Slow Bike

[Garfield2010]

I have a 5 year old full carbon road bike. It really feels as if it has become slow over time. No I am not slower as my MTB and TT have actually picked up. Sometimes I actually struggle to stay in the group of a fun ride even when slipstreaming!!!

 

Are there any specific things I should look out for like wheel bearings etc or is the new bike technology just catching up on me?

 

Is there anything I can do like get better wheels etc?

[STRADA]

Difficult to say,

 

Could be bearing / hub needs servicing.

Brakes rubbing?

tyre pressures?

 

Wont hurt to check out the hubs / bearings, etc

[Garfield2010]

Difficult to say,

 

Could be bearing / hub needs servicing.

Brakes rubbing?

tyre pressures?

 

Wont hurt to check out the hubs / bearings, etc

 

Thx

[walkerr]

Difficult to say,

 

Could be bearing / hub needs servicing.

Brakes rubbing?

tyre pressures?

 

Wont hurt to check out the hubs / bearings, etc

 

Check out the BB too - I know, they're also bearings ....

[Wil6]

I struggle again when riding on my Road Bike.Each year after the Trans Baviaans and training only mtb throughout the winter, I think I'm going to kill on the road bike, being 5kg lighter then my mtb, but ekt my gat gesien with the first 100km road race I did!Must be the intensity you train with.Long slow training or fast short training

[Joe Low]

I struggle again when riding on my Road Bike.Each year after the Trans Baviaans and training only mtb throughout the winter, I think I'm going to kill on the road bike, being 5kg lighter then my mtb, but ekt my gat gesien with the first 100km road race I did!Must be the intensity you train with.Long slow training or fast short training

Like he said. I did TB and thought I'd cruise a road tour I just came back from. Looks like i "trained myself slow" as another Hubber put it as I suffered for a lot of the 500+kms.

[STRADA]

Check out the BB too - I know, they're also bearings ....

 

[Garfield2010]

What is BB's?

 

Ball Bearings?

 

Gonna take it to the LBS and ask the oke to "fasten" my bike.

[walkerr]

What is BB's?

 

Ball Bearings?

 

Gonna take it to the LBS and ask the oke to "fasten" my bike.

 

BB = Bottom Bracket

 

Just having mine replaced with a shiny new Chris King one ... which of course is going to make me way faster, to justify the spend

[Garfield2010]

WTF is a bottom bracket? The thing through which your pedals go?

[STRADA]

also could be cassette or free hub, maybe....

[HDW]

Thats it. Google it, and then check the images

[Manx18]

Whatever you fit, make sure it's red. Red is faster!

[walkerr]

WTF is a bottom bracket? The thing through which your pedals go?

 

Your crank shaft runs through it where all the tubes meet.

[STRADA]

Whatever you fit, make sure it's red. Red is faster!

 

[Garfield2010]

Your crank shaft runs through it where all the tubes meet.

 

So it is inside the frame? The part in which the combustion shaft and the modular rotor connects?