[Other Sport] Cycling geeks

[1066familyman]

Saddle and stem is always a good place to start.
Take them out, check over the saddle, clean up and re grease the stem, and see where that gets you.

Blimey SB, you are officially my cycling maintenance Guru!

There was indeed a creak coming from the saddle after all. Went ahead with a crankset test anyway by standing on the pedals in both horizontal positions and there's no creak down there.

I now have a creak free saddle, with grease in all the right places and the confirmation that I have an alloy 27.2mm seatpost that weighs in at 227g. Even put the clamp on the scales for fun too and that came in at 25g (with bolt). Will have a brief ride out tomorrow just to confirm that there's no creaks coming from anywhere else.

 

[Stat Brother]

Blimey SB, you are officially my cycling maintenance Guru! Will have a brief ride out tomorrow just to confirm that there's no creaks coming from anywhere else.

Let's just wait and see, shall we!

 

[Woodchip]

I've gone for 4 dirt cheap DS so I can try to pack my top 5 with a bit of quality.

 

[Woodchip]

You'll enjoy this one @Woodchip.

Alex Rodriguez $250,000,000 baseball player, has been caught with PED's.

They got him because even though only his code name was on all the evidence.
Just to make sure there was no confusion, they wrote (Alex Rodriguez) next to it

But don't forget it's only cyclists that dope.

 

[Woodchip]

By the looks of the warzone going on The Big Board I think it's time for another utopia picture

 

[Stat Brother]

By the looks of the warzone going on The Big Board I think it's time for another utopia picture

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There's always a bigger 'hill'.


Fantasy team closes in an hour, or so.

 

[Woodchip]

There's always a bigger 'hill'.


Fantasy team closes in an hour, or so.

Keeping with my original decision. Got a good gut feeling about this one (cue me getting the 10 pts for last rider).

 

[Stat Brother]

I'm certain I will have the entire event won by lunchtime.

I just had to swap 3 pointers but other than that I doubt I'll have to touch my team

 

[Glanders]

Is it the one on the a41 near Tring? I grew up right by there (riding for the Hemel club). Apparently there's lightning times to be had there.

Yes, I think so. Sounds like a couple of miles of flat, that dirty great downhill and then 3 or so flattish miles out to turn and back again - sound familiar?

Rode up to that neck of the woods (bishopstone) to visit some friends yesterday and there weren't any lightning times to be had then - six hours of headwind... An irritating overnight change of wind directon after a week of raging south westerlies!

 

[Glanders]

Blimey SB, you are officially my cycling maintenance Guru!

There was indeed a creak coming from the saddle after all. Went ahead with a crankset test anyway by standing on the pedals in both horizontal positions and there's no creak down there.

I now have a creak free saddle, with grease in all the right places and the confirmation that I have an alloy 27.2mm seatpost that weighs in at 227g. Even put the clamp on the scales for fun too and that came in at 25g (with bolt). Will have a brief ride out tomorrow just to confirm that there's no creaks coming from anywhere else.

Just my tuppence worth, but I've often found the qr skewers to be a particularly fruitful source of mysterious creaks. Lost count of the number of times I've stripped/tightened/regreased/replaced headset and b.b. bearings only to rediscover the magical restorative powers of tightening one qr or the other....

 

[Stat Brother]

Just my tuppence worth, but I've often found the qr skewers to be a particularly fruitful source of mysterious creaks. Lost count of the number of times I've stripped/tightened/regreased/replaced headset and b.b. bearings only to rediscover the magical restorative powers of tightening one qr or the other....

Oh yes, t'is annoying.

 

[1066familyman]

5 minutes left for fantasy transfers.

A decent last hour and half of coverage to come too. I'll post a link nearer the time - 11.30am start for us on coverage.

 

[1066familyman]

Just my tuppence worth, but I've often found the qr skewers to be a particularly fruitful source of mysterious creaks. Lost count of the number of times I've stripped/tightened/regreased/replaced headset and b.b. bearings only to rediscover the magical restorative powers of tightening one qr or the other....

Nice one, that'll be my first port of call then if I still have the creaks. Not been out yet this morning, still wallowing in the joy of my boys match being called off so I can be at home to watch Tour of Qatar after all

In other news, I know who'll be coming last on our fantasy league for stage one today, and for once it won't be SB. Teenagers eh?

 

[Stat Brother]

Nice one, that'll be my first port of call then if I still have the creaks. Not been out yet this morning, still wallowing in the joy of my boys match being called off so I can be at home to watch Tour of Qatar after all

In other news, I know who'll be coming last on our fantasy league for stage one today, and for once it won't be SB. Teenagers eh?

You'll be a freakin mess come July, when you're watching 'proper' cycling!

 

[1066familyman]

Here we go, five minutes until coverage starts:

Al Jazeera Sport Global - Sport News (L)

 

[Pantani]

Three groups on the road, Cav at the back of the last group 1:30 down on the leaders. That is 38.3 wasted credits for today.

 

[1066familyman]

Three groups on the road, Cav at the back of the last group 1:30 down on the leaders. That is 38.3 wasted credits for today.

Thomas in front group, EBH in 2nd group.

I took Thomas out for EBH right at the last minute

Oh well, points for Roulston hopefully as he was in the 3 man break apparently, along with Dempster and Martin Velits.

Edit: I also swapped Veelers out for Haussler too

 

[1066familyman]

Mind you, gaps are slowly coming down. 1st and 2nd group might come together for the finish?

 

[Pantani]

Mind you, gaps are slowly coming down. 1st and 2nd group might come together for the finish?

I should think so, Cav's only hope is that they slow down once the two are back together. Cannot see it though, the other teams won't slow down to let the best sprinter back in to it.

 

[1066familyman]

I have Rollin in this 4 man front group, but I doubt they'll stay away.