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Never thought I'd get it so soon....
Was really happy to pick up my Boardman Road Comp '10 last December for £500 and for the money, its a good machine and looks the part but having ridden with a couple of guys these last couple of days - one on a Felt AR2 and the other a Scott CR1 Pro, I've had my head turned! Is it a better idea to go out with folk who have poorer bikes than you so that you can feel better about yourself?
Having started browsing again, it appears that the CAAD10's are superb bits of kit, and the best Alloy frames you can buy? Would it be a noticeable difference over my Boardman though?
Was really happy to pick up my Boardman Road Comp '10 last December for £500 and for the money, its a good machine and looks the part but having ridden with a couple of guys these last couple of days - one on a Felt AR2 and the other a Scott CR1 Pro, I've had my head turned! Is it a better idea to go out with folk who have poorer bikes than you so that you can feel better about yourself?
Having started browsing again, it appears that the CAAD10's are superb bits of kit, and the best Alloy frames you can buy? Would it be a noticeable difference over my Boardman though?
RRS_Staffs said:
There is no better incentive than seeing some bugger up the road on a more expensive bike than yours, preferably wearing Rapha too, then chasing them down and spitting them out without breaking into a sweat
Scum bikes rule
Probaly..............
This Scum bikes rule
Probaly..............
Would much rather be keeping up with them on a worse bike than have an awesome bike and be getting dropped by someone on a worse bike 
Somebody will always have something that is percieved to be better than what you have (although in the case of the Boardman, they will only be marginally better at twice the price!).
I'd rather avoid the marketing hamster wheel & enjoy what I have.
Being a good cyclist is far more important that a few grammes of weight saved for that extra £500 outlay.
On a recent 75 mile organised ride I passed a number of Lycra warriors on their carbon bikes - on my Brompton folder!. They wasnt happy but my fitness counted.
I'd rather avoid the marketing hamster wheel & enjoy what I have.
Being a good cyclist is far more important that a few grammes of weight saved for that extra £500 outlay.
On a recent 75 mile organised ride I passed a number of Lycra warriors on their carbon bikes - on my Brompton folder!. They wasnt happy but my fitness counted.
I wouldn't stress too much mate, I ride my retro rides a lot more than my modern bikes. I couldn't give a s
t if some tt thinks he is better than me, case in point, was driving to some bush trails some weeks ago with a couple of mates, we all ride retro and go out for a laugh more than anything and take the piss out of each other, but we have some really superb bikes between us. So we get to where we want to ride, waaay off the beaten track and we spot some locals riding, so we pull up and ask about the current trails, seemed friendly enough and said they would meet us at the top of the road and show us the local trails. sweet!
We pull up, and get out our steeds and the looks of bewilderment from these two dudes was priceless, one of the speccy tts exact words were "you aren't going to ride that st are you" and was pretty disparaging over our choice of machine for that day. He was on some modern plastic thing with clown bike wheels and his mate was on some Giant full susser that had more bob in the arse than a fairground ride. Fair enough, so we gave these boys a bit of a head start, then handed their arse to them, on their own trails!
Photo from that day
t if some tt thinks he is better than me, case in point, was driving to some bush trails some weeks ago with a couple of mates, we all ride retro and go out for a laugh more than anything and take the piss out of each other, but we have some really superb bikes between us. So we get to where we want to ride, waaay off the beaten track and we spot some locals riding, so we pull up and ask about the current trails, seemed friendly enough and said they would meet us at the top of the road and show us the local trails. sweet! We pull up, and get out our steeds and the looks of bewilderment from these two dudes was priceless, one of the speccy t
ts exact words were "you aren't going to ride that st are you" and was pretty disparaging over our choice of machine for that day. He was on some modern plastic thing with clown bike wheels and his mate was on some Giant full susser that had more bob in the arse than a fairground ride. Fair enough, so we gave these boys a bit of a head start, then handed their arse to them, on their own trails! Photo from that day
Edited by SkinnyBoy on Friday 14th October 11:57
Bike envy is a bit of a bugger, but forget about it.
