New Toy

[George]

just fitted some powercranks to my commuting bike gonna try them out now with a commute to Mayfair and back.

I'll report back later, here goes

[Andrew G]

You'll be absolutely wrecked if you're trying to go that far on them first time out . No cheating and locking the clutch .

[mlocke]

I have waned some for a while now. They are quite expensive though

where did you get hem from?

[George]

Well I've made it in ok. It's tricky to hold a constant gear/ cadence you just seem to push harder and harder and keep notching up the gears.
Big build up of lactic acid all the time so you have to breath heavy to compensate.
It's easier going uphills than on slight descents and flats.
Hard to start from lights from dead stop. Best to hold onto street furniture.
Back home on them tonight then a long commute to brooklands on them tomorrow, I hope I can make it that far!

I got them for £300 off eBay

And no I can't cheat cos this is the model with no lockout!!

[ThePinkDreamMachine]

can you explain what power cranks are.

i thought they were like a power tap , humm SRMs or somthing? but reading what the boys have written i'm now confused!

[Sylv]

forget powercranks just get yourself one of these

[img]http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488/3854865977_7a9df85b93.jpg[/img]

[Andrew G]

[quote="ThePinkDreamMachine"]can you explain what power cranks are.

i thought they were like a power tap , humm SRMs or somthing? but reading what the boys have written i'm now confused!

[Ivor]

mad

[George]

50 miles so far.
Boy oh boy my legs are screaming.
It's like 10 mile time trialling to work and back ever day.
Getting some real funny looks, especially when I overtake another cyclist whilst dolphning.

[ThePinkDreamMachine]

Wow i used to see a guy on my way to school with a set of them..

huw.. forget getting me fixie can you buy me some of these..