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Lotte and I wanted one first. :mad: Dibs. :D

It is amazing how much you can pick up speed buy working that little bit more. There is a section in a loop that I do and if I am not paying attention I can end up doing 25km/h along it (rough surface slight incline) but when I actually pay attention I ride it at 35km/h + without much more...

What top tube length do you require? Lotte's new bike is going to be the same size with a substantially shorter top tube (Beauty of a WSD frame). It is very easy to move a seat up and down.

I would lean towards Man up and race if you think you have recovered enough. If not you could send yourself backwards.

I will be definately be seriously considering SRAM Force on my next build. I rode SRAM ESP 9.0 back in the day and it was brilliant. I also was running XTR on another bike at the same time. As soon as SRAM released their X-9 range I installed it and it ran without problem (still is) and...

Yeah, by that I would have a power output around 5 W/kg at least. I don't train enough to have that much power. I race Cat 2/3. But I guess it is different all over the place.

I always thought mole surfing would be more fun.

I had the same problem after changing frames and losing my measurements in the 6 weeks it took for a warranty frame to show up. In the end I set it up as per basic recommendations. Moving the seat foward 8mm got rid of the pain.

Drool. Not for the wheels though :D

I love that the top end is so expensive. Nothing better than riding past someone on super bling who is struggling. Same in races, Love it. :D But if owning the super bling makes them happier then good for them. Better for them to be out on their bike then running me over in their oversized...

Data from two years ago confidential? Everyone who races him knows if he is fast or not. Let us mere mortals see some cool power figures..............Please :(

If you haven't the heart, power means SFA. :cool:

I race 9speed ultegra at a Cat 2 level and have no problems with it. As for performance, in theory the 9 speed Ultegra should be at least on par with 105 (evolution blah blah blah). I would actually think that internal components in shifters in Ultegra is still better than 105. Dura ace...

Only bother with this if they are acually high quality steel. No cheapo rubbish ;)

Are you racing or riding recreationally? In the past I have had new tyres for every race. Training rides in between races would chop tyres to bits. Generally I would tear off/undercut corner knobs. The best lifetime came from Michelin <sp?> DH tyres.

And you then put the seat back to the original position why?

29ers have their advantage on smooth flowing tracks. The smaller diameter of 26" allows for better change of direction and quicker acceleration. If riding lots of technical single track as you say I would recommend 26" Admittedly a 29er looks more normal on a big rider but a 26" MTB does also.

How late did you leave your braking? Did you actually need to go as slow as you thought?

Yeah that is true. I was just thinking of the power output of Rennie on flat pedals, and the fact that he beat the AIS track team.

Being completely unqualified in this, personally I find in racing if I need to bridge a gap sometimes the only way to do so is to focus on the lift part of my pedal stroke because I really have nothing more to give on the downstroke. Sure I use energy to create the speed (wonderful law of...