Road bike shoes

Christophe3967 · February 2009

Greg66 wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

Greg66 wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

@ LiT - I despair! DESPAIR.

Black, black and black? Nooooooooo, for the love of God nooooooo.

Yes.

Black is the new black. I read that on th- ... oh, never mind. You know the rest.

Yes as in you agree with me? Or yes as in Jash is right? Hmmmmm...

Check out Bike 1 and Bike 2.

I agree with you.

<Mick Jagger voice> I see a nice fence and I want it painted black...

il_principe · February 2009

yeah the Viner is a lovely lovely bike but I still prefer the Prince. I did consider Viner at one stage when I was buying but I prefer monocoque, over lugged construction and was drawn in by Pinarello's Tour heritage and the fact that they have a stockist near me. I don't have a weird body shape so no need for custom Geometry either. I would like Record though!

don_don · February 2009

jashburnham wrote:

NO ONE TOUCHES THE PRINCE ALBERT!

Fixed that for you
:P

don_don · February 2009

lost_in_thought wrote:

don_don wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

A mate gave me some DHB 3-bolt shoes which he'd ordered and never used - one advangage of lfipper feet - and they're insanely bad to walk in with SPD cleats.

LiT - thinking about what you said earlier - did the DHB shoes have holes for both 2 and 3 bolt cleats? Were you using MTB cleats on them?

I only ask because Shimano do a kind of hybrid mtb-road cleat with rubber 'wings' that you can walk on. See here

Crank Bro's also do the same sort of thing for their quattro road pedals. Not sure if that helps solve the problem?

Oooooooh thanks very much, they look like a vast improvement from the current situation! And yes, the DHB ones do have both 2-and 3-bolt holes.

Hurrah!

*goes off to order*

Glad to be of assistance

il_principe · February 2009

Well yeah, that too.

:shock:

greg66_tri_v2.0 · February 2009

jashburnham wrote:

yeah the Viner is a lovely lovely bike but I still prefer Greg66's R3SL to it and to the Prince. !

Fixed that right up for you. :twisted:

BLONDIE!!!

Outside my study! 10 minutes!! :evil:

il_principe · February 2009

Yeah clearly a Cervelo - with their failure resistant frames would be any right thinking persons first choice.

We love you Bjarne!

always_tyred · February 2009

jashburnham wrote:

Yeah clearly a Cervelo - with their failure resistant frames would be any right thinking persons first choice.

We love you Bjarne!

Sorry Jash - I prefer Cervelos to Pinarellos. Mind you, they both seem to be going down the "curvy swoopy carbon" fashion bike route a bit these days.

EDIT - and don't ask me about the Tweed run again because I've said this.

il_principe · February 2009

Always Tyred wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

Yeah clearly a Cervelo - with their failure resistant frames would be any right thinking persons first choice.

We love you Bjarne!

Sorry Jash - I prefer Cervelos to Pinarellos. Mind you, they both seem to be going down the "curvy swoopy carbon" fashion bike route a bit these days.

EDIT - and don't ask me about the Tweed run again because I've said this.

I wouldn't call the Prince a fashion bike, I also doubt a manuf of their pedigree would add swoops and curves if they felt it wouldn't enhance performance (or at the very least not compromise it). Also have you read Greg66's post re Cervelo. Yet another recall... :shock:

Mind you I've not ridden a Cervelo, sure they're pretty damn ace. You ridden either AT?

bratboy · February 2009

lost_in_thought wrote:

don_don wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

A mate gave me some DHB 3-bolt shoes which he'd ordered and never used - one advangage of lfipper feet - and they're insanely bad to walk in with SPD cleats.

LiT - thinking about what you said earlier - did the DHB shoes have holes for both 2 and 3 bolt cleats? Were you using MTB cleats on them?

I only ask because Shimano do a kind of hybrid mtb-road cleat with rubber 'wings' that you can walk on. See here

Crank Bro's also do the same sort of thing for their quattro road pedals. Not sure if that helps solve the problem?

Oooooooh thanks very much, they look like a vast improvement from the current situation! And yes, the DHB ones do have both 2-and 3-bolt holes.

Hurrah!
*goes off to order*

I think they were the cleats for the old Ultregra SDP-R pedal (PD-6500), but look to be compatible to the off-road PD-M range. see shimano compatibility list

http://www.shimano.com/publish/content/cycle/seh/nl/en/technical_service/faq_s/spd_faq_s/can_i_use__-cleat.-MainContent-0002-DownloadFile.tmp/SPD-SPD-R_SPD_SL_cleats.pdf.pdf
and if you are interest then the Ultegra SPD-R are shown here http://www.roadbikereview.com/mfr/shimano/pedals/PRD_28051_2503crx.aspx

Also you can get the Northwave Fahrenheit Boots for road as well.

Happy riding

Ian.B · February 2009

jashburnham wrote:

It's a well known fact that on a decent race bike all contact points should be white - white tape, white saddle, white shoes.

So red bar tape = not a decent race bike? http://tinyurl.com/5tnal2

il_principe · February 2009

Ian.B wrote:

jashburnham wrote:

It's a well known fact that on a decent race bike all contact points should be white - white tape, white saddle, white shoes.

