New Bike!
j_mcd
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So, today was my first ride in on my new "winter" bike, a PX London Road, 30 miles in from Effingham to Canary Wharf.
First impressions, it's HEAVY, my normal commuter is a Giant Defy Advanced 0, and so there is a noticable weight difference. Also, the tyres that came with it are a bit on the crappy side. They seem to have a reasonably high rolling resistance (although I'm only guessing by 'feel') and when I went "off-road" in Richmond Park this morning they didn't seem to have that much grip either. The mudguards also need adjusting as there is quite a bit of shoe/guard cross-over when turning.
So, does that make it a terrible bike? No, not in the slightest. I suspected the tyres were going to be awful and I will replace them asap, the mudguards just need some configuring (but come on PX, if you're not going to put the guards on the bike at least include some bloody instructions) and everything else, I'll just get used to.
It did take me 15 minutes more to commute in though and I used up almost 200 more calories than yesterdays ride. But that just gives me more cake eating allowance right?!
First impressions, it's HEAVY, my normal commuter is a Giant Defy Advanced 0, and so there is a noticable weight difference. Also, the tyres that came with it are a bit on the crappy side. They seem to have a reasonably high rolling resistance (although I'm only guessing by 'feel') and when I went "off-road" in Richmond Park this morning they didn't seem to have that much grip either. The mudguards also need adjusting as there is quite a bit of shoe/guard cross-over when turning.
So, does that make it a terrible bike? No, not in the slightest. I suspected the tyres were going to be awful and I will replace them asap, the mudguards just need some configuring (but come on PX, if you're not going to put the guards on the bike at least include some bloody instructions) and everything else, I'll just get used to.
It did take me 15 minutes more to commute in though and I used up almost 200 more calories than yesterdays ride. But that just gives me more cake eating allowance right?!
Giant Defy Advanced 0 - Best
Planet X London Road - Wet
Montague Fit - Foldy thing that rarely gets used these days
Planet X London Road - Wet
Montague Fit - Foldy thing that rarely gets used these days
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I hope you bought it during a decent round of DFS sales, given its spec including mechanical disc brakes, considering my Cube cost £900 in May.
2020 Voodoo Marasa
2017 Cube Attain GTC Pro Disc 2016
2016 Voodoo Wazoo
My groupset is the SRAM 1x Rival. Chosen because I thought it would be nice to have a single chain ring up front as I hardly ever shift the front derailleur on the commute. It'll...take some getting used to. The shifting method is obviously different from my Ultegra Di2 set up on the other bike and the steps between gears are a little big on some changes.
Planet X London Road - Wet
Montague Fit - Foldy thing that rarely gets used these days
Toe overlap is pretty much inevitable, It's impossible for me (size 11's, 175mm cranks a Large frame) to fit guards without it (only about 6mm clear of the tyre) so I've just learnt to live with it.