Road Cycling Essentials

Kimi · 18 Jun 2014 at 13:51

Yea i guess that means Wiggo is out for sure

I managed to hit a new pb on the commute home from work, 20.1mph over 32 miles. 1500ft of climbing. I really need to work on my climbing because im loosing out badly.

The guy who has the kom goes up the hill 5mph faster. Lots of work to do .

One More Solo · 18 Jun 2014 at 13:59

Christoph Strasser just broke the record for the RAAM, completing ~3000 miles in 7 days and 16 hours. Incredible effort.

touch · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:10

Kimi said:
The guy who has the kom goes up the hill 5mph faster. Lots of work to do .

To be fair, he is the national hill-climb champion

bcjames · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:16

For those chaps looking for address/POI routing, the free OSM maps provide it. DCRainmaker has a guide to getting them on to the device. I'm using them frequently to navigate between new villages. It seems to give much the same as the Garmin City Navigator maps do.

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2013/05/download-garmin-705800810.html

ShiWarrior · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:39

touch said:
You're brave!
As it happens, I had an identical top speed in my race on Sunday (51.7mph).
http://app.strava.com/activities/153947381/overview

No chance I'd be doing that if it wasnt a race though!

It was steep and straight so why not !

Thanks though !

Nice race there mate, what cat are you in?

oh and what do you guys use when your saddle sore ? I've been sore for a few days now, and I'm not using anything, I don't want to stop now, another 40 miles again today ! getting so close to the magic 50

sHo0sH · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:42

New (to me) ride

Very pleased with my purchase.

ShiWarrior · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:44

love the colours on that bike

Shamrock · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:48

Needs deep wheels!

uniQ · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:50

One More Solo said:
Christoph Strasser just broke the record for the RAAM, completing ~3000 miles in 7 days and 16 hours. Incredible effort.

That's absurd, any links worth reading?

sHo0sH said:
New (to me) ride

Very pleased with my purchase.

Sweet looking ride

touch · 18 Jun 2014 at 14:58

ShiWarrior said:
Nice race there mate, what cat are you in?

Still Cat3 but well on my way to Cat2 now. Got 28 points now and I need another 12 to move up.

ShiWarrior said:
oh and what do you guys use when your saddle sore ? I've been sore for a few days now, and I'm not using anything, I don't want to stop now, another 40 miles again today ! getting so close to the magic 50

I have some 'udderly smooth' chamois cream. Dont use it much though, I only get sore on the TT bike. Never tried any other chamois creams so dont have anything to compare with.

ShiWarrior · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:11

touch said:
Still Cat3 but well on my way to Cat2 now. Got 28 points now and I need another 12 to move up.

I have some 'udderly smooth' chamois cream. Dont use it much though, I only get sore on the TT bike. Never tried any other chamois creams so dont have anything to compare with.

good luck with that mate

is it this cream you use ?

Chamois Anti Chaffing Cream with Shea Butter

janp · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:16

Vonhelmet said:
The dcrainmaker review suggests you can only navigate to pre-defined points e.g. points of interest on the maps, addresses you've added in, etc. So you could put in your home address, and then route to that from anywhere in the country, but you couldn't arbitrarily decide you wanted to route to my house unless you'd already set it up in your Garmin. If you wanted to do that, you'd have to route to the nearest point of interest that the maps already had, I guess.

This is how my Garmin 1000 works and I absolutely hate it. The other day I had someone's address but nowhere to input a postcode. In the end I just used the road signs.

I can set my current location as a place, home/work for example, which is pretty useful. I tend to pick a place I've never visited before, find my own way there, and then tell the Garmin to take me home.

But yes, I wish the 1000 acted more like a traditional car sat nav

touch · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:18

ShiWarrior said:
good luck with that mate

is it this cream you use ?

Chamois Anti Chaffing Cream with Shea Butter

Yep, thats the one.
As I say, it's the only one I have ever tried so I dont know how it compares to others.

[DOD]Asprilla · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:24

I use Sudocrem. Having young children we've always got it in the house and it does the same job. Probably more actually; water (sweat) repellent, emollient, antibacterial, anti fungal and a weak anaesthetic.

ShiWarrior · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:29

cheers guys
ordered the udder one , and see how that goes

Shamrock · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:31

[DOD]Asprilla;26474816 said:
I use Sudocrem. Having young children we've always got it in the house and it does the same job. Probably more actually; water (sweat) repellent, emollient, antibacterial, anti fungal and a weak anaesthetic.

I use it off the bike as a skin healer. Does it actually work well on the bike? I suppose it doesn't matter much, but does it stain your bibs or pad?

Vonhelmet · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:32

touch said:
To be fair, he is the national hill-climb champion

The other day I climbed one of the hills they've used for the hill climbing championship in the past. On strava my time up there is 4:41 @ 6.1mph. His KoM time is 2:23 @ 12mph :eek:

[DOD]Asprilla · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:35

Not that I've noticed.

I only tend to use any sort of chamois cream on very long rides anyway. Even then it's only if I remember. I don't think I wore any for the RideLondon last year and it didn't even cross my mind for the 55 miles I did the other weekend.

ShiWarrior · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:38

oh I wondered who that bloke was !
ever since I started road cycling, I keep seeing his name on strava (usually at the top)

Vonhelmet · 18 Jun 2014 at 15:40

Ok. Let's imagine I got a bonus at work. Let's imagine that after paying my dues to the taxman, the student loan people and the wife I was left with £300. What wheels would we imagine me buying for my Planet X alloy Sunday best bike? Those H Plus Son archetypes got mentioned last time I asked this...