bikemonster

You cannot even begin to imagine how disappointed I was when I sat down to watch a DVD that I bought from CUM. Weirdest seduction I ever managed, is all I'm saying!

Let's keep religion out of this thread, shall we? It's better that way.

...only now they're back! Well, I guess that settles it. She can't have been a virgin after all.

Fixed it for you. No need to thank.

I greet everybody who is on a bike, because they are facing the same dangers, challenges and (potentially) joy as I am going through. And yes I mean everybody, kids, labourers on wheezing, squeaking things with taco-shaped wheels. Hell, even MTBers! And I greet walkers and runners because, like me, they are also out exercising.

No, it's not all true. There's an awful lot wrong with our government, but to pick an obvious one, ZA is not the least numerate and literate country in Africa. A government official may be ugly. They may be hideously ugly, but it's irrelevant to their performance. The nice thing about getting on top of a popular soap box though is that your arguments are not evaluated critically, because your audience is so enraptured with your point of view. This little bleat from Ms Cliff is no different in that regard from JuJu's calls for nationalisation. Useless cock sockets the pair of them!

Oh god. That it comes to this. Social commentary from a man who is every bit as useful as a cock flavoured lollipop.

You'll also need a new rear wheel, or at least re-build your wheel to take a different hub with freehub, because the 7 speed gears screw onto the hub body, and the 9 speed uses a cassette which slides on with a lockring. You'll likely find that the economics don't stack up, and that you would be better off buying a new or good second hand bike that is already set up with 9 speed.

You may want to re-adjust your definition of "fit"!

According to the Sheldown Brown gear calculator, your setup should have you doing around 72 km/h at a cadence of 120, or 60 km/h at a cadence of 100. Changing your blade from 53 to 54 is slightly less than a 2% change, so from a cadence of 100 to a cadence of 98. It looks like the answer is that you need to work on your leg speed.

My son invented combining PB with salami when he was about 4 years old. He assures me it's delicious...I remain unconvinced.

As ever, an interesting quote from you, Johan, and almost as ever, one that contains something that yells for a question: why? I don't have a fierce opinion backed up waiting for your response, I'm just interested to know why you hope Shimano do not move to cartridge bearings?

That is so-o-o-o-o unfair! It's prolly the wisest thing I've said in my entire life.

Of course I'm just some wise-ass on the Interweb, and free advice is always worth igzackerly what you paid for it. If you're serious about your cycling - and from the loopy amount you've been training I can only assume you are - get a coach. Somebody who can understand your goals and capabilities and come up with a suitable training programme based around something better than the idea that more = better. In my experience as a weekend warrior, quality of training is at least as important as quantity, but it's always easy to up the quantity. Good luck.

I think I see where you're going wrong. Training is all about stimulus (the training) and response (the way your body rebuilds during rest). In other words, the resting is as important as the time on the bike/in the gym. Ride less, rest more. You'll be healthier, and most likely faster too.

Congratulations! You've just earned one of these... http://www.bbea.ws/WHOOSH2.gif

Good grief! But if you don't see your time against a whole bunch of strangers' times, how do you know whether you're having fun? And what do you find to whinge about? :shakes head in utter disbelief: Funny, funny man!

No. Somewhere after pg 1 this thread degenerated into "But why-y-y-y-y-y-y-y-y?" It's not the first time somebody has made the "topwhine" joke. Still funny though.

I think that the post count dig had more to do with the fact that somebody with a low post count weighed in, out of the blue, without a link to the offending thread and just started pontificating. cbrunsdon's comment was perhaps a tad naughty, but as internet criticsm goes, it was pretty gentle. And just to be clear - each post on the Hub has to stand or fall on its own merits. You can be a cycling god and post total balls. A post count in the gazillions does not indicate quality. Oh, and the KCNC CHAIN GUY REFERRED TO EARLIER got torn a whole new one...no need to comment on post count there! Let's not take any of this too seriously, shall we? It's not as though it matters.

A very long time ago I used to be a member of a US-based motorcycling mailing list. As you may or may not know, some US states require motorcyclists to wear a crash hat, and some don't. From time to time there would be an outbreak of internet fury over "principle". Most agreed that they should wear a crash hat, but objected "in principle" to being mandated to wear a crash hat. Principle shminciple.

Elaborate please?

Geez Louise! Will this thread never die? Membership costs R250 pa. That's considerably less than a single tank of fuel. About the same as: 1. Entry level bike tyre...or 2. An OK meal out for you and a ladyperson...or 3. Most of a PowerBalance magical pixie dust bracelet...or 4. About 17 Gu sachets...or 5. One entry level cycling shoe It's really not a lot of money. MTFU, pay it over, see your results and stop whingeing you big girls' blouses!

And let's not forget, he rides it competitively, and is not a fun rider. Judging by the poor spelling, ALL CAPS, lousy layout and run-on sentences I am getting an image of somebody bulging out of a wife-beater shirt while 'roid rages causes the veins to stand out on his neck and forehead as he beats the keyboard into submission. But I could be wrong.

The Bianchi every day of the week. The Silverback is, in all honesty, prolly at least as good a bike to ride. But we don't only ride our bikes. We also look at them, polish them, fuss over them and venerate them. Sad bastards that we are. Only one of those bikes would make me grin like an idiot...and it's the one that had better be coloured celeste, and should deffinly have a Campagnolo gruppo!