have i left it to late

[Roadrider48]

@Markymark has got it right. What he spends his money on is his business.
And why do most of you take the p**s out of him every time he posts?

 

[jefmcg]

Why all the life lessons for this guy? He's asking about wheels, not a lecture as to whether he should buy them or not based on your limited knowledge of his life. None of your collective business what he does with his money.

1. You might not be familiar with @jamma's work. He asked about stripping and repainting an expensive carbon frame to make it look like this years model. Something about him is so pathetic, it brings out my maternal instinct - which I was not sure I had.
2. A quick look at wiggle high end (expensive) wheel sets, 3 taken at random don't mention the year. I don't think "last years wheels" is a thing, so there is no answer to this question.
3. Wiggle have some wheels on sale. http://www.wiggle.co.uk/sale/cycle/wheels/?o=3 I'm sure they always do.
4. Or is this a demarcation dispute? Giving unsolicited life advice is your domain, really

 

[Cuchilo]

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[mythste]

To whoever suggested a powermeter - I agree.

The wheels you have are race winners (broadly speaking) already. Start looking at your power output.

 

[S-Express]

I think a powermeter may be jumping the gun a bit. From reading the other 'jamma-related' threads, I feel he just needs to go out on his bike more in the first instance. It is possible to achieve race fitness without a powermeter, or even HRM.

 

[mythste]

I think a powermeter may be jumping the gun a bit. From reading the other 'jamma-related' threads, I feel he just needs to go out on his bike more in the first instance. It is possible to achieve race fitness without a powermeter, or even HRM.

I'm trying to ignore the opinion I've formed of this chap from other threads for the sake of keeping this thread in the "healthy" catagory

HRM's and power meters I think are a good way of seeing week on week (month on month, year on year etc...) progression and for the most of us serve as good a form of motivation as anything else.

I can't afford or justify a power meter at the moment, but if I could, I would.

 

[screenman]

To answer the original post, maybe.

 

[Justinslow]

@Markymark has got it right. What he spends his money on is his business.
And why do most of you take the p**s out of him every time he posts?

But by asking us he makes it "our" business too

 

[fossyant]

More cycling is the answer.

If he wants better wheels you can't go wrong with Ksyriums. Pick the model for your budget, but they are all light and strong. Slap on some good tyres and get riding.

How many miles a week are you doing now ?

 

[S-Express]

HRM's and power meters I think are a good way of seeing week on week (month on month, year on year etc...) progression and for the most of us serve as good a form of motivation as anything else.

I wouldn't disagree with any of that in principle, as it is absolutely correct. However, with the greatest of respect to jamma, I can't help thinking that a powermeter would only add another level of complexity which he doesn't need at the moment.

 

[jamma]

More cycling is the answer.

If he wants better wheels you can't go wrong with Ksyriums. Pick the model for your budget, but they are all light and strong. Slap on some good tyres and get riding.

How many miles a week are you doing now ?

I have started to push 140 miles apart from last week which i was ill thought best not to go out.

I wouldn't disagree with any of that in principle, as it is absolutely correct. However, with the greatest of respect to jamma, I can't help thinking that a powermeter would only add another level of complexity which he doesn't need at the moment.

You are right i don't need to add the complexity of the numbers from a powermeter

 

[Roadrider48]

But by asking us he makes it "our" business too

Why can't people just answer what he's asking, and not make sh***y, Snyde remarks to him?
I'm sure you can't condone that, surely?

 

[Roadrider48]

More cycling is the answer.

If he wants better wheels you can't go wrong with Ksyriums. Pick the model for your budget, but they are all light and strong. Slap on some good tyres and get riding.

How many miles a week are you doing now ?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is a sensible, helpful answer.

 

[Justinslow]

I have started to push 140 miles apart from last week which i was ill thought best not to go out.



You are right i don't need to add the complexity of the numbers from a powermeter

Look @jamma, by all means spend your money on what you want, I was like you a couple of years ago, just starting out, had basic kit, thought "this and that" would "make" me faster. It is true, some things - like lighter more aero wheels will make you faster, but only in tiny amounts and even then for aero stuff to work properly you probably need to be pushing well over 20 mph. At your level you really won't need it, you just need to build your strength, stamina and skill, and that takes time.
A really good rider will go fast on any old nail,
A crap rider will be slow on a really expensive bike, it's the motor, you, that really makes the difference.

 

[Justinslow]

Why can't people just answer what he's asking, and not make sh***y, Snyde remarks to him?
I'm sure you can't condone that, surely?

I suppose because he's asked a lot of stuff in the past and people have given a lot of good advice that appears to have not been taken? And CC is full of people just waiting to make sh***y Snyde remarks?