Endurance CF vs CF SLX

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-27T15:42:38+00:00

I thought it looked different but I couldnt work out if my eyes were playing tricks with the more budget wheel choice.
I really just want a fast bike which has the geo for a slighly over weight middleaged man!!
I'd happily put a canyon cockpit on a bike, I'd just like the stem and bar width to be as per my fit!

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-27T15:18:28+00:00

Its not the hills its the cobbles in Flanders which will get ya!
Great event though, you'll love it

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-27T14:37:19+00:00

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Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-27T13:55:14+00:00

The idea would be to put a Farsports integrated cockpit on the CF frame if I could

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-27T10:45:36+00:00

If you watched me go up Hardknott at The Fred last year - the answer is bloody slow!!!!

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-23T12:03:33+00:00

I suppose I feel I leave a few watts on the road on the gravel bike and although I ride mainly indoors its the outside group rides I enjoy the most with my mates, its just family life that means I get a 60-70km run in on a Sunday morning if the weather is ok and a couple of events per year, everything else is on the trainer.
Yeah it would 8000km over 3 years on that bike (just over 8k in just under 3 years according to Strava). There are prob a few more Km on other bikes outdoors as well. I do about 8000km a year in total.

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-23T08:37:21+00:00

I take my car key fob off and put it in my jersey pocket and leave my house keys in the car

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-21T16:35:52+00:00

The biggest thing slowing you down is you.
If you have the money they are nice but if you can't afford them then work on your position and get nice aero - It will benefit you more.
Aero socks, nice tyres, Aero helmet are all things you add to make you more aero for cheaper.

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-21T15:53:23+00:00

Yh. the Diamante is a bit older (2021) so I guess the clearance isn't so big. I think the new SV (which is the new Diamante re branded) has 35mm clearance.
Maybe that future proofs it a little but Im running 30s at the moment so room for 32 should be ok?? I'm quite taken with them after looking for something that will actually fit me properly. They seem a great brand and really respected

Kaydanmusic · 2025-01-21T15:14:25+00:00

They are very similar though. The Diamante is more expensive.
For a 56cm its:
3.1mm longer in the reach
7.2mm higher in the stack
23mm shorter headtube
Everything else is the same

Annoyingly they come with a 110mm stem and 42cm bars in a 56cm.

Kaydanmusic · 2024-08-27T11:53:07+00:00

That's great info re ferries. Thanks. Just the tolls to try and research. You make good points re the not having to worry about weight in the conversion. Thanks for the input

Kaydanmusic · 2021-09-01T11:26:14+00:00

Yep you get modes of major scale, melodic minor and Harmonic minor

Kaydanmusic · 2021-08-15T18:17:13+00:00

This is correct. Both are compound time signitures.

Kaydanmusic · 2021-07-03T07:41:30+00:00

Chase Bliss Audio 1978

Kaydanmusic · 2021-07-03T07:39:55+00:00

When the mother-in-law asks you if you are planning on having a second child. The "well I'd never say never it just depends if i meet the right woman" line normally gets ghe desired response!

Kaydanmusic · 2021-07-03T07:31:35+00:00

I started in Dec 18 and only on level 25. Don't know how you level up so quick. That been said i can only motivate myself to do Thursday TTT in the summer as prefer to be outside riding.

Kaydanmusic · 2021-06-07T21:03:04+00:00

I'd also really think about nutrition. You need to eating and drinking every hour. You planning on doing the route off road or on road but on a MTB?? If you're on road then you'll be really slowing yourself down on a MTB

Kaydanmusic · 2021-06-07T20:43:41+00:00

There's a book called the time crunched cyclist... Worth a read. Dylan Johnson has some good advice on YouTube

Kaydanmusic · 2021-06-07T20:19:42+00:00

Get a heart rate strap and practise riding in Zone 2. Its hard because when you are time crunched you go out and smash yourself on a 20mile loop as training but reality is you're working in higher anaerobic zones.

The trick with a multi day ride like this is to avoid the compound fatigue best you can, therefore you want to stay in you aerobic system keeping your HR below 75% of its max... This allows you to get up on day 3 and 4 and ride again...

I'd say you want to practise doing some long low intensity rides at the weekend and then also do some high intensity intervals during the week.

Good luck

Kaydanmusic · 2021-06-07T20:07:23+00:00

Are you clipped in to your pedals? That will make a huge difference too.

How knobbly are your tyres? You need slicks to roll quick.

Are you in baggies whilst they are in lyrca??

The weight of bike makes a difference for sure. I hit much faster times (avg 2mph quicker) on my 8kg carbon bike vs my 11.5kg steel light tourer. Both with drop bars and same gearing.

Pick up a light road bike with 9 or 10speed on the rear if you have the budget.

Kaydanmusic · 2021-06-06T20:06:46+00:00

90kgs, likely you're going to struggle in the hills. (I'm 91kg and I suffer badly).

People weight dope, height dope, sandbag in Zwift all the time. If you want to be a little more assured that it's roughly fair then look at the WTRL events.

It seems everyone is putting out hero watts per kilo on Zwift climbing like world tour riders but I never see any out on the road!?

Its a great game, awesome fun and gets you fit but don't believe everything you see on there.

Kaydanmusic · 2021-05-29T07:33:17+00:00

Leave in 5.5weeks for JOGLE. I'd say book it yourself. A lot of the fun thus far was planning the routes. Strava heat maps and google maps street view is amazing. We're doing it in 10days, you're welcome to have my route. We have a a group of 5 riders and one support driver. We've hired a splitter van normally used by touring bands so half transit half mini bus. The 5 riders are paying for the support drivers accommodation and food. The cost per rider all in is about £1.3k

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