anywhere I can get team sky rainbow jersey? original or fake? appreciate ur answer

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human body is one of the hardest thing to predict... what works fine today does not mean it will work fine the next time.. if you bonk, you bonk.. there is no way to prevent it by doing this or that in a routine manner...this is why came the invention of power meters like SRM as you don't gauge efforts purely on HR alone as it fluctuates depending on your body condition...

best is just to do it like how the endurance athletes do it.. carbo load the night before.. all the stuff that takes time and bodily energy to consume like pasta and stuff... then an hour before the ride, some light stuff like a coke, banana or some sugary stuff...

mid ride stuff you know lar...

or u meant poisoness?

i believe, you'll need an adapter if you are not running the spez FACT crank...

http://wheelsmfg.com/products/bottom-brack...b-adapters.html

haiyar.. it's a race frame mar... it's meant for people who can bend backwards to lick the floor...still you can slam the stem if you want... just be sure to say bye bye to your back or say hello to brokeback mountain...

that's why i have 2cm spacers below the stem. can't slam it, but still comply with The Rules

2CM??? that is quite a lot isn't it?

I only have a 5mm spacer under the stem and another 5mm under the stem cap.

Didn't slam it, but i kept on chopping the steerer tube until i have only 5mm spacer left. No roads to regret now.

osmolality is now my favorite word....

So it's not about the most calories you can consume prior to the race day? Hurm, kinda true..else everybody on the tour who consume the most meal will win every time lor..

So the constant in bike racing is only the bike..the cyclists itself is a variable factors..anyway anybody can convince me that tarmac is better than venge?



This post has been edited by mrjgx: Feb 8 2013, 10:13 AM

2cm is ok. the limit set by velominati

i wanted to have the same setup as my kuota

you have to get it straight... pros expends a lot of their energy daily (rumored up to 9000kcals a day, easily more than 10 big mac meals) and their caloric consumption increases due to this... they require that much intake primarily for 2 reasons... speed up recovery for the next day (since injections of vitamins and any other legal drips are now prohibited) and to stock up fuel for the next day...

for us... we just do it to let our bodies digest, process and convert this calories and sugar into glycogen stores as the process of converting whatever you intake is well a process itself which puts a toll on your body... which is why you see the advises to do heavy carbo load the night before with enough time for it to be digested so your body can rest and use it for recovery during rest period and not hours before the race...

hours before the race, you just take on things that are easy to digest and absorb by your body so you don't start wearing yourself out even before a race begins...and the energy kick in is much faster...

furthermore, as i said... it ain't just as simple as energy in a ride... it is about knowing how to ration your efforts... there is no point going all out in the first half of the race and than killing yourself trying to complete the 2nd half... even tour riders especially team captains require domestiques to pull them up the first couple of mountain passes and act as a launch pad for their last attack up the last ascent of the day...in that sense, they save themselves until the very last critical moment and utilize all they have in that critical short period of time...

we are not salesman... we don't know what you ride and what you need... both is the top end bikes from spez and both are tailor made for their respective fields or in other words, best in what they do.... there is no point for the US to give a fighter pilot a lockheed martin F-117A stealth fighter to head into a combatzone dogfight while they give another pilot an F18 to head to Afghanistan for a stealth bombing mission run right? if you get what i mean..

there is no which is better than which? the venge is obviously better than the tarmac on flats with heavy wind and the tarmac is better than the venge when it comes to the point of a climb...

so, only you know yourself what you need and you select base on that... if we bull crap you on which to buy... doesn't that make us the same as bike shop salesman who is trying to influence your decision to buy whatever that makes them most money?

This post has been edited by butthead: Feb 8 2013, 10:25 AM

up to u, whichever u fancy. beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder, right?

i thought u prefer the classic look? well, tarmac isn't exactly classic, but at least it doesn't look like a TT bike on diet.

and u can use aftermarket seatpost, unlike venge.

i'd go with tarmac.

point to add... if you prefer aesthetics / form first over the functionality of the bike... there is no point discussing which is better than which because obviously, you are buying the looks rather than what you actually need...

so, if you like the venge because of how it looks, you can't have the characteristics of the tarmac on the venge because deep down it is both a different beast....

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is it worth it to buy BH Zaphire 105 with rm 3.3k?
2nd hand

http://www.bhbikesasia.com/2011/2011product_13_za105.htm

depending on how old, but most likely no.

Hello guys, I'm a newbie here and want to ask sifu about seatpost.

Currently I'm using a 27.2 mm seatpost that has a length around 3++ mm like that. I'm a tall guy and the length of my current seatpost is giving me backache. Really bad.

So, by changing the length of my seatpost to 400 mm will it ever help my backache or not?

And by buying a much wider seatpost (30.9 mm or 31.6 mm) will it fit into my bicycle? Or I just need to change the seat clamp?

Thank you in advance

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sounds like your bike no fit you......

Post your bike/your size, flexibility and geometry to get any usable feedback.

If you have back pain a higher seatpost would destroy it

The diameter of a seat post does not effect the geometry of the bike. And no a seat post is not a vagina, it cannot accommodate anything larger then its intended size.

I am THE TROLL here......dun hangout too much.....sorry but do post relevant data to get proper feedback.

seat post size is determined by the seat tube opening.. if you are running 27.2mm seatpost... you can't stick a 31.6mm into it as it is bigger than the existing hole... seat clamp is also size specific, changing it won't effect seatpost size and changing to a bigger one won't allow you to clamp your seatpost down...

changing seatpost length affects nothing unless you are talking about moving your saddle higher up... and i doubt that helps with anything other than making it worse for you...

we don't know what you are riding (MTB or road bike) and it is hard to advise, so..will try to blanket cover all the possibilities...

i suggest the money no involvement method first by lowering your saddle if it is not already to low for you...

if that doesn't work, you can try to shorten the stem length or move your handlebar up if you still can move spacers down below your stem so you can sit straighter rather than leaning down...this however involves some investment to do so...

or you can try googling bike fitting and read up more on that subject as it could be general positioning problems for your current setup....