Getting Older

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  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    Singleton wrote:
    Frank Wilson wrote:
    Does getting older go hand in hand with purchasing more expensive and unnecessary kit?
    Fixed that for you.
    And in most cases - yes it apparently does.

    Define unnecessary. Unnecessary in that the buyer will never have the ability to utilise the full potential of it? Unnecessary in that it replaces kit they already can't utilise fully? Unnecessary as the only purpose it serves is that feeling of satisfaction that they can afford it? :wink:
    I ride a bike. Doesn't make me green or a tree hugger. I drive a car too.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    TimothyW wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    keef66 wrote:
    Dynamo hubs are starting to look very sexy...

    You only need a dynamo on multi day events... on a summer 600 you can survive out of an LED light and a spare battery or two... I have around 7 hours worth of full on light.
    That said, I'd love a SON dynamo hub and if it wasn't that my commuting bike is disc and my audax bike is rim brake, I'd probably get one
    Couldn't you just build a front with a disk hub and rim brake compatible rim? Then you could use it on either.

    With a center lock hub it'd be quick to pop the rotor off and on as required.

    I did think about it... I still have to sign up for a long enough Audax that would justify such contraption
    left the forum March 2023
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    ben@31 wrote:
    Is Campag really any better than Shimano? To be honest I've never noticed what groupset someone else on the road was using.

    First time yesterday that I ride with someone using EPS. He kept changing gear, probably one ends up doing more of it when it's about pressing a button... more to the point, the clunkiest gear changes I have ever heard, made even louder by the harmonic resonance inside the all carbon setup.
    Not impressed at all
    left the forum March 2023
  • chippyk
    chippyk Posts: 529
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    keef66 wrote:
    Dynamo hubs are starting to look very sexy...

    You only need a dynamo on multi day events... on a summer 600 you can survive out of an LED light and a spare battery or two... I have around 7 hours worth of full on light.
    That said, I'd love a SON dynamo hub and if it wasn't that my commuting bike is disc and my audax bike is rim brake, I'd probably get one

    Are dynamos better than the ones I had 35 or more years ago that were like a rim brake and gave out half a lumen?
  • bompington
    bompington Posts: 7,674
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    Just make sure the event you choose doesn't have a "B" in the description, which means compulsory beards.
    FTFY
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,317
    ChippyK wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    keef66 wrote:
    Dynamo hubs are starting to look very sexy...

    You only need a dynamo on multi day events... on a summer 600 you can survive out of an LED light and a spare battery or two... I have around 7 hours worth of full on light.
    That said, I'd love a SON dynamo hub and if it wasn't that my commuting bike is disc and my audax bike is rim brake, I'd probably get one

    Are dynamos better than the ones I had 35 or more years ago that were like a rim brake and gave out half a lumen?

    LOL... different thing... I think a modern dynamo hub sucks about 3 Watt when the light is on and less than 1 Watt when the light is off... you can read all about them on the Shutter precision website... or the Son one
    left the forum March 2023
  • shimanobottombracket
    shimanobottombracket Posts: 376
    Webboo wrote:
    Who said anything about doing the same rides over and over again.

    I think ugo.santalucia did.
  • Mendes.pms
    Mendes.pms Posts: 1
    PBlakeney wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    ...Colnago with Shimano gruppo.
    Wrong. Just simply wrong. And I don’t care what groupset Colnago uses in their promo shots, they are wrong too.

    What about Pinarello with Shimano? Team Sky seems to like ‘hem together
  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    It’s one thing that’s always made me ROFL about ( particularly ) roadys. A lot of the ‘olds’ seem to want to ‘show those pesky young’uns’ how they ( the olds) can do the rides that the pesky kids can do. What they ( the olds ) don’t seem to grasp, is that the ‘pesky kids’ dont actually give a monkey’s, and do have a wry chuckle to themselves, when they see the ‘olds’ trying to ‘show them’. As I get older, I’m more inclined to flog my road bikes, and get a couple of decent hard tails, and go and spend more time on the trails.
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    It’s one thing that’s always made me ROFL about ( particularly ) roadys. A lot of the ‘olds’ seem to want to ‘show those pesky young’uns’ how they ( the olds) can do the rides that the pesky kids can do. What they ( the olds ) don’t seem to grasp, is that the ‘pesky kids’ dont actually give a monkey’s, and do have a wry chuckle to themselves, when they see the ‘olds’ trying to ‘show them’. As I get older, I’m more inclined to flog my road bikes, and get a couple of decent hard tails, and go and spend more time on the trails.

