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madmatt

madmatt

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Think rider looks like a copy of wahoo to me. Have you tried Halfords for the tacx? Tredz is owned by Halfords group so they might honour NHS discount

Yes you will need a cassette if you buy a tacx they come with the wahoo.
 
mrs mtx

mrs mtx

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Location
Pembrokeshire
madmatt said:
Think rider looks like a copy of wahoo to me. Have you tried Halfords for the tacx? Tredz is owned by Halfords group so they might honour NHS discount

Yes you will need a cassette if you buy a tacx they come with the wahoo.
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Is a cassette pretty standard or are there different ones depending on your bike
 
madmatt

madmatt

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Ok you can take the cassette off your bike if you want to. U will need a few basic tools and there are loads of youtube vids. Failing that you can buy another all you need to know is weather you run shimano or sram gears and the size of your smallest and largest cog at the back. I am guessing you probably run 11-32 cassette

Had no experiance of elite trainers but have read good things. Might be worth searching it on youtube to see if gcn or some one else has done a review.
 
mrs mtx

mrs mtx

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Location
Pembrokeshire
madmatt said:
Ok you can take the cassette off your bike if you want to. U will need a few basic tools and there are loads of youtube vids. Failing that you can buy another all you need to know is weather you run shimano or sram gears and the size of your smallest and largest cog at the back. I am guessing you probably run 11-32 cassette

Had no experiance of elite trainers but have read good things. Might be worth searching it on youtube to see if gcn or some one else has done a review.
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Thank you.
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Langma Advanced 2 Disc (2021) | Liv Cycling UK

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This is my bike! It’s beautiful :ROFLMAO: would you mind finding me one that fits please :facepalm: I’m so lost with all this! I’m thinking once I’ve ordered stuff I’ll ask next door to fit it for me 💁‍♀️
 
madmatt

madmatt

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mrs mtx said:
Thank you!
Just went to order and Halfords won’t deliver :facepalm: I also can’t go and collect as it’s ‘non essential’:banghead: I’ll just have to keep running in the rain for now:ROFLMAO:
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Your not having much luck, it seems ridiculous its classed as non essential if anything its encouraging you to stay at home!
 
Boomerang

Boomerang

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help needed , I currently ride giant cypress, an old sit up and beg thing. I want to upgrade,but what to ? I do back road riding, dont do main roads ,odd bit of off road tracks maybe 85_90% road rest off., (it's flat where I am ,ignore avatar)
Ride varying lengths but often 30 miles, 45 miles some weeks do 40 miles others 100.
Ride purely for pleasure /fitness.
Not sure what to get. But not an out and out road bike, no need for a mountain bike.
But another hybrid ? Or one of these gravel type.
Then flat bar or drops? not sure I want, need, arse up head down.
Steel ,carbon , aluminium frame ??
Is carbon worth it , steel too heavy ??
Ive no idea. .
Budget £1500 to £2000 for right bike . Hiking and biking is my thing, so thought it time I treated myself ,to a decent new bike,.
Comfort is important, my bike weighs 14.5kg, what's a good sensible weight to aim for ,the bike not me . As you can see I've no idea what to do .
1x or 2x gears , is 1x too big a gap after what I'm used to.
Any help would be appreciated.
 

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Boysground

Boysground

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Wiltshire
Not sure I know enough to recommend a bike, but 2k will buy you a cracking machine. I think you are going to have to try a few bikes to see what is most comfortable for you.
At that price most bikes will be full carbon, I expect you could loose the best part of 5 kg weight from your current bike. There are some very good aluminium and steel bikes in that range.
These days lots of bikes are built for endurance/ sportive riders they are for people who are more recreational and fitness riders and you are not as bent over as a full on race bike
I wouldn’t get hung up on drop bars being too much, the biggest advantage is they give different positions you can use during a long ride which will add to comfort
Look at gearing probably a compact with a double front chain ring will be perfect
There are bikes that are built to give suspension with mechanical or by using different layers of carbon. I expect the most popular is the specilized roubaix with its front damper. I do have a thing about the Trek Domane which is supposed to be very comfortable and is often marketed for light off road and looks great in red
These days new endurace bikes tend to take much bigger tyres. The domane comes with 32 mm tyres which are great for light off road without a large impact on speed most will have 28mm tyre


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Wuffler

Wuffler

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Location
Northumberland
Blimey, where to start!
Actually Bg has given you a few good starters. ;)
I too ride for pleasure and fitness in the main with the odd daft competition inbetween but...
I have five bikes and each one of them serves a different purpose for me.
Two summer road bikes, with carbon fibre frames, 7kg.
A winter road bike, a sturdy aluminium framed hack fitted with mudguards, permanently.
A CX/Gravel bike for daft trails on/off road.
And a MTB...for the down and dirty stuff.
...therein lies your problem!
My advice is go down to your LBS and have a chat!
 
