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Sunday 16th oct

Neil Eddy from cycle logic recently competed in Barcelona international elite triathlon against some of the best triathletes in the world. With a fantastic setting and the sun rising the race began with a shortened 1500m swim due to the surf conditions for the 6000 age group competitors that followed the elite race. Following this a 40km flat cycle around the streets of Barcelona I found myself in the case pack, entering the run only a couple of minutes behind the leaders. Going into the race I thought that the run would be my weaker leg due to a long season and training relaxing, but infact the best run of my year. I found myself running alone for 6 of the 10km. Finishing in an impressive 14th position out of 58 professional athletes in a time of 1.52 and one of my performances of the year.
Also in the age group races from my group trip,  organiser nick brooks finished in an impressive 272 out of 3000 competitors with a finishing time of 2.19 And Ben Hoadley finished 492 out in a time of 2.24.

• What routes are most trafficked by cyclist
• What would you want from a cyclist checkpoint
• What is the most probable cause of not using a bicycle
• Would it be interesting to place water/air stations at recreation destinations?
• Any idea that might pop up 

Giant TCR Advanced SL ISP in medium,

This bike has a full Dura Ace 7900 group set compact drive – it is virtually unused and unmarked and has come to us without wheels so we have popped in a set of CXP22 rims with Giant hubs and Vittoria tyres, all new.

List price on this frame alone was £2500 – with the Dura-Ace 7900 group and Dura-Ace wheels the bike sold for £5495. This bike can be yours delivered (UK  mainland)and warrantied for just £2495

Complete spec and pics follow

Frame TCR Advanced SL ISP medium

Group Set Dura Ace 7900

Wheels Giant Hubs / Mavic CXP 22 rims (We are chucking these in for free you can opt for an upgrade or choose not to have them at all)

Bars Pro LT

Stem Giant – Your choice of  length

Saddle Specialized Rival

Seat post length currently 95cm from pedal shaft to saddle top (left long)

Forks – pretty much uncut with 50mm of spacers on the steerer tube not including the stem.

Bryton 50

We have been taking in loads of new stock recently so I thought that I would take the opportunity to list some funky items that would cue up nicely as Christmas presents.  In no particular order -

Bryton GPS units.

These are fantastic easy to use GPS systems, currently thre models in the range each with the option of Heart rate and cadence packages.

Brtyon 30E and 30T

Wrist units with ‘g’ shock monitor allowing you to measure pace and stride length.

£139.99 -£179.99

The bike mounted options include the Bryton 35 and Bryton 50  again there are two options for each unit with / without heart rate and cadence. These options can be bought later as a bolt on if required.

The main difference between these two units is the on board street mapping that comes with the 50 as opposed to just turn / direction functions on the 35

Prices range from £139.99 to £269.99

GOPRO HD CAMERA’s

The Go Pro range of on board high definition camera systems bring amazing picture quality to the mass market at incredibly competitive prices. These tiny little water and shockproof units are used by professional film makers and have produced fantastic hi quality pro film and images in an easy to use package.

We have the full range of cameras, and accesories in stock including chest mount straps – surf board mounts – helmet mount – LCD screen bolt on’s – spare batteries – spare casings – spare everything.

You will not believe how good these items are. They make a great ‘on board witness’ for commuters as well as recording some of your best rides. Cameras start with the 960 version at £199.99 but the best option is the full fat HD 1080 at £269.99

GoPro’s HD Naked™ HERO is the world’s highest performance wearable 1080p HD video and still photo camera. Professional quality 1080p / 960p / 720p HD resolutions record at 30 and 60 frames per second (60 fps in 720p). Record up to 2.5 hours on a single charge and up to 9 hours total on a 32GB SD card (not included).

The camera can also shoot automatic 5 megapixel photos at 2/5/10/30 and 60 second intervals during your activity, hands free. Press the shutter button once at the start of your activity and record up to 2.5 hours of poster-print quality photos of you and your friends, living it up.

