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tanya g
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| Tom, will condor service none Condor bikes? |
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Tom
Joined: 16 Aug 2004
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Location: Holland Park
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:24 pm Subject: |
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| Yup. They have a big queue though, 1-2 weeks to get a slot. |
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ed!
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Joined: 13 Mar 2005
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Location: E R, London
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:24 pm Subject: |
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*puts on best Tom impression*
"Yes...they will promise you xmas steak too."
I'm intending to get my Ribble put in there for a full service too. |
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TheGinger1
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| Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 5:09 pm Subject: |
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What a coincidence, we came across 2 Wyndymylla riders on our 80-mile Surrey Rumble ride tea break at Seale yesterday!
How many in the team and where are you based? |
If you had a tea break in the little tea room in the Seale arts and craft centre then you've already visited Wyndymilla HQ.
Wyndymilla isn't a team per se, it's a bespoke cycling club aimed at the cyclosportife and amateur racing cyclist. In short, we try to deliver everything under one roof. Not just kit, bikes etc but the important things for people that don't know much about cycling like personal training built around their day jobs, fully supported trips into Europe etc.
It was started by Henry Furness (you can't miss him, blonde hair, looks 18 even though he's well passed the big 3 0). He came from a tri and personal training background and has built the company from training clients to do the etape etc. Phase 2 was the offer his own kit and bikes.
He has taken over one of the units at Seale and is moving into phase 3. He's using the unit to do fully customised bike fitting and personal training. I'm hoping to start working closely with him after my degree to be able to offer Sports rehab and massage etc from there too. The idea being that if you've ridden for years with a bad position, your body will have adapted to that position. Injuries can happen by changing the position dramatically without doing any corrective exercise or soft tissue to address the muscle imbalances’ and incorrect muscle activations that may have developed in the old bad position. Plus I can do sports injury stuff there too.
As far as a "team" it's just going to be Henry, myself and a couple of the other guys that will be working in Wyndymilla HQ getting the name out there a bit in the local races.
If anyone's interested in bike fitting etc, I can forward you Henry's details. |
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sol
Child Protection Officer
Joined: 23 Dec 2005
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Location: on the river
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 7:52 am Subject: |
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Aha! Yes I did see the logo on one of the doors at Seale. Interesting stuff!
Their bikes looked ever so flash 
Afraid we've got our own mechanics and bike whisperers at the club. In fact I'm going to have one of them look at my new pedals for me tonight as my right knee hurts after a while nad it never did iwith my old pedals. Perhaps it's 2 years of wrong position as you say 
Sorry Howard for hijacking you thread  |
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Howard
Joined: 24 Jan 2010
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Location: W2 now init.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 09, 2010 11:19 pm Subject: |
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So managed to make it down to Sutton to check a medium sized 2010 model out.
First impressions:
Very, very nice looking bike. Better than in pictures. Frame looks meaty where you'd expect it to, around the bottom bracket. Quite minimal elsewhere. Very light, about 10kg (Bike Radar reckon about 8 ), and very small - I'm 5.8" and I dwarf it.
Riding it:
Only managed to ride it around the shop(!), but some immediate impressions:
Riding position: fine, comfy for me, I'd be interested in what a large frame felt like.
Brakes: fine, and given I'm used to discs I didn't notice any obvious lack of stopping power
SRAM shifters - single leaver, uses one click for up, pushing right through two clicks for down, which was very odd. Seemed happy shifting right through the range at low speed but chainring derailleur wasn't set up right so couldn't shift up to the larger chainring. Something to look out for.
A lot of bike for £1000.
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TheGinger1
Joined: 07 Jul 2009
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:50 am Subject: |
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| A lot of bike for £1000. |
Agreed.
The SRAM system does take a few rides to get comfortable with it. Ones you're used to the distance you need to throw it for each shift it does become quite instinctive. The only time I found that I miss shifted was towards the end of a race when I was on my knees and hanging onto a group (only happened once or twice, went to shift into an easier gear but didn't quite throw it far enough..... and ended up in a harder gear........ and got dropped). But I believe that SRAM have improved the system since I rode it in 2006 and it didn't seem to slow down Mr Contador and Mr Armpong in last year’s tour. (Oh, and if my memory serves, getting that front mech set up right was a little fiddly. Once it's done right, it's fine).
Size wise, at 5.8" I would think you'd probably be able to handle the large size. It does depend on body proportion though. If you've got a shorter upper body and long legs you need the smaller bike with the smaller top tube to reach the bars comfortably (and you just have plenty of seat post sticking out). Obviously if you've got a long body and short legs you take the biker bike as it has more room in the cockpit. Deffinatley worth trying one before laying down 1k. |
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Howard
Joined: 24 Jan 2010
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Location: W2 now init.
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:07 am Subject: |
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| A lot of bike for £1000. |
Agreed.
The SRAM system does take a few rides to get comfortable with it. Ones you're used to the distance you need to throw it for each shift it does become quite instinctive. |
Yes - certainly not a showstopper but would need some practice. I wonder what informed that kind of design?
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Size wise, at 5.8" I would think you'd probably be able to handle the large size. It does depend on body proportion though. |
Well I'm long-legged so I'm guessing a large would be a bit of a stretch. Would definately try one though before laying down the cash.
Need to investigate Planet-X's offering now - wonder if anyone can link me to a circa £1000 offering?
Cheers,
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MatthewB
Joined: 05 Mar 2008
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Location: London W9
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:20 am Subject: |
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| Howard wrote: |
| Need to investigate Planet-X's offering now - wonder if anyone can link me to a circa £1000 offering? |
...this was the review that I was talking about at Tatem on Sunday |
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Howard
Joined: 24 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 11:50 am Subject: |
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| MatthewB wrote: |
| Howard wrote: |
| Need to investigate Planet-X's offering now - wonder if anyone can link me to a circa £1000 offering? |
...this was the review that I was talking about at Tatem on Sunday |
Cheers Matt - looks like things have moved on now and that set up at Planet X is comming in at around £1200. There's always the self build option though... |
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Tom
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| Posted: Wed Feb 10, 2010 12:31 pm Subject: |
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| Howard, you're welcome to have a go on mine after I get it serviced on the 18th. |
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TheGinger1
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Howard
Joined: 24 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:23 pm Subject: |
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Well spotted. Planet-X's website is a bit of a 'mare. You should get a prize.
Goddammit, Cycle Surgery has thrown this whole process into disarray by offering a few of there top end machines at 0% finance. Might just end up with one of these and being £100 poorer a month.
http://www.cyclesurgery.com/1029517/Wilier-Izoard-Centaur-.html |
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Mikey-two-Names
Joined: 24 Feb 2004
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:57 pm Subject: |
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| Arrrrgghhhh!!!!!! You're going to cost me like that, Howard!! |
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Howard
Joined: 24 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Thu Feb 11, 2010 4:59 pm Subject: |
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| Mikey-two-Names wrote: |
| Arrrrgghhhh!!!!!! You're going to cost me like that, Howard!! |
Just think of it as an investment. In carbon fiber.
Fiber is good for you, right? |
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