'Dale Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 You guys are making me nervous. Like jcza, I packed my bike on Sunday, with 50mm wheels. I am 95kg. Will I be ok? Just stay in the drops as much as possible especially with sidewinds.And relax your grip on the bars.And hide in the bunch like a top GC contender. :-)
'Dale Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Be hyper vigilant up and down Chappies...Seriously swirling gusts!
porqui Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Will be looking for all those over 90kgs - GREAT windbreakers - with my 67kgs I just get sucked in right behind you can't help it. I think a LOL is in order.
Edition 507 Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Call me a poefter, but I'm using my flat wheels on Sunday. I hate the gusts down chappies with deep sections.ok, you a poefter. G... 1
koukie Posted March 7, 2014 Author Posted March 7, 2014 I think the OP is worried about the wind that's been predicted for Sunday........50km/h >That is correct, not to worried about performance. I got the extra wheels with the bike and they look so cool and are a tad lighter than the standard GIANT wheels. But I guess I will rather leave them at home. I think I might go for the 50mm at the back and the standard wheel on the front.
TALUS Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 Will be looking for all those over 90kgs - GREAT windbreakers - with my 67kgs I just get sucked in right behind you can't help it. I think a LOL is in order.Occasionally we eat rich, spicy food to maintain our magnifent physiques - watch out for gusts of winds... eddy, GaryvdM, LOOK695 and 1 other 4
TALUS Posted March 7, 2014 Posted March 7, 2014 ...oh and at 67kg steer clear of arguments. LOL GaryvdM and madbradd 2
andretraut Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 I'v got a choice between 404 tubbies and 404 clinchers!
Ozzie NL Posted March 8, 2014 Posted March 8, 2014 I started at 103kgs. Currently 84kgs from cycling. I remember your pain, tough on the climbs but super fast downhill. You will be fine on the hoops, just watch on Chappies decent and Suikerbossie Decent. Oh of course the start line for some reason the wind howls through that piece. Hmm have actualy ridden and been shredded by GaryvdM. Have a feeling all the okes dishing out the good advice might well be well off the big mans pace
G... Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 You guys are making me nervous. Like jcza, I packed my bike on Sunday, with 50mm wheels. I am 95kg. Will I be ok?Hi Gary Just wanted to find out if you were ok on those 50mm? Wind was very gusty in places, you finish safely?
splat Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 There was a guy in my small bunch coming down Chappies with Zipp 808's.It was almost comical seeing him tuck in, lean and prepare to take the left hand bends and then just move sideways across to the RHS of the road and almost totally miss the turn.The guys sitting directly behind him weren't as amused and I think their shorts required extra attention in the laundry.
GaryvdM Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 Hi Gary Just wanted to find out if you were ok on those 50mm? Wind was very gusty in places, you finish safely? The 50mm hoops were scary. In particular one side gust we got in Camps bay, I was leaning about 20 deg into the wind. I think I handled it well, and finished safely, but I will bring both a shallow, and a deep section front wheel to the next Argus.
Waynehans Posted March 10, 2014 Posted March 10, 2014 See Christoph Sauser wasnt scared of deep section rims!!!! LOL
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