Included is one mount for attaching the camera to a helmet or other curved surface as well as the quick-release HD housing which protects the camera.

The GoPro HD Naked™ HERO is compatible with all other GoPro HERO camera mounting accessories, so it’s very easy to expand the functionality of your camera to suction cup to vehicles, clamp to bike handlebars and seat posts, mount to surfboards, and even be worn on the wrist or chest.

Waterproof to 180’ / 60m and protected from rocks and other hazards thanks to its removable polycarbonate housing. Replacement housings and lens kits are available, making repairs or refurbishing your HD HERO camera affordable and convenient. It’s a GoPro…go for it.™

TACX FLOW MULTIPLAYER

This one’s the daddy of turbo trainers, last year to get a virtual reality electromagnetic resistance trainer with steering function would cost close to £1000. This year it’s all yours for £574.99

FLOW MULTIPLAYER

The Flow Multiplayer makes VR training accessible to everyone. Thanks to its excellent value for money this new trainer has it all to become a popular VR trainer. The Flow Multiplayer has an electromagnetic brake. This brake is less powerful than the motor brake – the wheel is not driven – but still guarantees a very realistic cycling experience. The Flow Multiplayer is connected to the PC with a USB cable and includes the Tacx Trainer software 3.0 and the VR steering frame and 1 year Multiplayer license.

So good you will need chamois butter!!

6:30 am on Sunday saw the main event sponsors THULE, SNUGG and ourselves battling to save the marquees that we had pitched on the Saturday. Unfortunately the THULE marquees were totally destroyed along with the event catering tent. Our new Giant Marquee survived the night – just – but is in need of significant repairs to the aluminium framework prior to it’s next use.  All in all it was still a great event and many thanks to all who helped make it the occaision that it is.

Full results here

Our team results as follows

Michael Birchmore 3rd

Neil Eddy                     5th

Anne Maskell           69th (1st vet40)

Martin Lewis            78th

Have some pictures

The season got underway with an emphatic win at Marazion standard distance triathlon in May, with a winning margin of over 10mins. This was a great way to train up leading towards the super series. The series began with a sprint distance race at Blenheim. The race was a strong start, but with a little disappointment that I and team mate Dave Bartlett didn’t close down a small gap which then grew and cost us time. We had thought the group building with us would close the gap and didn’t want to waste our own energy, hindsight is a wonderful thing but a strong 20^th place finish to start.

Windsor was the next race up the Sunday after Blenheim, this time I was going to give it everything out of the swim and early bike to get on that lead pack. The swim was great, and I was amongst the race favourites on the bike. Although the race was almost over for me early on with the conditions terrible there was a predictable crash which somehow and a lot of luck I survived whilst taking a drinking and then smashing into the two guys who crashed out of the race. However the race went on and I finished just outside the top 10 in 11^th, but in the mean time overtaking Richard Stannard and Tim Don who was struggling with the cold and wet weather. By far one of my greatest races and one too remember. Following this race I had a late entry for the National Championships. I lead out the swim and was in pole position for the whole race and became the 2011 National Champion 25-29 years.

This series moved on to a new race and new format in Canary Wharf, both Dave and I were intrigued by the super sprint semi and final in one evening. Unfortunately I went into the race at the end of a stomach bug and this showed on the bike. I had a great 400m swim coming out in the front 3 or 4, but could not stick on any wheel. It was a little frustrating I could show my good form, but illness happens and I finished just outside of the qualifying for the final in 14^th. An amazing experience and the possibility that these race formats may become an evening series much like the cycling way.

The final race of the series Virgin London Triathlon and often the hardest competition with more international athletes. Again amazingly both Dave and I were side by side in the swim, 70 guys and we still manage to end up next to each other with a top 10 swim. After 3miles on the bike the race was together and we found ourselves at the front of the largest triathlon in the world. The bike was solid, and with attacks happening left right and centre in the last 8 miles the legs were feeling it. There was about 8 attacks and the pace was high, I got to the front of the pack for transition only to get cut up on the final corner so that hard work ended with me towards the back. The run was something else the top guys running 30min 10km pace. Needless to say I didn’t follow e.g. would not be able too. The race was brilliant and I finished 19^th and the goal was top 20. Running is the key too next year.

