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Hey @darci not to toot my own horn but I set the world record on a treadmill for running 92miles in 12 hours. 200 on a bike would be a cake walk. TOOT TOOT 200 miles isn’t far my guy

Cross country wales , you may toot toot its non stop

I have mwt some a hiles in my time you are up there in to too 10. Treadmill is dry sorry . But in the dry most peoole can when they train but how boring

Rogerstone, tiny rebel 9th june cross country , unsurpported cross country 9am start

I honestly don’t know why you’re upset, I made a video cycling with my mates riding around Essex. If you want to come ride I’m doing the Dolomiti June 16 and Stone Circle end of June. I’ll buy you a beer after

They are the SunGod Arias, but they have a low light lens in them because British summer isn’t doing a good job

@Vicman763 yeah I actually do, didn’t think about switching to an HR page. I run based on HR a lot, my HR is a lot less varied on the bike though. Still a good metric

Thanks Mike. I wouldn’t have anything to post if I tried to just share the perfect stuff hahah

Kills me to hear this- so annoying. This was something I learnt quite early with my cycling back in the day- riding around London on my fixie. Had a horrible day learning the same thing

Wasn’t in the mood for it at 4am but by 11 we were loving it

@@thewattlife Haha, 10000000%

You’ve missed the point. Drops are still aero. They’re just not AS aero. I’d be on my drops as much as possible in a group ride for stability and brake lever accessibility. Sure, get tucked in when pulling on the front or away solo, but drops is more secure…and still aero.

Agreed Saracen, I ride the drops in the pack or on the front. Only on the hoods when taking a breather

How long can you hold an aero hoods position? It's probably less time than you could spend in the drops by a significant margin

​@@matthewmccullagh6023 - personally, I find it's the other way around: aero hood easier to sustain, than drops! 👍😊🤷🏻‍♂️

@vicman763 I’m the same as you- I can hold the hoods with forearms on the bars for longer than I can hold drops. I use the drops as a rest from the hoods and then get back on the hoods.

Thank you, one of the things im trying to work on is mentally getting comfortable with the length of my cranks and pedalling while leaning into a turn. Something to work on

Exactly. Keep practising. Makes it much easier to hold a wheel.

Agree with all the above, when on the front it is vital that you don't push out of corners, it is so easy to feel you need to pull the group back up to speed, if you do that all you achieve is splintering the group. Communication is key, if gaps start appearing shout forward, a few soft pedals can bring everyone back together without losing much speed over all. Great work

@Gixer750pilot I had a pump and we only had 30 miles left- our plan to ride for a time was out the window. I knew that once i got home i would be able to put more sealant in and it would hold, seating a Challenge Criterium with a track pump is a pain in the ass. Retrospectively i should have done it in Epping while waiting for boys but... well... i didnt! I will say that now my tyre is pumped with sealant and is holding perfectly. Also 67mm rear wheel... so its valve extenders and sometimes they can be funny without tape.

We could have done with you on Sunday. Lewis is almost brand new to cycling. Hes only done a handful of IRL rides. Mistakes were made.

@@thewattlife sorry for the rant mate . Failing to prepare, is preparing to fail. You are far more likely to picture in the wet too .

I get it and it would have been easy to not make this video- but someone, somewhere might send this to a mate doing it next year and they will buy a pump, levers and tubes before the ride!!! In which case, job done.

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Cool merci

lol you could hear this all round central London

Thanks Pete- some days you just CBA to mess with your tyres. My sealent was dry so i couldnt see the hole- i got home put more fluid in and its perfect!! The boys learnt their lessons thats for sure

@@thewattlife I use a Craftcadence jersey case for my tubes and tools etc it works really well and take it on each ride and have a pump on the water bottle mounts :) Pete

Ben was tubeless so he would have had to be pump not CO2. Lewis has only done a handful of rides outside so we're helping him learn. My cycplus pump is honestly amazing and i rate it way better than CO2, just as an FYI. You can recharge it and it did 8 pumps... good product testing lol

I use CO2 all the time on tubeless. I’d say your slow flat means you need more sealant in there- plus if tubeless - have you tried dynaplug to sort punctures? Amazing

CO2 works with sealant. I use it all the time. In fact if done right it will seat the bead.

The sealant had run dry so I couldn’t see where it was coming from!!!! Next day I just whacked a load of sealant in and it was sorted ✔️

Thanks man

Hahahahah NO WAY!!!!! I’ve had this before with seating a tyre but not a puncture… I was driving along and the warmer air must have just popped the tyre back on the rim but there was a loud PING… crapped myself

I don’t know the in’s and out’s of the pro event. But the roads were closed for a 25-40k person community event plus a smaller mini community event which the pros then used the course for. I understand how frustrating it is- I was in the event and getting back across London was a ball ache, BUT events like this make London great and we should embrace them. But you are welcome to your opinion and sorry your day was difficult. I’d be sad to see a mass London cycle race like this disappear

What bell ends? The other participants? They are just cyclists, like you!

