Road Cycling
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My EC-130E arrived two days ago and now assembled. Just a little tinkering to be had and then when the weather permits I'll be out for a ride. Today I just took the cx out and got thoroughly muddy 
Planet X got back to me about discount but since I've already bought the bike they're offering me store credit. But what to buy....
Planet X got back to me about discount but since I've already bought the bike they're offering me store credit. But what to buy....
I couldn't sleep last night but wanted to go the post office depot for a package whilst it;s open 7am -11am....
downhill mostly on the way only 2-3miles, totally easy, but omg on the way back I had to stop and catch my breath, even pushed the bike for a few minutes.
never been so unfit in my life, came home sat down and actually feel a little bit sick :S probably 30mins faster than walking it atleast
BTW I didn't cycle in over a year possibly a lot longer. feel worse than when I first bought a bike man years ago, can I blame my absolute lack of fitness on this lockdown
TLDR: once could ride 100km now can barely 5 miles...
downhill mostly on the way only 2-3miles, totally easy, but omg on the way back I had to stop and catch my breath, even pushed the bike for a few minutes.
never been so unfit in my life, came home sat down and actually feel a little bit sick :S probably 30mins faster than walking it atleast
BTW I didn't cycle in over a year possibly a lot longer. feel worse than when I first bought a bike man years ago, can I blame my absolute lack of fitness on this lockdown
TLDR: once could ride 100km now can barely 5 miles...
Maybe only if you've been told to shield and not leave the house. Aside from that it's been easier in the lockdown to exercise. Up until the last few weeks the roads have been really clear. If you're lucky enough to be furloughed, you'll have had LOADS of time on your hands too...
yea I was wasting it so far being lazy as hell, binging tv series and catching up on some gaming...
I was doing a few walks a week but nothing more than getting a bit of fresh air.
bit of a shock tbh even my legs ache
This is why I have never ever bothered with cams mate.
My girlfriend has many times told me to spend the money and make myself "safer" and she gets proper angry that I don't.... I barely get "allowed" to do my training as it is so there is no way I can find more time to sit playing with videos every night of my life only for them to be a complete waste of time and life when the police do nothing as usual.
I don't see why I should spend my money on cameras because other people are thick.
I would honestly be reporting at least 2 drivers (not exaggerating in the slightest) for even every 1 hour ride I do to work or quick recovery spins locally because it is just constant abuse and harassment.
Odd comment from a woman in a parked car as I went by today. Something along the lines of "You should wear lighter clothes". This despite wearing a jersey that's red on the front of the torso, white shoes and a mostly red lid
It was also broad daylight and we were on a super quiet, arrow straight country road with about half a mile of visibility. Some people are amusing. Anyone else had any interesting comments made to them lately?
And she spotted you as she even had time to dream up some insult and shout it
Plenty of comments. I got called a "bike ******" by some ***** in a van the other week that were laughing at the scene of a crash - child cyclist vs Corsa. I can only hope they thought it was me involved in the crash but maybe they were actually laughing at the fact a kid got knocked off his bike by an inattentive driver...
you should have turned around, see if she was fit then say "No, you should be wearing tighter clothes"
then the action starts like a romantic er adult movie
or you look like a nob if she really said "lighter" but surely she would have said brighter? so maybe she did actually say tighter
I had another cyclist ride by me once when I was stopped for a pee.
"you need to put at least half of that thing away mate"
I literally did **** myself laughing haha.
I also had a ******* in a car tell me I should be on the cycle path once and told him I will go on the cycle path if he goes on the atkins ASAP. He went a funny shade of purple with the rage and I ended up calling him a greasy fat ****. You gotta love it.
My favourite one for anybody in a vehicle questioning you being on the road and playing the superiority card etc.... is to question why they are not using a bus, train or bike themselves instead of clogging the roads. They look at you like you are absolutely mental and do not get it. They all believe the roads are literally for them and them only in their cars.
"you need to put at least half of that thing away mate"
I literally did **** myself laughing haha.
I also had a ******* in a car tell me I should be on the cycle path once and told him I will go on the cycle path if he goes on the atkins ASAP. He went a funny shade of purple with the rage and I ended up calling him a greasy fat ****. You gotta love it.
My favourite one for anybody in a vehicle questioning you being on the road and playing the superiority card etc.... is to question why they are not using a bus, train or bike themselves instead of clogging the roads. They look at you like you are absolutely mental and do not get it. They all believe the roads are literally for them and them only in their cars.
Lol. That reminds me I was cycling over an M3 bridge with a crappy shared use cycle path I never use and two lanes (dual carriageway). Passenger from car shouts at me "Use the cycle lane!!111!!". I shouted back "Use the motorway over there!!". He looked pretty confused.
The irony is lost on these people who do not have the capacity to engage brain before tripe is flowing from their gobs.
That first one is brilliant
We usually do the it's like a cocktail sausage but smaller when waiting for someone to finish.Will remember that last one for next times fury.
Small off yesterday, went out on the CX bike and the tubeless went down on the way out, so quickly turned to home to swap bike, and took out the MTB instead, got to the first trail and 2 blokes were stood right across it apart from a little gap, in my stupid rage I took the tight turn too quick and slid out on the gravel, ripped my nice new Rapha shorts up
only ridden in them 3 times... Must calm down about such stupid things. Enjoying going out on the MTB wih the roads getting busier I must say, although far too many dogs and walkers, but I don't feel like they're likely to kill me every 5 minutes.Perfect thanks!
