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Sounds like a case of severe sour grapes, tell the LBS owner to stick his bike where the sun don't shine, as you don't need that sort of attitude on what is not even a club ride. Seeing as the rides are not on closed roads I'd be inclined to rock up every now and then purely to humiliate, and if...

Then it would be a Vendetta.;) Dunno if I'm convinced TBH. People say that a higher seat angle helps climbing, which it does up to a point at the expense of aerodynamics. But with this bike the seat angle is 28 degrees which ime is not a whole lot different than the 20 degrees of the V20...

1) With good reason, 60 billion animals a year die needlessly, do immense harm to the environment and is a contributing factor to the leading killer - heart disease. Nothing to do with the gospel or preaching, just science. http://www.cowspiracy.com/facts/ 2) Not spinning no data like a...

I could ride no Low Baron no handed. Albeit on a flat smooth road.

TRP Spyre's are the way to go, I think a few of us on here have the Spyre's fitted. Go with a 160 rotor on the front and 140 on the back. Be advised though that the 140 rotor on the back is very tight against the frame. You may (as I did) need to file away about 1 mm from the weld in order for...

What annoys me even further is the smoke and mirrors that the meat and dairy industry use in order to further the attitude that it is okay to eat meat. Organic, free range, humane slaughter, a load of rubbish if ever there was. Meat is still meat, meat still contains near enough the same amount...

Cool, the converts do say that the best front mech you can have is no front mech. The spacer which was used was just a standard spacer that comes with the chainset.

I take your point regarding his triglycerides and cholesterol that I was over enthusiastic with my wording. However:- His average of 230 is 10 points below the level of 240 which most would consider borderline high, and his values in 2012 and 2009 are 'high'. His 'bad' LDL has risen more than...

It was on an audax about eight weeks ago going up a 10% hill, that I experienced what it means to have a poor choice of gearing on your bike. I was running a 52/36*11/28. I had a pair of power tap pedals fitted and reviewing my data just now I was doing an average of 293w and an average cadence...

http://www.dietdoctor.com/health-markers-eight-years-lchf The above is the first link that Google threw out after I googled 'Low carb high fat blood results' You'll see that Triglycerides have gone up, and the persons Cholesterol is extremely high, whilst the 'good' cholesterol has gone up...

It's in the OP Sprocket, the Isle of Wight.

It's laughable, the whole 'recumbents can't climb hills' truly is a lot of rubbish. As Mike Burrows - designer extraordinaire and recumbent racer - once said 'Bikes don't go up hills people do, the only thing a bike will do is go down a hill.' Superb effort, well done, and good to see your...

If what you are after is speed then buy the Vendetta. There are some people that don't get on with the headrest and seat, because of the shape of the headrest and the lumber support on the seat is less pronounced then what is on other recumbents that have a hardshell seat. Searching these...

Ratz, with respect I see two flaws in the above:- (your post 55) i) The first is that you are training with HR rather than power. IME heartrate can fluctuate depending on previous day's training, temperature, and diet. For example if you have a 'bullet proof coffee' for breakfast then this...

Good video, also shows the aero advantage of riding a recumbent. Based on my own experience I'd say Billy was putting out about 250 watts ish, maybe a bit more to be doing 24mph. I don't think yours got above 200w. Nice job again.:)

I have three pairs of Sidi carbon shoes. One is MTB for commuting, the other is a road shoe, and the last is another road shoe which is specially made for a Speedplay pedals so it has a four bolt config on the bottom of the shoe rather than the usual three. All three pairs are super...

Looks a bleak day for it, keep going Larry et al.

The conclusion is pretty much what is expected. I can see the benefits of a high fat adapted diet during an endurance race. However for me during training it's a no no. Taking diet and nutrition out of the equation essentially what you are talking about with an endurance effort, is exactly that...

Yep, that's another option to look into. I don't think the Q factor would be noticeable TBH.

Shimano XT, the BCD is 104/64. The chain ring nuts slightly rub against the stay. I've ordered the Q rings and will probably fit them at the weekend. I may file a mm or so from the stay or look at repositioning it on the boom so it is ever so slightly moved over to the non drive side. EDIT: Or...