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Apologies for being a dick given everyone else is having a tough time but I feel great at the moment.
I'm in this camp
few great turbo sessions since new year and really happy with my form up puig after 6 days of solid riding. Although weighed myself today and actually put on 1.2kg whilst away! :-$ back to eating healthy and going to try cutting out a big chunk of gluten from my diet.It's been alright here in London! Icy in the mornings and with my ruined rear quite dangerous but no snow yet! while I love snow, cycling in London would be seriously dangerous! Even tho I did it before on slicks, with my lack of confidence these days after the crashes it would take me 2 hours haha..
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20+" of snow in the forecast for the next couple of days... No riding for me.
Apologies for being a dick given everyone else is having a tough time but I feel great at the moment.Aiming for a 100km ride every month this year and knocked today's off in just over 3 and a half hours.
https://www.strava.com/activities/245871769
I also picked up points on both track league nights I've made it too. Need to write those up. Feels like things are heading the right way.
High 5!
Metric century club for January!
Woofters. I done 2 and an imperial last week!
Haha! Dirty, talking about tyres of course! Ha
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Didn't you guys realise what Grudas meant whenever he said "Keep pushing 
"? 
My current bike really is starting to fall apart. The rear (tyre!) is shredded - have some Pro4 Grip on the way to replace that and the front. The bit where the rear cog attaches is knackered due to me over-tightening it one time. I think I was just half asleep and spent a few minutes "loosening" it the wrong way Either way, end result is that it's fked and next time I need to replace my cassette I'll prob need to chuck the whole thing. On the way to work today I noticed some more weird clicking from near the pedals - I'm hoping is just that they have become loose or something.
Two weeks until my enforced break from cycling, then another up to a month until I'm able to ride again. Hopefully during that period I'll have bought most of my new bike bits and I'll only need to ride my current one for a week or two before I can move to my shiny new one.
"? My current bike really is starting to fall apart. The rear (tyre!) is shredded - have some Pro4 Grip on the way to replace that and the front. The bit where the rear cog attaches is knackered due to me over-tightening it one time. I think I was just half asleep and spent a few minutes "loosening" it the wrong way
Either way, end result is that it's fked and next time I need to replace my cassette I'll prob need to chuck the whole thing. On the way to work today I noticed some more weird clicking from near the pedals - I'm hoping is just that they have become loose or something.Two weeks until my enforced break from cycling, then another up to a month until I'm able to ride again. Hopefully during that period I'll have bought most of my new bike bits and I'll only need to ride my current one for a week or two before I can move to my shiny new one.
^^^ This!
At the moment its a means of creating a calorie deficit whilst trying to learn a new hobby
I really enjoy the rides I'm doing at the moment, great to get some fresh air and not take things too seriously, but I always crave some progress
I guess it's either aim for doing my routes quicker or add in some more hills/distance.
Location matters a huge amount too, if you have no hills in easy reach then there's not much point trying to do a hilly ride, you'd be better working on endurance (then you can actually get to the hills and back at at later stage!).
Best aim is to explore all your local quieter roads, you'll soon find some you can 'race' yourself on (no traffic, good surface etc) and others you'll choose to avoid (lots of busy junctions/traffic/always muddy roads).
"It never gets easier, you just go faster" - Greg LeMond
Apologies for being a dick given everyone else is having a tough time but I feel great at the moment.
I also picked up points on both track league nights I've made it too. Need to write those up. Feels like things are heading the right way.
I'm feeling good too, really pushing myself on the Turbo has made me enjoy my riding more. Also the not-totally-soaked-all-the-time weather has helped when commuting, although it has been cold!
Good work with the points and progress!
I'm in this camp
You should have no excuse for not enjoying yourself and feeling fantastic!
All the climbing you may have just built muscle? Along with plenty of good eating?
Did a quick turbo session and my commute this morning with the 810 and IpBike, I'm almost there with the Garmin (if I can find a way to stop the screen auto switching!
). Would be nice to tailor the screen data too - I'm not fussed about my speed or even time that much, would like to see cadence and HR/zones instead! (more playing required!)I've noticed some discrepancies too:
Testing ride 1 (IpBike)
Testing ride 1 (810) - ~70 ft more climbing, different distance?!
Turbo 1 (IpBike)
Turbo 1 (810) - 1 minute longer elapsed time (auto-stop working against me, wheel may have been still spinning)
Commute 1 (IpBike)
Commute 1 (810) - Much shorter elapsed time so higher average speed (auto-stop working in my favour!)
I should just accept the fact the data will be different between the 2 and providing the Garmin data is consistent there's nothing to worry about!
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pro4's ordered..
You've given in to the dark side
Which version did you go for? I wanted to order more Pro4 Endurance tyres but CRC only have the two packs for Service Course and SC Grip so I went for the grip.
^^^ This!
Did a quick turbo session and my commute this morning with the 810 and IpBike, I'm almost there with the Garmin (if I can find a way to stop the screen auto switching!
To stop auto scolling screen - go to settings, then activity profile, then select your profile. then select auto scroll > auto scroll speed (think you put 0 for none scrolling)
Also I know on the 500 you can put whatever you want on whatever screens on the display.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHDqLUiT-eU
Should sort it for you.
You've given in to the dark side
Which version did you go for? I wanted to order more Pro4 Endurance tyres but CRC only have the two packs for Service Course and SC Grip so I went for the grip.
endurance, 20quid/each at wiggle
25c will do, don't really want to go back to 23c! we'll see how they perform! reviews are kinda mixed, either very good or very bad?
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endurance, 20quid/each at wiggle
Damn...Why didn't I check Wiggle
Ah well, I'm sure the Grip will be okay. Endurance are awesome tyres. I don't think you'll regret them
I've ridden 3 times a week this year so far, but only indoors on my rollers, usually for 45 minutes
. The roads are pretty treacherous so I'm not overly keen to risk an off.Damn...Why didn't I check Wiggle
Endurance are awesome tyres. I don't think you'll regret them
that's good to know! it'll take a while again to gain confidence on new tyres! boo!
well, I have two days to kill my rear
this will be fun 
Nice ride today, more PRs and a better average speed.
https://www.strava.com/activities/245823754
Just need to add another 10 miles/500ft to my ride
What's a good ratio of elevation per say 10 miles to aim for?
Your pretty close to me. I did a lot of those roads in the summer, love the roads around Goodwood. Looking at your ride, I seem to remember Singleton having a pretty nasty hill.
Anywho, let me know if you ever want some company
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place...0x487448a304768be1:0x89743104b8aa4233!5m1!1e4
Head for roads passing over the darker areas
Head for roads passing over the darker areas
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