You don't judge a book by the cover, and you shouldn't judge a rider by their steed.
I have handed asses to people on better and worse bikes, and had my ass handed to me by the same.
The important part is that having your ass handed to you by anyone makes you train harder, so it doesn't happen again. Likewise, handing out asses makes you train harder because it's great fun, and you want to do it more.
You don't judge a book by the cover, and you shouldn't judge a rider by their steed.
I have handed asses to people on better and worse bikes, and had my ass handed to me by the same.
The important part is that having your ass handed to you by anyone makes you train harder, so it doesn't happen again. Likewise, handing out asses makes you train harder because it's great fun, and you want to do it more.
Out for a ride few weeks ago, guy at the top of the hill first was on an old specialized hard tail, guy at the back on over 2k's worth of carbon fibre beautiful loveliness.
No matter how shiny the bike the engine is what the biggest gains are available in. It's what I keep telling myself, at least, wasn't first up the hill but second and next time
hmm if not the time after.
No matter how shiny the bike the engine is what the biggest gains are available in. It's what I keep telling myself, at least, wasn't first up the hill but second and next time
hmm if not the time after.Chicken Chaser said:
Never thought I'd get it so soon....
Was really happy to pick up my Boardman Road Comp '10 last December for £500 and for the money, its a good machine and looks the part but having ridden with a couple of guys these last couple of days - one on a Felt AR2 and the other a Scott CR1 Pro, I've had my head turned! Is it a better idea to go out with folk who have poorer bikes than you so that you can feel better about yourself?
Having started browsing again, it appears that the CAAD10's are superb bits of kit, and the best Alloy frames you can buy? Would it be a noticeable difference over my Boardman though?
There's no escaping bike envy. No matter what you buy, there'll always be someone on something LIGHTER! FASTER! STIFFER! BLING-ER! BETTER! ...and it keeps going until suddenly you're on and surrounded by the best bikes money can buy. In the pro peloton. By this point you're not worried about what your fellow riders are on (bike-wise, anyway Was really happy to pick up my Boardman Road Comp '10 last December for £500 and for the money, its a good machine and looks the part but having ridden with a couple of guys these last couple of days - one on a Felt AR2 and the other a Scott CR1 Pro, I've had my head turned! Is it a better idea to go out with folk who have poorer bikes than you so that you can feel better about yourself?
Having started browsing again, it appears that the CAAD10's are superb bits of kit, and the best Alloy frames you can buy? Would it be a noticeable difference over my Boardman though?
)The Boradman isn't a bad bike. Ride it, enjoy it, get fast and make it your mission to utterly destroy others on supposedly "better" bikes.
CoolC said:
Ha, what is it with retroriders that makes us hang our bikes off stuff?
From one of our group rides in the summer
To the OP: New and shiny is always nice, but old and knowing what to do with it is better
#From one of our group rides in the summer
To the OP: New and shiny is always nice, but old and knowing what to do with it is better
Is that a Diamondback Ascent on the left? I've got a '93 one as my daily commuter -love it (but might retire it from commuting shortly and keep it for fun).
Chicken Chaser said:
Is it a better idea to go out with folk who have poorer bikes than you so that you can feel better about yourself?
The trick is to NEVER ride the other bikes. If I do that I am f**ked. Only last Sunday I had a shot on a new £700-ish Giant and was instantly hooked. Now planning to retire my 93 Diamondback from daily commuting and to replace it it with a Specialised Rock Hopper Disk Pro. Or at least next March/April when the next CTW kicks in.Same with me for Hifi (I NEVER got for demo's - fatal) or cars (test drives, same)......
angusc43 said:
CoolC said:
Ha, what is it with retroriders that makes us hang our bikes off stuff?
From one of our group rides in the summer
To the OP: New and shiny is always nice, but old and knowing what to do with it is better
#From one of our group rides in the summer
To the OP: New and shiny is always nice, but old and knowing what to do with it is better
Is that a Diamondback Ascent on the left? I've got a '93 one as my daily commuter -love it (but might retire it from commuting shortly and keep it for fun).
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