Windoze goes cycling...

[Windoze]

Well been meaning to take something up to compliment my running so maxed out the cycle to work scheme on a boardman adv bike 🤪🤓 and some gear to get me going...

Pick it up next sat whoop 🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️

[Beachcomber66 Administrator Half Marathon]

Oh no, another one turning to the dark side😨 Sandie1961 must bear some of the blame!! Just jealous really. I see lots of bikes on the busy roads around here and it looks nerve shredding to me....I am probably just an old bloke being an old bloke!! Wishing you many happy miles of wheeling away. 😊

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to Beachcomber66]

Beachcomber66 thank you !

[TailChaser Marathon]

Very nice too! CV32 to CV37 then? That’s a fair way 👍

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Nah more xc stuff for down days 😃

[TailChaser Marathon in reply to Windoze]

Oh fab! But isn’t it ‘bike to work’? 🤫

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to TailChaser]

Ssssshhhhh 😉

[Katnap Marathon]

So you will now have cycling faffage to deal with! 😃😅😂🤣

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to Katnap]

Totally mate...😆 I'm all over it like the nerd I am

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

It's great fun! Loads of strava stats to be investigated with a bike! Some great segments out there, dead easy to challenge yourself. Enjoyyyyy 😍

[Windoze Half Marathon]

Thank you! Really looking forward to it. Already planning some easy routes to start with! Long term plan is a duathalon...

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Windoze]

I have my eyes on a reasonably local, low key monthly duathlon. Various things keep getting in the way - most recently cocid-19!

[Shake-and-run Half Marathon]

Can’t beat a good bike ride. Enjoy xx

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to Shake-and-run]

🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️🚴‍♂️

[Decker Ultramarathon]

Nice wheels Windoze! Happy XC trails!

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to Decker]

Cheers Decks 😎 hoping I dont spill it on the first outing 🤣

[Decker Ultramarathon in reply to Windoze]

Only one way to find out!

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon]

Oh dear! Reminds me I now need to think about the sportive Shake-and-run and I are supposed to be doing in 2 weeks, Coronavirus permitting. No rest for the wicked 😂

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Oh dear?

[Sandie1961 Half Marathon in reply to Windoze]

Hobbling from today’s HM and potentially got a 10k next Sunday. Not done a bike ride for about 2 months 😖

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to Sandie1961]

Ahhh!! Recovery ride??

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon]

Just realised what you bought! Halfords refused to fit a new chain on my bike at the weekend as it seems the whole chainset needs replacing and that's too big a job for current times! So either I get a local bike guy to do it, or I buy a new bike, which I'vebeen tempted to do for a while now. Have been looking at the Boardman women's adv 8.8. It's a great price for a gravel bike - very few at such a low price. I'm really wary about buying without trying though when it involves that much money. Did you manage to try before buying? Or do they not carry much stock anyway? Which model did you buy? Are you still pleased with it? As a self employed gardener I don't think I can take advantage of a cycle2work scheme, sadly!

[Windoze Half Marathon in reply to linda9389]

Hi Linda. Yes I'm really impressed with it. To be honest I may be purchasing a second set of wheels with some road tyres in the future but that's not essential.

I bought 8.8. It's not the lightest at 10kg but sufficiently so for the price. The gear set is pretty slick. Shimano SORA with FSA 48/32.

The disk brakes are not the best but do the job. It handles well both on gravel and road to be fair.

All in yes not a bad bike for the money. No I didn't test ride it really I read a lot of reviews before biting the bullet....

All round a good bike 🙂

[linda9389 Administrator Marathon in reply to Windoze]

I'm close to being between sizes. I did notice when I road my son's MB at the weekend that the reach felt more comortable than my own bike which always feels a bit on the small side. I've always had straoght handlebars in the past, so not sure how this would feel either. However, I suspect if I wait til after lockdown I might still not be able to try both sizes. When I called to see if refunds were possible under the current circumstances he helpfully told me yes, so long as the bike was still boxed. He wasn't even joking!