Recent content by RoadieBeast

Also, both of those bikes have really crap wheels, you would be much faster on a slightly cheaper bike with an upgraded set of wheels, a versatile set would be a Zipp 404/808 combo, but again, depending what rules you run under, you may not be allowed carbon wheels at your age? I know when I...

Why use a TT bike for Olympic and sprint distance triathlon? I'm not sure what rules you race under, but most Olympic triathlons are draft legal, meaning that you would have to massively chop the aero bars on either of those bikes, and the fact you are often riding in bunches means you are...

At the moment I think my road brakes are more than good enough, on my alloy or carbon wheels I have never had any issues with insufficient braking power in the wet, but I said the same thing before I got a mountain bike with disc brakes, couldn't see the problem with V brakes at the time! I...

I live somewhere pretty flat, so I like deep wheels for racing, I was open minded when I bought my Reynolds SDV66 clinchers, they were a really good price (sponsored) and the weight hasn't really bothered me, I guess I am a bit of a strong man rather than a mountain goat, and prefer stiffness...

I would think NZ is only coming 3rd because of all the Pacific Islanders, nearly 100% of Fijians etc living in NZ are overweight, and totally killing our public health care.

Loving my Rudy Project Rydon glasses, Photo-chromatic lenses rock, they are always the perfect level of brightness! Rudy Project gives a lifetime warranty which is nice, I sweat profusely and managed to destroy a set of lenses, which were replaced free of charge. The glasses themselves are...

A certain pro tour rider I was talking to a while back who has ridden the top LOOK and Felt bikes said he thought the USPS treks were very nice bikes for the time, He said they were his favorite race bike in fact. As for modern carbon machines I can only say that I have had nothing but good...

I have a set of Ea90 wheels and they have been totally perfect, I have only had 1 broken spoke in over 7000km of racing, which was caused by me being careless and not fixing a bladed spoke that had rotated at right angles to its correct orientation. The only thing that has caused trouble is the...

I found I had to break in my toupe saddle, took a few hundred kms. It felt really hard at first but now it is amazing, feel's like I'm floating on air! Best saddle I have ever used, and believe me, I have tried most of them!

I would say that a set of deep carbon wheels would go faster than your Victory's, but only when you are going sufficiently fast, i.e over 35kmh. If you are just racing D grade at club or something then you wont hardly notice a set of deeper wheels. I race a set of Reynolds SDV66 clinchers...

I looked at the EC90TT wheelset a while ago as it was a great price compared to some wheel sets but It is just a bit too deep for road racing! They would be wicked fast though. The Easton R4 hubs are insanely fast but I must agree they chew through bearings pretty fast, and the TT front hub is...

I just got a set of Reynolds SDV66 clinchers, I really like them, they are slightly heavier than the wheels you are talking about but I would say they are pretty strong and very stiff. Bontragers are pretty expensive anyway arent they? at least they are in my part of the world. Look at...

+1 for GP4000S, Only 500 miles on mine but they are far from worn as of yet. They are by far the best racing clinchers I have ever used. As for training tyres, I use Specialized all condition tyres because I live in an area with pretty terrible roads, and I cant be bothered going slowly down...

My advice would be to ask a bike shop if they would recommend changing parts on your current bike, or buy a different one. As far as new bikes go for you, based on budget alone I would say go for an alloy frame, something like this would be great if you want to go second hand...