I make it far more manageable by not reporting. I've dome it 4 times and only had 2 responses. 1 was pretty much 'wont do anything without 2 witnesses as he didnt knock you off' and the other wasn't video evidence (before camera) when I was actually knocked off and spent 4 hours down the cop shop reporting it as an RTC.
My VIRB has replaceable batteries and I have an external charger. Usually have 2 batteries on the go, unsure if you can do with the Cycliq? When commuting I know 1 charge will do a week (<4 hours) so swap Friday night and have a full battery for any weekend riding. Now I'm not commuting I'm changing it over after every big ride.
My biggest problem is the amount of footage when commuting. So just buy as big a card as it supports (128gb) and when it gets full just drag drop onto USB hdd/NAS box. I try and drop on laptop first and have a scan through for any close passes, delete anything without. Those which are close identify number plate and name file with that and location of pass. Then when all files are dumped on USB/NAS the file names are all sorted by number plate. Anything without a clear plate to identify gets deleted. This takes quite a bit of time with all the commuting, now i'm just leasure riding it's a small number of rides so I'm deleting them on camera when I remember as I can recall which had close passes (only a couple since April on furlough for me).
Huge. There's a turbo/indoor riding thread with lots of info in but basically if you can't justify £600+ on a DD then buy as cheap as you can get (Tacx vortex/flow) to enjoy it until you can. No point spending lots on an on-wheel trainer.
You came to the wrong place for sympathy! Just get back out there and ride!
Totally get this and can only agree. I have the utmost respect for people able to ride and balance things with a young family. I'm really struggling myself and keep almost kidding myself that I'm still building towards something when all I'm doing is chasing numbers attempting to find some balance which maintains fitness. I started well on furlough with lots of regular 1 hour short rides but with the relaxing of restrictions I've really reduced the number trying to build towards 3-4 hour rides/routes but then never quite getting the time to fit them in... So I don't end up riding at all!
Did a good 2 hours yesterday looking for a friend's lost saddle bag (no joy) but it did open my eyes a little. Did basically 1 hour each way to a place I'd never ridden to and roads over 30 mins away I really don't ride much/at all. Really enjoyed them although nothing much there climb/target wise and not a road that really goes anywhere I'd head to. I think I need to get out my 'comfort zone' of rides and roads I know more often.
Hopefully a bit of a flip in the weather this week will push me onto Zwift a few times as they'll be 1 hour kinda rides and more of them. Part of me is considering starting the Zwift 6 week FTP thingy to get some consistent training and numbers down... Other option would be Xert or some kinda part-time/light trainer type thing to focus my riding more. But we all know I can't stick to structure or take advice very well!
:lol:Switched tyres from the Specialized tubeless Roubaix 32mm to tubed 28mm Conti GP4000sii. Still playing with pressures to find the sweet spot. They are marginally a little more grippy/softer but I've not really noticed much else. They dont really feel faster or 'better'. *shrug*
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We decided enough was enough and we finally went for our first work ride of the year (we are all key workers, working in reasonably close proximity of each other, so I don't think it changes risk much). Eight of us in all, on a 22 mile route. It was one guys first ride with us and although I think he knew it would be tough, he maybe under estimated a little. He was on an old mountain bike and unfortunately we spent a lot of time waiting for him to catch up. It's a route that would normally take me about 1:20 and we were closer to 3 hours instead!
On the flip side, a couple of the guys have got a lot quicker since last year and we had quite a few competitive moments
Great fun
On the flip side, a couple of the guys have got a lot quicker since last year and we had quite a few competitive moments
Great fun 
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We decided enough was enough and we finally went for our first work ride of the year (we are all key workers, working in reasonably close proximity of each other, so I don't think it changes risk much). Eight of us in all, on a 22 mile route. It was one guys first ride with us and although I think he knew it would be tough, he maybe under estimated a little. He was on an old mountain bike and unfortunately we spent a lot of time waiting for him to catch up. It's a route that would normally take me about 1:20 and we were closer to 3 hours instead!
On the flip side, a couple of the guys have got a lot quicker since last year and we had quite a few competitive moments
I have a similar situation, quite good friends with a few guys I work with in very close proximity so as far as I'm concerned, the risk of us sat in the garden having a beer is nothing more than the work we've been doing together for months. Still, it 'looks' bad from the outside I guess.
This whole BLM movement has kinda dealt with lock down anyway. In the same way Covid overpowered Brexit. Keep on cycling
What cream are you using, I found this makes a big difference
I adjusted my saddle a fraction and it was about 1 degree out for a week or two. That combined with wearing older bib shorts and not showering before a long ride once or twice has done the damage. I carried on riding for a week or so, which hasn't helped. Currently using muc-off cc as got a batch of tubs cheap. I'm convinced the state of the roads on 25s isn't helping based on that 6 hour ride the other day. Desperate to switch to a 28 on wide rims. It's the vibration that does it after a period of hours from cut up road surface (wrists more than backside) . This is on gp5000 at a pressure not considered high.
Yes I'm moaning again
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I adjusted my saddle a fraction and it was about 1 degree out for a week or two. That combined with wearing older bib shorts and not showering before a long ride once or twice has done the damage. I carried on riding for a week or so, which hasn't helped. Currently using muc-off cc as got a batch of tubs cheap. I'm convinced the state of the roads on 25s isn't helping based on that 6 hour ride the other day. Desperate to switch to a 28 on wide rims. It's the vibration that does it after a period of hours from cut up road surface (wrists more than backside) . This is on gp5000 at a pressure not considered high.
Yes I'm moaning again
Ah I do like the Muc Off stuff! Maybe worth getting some of the cream horse riders use for protecting them post ride.