Road Cycling

UTmaniac · 15 May 2016 at 20:21

grudas said:
So my brother finished painting his rt-90

What happened to painting the body and rear legs of the zebra?

Vonhelmet · 15 May 2016 at 20:34

SoliD said:
Is there an easy way to see breakdown of rides as I mark my straight to and from works as commutes. Usually if I add on more than 5miles I'll not mark as a commute.

Strava annual summary. Google it. Thank me later.

physichull · 15 May 2016 at 20:42

Can anyone recommend me some books on professional cycling please? Preferably road cycling/le tour. I've read Millard racing through the dark and thought it was great. Don't mind if it's autobiographical, historical charting of grand tours gone by...anything as long as it's road cycling racing related?

Vonhelmet · 15 May 2016 at 20:53

Rough Ride by Paul Kimmage. If you know anything about Kimmage you can probably guess the tone!

SoliD · 15 May 2016 at 21:08

physichull said:
Can anyone recommend me some books on professional cycling please? Preferably road cycling/le tour. I've read Millard racing through the dark and thought it was great. Don't mind if it's autobiographical, historical charting of grand tours gone by...anything as long as it's road cycling racing related?

The world of cycling according to g is a great lightweight dip in and out.

I'll dig out what I've read tomorrow.

Saytan · 15 May 2016 at 21:14

physichull said:
Can anyone recommend me some books on professional cycling please? Preferably road cycling/le tour. I've read Millard racing through the dark and thought it was great. Don't mind if it's autobiographical, historical charting of grand tours gone by...anything as long as it's road cycling racing related?

Eddy Merckx: The Cannibal By Daniel Friebe
The Hour by Michael Hutchinson (this is about an attempt at the hour record)

One More Solo · 15 May 2016 at 21:47

Tyler Hamilton - The Secret Race
Matt Rendell - The Death of Marco Pantani

The second one is probably the best sport related book I've read.

PermaBanned · 15 May 2016 at 21:58

Both of David Millars' books.

physichull · 15 May 2016 at 22:00

PermaBanned said:
Both of David Millars' books.

Thanks for the recommendations guys, anyone read any of Ned boulting books? They seem well reviewed.

grudas · 15 May 2016 at 23:26

Vonhelmet said:
Has he finished tilting his saddle forward yet? Only I reckon that could go a bit further.

Also wtf is going on with that rear mech? Or is it just because he's cross chaining small-small like that?

He hasn't ridden it yet, going to adjust the saddle think he just missed it h!

Yup looks funny but it's in ssmall-small front and back hence the weirdness.

UTmaniac said:
What happened to painting the body and rear legs of the zebra?

That would take a while to mask

hespent like an hour on the fforks alone

howler · 16 May 2016 at 08:12

Nice ride in the sun this weekend, could find any sun cream though so I've got some nice straight red lines on my arms!

https://www.strava.com/activities/576788971

Shamrock · 16 May 2016 at 10:23

Worst, timing, ever!

Self-diagnosing, but only a week from my half Ironman and I appear to have come down with "coccydynia". This is damage to soft tissue around the coccyx and can be caused by cycling and having low BF. It may be due to RSI from riding in the TT position for extended periods and not being used to it.

At the moment it is painful to walk, sit, lay down and of course ride my bike.

I hope it heals in time for Sunday but that might be optimistic.

topgun06 · 16 May 2016 at 10:24

My knees are a bit sore after my 108mi yesterday. Most I'd done this year was 55mi so it got tough towards the end.

https://www.strava.com/activities/576980767

Need protein!!

grudas · 16 May 2016 at 10:31

Shamrock said:
Worst, timing, ever!

Self-diagnosing, but only a week from my half Ironman and I appear to have come down with "coccydynia". This is damage to soft tissue around the coccyx and can be caused by cycling and having low BF. It may be due to RSI from riding in the TT position for extended periods and not being used to it.

At the moment it is painful to walk, sit, lay down and of course ride my bike.

I hope it heals in time for Sunday but that might be optimistic.

that is not good news man! hope you get over it quick!

out of interest, you being really into your running, cycling etc.. how's your diet? do you supplement a lot with fish oils etc?

I found that my tendons etc start hurting if I say continue hitting my gym and cycle without any supplements.

my omega 3 dose is 3x the recommended, I usually take stuff to help with joints etc too just because I know that I tire my body way more than your "average" joe.

on a different note, I'm not TOO impressed with shimano 105 5800.

I had my "zombi" bike for a few months now, did a little over 2000 miles and I had cable snaps and now I've got this weird issue where 3rd and 4th cogs just won't shift up/down properly where the rest work fine.

so today I rode my carbon bike to work and even after 5k heavy miles it is still going strong!

it runs the older 10sp sram rival.

FrenchTart · 16 May 2016 at 10:32

I might try to get out for an imperial next weekend. I need to start getting some longer rides in if I'm not going to utterly die on my ride in June.

FrenchTart · 16 May 2016 at 10:33

grudas said:
that is not good news man! hope you get over it quick!

out of interest, you being really into your running, cycling etc.. how's your diet? do you supplement a lot with fish oils etc?

I found that my tendons etc start hurting if I say continue hitting my gym and cycle without any supplements.

my omega 3 dose is 3x the recommended, I usually take stuff to help with joints etc too just because I know that I tire my body way more than your "average" joe.

on a different note, I'm not TOO impressed with shimano 105 5800.

I had my "zombi" bike for a few months now, did a little over 2000 miles and I had cable snaps and now I've got this weird issue where 3rd and 4th cogs just won't shift up/down properly where the rest work fine.

so today I rode my carbon bike to work and even after 5k heavy miles it is still going strong!

it runs the older 10sp sram rival.

That's a pretty unusual experience with 5800. I don't have it myself but several friends do and it has been pretty flawless.

BennyC · 16 May 2016 at 10:42

grudas said:
shimano 105 5800.

Doesn't sound like those problems are inherent to the group set itself but perhaps setup and indexing?

grudas · 16 May 2016 at 10:55

FrenchTart said:
That's a pretty unusual experience with 5800. I don't have it myself but several friends do and it has been pretty flawless.

BennyC said:
Doesn't sound like those problems are inherent to the group set itself but perhaps setup and indexing?

it was very smooth and perfect for the first 1500 miles or so, once the cable snapped inside the shifter it started misbehaving, I'd say hey it's indexing too but I genuinely cannot get it to shift properly.

I have a feeling that someone may have bumped the rear mech while it was at work and bent it hence the sudden go from smooth/easy shifting to complete cack to a point where I decided to not ride it today.

Shamrock · 16 May 2016 at 10:59

grudas said:
that is not good news man! hope you get over it quick!

out of interest, you being really into your running, cycling etc.. how's your diet? do you supplement a lot with fish oils etc?

Cheers.

My diet isn't that great really but I've never had problems before. I usually only supplement with A-Z vitamins but last week I bought some Omega 3,6,9 tablets and some magnesium tablets.

I'm just going to hit the ibuprofen hard and have some hot baths. Good thing I'm tapering this week as I doubt I'll be able to do much training in my current state. :mad:

rossk26 · 16 May 2016 at 11:36

Does anyone commute with a backpack to work?

Have only just started to commute, but the current hiking backpack I have to carry work clothes and lunch is causing my back to become quite sweaty on a 4.3 mile commute.