-3mph faster on my 'good' road bike[1] than on my commuting bike[2]. This is not mainly because it's easier - my good road bike encourages me to work harder, because it's responsive and rewarding to ride it fast. [1] http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/alb...n/target0.html [2] http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/alb...n/target7.html -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ ;; When all else fails, read the distractions. |
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in message , Rob Morley
') wrote: In article , news.plus.net says... Hi, today on my ride home from work, I managed to beat my personal best average speed by 0.3 mph. Not a big gain, but I was pleased about it. I ride a touring bike, an old Harry Hall frame with mudguards, rack, 25c wide tyres, and had a pannier on one side. I have often been curious about whether I'd go +loads+ faster on a posh sporty bike, instead of a touring bike. It won't make a huge difference, assuming that you normally pump your tyres up and your current gearing suits you. That is definitely not my experience. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ [ Disclaimer: This is a work displacement exercise. Please feel free ] [ to reply either on or off group. Expect lengthy replies until the ] [ deadline has passed. Thank-you for your cooperation. ] |
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in message , Ace
') wrote: On Thu, 2 Aug 2007 12:10:46 +0100, "Clive George" wrote: wrote in message roups.com... I have several times casually looked into hiring road bikes for friends who fancy joining in the fun for a weekend, and like you have drawn something of a blank. I don't know if there simply isn't the market (anyone who wants to ride a road bike goes out and buys one, everyone else just want to hire something "simple") or if I'm just looking in the wrong places. Unhelpful answer - the bike shops near the famous cols in the alps and pyrenees rent out fairly good road bikes :-) As do those around here. As an aside, the "Tour d'Alsace" came along our road yesterday - looked to be quite a large event, but surely it won't be the same top teams as the TdeF, so soon after that finished, would it? Each of the big pro teams has a squad of between thirty and sixty riders. There will often be taking part in two or three races at the same time, and still have some of their squad resting. So although you may have a T-Mobile or CSC team in the Tour d'Alsace, it won't be the same actual riders as the T-Mobile and CSC teams in the Tour de France. -- (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/ Q: Whats a webmaster? A: Like a spider, but nowhere near as intelligent. |
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