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[Nigelnaturist]

Except horizontal rain and strong wind

Been out it that from time to time, only thing that really stops me is being ill, I tend not to not ride in the wet so much these days due to the increased costs of maintenance, but it doesn't stop me.

 

[BrianEvesham]

Blimey these look good value

http://www.merlincycles.com/felt-f75-road-bike-2014-71825.html

Or am I missing something?

Any felt owners here?

 

[stevey]

Blimey these look good value

http://www.merlincycles.com/felt-f75-road-bike-2014-71825.html

Or am I missing something?

Any felt owners here?

N+1????

 

[Mo1959]

Blimey these look good value

http://www.merlincycles.com/felt-f75-road-bike-2014-71825.html

Or am I missing something?

Any felt owners here?

Stonechat has a Felt. Can't remember which model. They are good bikes, certainly worth considering.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Blimey these look good value

http://www.merlincycles.com/felt-f75-road-bike-2014-71825.html

Or am I missing something?

Any felt owners here?

I've got a Felt Hybrid - or did have, as I have now passed it onto my eldest lad. Is a cracking bike

 

[Stonechat]

Blimey these look good value

http://www.merlincycles.com/felt-f75-road-bike-2014-71825.html

Or am I missing something?

Any felt owners here?

Yes I have a Felt Z95
The F series are the more aggressive race type geometry
The Z series are more relaxed type geometry for long casual rides

Quite happy with the felt
This one (in your link) has 105 10 speed which is good, notice it doesn't have a bigger rear gear than 25, I couldn't manage with that

 

[Big_Dave]

Now I've moved from distance to climbing my body is experiencing a whole new level of pain. Those 100 mile rides seem easy in comparison

Todays effort - 30 miles / 2500ft

http://www.strava.com/activities/218799451

Next goal - a suffer score over 200. My heart can take it, not sure about the legs.

I would take the suffer scores with a pinch of salt, I went out feeling a bit "off it" and the suffer score was 334 on a regular 50 miles, well over a hundred points higher than normal. other occasions where I have ridden hard early on in the ride and the heart rate remains higher than normal for the remainder of the ride giving high suffer scores.
Good effort on the ride Moo, hills are where it's at for a good work out

 

[moo]

I would take the suffer scores with a pinch of salt, I went out feeling a bit "off it" and the suffer score was 334 on a regular 50 miles, well over a hundred points higher than normal. other occasions where I have ridden hard early on in the ride and the heart rate remains higher than normal for the remainder of the ride giving high suffer scores.
Good effort on the ride Moo, hills are where it's at for a good work out

That may be more down to the unreliability of Garmins HRM. I've discovered merino wool baselayers for example cause erratic measurements, as do lower quality synthetics. Static buildup seems to result in a higher measurement and it also takes longer to reflect changes.

One of my good quality synthetic base layers used on that ride resulted in perfect data, as can be seen in the analysis.

 

[Big_Dave]

Cheers moo will bare that in mind and keep an eye on it

 

[Stonechat]

Now I've moved from distance to climbing my body is experiencing a whole new level of pain. Those 100 mile rides seem easy in comparison

Todays effort - 30 miles / 2500ft

http://www.strava.com/activities/218799451

Next goal - a suffer score over 200. My heart can take it, not sure about the legs.

Not being a premium member I do not get suffer scores.
Certainly a worthy effort - don't think I could get 2500 feet in 30 miles here, though did similar in Cornwall

 

[SpokeyDokey]

My planned ride Wednesday got washed out.

My planned ride today is washed out (been solid rain from the off).

What's going to happen to my planned ride on Sunday I wonder........?

 

[Harv]

N+1????

I've seen this phrase on the forum a few times. What does N+1 mean?

 

[Mo1959]

I've seen this phrase on the forum a few times. What does N+1 mean?

N is the number of bikes you currently have, and you always need a +1

 

[Lemond]

I've seen this phrase on the forum a few times. What does N+1 mean?

N = the number of bikes you currently own.

+1 = the number you need to have a happy fulfilled life.

 

[Mo1959]

My planned ride Wednesday got washed out.

My planned ride today is washed out (been solid rain from the off).

What's going to happen to my planned ride on Sunday I wonder........?

Dreadful here at the moment too. I went out very early and jogged with the dog so we both got our exercise fix. I knew the rain was forecast and made it back just as it was coming on. Hasn't let up since and it is so gloomy it is nearly dark.

Will be a quick dash round the block with the dog just before dark and I'm afraid that will be it for the day.

Tomorrow looks slightly better.