My Carrera Zelos

[young Ed]

Before the zelos I had a apollo phaze fully kitted out 2" tires, mudguards etc. this is a much nicer beast!

proper beast you had before, what a great bike for those super fast TT's! deep section carbon rims and all
Cheers Ed

 

[cyberknight]

then i only get max 34 down hills

Maybe its down to the steepness of your hills and when you bottle out though , the most i have been is about 45 mph on a long downhill straight on the cannock chase sportive a while back.

 

[L14M]

proper beast you had before, what a great bike for those super fast TT's! deep section carbon rims and all
Cheers Ed

Yeah.. Don't know about super fast TTs. To be fair it was a good bike. Just the rear derailure got caught in the spokes. Been replaced and all but i really cba to set it back up and ride it!

Maybe its down to the steepness of your hills and when you bottle out though , the most i have been is about 45 mph on a long downhill straight on the cannock chase sportive a while back.

My max so far is about 33mph. I just go the steep way up a hill and the long way down!
Liam

 

[young Ed]

Maybe its down to the steepness of your hills and when you bottle out though , the most i have been is about 45 mph on a long downhill straight on the cannock chase sportive a while back.

when i bottle out? i pedal as fast as i can in aero position all the way generally
i think it might be that i do tend to go slightly slower and shadow the brakes due to the road surfaces around here and the corners
Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

Yeah.. Don't know about super fast TTs. To be fair it was a good bike. Just the rear derailure got caught in the spokes. Been replaced and all but i really cba to set it back up and ride it!



My max so far is about 33mph. I just go the steep way up a hill and the long way down!
Liam

i want a mountain bike for some of the trails round here
but i would be buying S/H and want something more than a cheap BSO
Cheers Ed

 

[L14M]

i want a mountain bike for some of the trails round here
but i would be buying S/H and want something more than a cheap BSO
Cheers Ed

Don't blame you. Did light trails but it was advertised as 16kg.. with the addons it was more like 17kg!

Liam

 

[young Ed]

Don't blame you. Did light trails but it was advertised as 16kg.. with the addons it was more like 17kg!

Liam

wow not sure even my bike weighs that!
i should get a cheap 29er one day, when i have bought/built the other 101 thousand bikes i want NEED!
Cheers Ed

 

[cyberknight]

when i bottle out? i pedal as fast as i can in aero position all the way generally
i think it might be that i do tend to go slightly slower and shadow the brakes due to the road surfaces around here and the corners
Cheers Ed

I said maybe or hill steepness in your area ..............

 

[young Ed]

I said maybe or hill steepness in your area ..............

some fairly steep hills round here
oh well better slow and safe hey!
Cheers Ed

 

[L14M]

Well.. All this talk on lighter wheel sets has had a toll on me. 1x r501 rear wheel on the way. Will get the front when i have more cash.. I've also picked up some r540 light action pedals.. And 2 new water bottles..

Yep expensive day

 

[young Ed]

Well.. All this talk on lighter wheel sets has had a toll on me. 1x r501 rear wheel on the way. Will get the front when i have more cash.. I've also picked up some r540 light action pedals.. And 2 new water bottles..

Yep expensive day

hehe i am great at spending others money!
where did you order from?
Cheers Ed

 

[L14M]

hehe i am great at spending others money!
where did you order from?
Cheers Ed

Merlin cycles and another cc member. Pretty pleased I only have the rear wheel but will get the front soon. Once I have te full wheel set I think I'll be able to save 500 grams so it'll be about 10.6kg! Then fork is next on the agenda!

 

[young Ed]

Merlin cycles and another cc member. Pretty pleased I only have the rear wheel but will get the front soon. Once I have te full wheel set I think I'll be able to save 500 grams so it'll be about 10.6kg! Then fork is next on the agenda!

i think you may well struggle to save 600g on a fork to bring it to your 10kg goal
carbon seat post and/or stem might help!
Cheers Ed

 

[L14M]

Yeah

i think you may well struggle to save 600g on a fork to bring it to your 10kg goal
carbon seat post and/or stem might help!
Cheers Ed

carbon seat post stem an handlebars are all on the cards too!!

 

[young Ed]

Yeah

carbon seat post stem an handlebars are all on the cards too!!

you might at a pinch get it down to 10 or 10.1kg then!
Cheers Ed