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[Leon103]

My work runs cycle to work. It's no where near 42%. I wish it was

The money comes out before tax and NI. so either 32% or 42% depending on your wage.

 

[samale]

The money comes out before tax and NI. so either 32% or 42% depending on your wage.

I must look into it again. I bought one a good few years back. The savings then was very good but it changed for some reason.

 

[samale]

 

[samale]

Great watch. This is on one of the climb's in Donegal.

 

[samale]

Great watch. This is on one of the climb's in Donegal.

@Pennine this is the hill's we will take if you visit Ireland

 

[Leon103]

Great watch. This is on one of the climb's in Donegal.

A guy I know, ex pro is going for the world record this year.

 

[Galena]

A guy I know, ex pro is going for the world record this year.

One or two ex pro's have tried and failed. Good luck to him.

 

[samale]

It's a massive challenge

 

[samale]

Mamore gap is perfect for the challenge. He has a good pod cast out as well. He talks about the preparation and mental strength required to get him through it.

 

[Leon103]

Mamore gap is perfect for the challenge. He has a good pod cast out as well. He talks about the preparation and mental strength required to get him through it.

Yeah watching that video you could see it was perfect road. Not sure what traffic is like there but apart from the blow out and a bit of wind it seemed perfect conditions.

Having the right location is key to getting the record.

Ed laverack is the guy going for it. Does loads of YouTube and one the British hill climbing championship.

 

[Pennine]

@Pennine this is the hill's we will take if you visit Ireland

That was a great video, pretty intense hill it just keeps getting harder and harder. I'm in for a ride, need to train a bit though.

 

[trummy]

Very good - but being a grumpy miserable git I could have done without the music.
I am intrigued with the choice of handle bars., obviously lighter, more aerodynamic and can probably get more leverage on them so seems a good choice. The question I ask is why do road bikes nearly always have drops? You hardly ever see the drops being used. I changed our tourers to flat bars with bar ends replicating his bike in a a low tech, low cost sort of way. (One main reason I hasten to add is we ride trails and off road nowadays as the roads are too busy - so more control.
The other point is he chose not to go with discs, I think that made sense -lighter weight, more aero but sacrificed a little braking peformance (which would have probably caused more tyre degradation anyway.)

 

[Galena]

Drops are better (imo) for road riding as they offer you more positions, you can ride on the hoods, on the bars or on the drops so gives you more chance to move around for comfort. You say you don't see many people on the drop, that is because for 'general' riding they are probably the least comfortable of the three positions, also on the hoods is more aero if you keep your arms flat. The drops though offer much more control and I would not want to be anywhere else on tight bends especially on descents. Also in a bunch sprint you have no business being in any other position from a safety point of view.

From the point of view of the video, I have only watched a little, but he will I imagine be on a specialist lightweight hill climbing bike where every gram that is of no use is got rid of. The drops are quite a bit of weight saving and not much use whilst climbing, and as I doubt he had any fast tight downhill bends to ride, no use for them.

 

[samale]

I use the drops going down hill. It gives better control plus it's easier to use the brakes

 

[Leon103]

Yeah I use the drops more than ever. Most likely after being in them more during zwift.

For the hill climb he would be stupid to go for disc. Too much weight and he only needs to brake once.

Hill climbing bikes are usually around 5 - 6kg and those guys weigh every component.

 

[samale]

That's the decent on mamore gap on the windy side. That side is a harder climb. The boy in this clip has bigger ball's than me. That's a scary decent

 

[samale]

Your on the drops the whole way

 

[Leon103]

That's the decent on mamore gap on the windy side. That side is a harder climb. The boy in this clip has bigger ball's than me. That's a scary decent

Looked ok until he overtook the car. Not a big fan of that. Seen a mate do it at 50mph. Let him know what I thought when I caught up

 

[samale]

It's not something I would do. Far to dangerous

 

[trummy]

I guess those that responded are the more serious road cyclist on here.
I have read articles by cycling Doctors that drops prevented fatigue with different hand positions hence different body positions - not convinced that it makes that much difference.
Going downhill the more aero obviously the better - but the guy in the vid had more aero and lighter bars than drops.- Re control, I have never felt anything could better straight bars whether roadcycling, cycle camping, downhill MTB, or riding my motorbikes!
I can understand the safety aspect of using drops in road races, less chance of entanglement.
The guy chose the correct bars for what he did I think and if I ever bought a high end bike something like those bars would be the choice.
As an aside the bars on the wifes electric hybrid bike were wider than the MTBs or both of my motorbikes! Not so now I cut an inch and a half off each end.


Re Mamore Gap descent - Brilliant - would have I overtaken the car? now, probably not, twenty years ago pretty sure I would. Overtook a couple on the descent of Bealach na Ba some 35 years ago. (Its the adrenaline rush thing that does it, (or did)
When I go electric and am still fit enough I would like to do the Applecross circuit again - the right way round this time.