Clifton CC

willhub wrote:It also came with an acid filled bottle of Fanta.

Aha! The sense of humour is coming along nicely. What that be ascorbic acid per chance?

Rob wrote:

willhub wrote:It also came with an acid filled bottle of Fanta.

Aha! The sense of humour is coming along nicely. What that be ascorbic acid per chance?

I must find sources of Ascorbic acid though, wiki seems to sugest its an antioxidant like tea. Yes just looked on wiki at the ingredients of fanta and it does indeed have Ascorbic acid. Unless its bad for when doing hundred miles on a bicycle.

Actually young Rob "chips" is French for crisps. And they're double deadly if you get a scrunched up bit of one in the hole, what with their slimy fat factor and corrosive salt content.

Paul - did you take into account variations in wheel rim temperature as part of your calculations?

I need some help.

The current rear wheel on my bike should not have broke and at cycle heaven that guy called piers or something said he can warranty the wheels.

But what he proposes is they build me some new wheels for 25 quid.

Here is what it is:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/Cycle/7/Mavic ... 300004042/

and

http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/category/ ... -4500-8906

Now its just going to have normal silver spokes not bladed and close together.

The standard wheels where Shimano RS10 wheelset.

Does it seem worth it?? I have to call back in an hour.

If that 25 quid includes everything (wheel build, hub, rim, spokes) then that's a fair offer. The result will be more reliable.

Arthur wrote:If that 25 quid includes everything (wheel build, hub, rim, spokes) then that's a fair offer. The result will be more reliable.

I said I'd go with it in the end, took some convincing myself though, I was just worried it might slow me down due to more spoke that are not bladed and a few hundred grams heavier but I guess if I can average 20mph on my old bike thats too small for me which also had like 32 or something spokes and is a less reliable wheel and feels heavier then its going to make next to do difference (hopefully). On another forum I asked about this and a guy said stiffer more spoked wheels might even make me slightly faster.

When I got my bike Will I was obsessed with the weight of the thing but the guy in the shop quite rightly said the biggest weight issue is the person riding it.

If you can eat well, somehow get through Uni without pouring gallons of beer down your neck every night and do as much endurance pace riding as you can over autumn and winter you'll more than account for any extra weight you might have on your bike spokes and be well prepared to race fast next year.

Michael

I hope to account for the spokes and the extra weight way before next year, more like a couple of weeks lol.

Well the new wheels are on, and I think they are pretty good, the ride is nice and smooth and the speed difference seems nill.

I decided to take some pics of them, they where going to put silver spokes on, but I'm glad I asked for black ones as they go much better and I think silver spokes look cheapo if they are the standard round ones, but it really goes together well with the bike, I thought the new wheels would look crap with this bike but they look rather nice I would say.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v319/thehub/Stuff/

Whilst I'm at it, I'd like to link to the bike I used on the road for about a year, did like 1000 or so miles on this just on road :p

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/ ... C00379.jpg

Was able to keep up with some people on road bikes too proberbly because I was so used to it.