The other week, on Hollyoaks, they were running a plot with some sort of vague cycling theme. I think it was something to do with their having to get across country from a certain location to another in the shortest time possible. I guess that's the general theme of most cycling competition, now I come to think about it, but it seemed to have something to do with camping for a couple of nights, or something like that. I'm not sure as I only caught a few minutes of it and missed most of the 'complex' plot.
That's all besides the point anyway as the bit I'm going to mention is about how one of the competitors was bragging about his bike (or so Kirby Girl tells me, as I missed this part completely). Apparently he was impressing people with his 21 speed road bike. Presumably that would have to be a seven speed cassette with a triple chainset. If that's the case, I imagine it's a bike which would be a few years old, possibly along the lines of a Shimano RSX groupset. If they had wanted this character bragging, couldn't they have done enough research to say he had some dead fancy groupset and named it? I'm sure neither Campagnolo or Shimano would be terribly offended by a free mention on the TV.
To be honest, it's something I really don't care about but which keeps popping up in my nerdy mind when I'm out cycling. For some reason it kind of amuses me. I don't really know why. I'm certainly not snobby enough to care about the number of gears on a fictional bicycle and I'm not nerdy enough (when it comes to components) to care. I think it's just the general poor quality of Hollyoaks (in so many ways) and the handling of anything ever in it which amuses me. Well, that was worth writing about, now wasn't it...
That's all besides the point anyway as the bit I'm going to mention is about how one of the competitors was bragging about his bike (or so Kirby Girl tells me, as I missed this part completely). Apparently he was impressing people with his 21 speed road bike. Presumably that would have to be a seven speed cassette with a triple chainset. If that's the case, I imagine it's a bike which would be a few years old, possibly along the lines of a Shimano RSX groupset. If they had wanted this character bragging, couldn't they have done enough research to say he had some dead fancy groupset and named it? I'm sure neither Campagnolo or Shimano would be terribly offended by a free mention on the TV.
To be honest, it's something I really don't care about but which keeps popping up in my nerdy mind when I'm out cycling. For some reason it kind of amuses me. I don't really know why. I'm certainly not snobby enough to care about the number of gears on a fictional bicycle and I'm not nerdy enough (when it comes to components) to care. I think it's just the general poor quality of Hollyoaks (in so many ways) and the handling of anything ever in it which amuses me. Well, that was worth writing about, now wasn't it...
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