Stonechat
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- Staines, Middlesex
I just about get to half my age!!
Alpine descents can be tricky. You watch the pros do it on the telly and it looks ok, then when you try it for real it suddenly dawns on you that they actually have the road closed for their events and not only do you have to keep to your own side but you may meet some idiot on a hairpin failing to keep to theirs.
Brown trouser moment indeedIf there's any possibility of something happening I descend like a granny (no offence meant Gran); I can only ease of the brakes on a perfectly straight and clear rural road
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67kph on this weekends forum ride with @ColinJ. On a steel frame road bike from yesteryear and a single pannier. Did say before I left that I wasn't gonna go silly but, well....I was enjoying the ride tbh. Great fun. For a shandy-drinking-southern-softy-daft-******* I think I did alright.
Although I do have 105 brakes, set up to within a knats-cock of perfect, and can honestly say it felt pretty solid.
Fit those 105s Andrew. Know you wanna....
Not true. Hear many carbon bikes suffering this too. It's down to lots of factors.
My Ribble has done 55 and my Herety 60 mph. Rock solid.
Do you have same as mine? Mine isn't badged because it was bought by a wholesaler direct from the importer but it sure looks like a Ribble 7005. Although now I look I'm not sure it is.
Fascinating post hey...
No I have a Real Steel RIBBLE in Reynolds 653 built by Terry Dolan about 20 years ago. !!
Does it flex much? My old steelie is really flexible, but I've never gone fast downhill on it
No. Doesn't flex, and neither does the Herety, which is Columbus SLX and has re-inforcing spirals running inside the tubes near the BB and headset.
653 is a mix of 531 main tubes and 753 rear end.
All depends upon the frame material. Quality steels aren't 'flexy'.
Ah,I think quality might be lacking in the 80s steel frame I bought for £20 off the London SingleSpeed forum, even after the overall twist in the frame was corrected![]()