Wahoo Elemnt
Wahoo is great if you keep on track but not if you deviate!
Wahoo is great if you keep on track but not if you deviate!
I have recently switched to the Wahoo from a Garmin. I wish I had done this earlier. See Garmin review. Only a few weeks in and I highly rate this GPS unit. Easy to use app, big clear screen. Loads of battery. The menu system is really intuitive on the unit itself and it is easy to hook up with Strava, Komoot and many other apps. The one thing I have noticed is that if you plot a course but deviate from this you will have yo go back and find the original route, it won’t reroute for you like the Garmin did. It's easy to keep your old Garmin mounts if you have them with an adapter you can purchase here.
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£250 which is for the bundle that includes heart rate monitor, speed and cadence sensors. 2 year limited warranty. 17 hours battery life!!
PRO'S
Large screen
Waterproof
Extra long battery life
Easy to use app and menu systems
Easy sync with third party apps
CON'S
No re-routing
No sleep option
RIDE PAUSED/ RIDE RESUMED logo covers half of map once stopped. Annoying but can press page button to remove, but still, annoying.
UPDATE June 2019
WAHOO have just released the WAHOO ROAM £300 standard kit.
New features include a Colour Screen, Auto adjust brightness, re-routing "back on track", In device navigation features.
Linked with "Trailforks" for off road riding!
Review here
Colnago C60
“The Colnago C60 is so good it might be the last bike you'll ever need”
“The Colnago C60 is so good it might be the last bike you'll ever need”
I love riding this bike. It’s the best bike I have ever owned. It just feels fast but handles like a dream. Corners like its on rails, stiff for explosive uphill sprints but comfortable enough for all day rides. It is the top end from the C range and still hand made at the factory in Cambiago, just outside Milan. With it's beautiful craftsmanship and rich history it really stands out. Sigma Sports visited the factory here and read more on the history here. Save up and buy one!
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£3,800 Frame only!
Carbon Fibre hand built in Italy
Lugged frame
Latest version is the C64 £4,099 frame only here.
You can also get a custom paint job
PRO'S
Fast
Beautiful
History
Fast
CON'S
Expensive
Roberts D.O.G.S B.O.L.X
The D.O.G.S B.O.L.X
Probably the finest steel hardtail out there? Instead of raiding the thesaurus for superlatives, we'll let the critics explain why it's such a good thing: "'Thing' is an indefinable quality that you sense rather than see or feel... There was my Chas Roberts DOGSBOLX parked in the corner of the room, quietly exuding 'thing' all over the carpet." - Justin Lorentz, MBUK.
With it’s signature rear tapered horseshoe seatstays and dialed-in geometry, this is a bike that screams out to be ridden and ridden hard. It’s one for the true connoisseur of all that a classic hardtail should be.
This was my dream bike as a kid growing up as MTBing became big in the UK in the 90s. I finally got Chas to build me one in early 2000s and it took me several years to get the parts I wanted and i’m still looking for that next retro part to take it a bit further. www.retrobike.co.uk is the place to find those retro gems!
Chas has stopped building bikes but you can head over to Six Four Frameworks here to have Adrian build you a bike! He was with Chas for 28 years building frames.
Current Spec - June 2020
Shimano XTR Groupset
Cook Bros Racing cranks
Zephyr Chain Rings
Shimano XTR Seatpost
Selle Italia Flite Saddle
Schwalbe Billy Bonkers Tyres
Syncros Stem
Renthal RC 30 bars
Mushroom Grips
Pace RC-35 MXC (I believe) See here for Pace fork history
Pace RC 50 Carbon front hub
Mavic X 517 SUP front rim
Mavic M231 CD rear rim
Royce Titanium Bottom Bracket
Previous additions
Tioga Disk Drive
Onza Porcupine 2.1 tyres both black and white versions
USE Titanium seatpost
Panaracer Smoke Dart Tyres MAGIC in cream colour
Ringle 150mm stem (toooo long)
USE Anti Dive suspension fork