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since we rode bikes together we cannot remember the last time we rode bikes
together but today is the day out on the road bikes towards the penins bit moist
it's as humid as Hawaii similar conditions I would say almost identical in fact true story
black hole Mill that we're approaching now is twined with Hawaii true facts
fake news aiming for two or three hours make sure the bike's all working because we've got
very important trip coming up uh so far so good I don't know if my bar type's gonna stay White even
till the end of this ride though yeah it's kind of sad it's not particularly very Northern is it no
um
all my training is maybe less fit Tony well you couldn't pick the worst route but come on
what you only climbed but like yeah it's like the hardest route they are literally never come across
this week because it's either up or down ah I only come on my own when I want to bat myself I would
never come there's only you stupid enough to like I like doing this right my head's cool because
you had a haircut the mullet has been trimmed there's more Aero on the sides but then creates
turbulence at the back which makes you faster yeah yeah been Aero testing in Hawaii so I know all
about it Toby later that's what that is all about the CDA big socks bigger the socks lower the CDA
Tony I'm scared that we're in the pennines and we have a strong of a Tailwind as we do
not bode well for on the way home
is it right there yeah yeah thanks Tony's just shouted at me to tell me
there's something interesting oh oh that is good it's a proper Game of Thrones [ __ ] it
yeah it's taller than you
it's miserable
classic bit of Northern action that isn't it pretty HP Sauce
nice little cafe stop Full Belly perfect to ride up a massive Hill
to get home like And subscribe to Tony Fawcett link down below what's
whatever you know it's clean it looks clean
this is the reason I've got white bar type top secret I'm not sure if I'm allowed to show these
on camera these are prototype bags from tail fin r d division which I'm part of they are going to
help massively with the trip zip another one so the conclusion from this morning's ride is that
the bike rides really well a bar tape is no longer white though it's really nice having the perfect
width bar these are 40 centimeters the other one had 42 centimeters on we're a little bit too wide
I guess you could argue it was quite nice when you were doing more gnarly gravel descents around here
but in reality the right width is always going to be better my other bike choice for this trip was
going to be the Scott foil the new one that I've been riding for the last few weeks and frankly
after riding this I'm glad I'm gonna be on this one the tops of the handlebars on here the gravel
are rounded and they're definitely more comfortable than the Aero ones on the Scott
foil that's not to say that's not a problem when you're racing it's going to be faster but on this
yeah for this kind of trip Comfort over speed other good reason to ride this frame is because
there is more space in between the handlebars and the tire because it's got a bigger head tube so
you can fit a bar back in much more easily without scuffing the bottom which I have done on quite a
few other bike trips ideally when you're on a cycling trip you don't want to wear a hole in
the bottom of your bags and all of your stuff fall out into the road finally we've got some
extra mounting options as well so there's threads on the top of this Frame and underneath the down
tube here which means if you want to you can fit proper cargo cages mounted underneath it you can
strap things too or an extra bottle cage or a fidlock or anything you want really and as I've
mentioned before I need to carry as much stuff as possible on this bike because I'm carrying not
just for me the only negative that I can think of from this morning's ride is that the gaps
in between the cassette the jumps in between each gear are really big because this is like the what
do they call it mullet tram Red Eagle mix you basically got a mountain bike cassette on the
back massive range when you are changing gear the jumps are quite big so you end up at the
wrong Cadence if you're trying to keep up with a person next to you at exactly the same speed you
wouldn't want a road race on something like that this but I have an inkling when we get going on
this trip it shouldn't be too much of an issue if I had unlimited group set Parts here I would
probably put a double on and a smaller cassette but I don't so we're gonna have a go with this
and I'll report back all in all though extremely comfortable everything seems to fit everything
seems to work and it's a nice slightly more relaxed position than on the Aero bike upstairs
and just in time for the trip stoker I've released some energy bars regular viewers of this channel
will know that this company is run by my friend Christian previously they did gels card mix salts
that kind of stuff and finally they have released an energy bar which is a really good thing for me
because I didn't really fancy just eating card mix all the way across oh it's like a chocolate
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