Why am I even thinking of buying a road bike?
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I sort of see the lights as a way for people to see me when I am on the road, and a way for me to see the stuff I am going to hit when I am off the road. So £20 quid for some small LEDs is all I have for riding to and from work in the dark, as opposed to the £350 for one of these:
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/111424.html
and one of these:
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/111511.html0 -
Aha! Yes, I've seen your hardware sales site before, I'm sure--- You're interested in BMWs, too, IIRC?
Yeah, I run www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw.html it's been running longer than BMW's own site! Don't like the modern ones, just the older ones really. I only drive once or twice a week these days, much more into cycling :-) I'm thinking of starting a cycling website, time will tell.http://www.strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible Price.
Specialized Roubaix SL3 Expert 2012, Cannondale CAAD5,
Marin Mount Vision (1997), Edinburgh Country tourer, 3 cats!0 -
Boy Lard wrote:I sort of see the lights as a way for people to see me when I am on the road, and a way for me to see the stuff I am going to hit when I am off the road. So £20 quid for some small LEDs is all I have for riding to and from work in the dark, as opposed to the £350 for one of these:
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/111424.html
and one of these:
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/111511.html
FWIW at night on an unlit road at speed a 20quid light won't cut it either. OTOH your hope 4 willl be way overkill.0 -
will3 wrote:Boy Lard wrote:I sort of see the lights as a way for people to see me when I am on the road, and a way for me to see the stuff I am going to hit when I am off the road. So £20 quid for some small LEDs is all I have for riding to and from work in the dark, as opposed to the £350 for one of these:
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/111424.html
and one of these:
http://www.allterraincycles.co.uk/product/111511.html
FWIW at night on an unlit road at speed a 20quid light won't cut it either. OTOH your hope 4 willl be way overkill.
You could get the DealExtreme versions for way less. I reckon the equivalent lights would come in at about £80.0 -
will3 wrote:
I've seen lots of riders at trail centres wearing full roadie style tights with baggies over the top0 -
Wallace1492 wrote:mmmmmmmmmmmm Tricross..... and get a cape....
Hmm, had a go on one of those recently... It felt like riding an armchair! Very upright posture, wide bars, quite weighty and a bit, ummmm, unresponsive(?).
A bit OTT for road commuting in my view, though ideal if you do some trail-riding along the way.
Cheers,
W.0 -
I have the Hope Vision 2 (coupled with Cateye single shot plus) on my Tricross for night riding on country roads (Winter commuting)
Ideal lights, you can see and be seen - so you get to know about the potholes and people think something far bigger than a bike is coming towards them.
Works for me
(incidentally, the more upright posture is what the OP is after....)Chunky Cyclists need your love too! :-)
2009 Specialized Tricross Sport
2011 Trek Madone 4.5
2012 Felt F65X
Proud CX Pervert and quiet roadie. 12 mile commuter0 -
unixnerd wrote:Aha! Yes, I've seen your hardware sales site before, I'm sure--- You're interested in BMWs, too, IIRC?
Yeah, I run www.unixnerd.demon.co.uk/bmw.html it's been running longer than BMW's own site! Don't like the modern ones, just the older ones really. I only drive once or twice a week these days, much more into cycling :-) I'm thinking of starting a cycling website, time will tell.
Don't have any SunBlades, do you? I have an U-30 but it's a bit slow and I was thinking of upgrading to a 1500 or 2500...
Umm, this might be getting off-topic...
Cheers,
W.0 -
bearing in mind the organic drains on the resources you mentioned originally
try 2nd hand for a tourer/CX bike
or look at the Edinburgh Bicycle Cooperative range - decent affordable kit. the cross or explorers sound right up your street
fr lights a good compromise is a Smart Lunar set - $30-50 and do the job without being overkill - better for being seen by than seeing a pitch dark road/trail but fine for normal road use0 -
Boy Lard wrote:I must stop looking at bikes.
Me too, especially when I'm driving. I size up every passing road bike and try to estimate its make / model / frame size / value / weight. Can't pass a bike shop.0