no motorbikes any more,but i did hav 3 cars of my own untill last year!alas my pride and joys had to go to pay the bills,sob,sob,and now ive got to curb the sport budget to! im so hard done by;-)
Still confused about this whole wheel malarkey...I thought that a smaller wheel would mean you have to cycle a little harder to go at the same speed as someone with a bigger wheel - is that wrong?
parrotmad, its air resistance and rolling resistance that slows you down (ie they are the forces you have to pedal against to move forwards)
so if you are travelling at 20 mph on any bike, the forces on you and the bike, and therefore the amount of effort, are the same if you are doing a high cadence in a low gear, or a low cadence in a high gear (ignoring miniscule effects like the extra friction on the cranks from pedalling faster)
the same thing applies on 650 vs 700 wheels - air resistance and rolling resistance are the same
actually the 650 theory is that because the wheel and the spokes are smaller, it reduces some air resistance and you go faster
very little difference in practice though
the limiting factor on 650s is that in the same gear you'd have to pedal a bit quicker to go at the same speed, due to the smaller wheels - so you might run out of gears on steep downhills?? (if you were very very brave)
There are 11 bikes in my garage. Daughter has one, son has two. I have a BMX and a jump bike and a child's racer for sale. I have a touring bike, a mountain bike, a dedicated 'cross bike and my two lovely airbornes which switch between TT/road and 'cross.
Then there's the vitus frame and soo many bits...for sale.
A little off topic I know but can someone tell me what pressure I should put in my road bike tyres, it says on the type wall Recommended 7.0 bar or 100 PSI, Max 7.7 bar or 110 PSI. The recommended seems quite hard and close to the Max, what do you put in yours. Oh my tyres are 23mm.
PS went out on my bike this afternoon – its bloody cold……….
You'll get less rolling resistance with them pumped up to their limits. I might take a bit out if its damp on the roads though and that gives you a bit more grip.
I do know that on one of my bikes the max psi on the tyres is greater than the max stated on the rims.
going off tread a little, the least ive paid for a bike,£2 from a boot sale,an old ladies/girls bike for mrs slainte,shes only 5ft1in so a good road bike was hard to find at the right price as she hardly ever uses it,so i stripped it and built her one from my vast array of left overs,and now she got a little used top notch capag /mavic/itm smooth machine,it rides like a dream.
£900 second hand - Litespeed with Dura Ace - I do regret it though - nice bike but I don't really need it.
I paid £250 for the bike I have used most which is a 531c Mercian road bike, though current fave is a long term borrowed fixed grass track bike. Also use my brothers old school bike which I'm going to turn into a fixed and my own old school bike - 10spd Peugeot. The only new bike I ever had was a 10spd peugeot in 501 but not the one I've got now. Gave a couple of bikes away earlier in the year too.
I would like one of the new 200cc ones - quite like the ET4 too - it's just that not having had one on the road for a few years I'd get stung for full insurance again and on top of having a car it becomes an expensive luxury - if it wasn't for the kids I wouldn't bother with a car.
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Still confused about this whole wheel malarkey...I thought that a smaller wheel would mean you have to cycle a little harder to go at the same speed as someone with a bigger wheel - is that wrong?
so if you are travelling at 20 mph on any bike, the forces on you and the bike, and therefore the amount of effort, are the same if you are doing a high cadence in a low gear, or a low cadence in a high gear (ignoring miniscule effects like the extra friction on the cranks from pedalling faster)
the same thing applies on 650 vs 700 wheels - air resistance and rolling resistance are the same
actually the 650 theory is that because the wheel and the spokes are smaller, it reduces some air resistance and you go faster
very little difference in practice though
the limiting factor on 650s is that in the same gear you'd have to pedal a bit quicker to go at the same speed, due to the smaller wheels - so you might run out of gears on steep downhills?? (if you were very very brave)
does that draw with or beat 5 bikes and a motorbike??
and a child's racer for sale. I have a touring bike, a mountain bike, a dedicated 'cross bike and my two lovely airbornes which switch between TT/road and 'cross.
Then there's the vitus frame and soo many bits...for sale.
PS went out on my bike this afternoon – its bloody cold……….
Keep running
You'll get less rolling resistance with them pumped up to their limits. I might take a bit out if its damp on the roads though and that gives you a bit more grip.
I do know that on one of my bikes the max psi on the tyres is greater than the max stated on the rims.
I paid £250 for the bike I have used most which is a 531c Mercian road bike, though current fave is a long term borrowed fixed grass track bike. Also use my brothers old school bike which I'm going to turn into a fixed and my own old school bike - 10spd Peugeot. The only new bike I ever had was a 10spd peugeot in 501 but not the one I've got now. Gave a couple of bikes away earlier in the year too.
i keep meaning to sell it (frooty reindeer almost bought it last year!)