Comments on: There is Always a Better Bicycle to Buy

By: haz

haz — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:11:50 +0000

Brought a Clements racing bike (1970′s 80′s (?) ) for £120, been around brittany on it and the occaisional long ride. It is the most reliable well made thing ever. Now I bike the mile (and a bit) every day to the bus stop. I try to find slightly older and more ‘old school’ more cooler and more cheap to keep. Anyway thats my opinion!

By: Hurumph

Hurumph — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 19:15:45 +0000

It did extremely well in your formula!

By: tejvan

tejvan — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:27:55 +0000

sounds good value bike

By: Hurumph

Hurumph — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:05:08 +0000

Ouch!

That has made me think! I have a 50GBP bike, 2nd hand – Dawes Windsor and have loved it for years but the gears don’t want to work and I’ve spent too much money it doesn’t deserve for years so I had come around to the decision of getting a 3500GBP Thorn with Rohloff gears and SON hub dynamo (each to their own) Hopefully ‘made-to-measure’ will avoid the shock you must have had, Patanga

By: steve

steve — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:06:35 +0000

Pro cyclists are highly tuned athletes. Part of this tuning will include the equation that drag increases with the square of frontal area. Frankiy I’m surprised that cycling isn’t dominated by jockeys on their off season

By: tejvan

tejvan — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 18:12:01 +0000

Being 6′ 3″ and weighing 63Kgs I’m not sure I’m too well qualified to speak on cyclists being too thin. If you look at track cyclists, they will have an extra few Kgs and look more normal. But, it’s hard to be competitive in the Alps without some amazing power to weight ratio.

By: PATANGA

PATANGA — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:02:22 +0000

Nice post, Tejvan.
After riding a friend’s 900 USD bike (and loving it), I am selling my 3,500+ USD good bike to get a cheaper one instead and use the leftover money to do other things in my life.
Maybe go to cycling or some other heaven?

By: George

George — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 14:50:46 +0000

My new bike will be 700 EURO but still it will be a great progress compared to my current one But I am such a amateur cyclist after all. Never mind…
I am looking at the cyclist from the posted picture and a question pops up in my mind. I am watching Tour de France now and I have noticed that the now days cyclists are extremely and I mean EXTREMELY slim! They look like aliens with their tiny hands. The cyclists from the photo on the other hand look normal, like ordinary people. Could someone explain to me why there is such a big difference? Seriously, It is no normal for a guy to be so extremely slim.
Thank you very much!