Aero bike, rain and Kent hills: it did not end well… 

I'm trying 😅

You made it sound like a porn title😂

Maybe the chain getting stuck made me feel it heavier!

I try to go for long rides in decent weather as well, while I suffer the rain on the commutes, but this time I got caught out

😅😅

It's a hard life 😅

Thank you

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Can't understand how they used to climb on those front rings and small cassettes!

I'll check again, thanks. I'm aware of that tab and I believe it was correct

I tried to check for a stiff link, maybe something has happened to the chain, will investigate further

Sure, I should have used the other Canyon with the alloy Aksium wheels, but maybe not with the Gatorskins

@@fede1275 I use Pirelli tyres P Zero race for good weather and Cintaurato for winter/wet etc excellent tyres :)

@@n22pdf yes, I had received a lot of recommendations for Cinturatos!

I actually got the tool, haven't used it yet. Need to get to it

Yes, I checked that, as the first chain I fitted back in the days I did it wrong!

I'm cheap and did not want to pay for Gore Shake Dry, so I found a Tucano Urbano cycling rain jacket that is great, but I don't think they offer that anymore

@@fede1275 nice thank you. I'm in Vancouver Canada . Lots of rain lately. Everything normal I guess 😔🍺

Very nice indeed, that's In-Gear in Forest Row

Absolutely LOL

It's my editing team's fault 😂

Of course 💪💪

Check the routes based on the HOTA event, Hell of the Ashdown

​@@fede1275 will do, thanks mate!

Not the ones I tried. I prefer rim brakes on aluminum wheels now for my commuter bike. There are some hybrid cable/hydro ones that are supposed to be better.

My silver one is a Velobuild VB-R-068, my friends black one is a Cube

That's what I use for the commute every day

I try to spend as little as possible and go light, hence the rim brakes. I am 87Kg and need all the help I can get for the hills 😅

@@fede1275 same...

3-4 kg is miserable percentage from your whole package (body weight + bicycle+ belongings you take with you). Besides placebo you won’t feel the difference even for your hill climbs.

Time to ride in Spain 😂

Imagine being a kilo lighter and reducing a kilo from your bike, even better! The bike weight is tangible regardless

Let's say that in the limited right circumstances it's nice, but the scope is not as wide as the marketing want us to believe

Fair questions and I will try to answer with more context so to make it easier to follow my process. I started with an aluminium Merida Scultura with mech discs, I paid £500 and I did not even know if I was going to enjoy road cycling at that time. That was around 10Kg. Then I got very much into it and I wanted something remarkably lighter, but at the same time I was not prepared to spend a fortune. I paid £1100 for a used Canyon Ultimate rim and that was the best money vs weight I could find in the market. Starting weight around 7.8Kg. The feeling of a lightweight rim brake bike is addictive, no matter your body mass. I am happy with my composition and I would not seek to loose weight, but I understand your comment. My GoPro does not weight much at all. I built a second Canyon Ultimate with carbon wheels and that is below 7Kg including pedals. Total cost less than £3500. I feel if I was going to replicate the same weight with a modern hydro disc bike for the same weight I would have to spend a lot more. In my particular position it works well to have an Ultimate with aluminium wheels and cheap components for the commute (i retired the Merida), a better Ultimate with deep carbon wheels that is light and still not expensive and the Velobuild aero is another addition as it was so cheap (frame is below £500). To me it works to have different bikes for different purposes, maybe at the same cost of a medium range modern hydro disc road bike. I feel I am as fast, if not more, with my Ultimate or the Velobuild than some modern bikes, apart from braking in the wet descends. I have done a lot of other sports and zone 2 is a cycling fixation imho, like ftp.

He is a former UFC fighter so you are wrong about him not having sport background. He needs to maintain weight and upper body muscles mass because he works as a bodyguard and club bouncer.

@@tongotongo3143 that might be a bit extreme, but I used to spar in boxing and kickboxing every week, yes 😄