Amazing info and read mate. Find that side of it incredibly interesting as it really structures numbers to the performances we see. Data nerd, but equally know I do not have that discipline or time to commit. Hell at the moment I don't even have the health to continue my ongoing struggle to maintain fitness...! Sucks!I have a new blog post on body composition, lack of bodyfat, VO2Max testing and how getting fatter is faster -
https://dcun.co.uk/body-comp-vo2max/
Still trying to figure out how you sent it this way. Migratory plague? Some form of avian flu?(Lurgy #1 for ~4 weeks)
(lurgy #2 for ~8 weeks)
Looks a great setup and spec for the money. Would be interested to see how that frame is reviewed, although discs look cable and not hydra? The RD cable exiting the frame there would annoy the hell out of me though.
Love my 2016 Specialized Diverge Comp Carbon. But I don't have a direct comparison to a 'race' bike.Has anyone went for an adventure/gravel bike and enjoyed it?
I have just bought this:
https://www.decathlon.co.uk/triban-rc100-road-bike-grey-id_8377732.html
I have done 4 miles and am knackered. About 19 stone and not done cardio in years. I am hoping to eventually cycle the 10 miles to work and back.
I have a new blog post on body composition, lack of bodyfat, VO2Max testing and how getting fatter is faster -
https://dcun.co.uk/body-comp-vo2max/
Nice! Another big guy on a bike! I started 3½ months ago at 21½ stone, now down to 18½. I started around 4 mile journeys. now doing 14 miles at a time. It just takes some commitment (I'm cycling 4-6 times a week over these last 3 months)
Good stuff, keep it up! You'll notice rapid changes - you have the willpower to continue!I have done 4 miles and am knackered. About 19 stone and not done cardio in years. I am hoping to eventually cycle the 10 miles to work and back.
Yup - higher cadence is less strain on your muscles for similar output - uses your cardio more than muscle power.Do you mean pedal faster at lower gears?
Great work! Well done and keep it up! My previous commute (a flat 5 miles each way) was so tough when I first started out that riding it 3 times a week really broke me. Within a year I was comfortably riding it all weathers every day and hunting out 30-40 mile group/club rides on the weekends.Nice! Another big guy on a bike! I started 3½ months ago at 21½ stone, now down to 18½. I started around 4 mile journeys. now doing 14 miles at a time. It just takes some commitment (I'm cycling 4-6 times a week over these last 3 months)
The Endurace is probably the better buy of those two, they're very similar except the price, if that difference doesn't bother you then I'd say the wheels and frameset of the Endurace make it a better bike. It's probably lighter too! (couldn't see any quoted weights of the Triban). It would also have better future resell value as it's a Canyon.I'm 6ft5 110kg and also looking at getting my first road bike. Currently thinking of a Triban rc520 or a Canyon Endurace 7. I want something good enough to do the occasional Pyrenees col as well as long local rides.
The Endurace is probably the better buy of those two, they're very similar except the price, if that difference doesn't bother you then I'd say the wheels and frameset of the Endurace make it a better bike. It's probably lighter too! (couldn't see any quoted weights of the Triban). It would also have better future resell value as it's a Canyon.
The availability and colours are making me hesitate at the moment, I like the black but hate the yellow highlights, and red is just... red! (https://www.canyon.com/en-fr/road-bikes/endurance-bikes/endurace/endurace-al-7.0/2176.html?dwvar_2176_pv_rahmenfarbe=BK/YE&quantity=1). I remember the RC520 being around 10.4kg so quite a bit lighter.
I may wait for the Canyon sale they seem to do at the start of the Tour and even if I only get it late August/September I suppose there's still plenty of nice weather left before winter.
Love my 2016 Specialized Diverge Comp Carbon. But I don't have a direct comparison to a 'race' bike.
I ride it as a do everything road bike, 32mm tubeless on wide rims with full mudguards. It commutes all weathers, it commutes towing my 20 month old in a trailer (who's now nearing 15kg which is the limit of the trailer!), it rides club rides, it rides hills (I like them as challenges) and it rides solo fast loops. I will hopefully ride it a few TT's later this year too! It does everything!
The 2016 I have came with road gears/geometry. More similar to the Tarmac and Roubaix than the current. It's the one with 'Zertz' in the frame rather than the Futureshock headset, more of an endurance road bike than the gravel bike the new one is aimed at. The 4-5 people I know with Futureshocks (2 Diverges and the rest Roubaixs) have quite a mixed experience of noise/rattling/faults/service woes.I like these, a lot. They are expensive, in comparison. I might look out for a 2nd hand model. Though I do get 20% off Specialized bikes so........
The 2016 I have came with road gears/geometry. More similar to the Tarmac and Roubaix than the current. It's the one with 'Zertz' in the frame rather than the Futureshock headset, more of an endurance road bike than the gravel bike the new one is aimed at. The 4-5 people I know with Futureshocks (2 Diverges and the rest Roubaixs) have quite a mixed experience of noise/rattling/faults/service woes.
When I got mine it was in a sale, £1750 (down from £2400). Original was quite a high price being 105 but it was before hydraulics where really incorporated into several of Shimanos groupsets, so you paid a premium for them.
Guy from Zwift/WBR/3R is doing an unsupported LEGJOG with his twin brother in memory of their father. I'm not saying to donate but if they happen to be passing your door/convenient then ride out and meet them. I'm sure they'll appreciate a tow! (passing through the midlands over the weekend) - https://www.strava.com/activities/2463306820 www.twinsontour.co.uk
Hydra, which is nuts for the money, and presumably odd exit to avoid the problems caused by the tight turn many other exit options create... But yeah, not as aesthetic...Looks a great setup and spec for the money. Would be interested to see how that frame is reviewed, although discs look cable and not hydra? The RD cable exiting the frame there would annoy the hell out of me though.
I want a heatwave like last year!
20C at 6am for my pre-work park laps was glorious.
Next week is supposed to be 33+
The alternative is another session on the turbo, maybe a steady climb up Ventoux in https://www.rgtcycling.com/ (free open beta these days), in the hope of some dry weather tomorrow to try and climb some real cat4 hills at 275W+. :/
Thanks for that, should make a nice change from zwift. How do you find it?