You'll be fine, enjoy it, just make sure you prepare for the worst, nothing worse than looking like an unprepared idiot on your first club run
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You'll be fine, enjoy it, just make sure you prepare for the worst, nothing worse than looking like an unprepared idiot on your first club run
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You'll be fine, enjoy it, just make sure you prepare for the worst, nothing worse than looking like an unprepared idiot on your first club run
Hehe....I've been on the intermediate club runs....which are for folk who are new and these rides can be anything from 40-60 km. Tomorrow is with the main groups, so it can be anything from 70-120 km usually (tomorrow will be round 80km all in, including a café stop). I've done all the intermediate routes so its graduation time tomorrow, as it were.
You'll pass with flying colours don't worry! Just enjoy it and don't push yourself too hard
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You'll pass with flying colours don't worry! Just enjoy it and don't push yourself too hard
Already got my power breakfast recipe sorted, porridge with sultanas, chopped banana and honey....might even squeeze an orange flavour gel over all of it! haha!
80km is no problem distance wise. My issue, were it me riding, would be speed. You're way faster than me (on the flats
) so I'm sure you'll manage fine.Ewwwww haha!
Thinking of that, I used my last gel I had at work on Wednesday with the strong winds... Have 2 left at home and I'll be all out! Not a huge issue, running low on tabs which is a more important problem!
I bought a nice big bag of porridge oats yesterday to make some of these and these as gel replacements (and a snack alternative).
Got a friend who made some ricecake style bars and ended up with about 40 servings rather than the 'enough for 4 people' as quoted on the recipe, no report on what they're like yet...!
Also spotted these on GCN which look similar to the river cottage ones.
Thinking of that, I used my last gel I had at work on Wednesday with the strong winds... Have 2 left at home and I'll be all out! Not a huge issue, running low on tabs which is a more important problem!
I bought a nice big bag of porridge oats yesterday to make some of these and these as gel replacements (and a snack alternative).
Got a friend who made some ricecake style bars and ended up with about 40 servings rather than the 'enough for 4 people' as quoted on the recipe, no report on what they're like yet...!
Also spotted these on GCN which look similar to the river cottage ones.
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Yeah the GCN ones look amazing. I've already jotted down the recipe, similarly for the porridge (albeit you don't really need a recipe for porridge, but the extra ingredients are good!).
How do you kill a chainring, what the hell have you been doing??
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My propel can't fit 25mm
That's a shame :/ I'm used to CX bikes that have clearance for 35mm+
That's a shame :/ I'm used to CX bikes that have clearance for 35mm+
yeh, its down to the design of the brakes. I wish they had made the brake arms just a couple of mm longer..... 23mm 4000s fit fine though
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After having recently gone back to 23mm I don't miss my 25mm tyres too much. Good 23mm is far better than bad *insert number*mm
Blue or grey for this frame? I'm torn.
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It has to be blue - so you can purchase matching garish PX/OO clothing 
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Oops, bought a Powertap.
Nice. I believe Berger also uses one. Possibly Asprilla as well, if memory serves.
So, I had another bang on the turbo. Good grief, it's boring and terribly hard work.
I had another go at driving my heart rate up. I got to 193bpm. Last time I was worried about the bike wobbling so this time I upped the resistance rather than increasing cadence and that worked a lot better.
Edit: nm, need to work out my zones properly. Need to test my resting heart rate properly.
I had another go at driving my heart rate up. I got to 193bpm. Last time I was worried about the bike wobbling so this time I upped the resistance rather than increasing cadence and that worked a lot better.
Edit: nm, need to work out my zones properly. Need to test my resting heart rate properly.
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A mighty big slip!
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Nice, I'm sure you won't regret. I've only ever used crank based power, but training with power nonetheless is superb. Couldn't be without it personally.
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