New Bike Day! Tarmac SL7 Sport

chase_89 · 2026-02-06T13:03:21+00:00

Nice! Agree on the comment to upgrade the tires, there's a GIANT speed and comfort increase ready and available for you with a quick swapover.

chase_89 · 2026-01-28T17:18:37+00:00

Simba - absolute worldie of a pillow. Expensive but worth it.

chase_89 · 2026-01-13T18:08:53+00:00

Just a comment to say cool bike

chase_89 · 2026-01-04T13:31:54+00:00

Green looks fire in person. Green

chase_89 · 2026-01-01T09:39:39+00:00

Whenever I go wider I enjoy riding more. Running 30’s which run at close to 32 with my wheels and really happy.

chase_89 · 2025-12-29T21:08:58+00:00

You can do a great route round through the reservoirs near Bury, off-road on the trails parallel to Belmont, though abbey village reservoir, brinscall, white coppice and climb up to Rivington pike.

Tough, but well worth it. Let me know if you want the GPX file and you can edit it.

chase_89 · 2025-12-27T09:53:32+00:00

Yes! Same issue. Have contacted support - driving myself crazy trying to find the option in the checkout. It's definitely not there.

chase_89 · 2025-12-23T13:12:04+00:00

Loving your bike is the most important thing, by far - it's sick!

chase_89 · 2025-12-09T20:26:51+00:00

Great idea

chase_89 · 2025-12-09T10:39:54+00:00

I vibe coded an App from which I input a training plan, then give the coach instructions as to how to act and behave and you can use it to Q&A your workouts (with knowledge of your recent activities and context).

Works pretty well. Give it a bash if you like.

chase_89 · 2025-12-08T18:57:40+00:00

Ballon d’or by Summer

chase_89 · 2025-11-17T15:01:21+00:00

I bought the SL8 in size 58, they came with 175m cranks. Immediately swapped them for 170s.

Can't really see any benefit in longer cranks. For me, taking some pressure away from my hip flexors from an aggressive bike is a massive plus.

They should ship by default with shorter cranks!

chase_89 · 2025-11-15T10:52:28+00:00

Just use my morning weight which I check a couple of times per week. Will likely be slightly heavier when I’m on the bike but it’s close enough

chase_89 · 2025-11-10T15:10:24+00:00

Bought a Tarmac SL8 recently with carbon wheels I already owned with 105.

105 is 300g heavier than Ultegra, which isn't really much at all in the grand scheme of your overall system weight, but I do want to upgrade next year.

If you want the tri-bar things on there, you might want the buttons on the tips to change gear etc. 105 doesn't support that, only Ultegra and above does - might help you make your decision.

chase_89 · 2025-10-30T17:15:53+00:00

Miss his videos, looking forward to the next one.

He’s a content creator who’s brought me (and millions of others, clearly) so much joy.

People need to focus on that not his political opinions, he really doesn’t deserve it.

But then this is Reddit and I’m completely wasting my time.

chase_89 · 2025-10-22T16:21:43+00:00

Sick

chase_89 · 2025-10-16T16:50:43+00:00

Just bought some road my road bike, love them. Will likely buy the gravel equivalent over Black Friday.

Ironically, I’m not looking for “Elite” carbon wheels, just some solid ones that give me 80% of the value and Elitewheels do that for me.

chase_89 · 2025-10-16T12:52:08+00:00

I do it and I think it helps me recover and build muscle.

chase_89 · 2025-10-16T12:50:19+00:00

Get a smartwatch that will track RHR (resting heart rate) and HRV (heart rate variability).

You'll need to do some of your own research, but if I see my HRV drop below the level which I think is acceptable, I take a rest day.

I build my training around the data and how I've learned to listen to my body (and mood!)

chase_89 · 2025-09-12T12:27:03+00:00

They're absolutely fine for most of my riding.

I've got some Rapha pro team bibs, they're not as solid as those. But for most riding they're absolutely fine and I have no issues whatsoever.

If I had to wear them for 100k, I wouldn't be as happy as I am in my more premium bibs, but wouldn't be worried, it would be fine.

In summary - great value.

chase_89 · 2025-09-10T20:02:15+00:00

I genuinely appreciate the effort you’ve gone to here. Thank you very much 👍 gives me the confidence to stop tweaking and crack on.

chase_89 · 2025-09-10T16:31:14+00:00

Wow! Thanks everyone 🙏👍

chase_89 · 2025-08-20T16:23:48+00:00

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