Cycling

[MJ2]

What a decent thing to do. Nice guy!

[spacehopper]

Very nice present - that frame has been a staple winter workhorse bike for thousands of cyclist over the years-

Get some drop handlbars on it and your laughing.

[spacehopper]

Looks in amazing condition as well

[Mr_Lovebucket]

It looks to be in great condition. I rode it at the weekend and it’s a massive improvement on anything I’ve owned before.

Off to the Lycra shop tomorrow.

[spacehopper]

Mamil ahoy

Just wait until you get upgraditis - you think hi-fi is bad !

[ThePurpleOne]

Bike ride - nice round trip to Pollen bakery for a sourdough loaf.

[ThePurpleOne]

Very tasty. Well worth the ride out

[nafaiutb]

Bike rides involving food are the best bike rides

[peterh]

What do people ue for navigating whilst cycling.Are the universal pouches that clamp onto handlebars into which a mobile phone is inserted any good or do I bite the bulet and spend £200 on a Garmin/Wahoo/Karoo thingy?

[nafaiutb]

I’ve used Garmin computers on road rides for years - they seem to work ok and can upload rides to Strava automatically if that’s your thing. If you do MTB I’m not sure I’d trust a phone mount.
If you buy last year’s model you can save a bit and you’re probably not missing anything important.

[defride]

Don’t know anyone who started using their phone and didn’t swiftly change to a dedicated unit. Depends what you’re doing. If it’s just a few social miles phone probs suffice, if you’re looking to do more the easy access to features like speed, distance & time over and above navigation is useful.

I had a Garmin for many years, was brilliant. When it finally died while wary of stories of Garmin issues I bought one and immediately had problems, found it buggy and sent it back within the month. Bought a Hammerhead Karoo, excellent, only thing the Garmin does better is battery, if you’re looking at + 9 hr rides on a Karoo you need some battery backup

[murrayjohnson]

Isn’t that what a dynamo is for?

[peterh]

Many thanks for the replies. I use a dedicated GPS for fell walking - same sort of argument really - the dedicated unit is the right tool - unfortunately it is too big and bulky for the bicycle. I am a touring cyclist - too old and heavy for racing (was never fast enough either!). I am persuaded I shall have to get spendy.

Thanks again.

[defride]

and so it starts

MVdP, Wout, Pidcock an outside chance. Tough day to start, reckon the GC won’t have enough to beat those motivated to take an early Yellow?

[defride]

Well, who’d have thought!? Team Yates!

[spacehopper]

That was some finish from the Yates brothers - a great stage so much better than that prologue nonsense.

I suspect this will be another mental three weeks of full-on racing. I love how these guys race nowadays it’s mad to think back to the days of the Sky trains.

[Deggie]

Great first stage , double congrats to adam / simon .

[spacehopper]

Brilliant shot of today’s stage winner by Jered Gruber

[Bolts]

Formidable!

[spacehopper]

He’s a great sport photographer Ben and chuffed for the Cofidis team as well 15 years is a long wait !