Road Cycling

[brucespanner]

Does anyone know if Evans offer you the £50 part ex discount on your old bike?

 

I'm after this, but obvioulsy want to try and get it cheaper than £500.

 

Specialized Sirrus Elite 2012 Hybrid Bike | Evans Cycles

 

Don't know about the P/X, but I own the Sirrus Sport and it's a fantastic bike, it justs eats the road up. Only problem with it, I've found any way, is fucking punctures whenever you hit a shit bit of road at speed, I've thrown it a few times in anger because of it!

[Champ]

It's an 'up to' £50 off offer. God knows what that means in practice

[lifetime fan]

It's up to the discretion of the store manager, that's what the guy in the Bristol store told me. However as the weather had been so shit and this has affected sales they'll pretty much give everyone the fifty quid off if you haggle for it.

 

I picked up a crappy old Raleigh racer off freecycle to get my £50 knocked off and they honoured it.

[Champ]

Only problem with it, I've found any way, is fucking punctures whenever you hit a shit bit of road at speed, I've thrown it a few times in anger because of it!

 

That's no good. I'll get you the name of the inner tubes you need

 

It's up to the discretion of the store manager, that's what the guy in the Bristol store told me.

 

I picked up a crappy old Raleigh racer off freecycle to get my £50 knocked off and they honoured it.

 

So have you been out on it yet?

[lifetime fan]

That's no good. I'll get you the name of the inner tubes you need

 

 

 

So have you been out on it yet?

 

 

Pick it up this weekend, they didn't have the short arse frame size in stock.

[VladimirIlyich]

Already have a GT mountain bike but it never gets used.

 

Why don't you sell it and use the money towards your new one?

[Total Longo]

Cheers lads, i've got an 12 year old Raleigh mountain bike that's in perfectly good nick, but i'm going to buy online so the p/ex aspect is possibly not going to be relevant now.

[L19red]

Don't know about the P/X, but I own the Sirrus Sport and it's a fantastic bike, it justs eats the road up. Only problem with it, I've found any way, is fucking punctures whenever you hit a shit bit of road at speed, I've thrown it a few times in anger because of it!

 

If its caused by glass then there is fuck all you can do, but if you are getting punctures because of pinches then pump up your tyres more. Its well worth the £20 for a decent track stand pump to help you achieve this. I ride 23mm tyres and pump them to at least 100psi so the 28mm tyres should go quite close to that. As an added bonus you'll reduce your rolling resistance a bit so you should go faster.

[SAXON]

If its caused by glass then there is fuck all you can do, but if you are getting punctures because of pinches then pump up your tyres more. Its well worth the £20 for a decent track stand pump to help you achieve this. I ride 23mm tyres and pump them to at least 100psi so the 28mm tyres should go quite close to that. As an added bonus you'll reduce your rolling resistance a bit so you should go faster.

 

You want to buy some Specialized Armadillos Elites and pump them to 120psi.

[Champ]

Don't know about the P/X, but I own the Sirrus Sport and it's a fantastic bike, it justs eats the road up. Only problem with it, I've found any way, is fucking punctures whenever you hit a shit bit of road at speed, I've thrown it a few times in anger because of it!

Getting back to you now...

 

1. Pump your tyres up their max PSI

 

2. Then if you're not too fussy about adding a bit of extra weight to your bike you could put in self-healing inner tubes or I have Slime inner tubes from Go Outdoors (yes, really)

 

3. And finally you could think about replacing the tyres themselves

[lifetime fan]

Why don't you sell it and use the money towards your new one?

 

 

That's the plan mate. Need to get it serviced though as the back brake doesn't work and both innertubes have perished.

[Anny Road]

Came off mine last night on a downhill on loose chippings. Doing about 30 both feet clipped in. No skin left on one leg and have been pulling small stones out out my shoulder all morning. I am sore as fuck and a funny blue colour down one side.

[lifetime fan]

Came off mine last night on a downhill on loose chippings. Doing about 30 both feet clipped in. No skin left on one leg and have been pulling small stones out out my shoulder all morning. I am sore as fuck and a funny blue colour down one side.

 

 

Not nice mate, I came off a bike a few years back and broke and dislocated my shoulder.

 

That was more my fault for being a twat though.

 

 

EDIT: Can't get my new bike till Wednesday now, got this thrown in as an apology though.

[SAXON]

Came off mine last night on a downhill on loose chippings. Doing about 30 both feet clipped in. No skin left on one leg and have been pulling small stones out out my shoulder all morning. I am sore as fuck and a funny blue colour down one side.

 

You will be in eve more pain tonight once those bruises have had a good chance to come through today.

[Anny Road]

You will be in eve more pain tonight once those bruises have had a good chance to come through today.

 

I'm in work all day but have had some ibuprofen and K cider. Doing not bad to be honest.

[lifetime fan]

I'm in work all day but have had some ibuprofen and K cider. Doing not bad to be honest.

 

 

repped.

[lifetime fan]

have you got any arneca?

[Champ]

I assumed it was some kind of medication I'd never heard of.....seems it is

[lifetime fan]

I assumed it was some kind of medication I'd never heard of.....seems it is

 

 

Well it has medicinal purposes doesn't it AR?

[Anny Road]

Well it has medicinal purposes doesn't it AR?

 

I've never heard of that to be honest. What I normally do in situations like this is send the wife to the chinese and drink a bottle of Ardbeg. Works like a charm.

[SAXON]

I'm in work all day but have had some ibuprofen and K cider. Doing not bad to be honest.

 

That wont do anything, what will happen is were you have landed on your pelvis and your ribs and shoulders wont be painful at first or when you standing up, or the first night. When you go to bed tonight the bruising on the areas I have just mentioned will have had a chance to start to come through so you will find it really uncomfortable laying on the side you landed on.

[lifetime fan]

I assumed it was some kind of medication I'd never heard of.....seems it is

 

I've never heard of that to be honest. What I normally do in situations like this is send the wife to the chinese and drink a bottle of Ardbeg. Works like a charm.

 

 

Was talking about the cider having medicinal purposes champ.

 

Arneca will bring the bruising out more quickly and speed the healing process.

[Champ]

Was talking about the cider having medicinal purposes champ.

 

I got it once you'd replied!....had been put off by the reference to AR being in work

 

Arneca will bring the bruising out more quickly and speed the healing process.

 

Available from all good pharmacies....or I've got some you can have

[Anny Road]

I just pulled a matchstick of tamack out of my thigh and you know what my wife said.

Yes she can think about that whilst she enjoys her special green tea.

[lifetime fan]

Anyone reccomend any decent cycling shorts? Do they needed to be padded?

 

I'm not after tops at the moment as I really don't think they suit blokes with a bit of a gut so will make do with polo shirts for the mean time.