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Their is and big difference lightweight doesn't necessarily mean that the helmet is week!
Take and helmet of 150 grams and one of 500 grams the one of 150 grams has way more ventilation and lighter weight on your head means that it is easier to keep your head up and focus on the road.The one of 500grams is heavy and keeps your head down, witch means you see less of were you are going!
500g for a helmet. We are talking bicycle helmets here and not those steel things we had to wear in the "skietgat" in the army.
I have never had the need to weigh a bike helmet, but I bet that there won't be more than 100g between a heavy one and a super light one.
When I started cycling I wore a makro helmet that cost R65.00, I shortly upgraded to a decent Bell. The Bell is far more comfortable, but I never noticed any weight difference
'cmon..............how much weight difference is there between the lightest helmet (not helmut) and the heviest helmet? Will that weight difference really effect your performance? Will you even feel that weight difference on your head?
Buy a helmet that gives you the most protection and forget about weight.
People buy second hand for one reason only and that is to get a bargain. I wish sellers would realise that. No-one will pay R18 000 for a 2nd hand bike when you can get it new for R19 000.00.
check www.obike.co.za
They are the official importers for GT, they have some massive bargains on their bikes. You choose the one you want and they will send it to your bike shop in Durban
Jan Ulrich. He is proof that even us fatties can compete at the top level.
I think a rider at this level will be able to win on any brands top spec bike. It's misleading for a beginner to think they need a certain brand because people are winning races on their bikes. You need to find a bike that suits the kind of riding you want to do, as well as fits your body. Before shelling out, try to go on a demo day and ride as many brands as you can.
...And this is the proof that a great rider will be able to win on just about any old thing.
Eugene never said that you need a certain brand, the original post asked about a particular brand. Eugene merely stated that if Volcan was good enough for 2 top riders, then they are good enough for everybody else.
Top riders will win on anything, but we all have a choice of which brand we like and if the author of this post wants a Volcan, he can buy one.
Ja, same like Trek when Lance was winning on it. Makes me wonder id everyone will buy Raleigh if the pro teams used it?
When Microsoft and later MTN won everything in sight on their Raleighs, everybody did buy Raleighs. The only reason people stopped buying Raleighs is because Probike thought they were clever and started increasing their profit margins to the point that Raleighs were just plain expensive. Even though they realised their mistake and dropped the prices, the reputation of being godd quality at good prices was gone.
Maybe they need to sponsor another pro team and try to get some of that reputation back. That is unlikely though, it seems that Probike is putting all their effort into Scott now that Scott seems to have some sort of ownership of Probike.
Did anybody catch the ALpen Tour on Supercycling last week. What amazed me was that the majority of the riders (probably 90% or more) were riding on 26inch Hardtails. Has the 29er craze not hit Europe or do their pros know something that ours don't?
You could count on your one hand the number of full suspension and/or 29ers that were there.
What about the guy that has just coughed up R2 900 for a stem. Surely a bike with an expensive stem like that must be faster than a bike with R250 stem.
I have heard from numerous sources (a few of them on the Hub) that Trek's aftersales service in SA is absolutely shocking. I've only heard good things about ASG (the Pinarello importers)
I can't view the video, but there are certain things that should never be carbon fibre and a chain is one of them.
Mavic Aksiums or Shimano RS10 or RS20 wheels. They are in your price range and give no problems.
I didn't check the link, so I'm not sure what it is about. My question about this whole Saga is that Contador was found with a performance enhancing drug in his blood. He claims that he got it from eating contaminated meat.
It was also said that the amount in his blood was so minute, in fact it was way below the minimum level.
If it was below the minimum level (and this has never been disputed), why are they trying so hard to find this guy guilty? Why do they even have a minimum level, if they totally ignor it when trying to sanction him.
Check out the new Ride magazine. They have reviewed 3 hardtails under R10 000.
Shimano invented the Sti. Whilst in it's development phase they heard that Campag were going to send some spys to copy their designs, because Campag did not have the technical expertise to design a brake lever/shifter in one.
As Shimano is always one jump ahead, they quickly designed a red herring for those spys. A sort of cheap version, something to catch Campag out.
Well, one night, the spys broke into Shimano's design centre and took photos of the red herring. The spys sent the photos to Campag who copied the design and launched their very own shift/brake system they called the Ergo Lever.
The CEO of Shimano sent the boss of Campag a letter. He stated and I quote "You call our design the Ergo Lever, we are going to call it Sora."
By the way, I have a Centaur groupset which is no better or worse than the 105 I previously had (just looks nicer)
Ok............so everybody agrees mechanical discs are rubbish, but what is it that they do or don't do that makes them rubbish?
It is never broadcast live. It has something to do with TV rights.
If I'm not mistaken, there is some USA network that has exclusive rights. That's why the anouncers at the start/finish area who spend the day shouting in to a microphone are American.
It has nothing to do with DSTV.
There is no way that you will save 1kg on the wheels alone unless you are going to fork out R30 000 plus on a set of Lightweights (the brand). The cheaper, heavier wheels come in at about 1.9kg (probably what your Giant brand weighs) and a really light set (that mere mortals can afford) will weigh in at approx 1.4kg. Wheels in this weight range include Mavic Kryium SL (about R7 500), Easton EA90 (also R7 500), American Classics R6 500). If you really want a good value for money light wheels, consider the Shimano RS80. They weigh just over 1.5kg and sell for about R4 500. Chris Willemse Cycles had them on special for R3 200 not so long ago. There are plenty of other wheels out there. These are just some of the better brands.
Considering all the stuff you have included in your bike's weight, it is already quite light and to try and shave off more weight is going to start costing you.
If you want to save weight by upgrading your groupset, consider going for Sram Force. It costs about the same as Ultegra and is much lighter. Force will cut about 500 grams off your current 105 groupset and Ultegra will only cut about 200 grams.
The cogs at the back is called a cassette. All Sram and Shimano cassettes are interchangeable.
Shafted by Gumtree plonkers.!
in The Bike Room
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A work colleague is in the market for an off road caravan. He found one on some website for R120 000, the seller had posted some pictures of the caravan. This was, according to my colleague, a reasonable price.
He came accross the exact same pictures of a caravan on Gumtree that was for sale and the selling price was R43 000. The only difference in the pictures was that the one showing the number plate was not on Gumtree.
He emailed the seller, who claimed to have immigrated to the UK. The seller on Gumtree claimed that the caravan could not be viewed, however, upon payment of R43 000 it would be delivered to him.
This d*is on Gumtree obviously took the photos of a caravan from another site and then tried to shaft any potential buyer.