    And I thought this post would be about cadence slowing down
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  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,345
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    As I get older, I’m more inclined to flog my road bikes, and get a couple of decent hard tails, and go and spend more time on the trails.
    Why not just get one really good one?
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
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  • Frank Wilson
    Frank Wilson Posts: 930
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    It’s one thing that’s always made me ROFL about ( particularly ) roadys. A lot of the ‘olds’ seem to want to ‘show those pesky young’uns’ how they ( the olds) can do the rides that the pesky kids can do. What they ( the olds ) don’t seem to grasp, is that the ‘pesky kids’ dont actually give a monkey’s, and do have a wry chuckle to themselves, when they see the ‘olds’ trying to ‘show them’. As I get older, I’m more inclined to flog my road bikes, and get a couple of decent hard tails, and go and spend more time on the trails.

    I know a lot of "older riders" and have yet to meet the person you are describing. For my own part I cycle for the enjoyment of being outdoors, seeing different souroundings and testing myself. I fully expect someone who is many years my junior should have a health and strength advantage and have yet to challenge any of them "to a race".

    When I can no longer propel myself 100% I may well go electric to continue the freedom I get when out on the bike which brings me back to my original post, the body not being so supple hence a shorter stem for a more relaxed position on the bike.
  • First.Aspect
    First.Aspect Posts: 17,209
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    It’s one thing that’s always made me ROFL about ( particularly ) roadys. A lot of the ‘olds’ seem to want to ‘show those pesky young’uns’ how they ( the olds) can do the rides that the pesky kids can do. What they ( the olds ) don’t seem to grasp, is that the ‘pesky kids’ dont actually give a monkey’s, and do have a wry chuckle to themselves, when they see the ‘olds’ trying to ‘show them’. As I get older, I’m more inclined to flog my road bikes, and get a couple of decent hard tails, and go and spend more time on the trails.
    Not entirely clear why you feel this way. You seem to be describing older people keeping up with you. Just because you are older, doesn't mean there's no satisfaction in pushing your own limits, but there's an inference here that you somehow find it laughable. I'm not sure anyone over 40 is under any illusions that they are slower than they used to be, or terribly bothered by it.
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    It’s one thing that’s always made me ROFL about ( particularly ) roadys. A lot of the ‘olds’ seem to want to ‘show those pesky young’uns’ how they ( the olds) can do the rides that the pesky kids can do. What they ( the olds ) don’t seem to grasp, is that the ‘pesky kids’ dont actually give a monkey’s, and do have a wry chuckle to themselves, when they see the ‘olds’ trying to ‘show them’. As I get older, I’m more inclined to flog my road bikes, and get a couple of decent hard tails, and go and spend more time on the trails.

    At fast approaching 57, that definitely doesn't describe me. I buy the bike frames and components I like simply because I like them and can afford them. I don't do them justice in the sense that I ring every last bit of performance ability out of them and have no intention of even trying at my age. As long as I feel good about the bike, its an enjoyable means to stave off the blocked arteries, brittle bones and muscle wastage that comes with age. The sort of person that wants to try and ride the wheels off of a younger rider, sounds like the tool that wants to race anyone in a nice car in the traffic light derby. Usually a younger driver.
    I ride a bike. Doesn't make me green or a tree hugger. I drive a car too.
  • StillGoing
    StillGoing Posts: 5,211
    Mendes.pms wrote:
    PBlakeney wrote:
    SloppySchleckonds wrote:
    ...Colnago with Shimano gruppo.
    Wrong. Just simply wrong. And I don’t care what groupset Colnago uses in their promo shots, they are wrong too.

    What about Pinarello with Shimano? Team Sky seems to like ‘hem together

    Just people with OCD that think Italian bikes must have Italian group sets. :roll:
    I ride a bike. Doesn't make me green or a tree hugger. I drive a car too.
  • milemuncher1
    milemuncher1 Posts: 1,472
    PBlakeney wrote:
    Milemuncher1 wrote:
    As I get older, I’m more inclined to flog my road bikes, and get a couple of decent hard tails, and go and spend more time on the trails.
    Why not just get one really good one?

    Always have one spare, in case one gets trashed, I’ve always bought MTBs in pairs, because they are more likely to end up as parts, than road bikes.

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