A bit harsh

I always ride with the SunGod Vulcans or the Airas. Full disclosure I was their first ambassador but have always used them and stand by their quality. The Vulcans are my favourite as they sit up against my helmet and don’t leave a gap and you get absolutely no wind sneaking behind them at high speeds

I think you have to cast your mind back to when you first started cycling- both these boys are quite new to cycling and need someone to explain just how important this is. I shared this because they are my mates and its funny, but its also a great way for them to now see just how important tubes etc are on a ride.

Fair enough and kudos to you for sharing as you are copping some grief but even a total beginner should know.

Well yes, this is exactly what happens in the video.

@@thewattlife- is RideLondon actually a hard ride? I'm not a roadie but I've done 90 miles offroad with a loaded mountain bike in a day along the South Downs Way and avoided issues like this because I was prepared. This honestly seems like a cakewalk if you have a sensible bit of preparation and give it the required level of respect (i.e. repair kit you use).

@sing_cycle_referee The event itself and the route are, as you say, a complete cake walk! Its dead flat and if you sit in the group you can push c.200-230w (@75kg) and stay in the draft of groups who get it done under 4 hours. I got in at 9pm the day before from Whitstable (check the vid) and then up at 4am to a slowly softening tyre. I intended to go to the start and bail on the boys but they were pumped for it (which is why i didnt change my tubeless and whack a tube in). So i just said screw it and jumped on my bike and when fell send in the rain. The rest... well, we made it hard for ourselves.

@@thewattlife so the learning is - don't do a big ride the day before another?

You do you if you don’t think you can ride 200+ miles on a weekend

Mistakes were made 🤦🏼‍♂️

I couldn’t plug it because there was no fluid in the tyre so I actually didn’t know where the hole was!!!! And it 4-6am in the morning I just CBA to put a tube in. Both of these are my fault I know. If it got worse I was going to put a tube in but we were covering 20 miles at a time… Also these Challenge Criteriums are like £80 a pop, a plug could mess up the tyre potentially. In the long run I’m convinced I made the right choice as it’s not got fluid in and sealed itself

I only learnt about this the other day- have never seen one and just cant get my head around how they work

You’ll need a pair of suitable wheels as obviously they don’t stick on a clincher or tubeless rim, tubular tyres & a pot of tubular cement. I find I have fewer flats (touch wood), for some inexplicable reason. The whole set up is a bit lighter than the contemporary alternatives. Apparently tubs have slightly more rolling resistance than clinchers, but oh how they roll! When you do flat it is a bit of a pain to repair but one can change a tub in the field much more quickly than changing a tube (or fitting a tube to a tubeless wheel). Second hand values on eBay are probably rock bottom as it IS old tech but this is another advantage! You can also ride them flat for a short distance in the event of a rapid deflation, unlike tubeless or clinchers. Safety first!

Yeah if I do a local ride I’ll still carry all I need- but for ride London where it’s 100 miles in the middle of an area no where near me I’d honestly cry if I got a flat without anything. Just taking this as a teachable lesson and a way to help these guys learn how important it is

I think this is exactly it. All the flint in the road was destroying tyres. I was constantly looking to avoid the rain wash on the road.

Ha I only just survived a closed road route round East London and Essex!!! Flanders would be killer.

We got to the start about 10 mins before it set off… the fact it was 6am cold and wet, I just didn’t quite fancy putting a tube in Decisions were made

We were the first wave- I think 6am ish. But with all the stops and waiting for my mates we lost a good hour. Definitely got the worst of the rain but didn’t make it too bad as we never got proper cold

@@thewattlifewe had a 6am start too but as the forecast had the rain to stop at 6 we made an executive decision to wait it out in the car until then.

Yeah i think we probably ended up catching up the rain as we kept stopping and starting so i imagine it was the same cloud pi$$ing on us all morning

Talking of idiots…

I think this goes down as the worst I’ve heard from the day. That sounds absolutely insane. I have a halve extender and a valve core tool in my saddle bag and they’ve saved my ass on deep rims more than once

@@thewattlifegood point on the valve extenders. Might make for a good video - saddlebag essentials.

@@thewattlife scrambling around on small town Essex trying to find a tube for hours. Eventually found one asking every single person and limped it home. Was planning on being done by 10:30😂