Blag some new kit
Online cycle shop Wiggle are running a competition at the moment where they are giving away a full Shimano XT groupset.
All you have to do is tell them why you dersve it over all overs. Here is my excuse:
I think I deserve a new XT groupset as my bike needs one badly and I’ve begged the other half but I can’t buy anything new until she has her wisdom teeth out. So I’m having to ride around using a worn XT which really doesn’t know what gear it wants to be in! And she thinks she is in pain!
My Marin has been running the same setup since purchase and the 4k miles I’ve put on it are beginning to show. Of course I’ve done the usual chain replace but now everything is showing signs of giving out on me.
Yet me bike fund will be dipped into since Lucy visited the dentist to find out that the remaining wisdom teeth need removing!
I think if you want to enter the competition you need to sign up to Wiggle’s newsletter and set up an account, of course making a purchase might help.
No Commentsand all I got was this hat!
For a few months I have been hassling Rob about Sram and their palns for the road side of the cycling market.
If you have a mountain bike the chances are you are running one of two makes on the gears/transmission; SRAM or Shimano. Shimano have always been the leader but since SRAM broke into a MTB world they have taken it by storm, there simple ergonomic approch to levers and gears just works. On the other hand if you have a road bike your running either Shimano or Campag. Notice something; Shimano are the Microsoft of the cycling world they have cornered everything and trademarked or patented everything they can!
So when I heard of SRAM’s plans to take on the road scene I expected to me impressed, waiting for the third groupset to hit the shelves.
A Time for a change
This morning I recieved a set of Time RXE pedals.
To be honest I’ve never really spent a lot on pedals since I could ride a bike. The last ones I got for my road bike were a set of Shimano 105 SPD-SL’s which so far have racked up over 1,000 miles. Last week end one of the pedals started making a horrible noise; the noise that says I’m gonnna die soon.
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