Although mine this morning had a burp. First for a long while. I fired it up when loading/sorting the car for the other half, rolled off the drive a few minutes afterwards and pressed start 20m down the road (forgot).
ELEMNT activity didn't start until a mile afterwards! I'm going to blame the weather as it was proper wet & miserable.
Figured out what happened to my ELEMNT - it struggled to find GPS signal. It was very humid & overcast that morning. Looking into the ride data (after a helpful comment on my ride), switching to analysis, then time view you can see all the ride data - just without any GPS so although the data is there I've not 'travelled' so the first GPS point half way to work has all the data compressed before it.
5 minutes of data without moving.
Is my saddlebag too heavy? I just weighed it at 750g! Inside is a multi tool, 2 tubes, tyre levers, co2 canister and an emergency gel
I'm utterly amazed there where no comments about my previous saddlebag antics.
I'm still carrying more than you but I have a frame box and small saddlebag now. Going to ditch a tube (and only carry 1) once I get a smaller saddlebag... As I'm running Tubeless anyway!
I've not yet worked out how my legs feel vs the graph as I'm just getting my head around what sort of HR relates to a perceived effort.
Did you survive the chariot run, I might turn up to a bunch one night with a trailer on
It takes a little while to get the understanding of how the graphs and measures relate to your riding, how you can perceve how you *should* feel, even if you actually don't! :lol:
Times that by 10 and you kinda reach the understanding required to use Training Peaks well! I'm not clever enough (couldn't figure it out during the trial so wasn't prepared to pay for it).
Funny you should say that, enjoyed the chariot ride - exchanged half recognition nods with a guy walking past as I was stopped waiting to cross the road... Then realised afterwards it was a
local young Tri guy who's training for GB and I have mutual friends with. Really appreciate those 'looks' of understanding you can exchange, even if one or both are not cycling, but you just 'know' you share a mutual interest and appreciation.
https://www.strava.com/activities/2483055689
Bit of an effort/test of things so was utterly melted/empty by the end but really good feelings from the legs. Just lungs struggling to breathe hard for extended periods of times and a hacking cough when stopping. Getting better though and I actually feel good when riding, so nice to see it reflected in some good power.
I use spds on my road bike, mainly as a hangover from when I was commuting and had to walk a short distance in my bike shoes each day... I don't see much benefit to other types of clip that outweighs the massive advantage of being able to walk normally.
Considering going back to SPD's myself on the winter/commuter when/if I get a summer bike. I have the pedals and my commuting shoes have taken such a beating they need replacing in the next year or so. I seem get through a set of cleats every 3-6 months (3-4 for the left, 5-6 for the right) using Look Keo's. But then for ~£14 a set they really are a consumable.
M520 is all the pedal you need. It doesn't have a platform but I've ridden them wearing Converse many times without issue. If you are needing to go flat out to the shops you might as well put your SPDs on.
Get a casual looking SPD shoe like the Giro Republic and you don't even need to bother with trainers.
Really rate my Giro Treble II's. For a £50 shoe they are/where superb (discontinued). Will be looking at Giro first of all when next shoe shopping.
Really liked the
M530 SPD's as they had a platform to pedal not clipped in. Only did it a few times wearing normal footwear, but really useful for riding not clipped in during traffic.
