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just makes me think: "son of Candy Ollier"...
Great article about fitting the bike IR!
I think my bars / brakes / hoods aren't set up properly, so I'll spend a day at the weekend with an allen key trying to get things in balance in that area. I simply loosened the stem (?) bit and swivelled the bars upwards before which improved things (bringing the hoods upwards), but now the drops are very uncomfortable. I think I need the bars where they were, but with the brakes (hoods) moved up around 1 - 1 1/2 ".
If I do this will I screw anything else up? E.g. gears, brakes etc. I guess not but I thought I would check first. I know I could take it back to the bike shop, but they will fit it back to something that I find uncomfortable (even if it is done properly!!)
I had to do the same thing. I found moving the hoods up got rid of the pain in my hands and arms on longer rides
Trek 1000 (I have one of these)
Specialized Allez
Giant OCR 3 or 4 (whichever one is around £500, can't remember the exact model)
One more thing. I've got SPDs on my hybrid. Is it "ok" to get them for a road bike or will I be better off with SPD-SLs? And new shoes...
I'm managing OK with SPDs on my road bike, I'm using my MTB shoes. My only problem with the MTB shoes is they're not fast to get on & off, even with elastic laces. But for an IM, I don't think you should worry so much about that.
Even for the most anal of cyclists, the weight saving from switching CO2 to usual air is minimal at best.
A large fart will have a similar effect.
Lighter and more responsive but pricier.
Clincher are the ones used on most bikes and are the tyre/inner tuber combination most are familiar with. THere are cost savings with this as punctures mean only a change of tube and they are generally harder wearing. They are slower than tubs.
The easiest way to think of a tub is of just an inner tube stuck to the wheel. They are made of a different material and can be reapaired by resticthing whihc is quite difficult. They are speedier than clinchers but not very hard wearing. The ponces use these for racing
Clinchers have 2 parts - a u cross sectioned thick rubber trye, and an inner tube. They are easy to change, cheap to replace and generally used by everyone.
A tub is in essence a very very thick inner tube (or a tyre with a circular cross section), which is glued on to the wheel rim. These are more expensive, temperamental to change (though with practice it's easy), but are generally considered to run a little bit faster. You can also inflate them to a higher pressure.
To be honest, there's very little between the performance between the two, but clinchers are easier and cheaper to run.
if you're doing more than 50.... well, maybe you should pin a note to your saddle saying what music you'd like to have played at your funeral.
tufo clincher tubs are safer, but they are a pain to fit onto clincher rims.