Road Cycling

SoliD said:
Everyone else is quciker than me from OCUK. Lets do the Sa Calobra descent.

Can't wait to go up some Alps in June.
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You're fastest by a good 6.5 minutes on Puig?

Who cares about descending anyway! It's the climbs which are most important (said the nervous descender)! ;)

janp said:
Thought I'd drop in for a quick catch up. Hope everyone's doing well :)
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Hi bud! Saw you'd been racking up some longer and longer rides, faster and faster too! Well done! :D

Not put my name down for many/any sportives this year, certainly nothing very far away from home... Maybe next year once mini^me is here I can be allowed out more, for now I need to 'save' my holiday for then...! :o

BennyC said:
16:05 at a 'moderate' pace :) (13 whole wattz :D)
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You really need to get in the OCUK group :p
 
touch said:
That segment finishes through the tunnel after the top of the climb. If you sit and wait at the viewpoint at the top then you get a crap time. This segment is better ....but I'm still slower :p
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To be honest I did enjoy that climb as I could just sit and plug away and my mate was chasing me the whole way up until he blew about a mile from the top which amused me thoroughly :D
 
Anyway - bottled it tonight.

Deceided against going to the local bunch training ride! Feel a bit dirty as I was going to go, but Etape Loch ness on Sunday and about 8 guys heading out tomorrow for 50/60 miles as a last ride before Etape.
 
Vonhelmet said:
36 miles this afternoon. Garmin froze at 15 miles in, so it's ended up split into two rides on strava.

I hit a cat 4 climb about halfway through and decided to go for it. I managed to take over 2 minutes off my previous time to get me from over 13 minutes to 11:11. @physichull time to get out to Ashurst Beacon and give it some welly. I overtook 4 cyclists going up, 5 if I include a dude on a recumbent, so I was quite pleased with that!
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Only done it once that before the weekend and had 11:59. Could give it more beans though!
 
Enjoyed a short ride tonight in between trying to get things done. Regular clothes and shoes, no HRM strap, no trying to go quick and on my hybrid. Made a nice change TBH.
 
Logistical operation to get the mrs to a work placement in the car but cycle to work so I could cycle to the bunch training ride then cycle home from it.

Glad I did it. Was riding strong as **** and doing plenty of work. Overcooked it on the very last climb and had to take a minute to recover before getting back in the big ring and finishing about 30s behind the guys I'd been with. A guy who was sitting on made it to the line though :(

Bike feels amazing and totally buzzing with it.

https://www.strava.com/activities/947974406
 
I was putting out so much wattage leaving work yesterday I broke a spoke! BOOM! #WATTAGEBAZOOKA! :eek: :o

Limped home, very thankful that it happened there and not out on my long ride on monday! The nipple had broken in two, fitted a new one and tensioned up, wheel seems fine and still almost perfectly balanced. Took me longer to get part of the nipple out of the rim than it did to replace it & two tyres :rolleyes:

But has reminded me I need to source a wheel-truing stand at some point (have a wheelbuild project). I refitted some Pro4 Endurance 28mm, they're laughably small under my mudguards! I'm in two minds about selling them on and seeing about some 30/32mm slicks, maybe even just going back to the Roubaix Pro's as I've found them fantastic tyres. Around 1700 miles and they are hardly showing any signs of wear! I'm used to Conti's and Mitchelins looking like they've been through a war zone in half the mileage!

Anyone have any need/use for some 28mm Pro4's? They've done around 900 miles. I lost the rear wheel last autumn and came off, which was probably more due to speed and something on the road surface, not due to lack of grip. I've just no confidence in them.

SDK^ said:
I've rode Snowdon 3 times. The last being in 2015 : https://www.strava.com/activities/272566352/overview
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Lol you went the wrong way! ;)

MTB?

BennyC said:
2nd in the group :p
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Finally! :p

Jonny ///M said:
Bike feels amazing and totally buzzing with it.

https://www.strava.com/activities/947974406
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Strong riding mate, absolutely flying! :D
 
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