Recent content by Ovidius

I don't want to criticise too much. It is pretty blatent that the website is utter rubbish and will never be the same again. I have no idea how making a website worse than bike radar is possible, but you have managed it! Now all we need is for the writing to go downhill and you will have shot...

I quite like the Six to be honest. I don't think there is a problem with the bike, I just feel that it is at the wrong price point. Something like the Specialized Carbon Elite's. Personally, I perfer the Synapse - especially the Hi-Mod versions. However, personally, I would look...

You don't need an "extended" test ride. Anyone who tells you that, quite possibly, has never bought a bike before or has wasted their life weighing up the differences! I have a tarmac and Madone - each feels less comfortable than the other, slower than the other, the wrong size etc DEPENDING...

This super bike is currently sat in the National Science Museum in London. But yes, Beru F1 Systems will make you one if you want they are costing £25000 (or £16000 without the integrated wired sensor systems) and there will be about 300 made (all made to measure) at a rate of 2 per week -...

I think you will find that adding Disc brakes to a Road bike makes it no heavier and quite blatently has significant advantages over caliper brakes. Its rather silly to use traditionalism and conservatism as an argument against technological advantages. I would suggest that sharper...

:DI find it interesting that anyone would "trust" an Italian manufacturer over a Japanese one! Have you ever been to an Italian factory? :D As for Campag vs Shimano in size - I think in Europe Especially (america is probably quite different), Campag is the largest premium component maker. If...

They are about the same - I believe Boonen's target weights are around 80-85kgs. Its a pity I struggle with weight, If I dropped 10Kg's to 85, I'd be a machine. However, due to my ridiculous diet, this is highly unlikely! :D

I think, to be honest, that you are ignoring quite how talented Phinney is. He won his individual Pursuit in a time of 4.17 at 18! Quite honestly, that is a little more than a "very good young cyclist". Thats a 56km/h average - if he translates this into more road success, Phinney could very...

Track Riding and the Roubaix are actually quite well intertwined. If you read about the big contenders for the roubaix - Power Output and maintaining it is one of the most significant factors in beign successful within the race. This is also how the big Individual pursuiters perform as well...

There is one thing I think you get slightly wrong. Sram and Shimano are blatently bigger than Campagnolo - as you quite rightly suggest, however Campagnolo is concentrated soley around Performance Road products, where as Shimano and Sram are larger in other areas. I would suggest that in the...

My wife found this difficult too. Partially I think it is experience (her main issue was understanding that Road bike brakes are less abrasing than v-brakes) and using the drop position to increase leverage for braking. It is possible that changing levers will help her, however it's a...

I just use seal skins. Let the shoes get wet, but my feet stay comfortable.

I think Trek have made better, but its still cool

It is supposed to be on the Right, everyone else is wrong. Driving on the Left is also how God intended. Everyone else is wrong. What really bothered me is that my Trek Madone came with the brakes the wrong way round and had to have the cables re-routed through the frame. Which is a...

I was actually joking. However, this sneer is rather childish. What does ability have to do with owning a 10k bike. Maybe my ability with money surpasses yours - maybe thats what you should be thinking about. A couple of things. Colnago and Pinarello are not just a name. They make...