The cost issue is something that didn't even cross my mind. My wife does equestrian endurance up to 160km in a day and that's all open road events, although they obviously do as little road work as possible. The cost to enter one of those is a good bit more than the costs mentioned here. I thought this was cheap in comparison
Nah, you're just fat!
10" difference between my chest and waist, always end up having to go for slim/tailored/whatever is thinnest in the body in a M or L to get enough length for my height.
Gave Zwift a good go today since I fixed the laptop, no overheating now! Ordered more memory earlier this week but I don't think it really needs it.
I do need to cut out my floor matting in the garage though, nice and soft underfoot, but the kickr & front tyre ends up sinking into it and then the bike rocks side to side a little bit or lifts one of the feet when cranking out the saddle. Ill just cut some holes & slots in the matting so it can sit down nicely.
I did notice that some people have got to be up to something dodgy! I did a 2:01 up the KOM on there which was a few seconds quicker than everyone else, but then I got knocked off by a second or two later on in my ride. Just before I logged off, someone takes 30 seconds off it! Uploaded to Strava and the KOM is 1 minute.... Someones telling porkies about their weight I think so that they fly up the climb.
Zwift is a load of **** when it comes to the times/jerseys and people definitely do cheat. I think you can just put your weight at 50kg and fire up the KOM with a lightweight booster @ 350w and your time would obviously be very low, but why lie to yourself for a computer game? People are stupid.
I was 4th on the orange jersey lap one last night doing my session, didn't even notice until I finished 3/4 away around a lap, couldn't give a toss
). The power and speed numbers you see come off it are hilarious at times though.
Pinarello Dogma F8 would pay for itself in under 6 years...Given I'm saving £100 a month by not paying for a train ticket I can pretty much come up with any numbers and it works
I'm seeing this again as I've started to trim up...
Think you got the rear mech wrong, you'll want 5800 not 6800?
Get a trainer mat? Probably less hassle than cutting your floor matting (for it to then be wrong in future?!). A front wheel riser too... Turbo 'accessories' are crazy prices unless you grab things in deals/sales.
Agreed the 'pins' on Shimano are a pain... KMC chains are made of cheese and I found SRAM chains last me much longer. Although last time I did get a Shimano CN-HG701 and it's been ok... Has done nearly 500 miles so can't comment on how long it's going to last, yet!
Zwift freeride is fun, I use it when short on time/recovery but it's no substitute to following a proper session (which there are plenty of in Zwift). The power levels on there can be laughable (see people pushing out 9w/kg lols) but equally with it setup correctly they give riders without PM's a way to see what 'riding with power' is like (like TR)I do mean to get round to trying Zwift as it looks like a lot of fun (for indoor training
