Velominatus: ten B
Order: Level 1 Velominatus
Location: Sydney, Australia
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A transplanted Canadian, living in Australia, having only recently made the transition from bike rider to cyclist, ten B has found the true purpose of his full set of Dutch genes: the conversion of V into movement in the finest tradition of Zoetemelk and Kuiper.
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And here’s a question for the keepers: will the Farnese Vini/Vini Fantini kit ever be acceptable attire? »
Okay, I have to admit to wearing a fluoro jersey in my dark (commuter) past. Ironically, I was wearing one when I was taken out by a car whose driver swore (and testified!) she didn’t see me. Result: fractured C1 and busted up knee. Were it not for my (ug… »
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Steamy is at it again too. This sounds cold. Send complaints to <egan@mcmaster.ca>
~100k at Casually Deliberate/no drop. Biggest obstacle could be the weather—butter tarts at Dar’s Delights (turnaround point) will be worth the trip.
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@Russ M The XL gilet should be perfect for you. Where are you located? I can figure out the shipping options and maybe we can sort something out. Feel free to drop me a line via hotmail (al_tenb). »
@frank Fixed your post. »
@Russ M I’m a 42. And it’s your loss – I’m a great kisser. »
My brand new Sacred Gilet seems to be a touch on the roomy side (like the rest of my V-kit it’s an XL, but it fits a bit larger). I’m looking to trade-down to a large. Alternatively, if someone would like to puchase it, please let me know. I have plenty o… »
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@unversio 2013? Oh, in the photo… »
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Rather than the onset of hypoxia, I find that the reason I want to shed my sunnies when at Vmax is so that I can gain the cooling advantage of a 12 km/h breeze on a few extra square centimetres of exposed skin/eyeball. I use untinted lenses at night to av… »
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@scaler911 No risk of this rivalling Frost/Nixon methinks. »
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@roger Thanks! I’ll say one thing for this site – if you follow the rules, you’ll wind up with a fantastic looking bike! As for the saddle, I can’t figure why they stitch a huge bibs-shredding logo on it. I was a bit wary, so I actually bought a used one… »
@sthilzy The Q-Rings only have two chain pick-ups, and they’re positioned at the optimum parts of the elipse (with smaller teeth as well). I’ve played with timing the shift, but it seems like the inside of the chain wants to ride on the teeth if I move t… »
@sthilzy I wonder how DI2 would go on the upshift. My FD is as tight to the big ring as possible, so I guess some control of the shift rate would be required to dial it in properly. But I have a sneaking suspicion that switching to a Shimano chain would i… »
@G’rilla They’re the eliptical Q-Rings. Apart from having a tendency to drop the chain when shifting to the big ring (you have to be very smooth on the shift) they are the feline’s posterior. I thought I’d be in trouble on the climbs coming from a compa… »
@sthilzy It’s a Selle SMP Evolution. 24 hours of fi'zi:k-induced post-ride numbness in my man giblets after a 208 km sportive had me looking for a new saddle. The SMP fits the bill perfectly, and as a bonus it allows me to rotate my hips into a better posit… »
@Mikael Liddy Yeah, both she and the bike are far better than I deserve. »
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Christmas present from my VMH. Racing tomorrow, hence the single bidon cage. »
@Mikael Liddy Congrats mate! @Nate Seat tube is a tad steeper, but think that I’ll be moving the saddle forward a touch to create the same angle to the crank, so no huge difference methinks »
@Barracuda I’ve been poring over size charts for both the R3, and my current bike. The effective TT length is still 11mm shorter on the 56 but the head tube angle is a touch more, so that should compensate a bit. The 54 would have been too small. And I th… »
@scaler911 @TommyTubolare @G’rilla Thanks for the advice. My new best friend has located an ex-demo 56cm frame in good shape, so I no longer have to worry about squeezing myself into a medium. Only downside is that as a Dutchman on a black R3, I’m afraid … »
I’ve been amazed at how much the tuck whilst sitting on the top tube increases descending speed. It’s more stable than I expected, but definitely for the straighter sections only. »