by -Adam- » Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:50 pm
Ok, so while i accept what your saying marco, i also agree with robh.
thanks everybody who has answered the actual question.
Jim B - im quite fast, but by no means a pro, and never will be. I am 19 and ride a dark grey trek often in a 2004 usps kit on a sat morning, tho now at uni in l'pool so not around so much.
Kevin, which issue of procycling was this article in? i dont recall seeing it and i have almost every one for the past 3 years! have seen some of those vidoes, that are quite interesting...
David, thanks for your advice. The websites are useful though the weight weenies one is absolutely (to quote that so called commentator duffield) bursting at the seams! have you got any closer to deciding which wheels you are going to get, or are you going to spend the money on the other 'stuff' advised!?
Matthew, i have a just over £2k carbon bike, and i quite often get to the top of box hill 1st and wait for 2-3 mins for people on heavy (and even lighter than my own) bikes!
Other than that, im young, fit and realisticly, should get fitter for the next 5-8 years...
so why sit on the start line of a race riding a bike that could be slower than the guy next to you? isnt it as much a pshycological effect as a real one?
if i was a person who didnt race, i could take the point a little bit easier. but i do, and i dont want to be handicapped by 'lesser' quality equipment. i eat well, i train well (i think, though i do have several friends who study sports science that bombard me with advice).
anyways, i dont mean to rant (back). thanks for all of your viewa anyway.
cheers,
adam
p.s marco, without wishing to sound rude... who are you!? i know your the moderator of this site etc... but i dont think ive ever met you or know of you?