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What are you thoughts on wahoo cadence sensors if currently I can’t afford a crank arm power meter?

Yeah agreed if the one size fits all approach did work then we would all be running the same sized bikes. 🙈

100% agree. Most low and mid range bikes come with shitty wheels.

No shit

I get it but, just feels good

I doubt very seriously that if you blind folded the average cyclist, they couldn’t tell the difference between a carbon sole or a thermo composite one.

Yeah spot on, flexible shoes would only just kill your feet, + creases look awful

Completely incorrect.

First time I've ever heard the word "effortful"

dirty reiver is northumbria, not scotland; although it nudges the scottish border most years.

I have a place at Dirty Reiver this year 😉 doing the 200

But you will need cleats right?

Studies shown pulling up does squat

fantastic show guys, and very informed views. cheers

You should have a look at the Dales Divide. Around £90 for 600km over a weekend.

Did he stay awake whole night 😂

How is this bike fit advice?

Another bunch of youtube crap. Its not clear what is meant no is either mentioned way correct. Correct is scratching the bottom like a chicken. Ask Grev Lemond and be quiet.

Why you gotta do just one tip per part?? Are you purposefully trying to drag it out to have 10 parts??

Having raced on the bike since 1980 TT and road racing I’ve seen a massive change in the sport Sportive’s used to be called reliability rides and cost £1:00. TT is still a good value for money event and now is the only cycle event I do club events are even better value and plenty of them and easy for beginners to enter I used to also do a few running 10k 1/2 marathons and maybe it’s me being a Yorkshire lad but the price of some events nowadays seem a bit steep but loads of club events at a reasonable price and park runs are even better as they a free great for us pensioners 🤣🤣🤣🤣

The only one I do regularly is the Tour de Mǒn in Anglesey as it’s a UK holiday island we make a weekend of it as a family. I just go off on my bike on the Sunday 😂

Sir you talk way too fast. I didn't understand anything.

the gravel rally 2 day timed with nine timed segments race long to day out on the bike

More powerful doesn’t mean more efficient.

I was booked to do the Struggle Dales Sportive last year, add accommodation etc, it worked cheaper and better to go to Spain and have a weekend there instead plus you have added bonus of better weather and roads, so I did that instead. Plus, like Dan said, you can just do the route or similar without a company involved

Good video Saddle sharp matters for sure

I enjoy some early season sportives, as a target to maintain good diet and training routine heading out of Christmas along with good training before a cycling trip later in the year (Mallorca etc), being in the north west the velo29 events work well for me.

Be interested to know your thoughts on time trialling.

I can't be doing with paying to ride on sportives that are on open roads I can ride on anyway for free... especially in The Peak District.

Great video I wax my road and gravel bike to keep things clean Mtb still using a wax oil drip

Nobody thought this.

How do you study pulling up as a technique? Okay buddy now do something who haven't been doing, and try really hard, even though you dont really know what you're doing. WHAT ARE YOU DOING BRO....THAT ISNT WORKING ...See...no Pulling up exclusively, very subtly, and training that way for a long time, is the way to go👍

Is anyone else more confused now?

This isnt bike fit advice tho

I think you're spot on about road safety, notable increases in accidents in recent years. Also, the conditions of most roads in the UK means most roadies are basically doing gravel anyway

We still have quite a few sportives in Scotland - I think a big appeal for these is closed roads for the event with lots of other cyclists - I'd love to do a few of them but I don't drive so the overall cost of doing them is restrictive (and even getting there can be tough as the trains only allow a certain number of bikes).

What about Audax. You get a GPX route to follow, a group to ride with and it costs between £5 and £10. There are plenty of them spread around the country, so always one’s local to you and you can ride one every week if you want and are prepared to travel a bit. I’ve ridden loads of them, mostly 100k’s, but a few 200k’s as well.

Your spot on its the cost accommodation if the events are far away it really becomes expensive I used to ride the wiggle and cycling weekly sportives between 2014-2024, and to be honest, you need a gravel bike for the roads their appalling surface plus I feel much safer away from the roads on gravel now, lucky I'm in the South Wales forests to ride. Great content as usual.

You’ve explained ‘the spirit of gravel’ UK Road Sportive is dead, too risky for large companies now I think. For the first time in years I considered doing a Sportive yesterday, all those I’ve done in the past don’t exist anymore.

I use Silca Synergetic (wet lube) on my bikes but will possibly try out wax on my road bike when I need to replace the chain anyway. Living in Wales the roads seem to always be wet, even if it hasn't rained for days, and with roadkill and other unpleasant stuff in the road I usually wash my bike every 3-4 rides when the roads are dryish, and every 1 ride when they are proper wet. Cleaning the drivetrain with a degreaser at the same time takes maybe 2 minutes extra, so no big problem. How does wax deal with a bike wash? I know that you can try keeping away from the chain and drivetrain but inevitably I know that I will end up getting water/bike cleaner on it anyway.

Nice video , been waxing for a year or two , so nice having a clean drivetrain 👌 only reason I started doing it , not sure I'm good enough for the point one of a watt to matter 😂

Still too high

I have a problem where I get saddles sores because my saddle height is too high (71.75 cm) but if I put my saddle low (71 cm), I get pain in my knees.

Nicely done, It looks like a lovely place to be.

Good one! I have a Chinese 3D printed saddle and do like it but I think there may be a better saddle out there for me so I ordered a Selle Italia SLR Boost Carbon. Hopefully I like it!!!

Don't encourage all these cyclists. They are just out of the way of the traffic. Doesn't matter how they ride.

In the real world I find my inexpensive Chinese 3D printed saddle (West Cycling) to be more comfortable than a similarly shaped regular saddle. Which is what you concluded in the end, but not necessarily what the first sentence you said indicated.

Wait so is the myth that pulling up is more efficient or was that a fact

That Ryet £40 3d printed saddle isn't a great example,they're ok once you get used to them but they're wide and squared off at the edges.

Isn’t he sitting way too far forward on the saddle anyway?