Boomerang

Boomerang

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Wuffler said:
Blimey, where to start!
Actually Bg has given you a few good starters. ;)
I too ride for pleasure and fitness in the main with the odd daft competition inbetween but...
I have five bikes and each one of them serves a different purpose for me.
Two summer road bikes, with carbon fibre frames, 7kg.
A winter road bike, a sturdy aluminium framed hack fitted with mudguards, permanently.
A CX/Gravel bike for daft trails on/off road.
And a MTB...for the down and dirty stuff.
...therein lies your problem!
My advice is go down to your LBS and have a chat!
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Thanks for advice ,
But why do you need two carbon summer bikes? Wouldn't one do .?
Also why cant you ride your carbon bikes in winter?
7 kg is very light , out of interest , what brand are your bikes, all the same ?

There are too many different brands ,types,to choose from , a bike is no longer a frame and two wheels , it's much more sophisticated than that.
 
Boysground

Boysground

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Mixed Farmer
Location
Wiltshire
n+1 is the key equation, the translation is you always have a at least 1 more bike than you need :ROFLMAO:
Lots of people have a winter bike setup its really one with mudguards and probably tougher tyres, some say that salt isnt great for carbon and its best to save the expensive summer bike for the good conditions. Its more common to see mudguard mounts on carbon bikes now.

I only have one bike which is carbon and it puts up with everything no problem, if the weather is really rubbish it just gets put on the turbo trainer.

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Renaultman

Renaultman

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Arable Farmer
Location
Darlington
SIABOD50 said:
help needed , I currently ride giant cypress, an old sit up and beg thing. I want to upgrade,but what to ? I do back road riding, dont do main roads ,odd bit of off road tracks maybe 85_90% road rest off., (it's flat where I am ,ignore avatar)
Ride varying lengths but often 30 miles, 45 miles some weeks do 40 miles others 100.
Ride purely for pleasure /fitness.
Not sure what to get. But not an out and out road bike, no need for a mountain bike.
But another hybrid ? Or one of these gravel type.
Then flat bar or drops? not sure I want, need, arse up head down.
Steel ,carbon , aluminium frame ??
Is carbon worth it , steel too heavy ??
Ive no idea. .
Budget £1500 to £2000 for right bike . Hiking and biking is my thing, so thought it time I treated myself ,to a decent new bike,.
Comfort is important, my bike weighs 14.5kg, what's a good sensible weight to aim for ,the bike not me . As you can see I've no idea what to do .
1x or 2x gears , is 1x too big a gap after what I'm used to.
Any help would be appreciated.
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I would go for a Cyclo cross / gravel bike if you like the road bike riding position. I can do anything on mine.
 
Luke6930

Luke6930

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SIABOD50 said:
help needed , I currently ride giant cypress, an old sit up and beg thing. I want to upgrade,but what to ? I do back road riding, dont do main roads ,odd bit of off road tracks maybe 85_90% road rest off., (it's flat where I am ,ignore avatar)
Ride varying lengths but often 30 miles, 45 miles some weeks do 40 miles others 100.
Ride purely for pleasure /fitness.
Not sure what to get. But not an out and out road bike, no need for a mountain bike.
But another hybrid ? Or one of these gravel type.
Then flat bar or drops? not sure I want, need, arse up head down.
Steel ,carbon , aluminium frame ??
Is carbon worth it , steel too heavy ??
Ive no idea. .
Budget £1500 to £2000 for right bike . Hiking and biking is my thing, so thought it time I treated myself ,to a decent new bike,.
Comfort is important, my bike weighs 14.5kg, what's a good sensible weight to aim for ,the bike not me . As you can see I've no idea what to do .
1x or 2x gears , is 1x too big a gap after what I'm used to.
Any help would be appreciated.
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A gravel bike would probably be alright although it depends whether you see any mud at all or not, a hybrid bike maybe better as it will be more comfortable as you wont have the handlebar's so low down which may make longer rides more comfortable. Carbon is good and light and will withstand most impacts but make sure you don't cheap out on carbon frames as they will snap very easily. Aluminium and steel is cheaper so will get you better quality parts on the bike. On the 1x and 2x topic a 1x will make shifting easier especially if you look at something with a large cassette like a 11x or a 12x and will be easier to maintain than a 2x as well as lighter if weight is important. Building your own bike may also be a good idea if you have the skills as the parts will be cheaper than pre built and you can make the bike to your spec. All that said i have always ridden mountain bikes so don't know it all about gravel and hybrid bikes
 

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