So red bar tape = not a decent race bike? http://tinyurl.com/5tnal2

Sadly that pic is out of date! I've learnt the error of my ways! Will post a new pic soon as the new wheels are fitted now. It's red hoods and white tape these days...

always_tyred · February 2009

jashburnham wrote:

I wouldn't call the Prince a fashion bike, I also doubt a manuf of their pedigree would add swoops and curves if they felt it wouldn't enhance performance (or at the very least not compromise it). Also have you read Greg66's post re Cervelo. Yet another recall... :shock:

Mind you I've not ridden a Cervelo, sure they're pretty damn ace. You ridden either AT?

Well I know YOU wouldn't.....

Never ridden either, to be honest. Life, a career change and a mortgage has got in the way of a new road bike and the last time I was looking aluminium was still the thing to have.

There was a shop I used that carried the then entire range of Cervelos (it was in Canada, so not to surprising) and they always looked waaaay more stylish than the other stuff they had and I have retained the impression that I want one.

There were a lot of smaller manufacturers you won't have heard of over there: Rectec, Marinoni, Porter, Cramerotti.... and a couple of bigger shops that sold the likes of Litespeed (which always looked cheap somehow) and Seven (which didn't and weren't). As a student I wasn't in the market for a Litespeed or anything like that, so I ended up with a weirdy beardy Canadian handbuilt frame that I'm very fond of but is probably a piece of crap compared to the latest stuff.

Clever Pun · February 2009

Black black black = Ninja

Red & White = Clown, Santa Claus, tea towel

pretty easy decision if you ask me

Red & Black is an acceptable colour co-ordination

il_principe · February 2009

Clever Pun wrote:

Black black black = Ninja

Red & White = Clown, Santa Claus, tea towel

pretty easy decision if you ask me

Red & Black is an acceptable colour co-ordination

but but but what about red/white/black?!

always_tyred · February 2009

jashburnham wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

Black black black = Ninja

Red & White = Clown, Santa Claus, tea towel

pretty easy decision if you ask me

Red & Black is an acceptable colour co-ordination

but but but what about red/white/black?!

Manchester United

Clever Pun · February 2009

jashburnham wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

Black black black = Ninja

Red & White = Clown, Santa Claus, tea towel

pretty easy decision if you ask me

Red & Black is an acceptable colour co-ordination

but but but what about red/white/black?!

white could possibly used as a highlight of black or small graphics on red

lost_in_thought · February 2009

Clever Pun wrote:

Black black black = Ninja

Red & White = Clown, Santa Claus, tea towel

pretty easy decision if you ask me

Red & Black is an acceptable colour co-ordination

Ninja! Ninja! Also I have lots of black gear due to having a black bowery... see, coordination is important to me... just don't tell anyone

On the monocoque versus lugged, I wondered which was best too... so spoke to my brother who works a fair amount in carbon fibre, building lightweight parts for his racing planes.

His answer was that on a monocoque frame, each corner is a weak area, due to the angles through which the fibres are forced to travel, therefore making a lugged frame stronger. He added that with a monocoque if something goes it's a lot more terminal. The latter point doesn't bother me, lifetime guarantee and all that, and I'm sure Jashburnham has the same from Pinarello. It's the former that sold me on lugged frames. Whether that is genuinely applicable for bikes I don't know - as I said his experience is in planes.

Anyhoo, I don't give a monkeys if Jash and Greg think they have nicer bikes than me. I know they're wrong.

always_tyred · February 2009

lost_in_thought wrote:

.. so spoke to my brother who works a fair amount in carbon fibre, building lightweight parts for his racing planes.

Jesus LiT, you've come from such humble beginnings.

il_principe · February 2009

lost_in_thought wrote:

Clever Pun wrote:

Black black black = Ninja

Red & White = Clown, Santa Claus, tea towel

pretty easy decision if you ask me

Red & Black is an acceptable colour co-ordination

Ninja! Ninja! Also I have lots of black gear due to having a black bowery... see, coordination is important to me... just don't tell anyone

On the monocoque versus lugged, I wondered which was best too... so spoke to my brother who works a fair amount in carbon fibre, building lightweight parts for his racing planes.

His answer was that on a monocoque frame, each corner is a weak area, due to the angles through which the fibres are forced to travel, therefore making a lugged frame stronger. He added that with a monocoque if something goes it's a lot more terminal. The latter point doesn't bother me, lifetime guarantee and all that, and I'm sure Jashburnham has the same from Pinarello. It's the former that sold me on lugged frames. Whether that is genuinely applicable for bikes I don't know - as I said his experience is in planes.

Anyhoo, I don't give a monkeys if Jash and Greg think they have nicer bikes than me. I know they're wrong.

I don't care either way

the Viner is lovely and I'm delighted you've taken the plunge (and gone Italian!) Looking forward to seeing the Viner in the Flesh and hopefully riding with you when things are healed and the weather's better!

lost_in_thought · February 2009

Always Tyred wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

.. so spoke to my brother who works a fair amount in carbon fibre, building lightweight parts for his racing planes.

Jesus LiT, you've come from such humble beginnings.

Do not get...

jashburnham wrote:

I don't care either way the Viner is lovely and I'm delighted you've taken the plunge (and gone Italian!) Looking forward to seeing the Viner in the Flesh and hopefully riding with you when things are healed and the weather's better!

Indeedy! Apparently (just saw physio) achilles injuries take 100 days to fully heal, and it's only been 62 so far... so another month and a bit and I'll be back on form!

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