Is Nicholas Holford someone on here? Random Strava follow request with nobody in common...
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Yeah, My goal is Imperial by end of June at least. Should be pretty achievable. I'm also going to try and sign up to an event. Maybe something up to 3-4 hours. I think i'll benefit from the atmosphere/build up. I know for sure i wouldn't have wanted some of the Ultras i ran being my first event. Can help get an idea for how much speed you can get whilst using someone else as a windshield too
Yeah, i mentioned everything. Was tricky as most were things i've never had before so hard to know. He did mention most of what i said hurt would point to certain things, but then those things seemed reasonable. I think mainly just a biggish jump in ride time and nothing which hurt afterwards.
10 mins to beach and yes to a pool. I've actually been winding them up saying i'll offer to watch the cat and then sub let it out for €2k a week
An Imperial is a good milestone, but also something to use as just a measure. It's a good target and however ridden is usually a good day on the bike (being 6 or 8+ hours!) to say you've done it and how you handled it/the recovery. Not many of us do a massive amount of them (excluding you
@One More Solo !) so the majority of times we'll build to it, or at least be fairly planned/structured around them.
Events are good for feeling what it's like to be around other riders. But where you are - although there will be a lot of 'fast' group rides as there's so many Professionals based there - there should also be some more relaxed 'coffee-stop' group rides around. They will be a much better (friendly) pace, as highly likely there will be a few ex-professionals and older pro riders around, or at least very good club guys who don't ride that much, or that fast, yet still like to get the miles in.
issue with supacaz stuff is how quickly it fades! Lizard skins DSP in black 2.5mm is my preferred but not at RRP.
What colours have you had fade? I'm mainly looking at dark stuff. The Black/Platinum fade (although hard to find), so not really sure about the Black/Silver as might be too shiny... Do like the look of the non-fade as it comes in 'Gunmetal' and doesn't look shiny (I'm trying to maintain a matt look to the new toy)...
https://www.merlincycles.com/supacaz-super-sticky-kush-bar-tape-120369.html
Moved everything back to the old TCR frame last night and I forget how much of an absolute ball ache doing the di2 wires with all the cable ties attached is. They snag on damn near everything and just want to coil into a mess inside the frame. I might have to treat myself to one of those internal cable routing kits with the magnets and wire. It would genuinely have taken about 45 minutes to 1 hour less if I didn't have to faff with those 2 cables.
Yeah those cable ties are annoying. Have to admit the couple of places where I didn't/couldn't put them and had some slack cable (bars & chainstay) I've not noticed any rattling of di2 wires... Yet! If was building again would probably slot the wires into the foam stuff rather than use the clip on tie things, certainly down the seattube where they likely all ended up at the bottom and not many in the actual tube as shoving them in below the seatpost was almost impossible!
Dammit, i keep taking slight variations of the same route, and so the Strava "trending faster" thing doesn't work as well.
Rode today on the usual route and was curious if things were better since the bike fit. Wasn't expecting much as my legs still felt heavy from Sundays ride, but it's actually showing as my fastest effort despite a fairly heavy head wind. The downside is it's only comparing to 2 other rides on the exact route, and one was on my MTB and i sure as hell aren't digging through segments.
Possibly too early to tell, although with any knee/foot pain the big difference in saddle height might have a quick impact, generally the changes will take a while to manifest. If anything, it might feel harder and slower for a few weeks while you adapt. But the changes should bring more long term benefits. Maybe to power transfer, maybe to endurance but also more likely less fatigue & strain (which is very hard to measure). So although they might not directly impact your riding, they should aid recovery and you might more easily notice improvements in comfort when you're really pushing yourself into 'uncomfortable territory' time/distance wise once you've adapted to them (when you you might actually be worse short-term)...!
Good week of Zwift efforts for me and the legs are going well. Some FRR on the weekend (
iTT &
Scratch race),
ZRL TTT (with an FTP bump) and
WTRL TTT last night. Unsure if I'll be outdoors with the club tomorrow as do have a bunch of chores to get through... If I don't will be finding something saturday afternoon to finish the week as family plans away from home most of sunday...