By the end of the series I finished in 20^th place in the series, a great result and something I aimed to do. Now in the next few weeks to round of the season Perranporth and Nearwater trying to regain some form and motivation with my main races finishing at the start of August this is a fun way to finish.

Neil Eddy

IMPORTANT RECALL NOTICE

CONSUMER NOTICE

CARBON FORK BRAKE BOSSES ON THE FOLLOWING SPECIALIZED BICYCLES :

2011 SIRRUS COMP 2011 VITA COMP 2011 TRICROSS

2011 SIRRUS EXPERT 2011 VITA EXPERT 2011 TRICROSS COMP

2011 SIRRUS ELITE 2011 VITA ELITE 2011 TRICROSS SPORT

Specialized have received reports from the field that brake bosses on carbon forks (manufactured by Advanced Group), fitted to the above mentioned models of 2011 Sirrus, Vita and Tricross bicycles, could come loose and disengage from the fork.

Whilst the number reported is very small Specialized wishes to make sure no further failures occur.

Therefore, if your bicycle is affected, please stop riding immediately and contact the Specialized retailer where you purchased the bicycle. They will be able to advise you on how to proceed further with this notice.

This recall is being conducted in cooperation with UK Trading Standards.

If you have any further questions please contact Specialized on :

020 8391 3502

Or visit their website at :

www.specialized.com/uk

IMPORTANT RECALL NOTICE END

TO ALL CYCLE LOGIC CUSTOMERS

Please make yourself aware of the models involved and pass the information on to anyone that you feel may be affected by the recall notice.

We have today contacted all of our customers that have purchased the affected models, made them aware of the nature of the recall and asked that they return the affected bicycles to us for a replacement fork at the earliest opportunity. Those customers that now reside out of county we have contacted and made arrangements for them to visit their nearest Specialized dealer who will undertake the fork replacement.

If you have purchased one of the affected models and bring the cycle to us or your preferred dealer please be aware that  the numbers of bikes involved are  significant and that we and other dealers are working incredibly hard to manage the situation as quickly and efficiently as is practicable.

From our point of view, as of today, we have already contacted the owners of  in excess of 40 bikes to advise them of the situation. As you can appreciate booking in the bikes and replacing the forks on these cycles at what is  an already incredibly busy time will depend on the availability of replacement forks from Specialized and  our prioritized workshop procedures to fit them, as such we would ask for your patience whilst we carry out this work.

As of today Wednesday 17th August, service throughput in our workshop is 10days from receipt of your bike.

Whilst we appreciate the inconvenience that the recall will be to you we feel that the professional manner in which Specialized and other suppliers  deal with issues such as these underlines  the fact that your purchase decision was a good one.

As far as we can ascertain the issue with the fork is unlikely to manifest itself on cycles that have been already assembled, PDI’d and ridden.  To the best of our knowledge any issues discovered potentially only affect very small product numbers from a particular single manufacturing source that found their way into global production. Traceability issues meant that total product recall was the only option.  This is not a reaction to a situation rather a pro-active response from a safety conscious company with effective systems and the resources capable of making the correct response.

Recalls are rare and the manner in which they are dealt with speaks volumes about the companies that issue them. This we feel  justifies our decisions in dealing with these brands. Major recalls that we have had to deal with in recent years from Mavic, Giant, Cervelo and  Specialized are proof positive that these companies are not only at the cutting edge of cycle and component design but they are also have customer satisfaction and safety as part of their core philosophy. Furthermore it highlights the unseen ‘Value’ that these companies have over brands that simply sell products based on ‘Too good to be true pricing policies’ or selling strategies that cut out entire tiers of the supply chain.