On GP5000 S TR as well. Like them, but also not without their own faults - quite soft. Very expensive. Tan wall is more brown/deep bronze (but I do like it - see below). Tougher than Pirelli P-Zero, feel very similar to ride (good). Similar to Hutchingson Fusion 5, but feel much better than them and more grip.
Running Vittoria Rubino Pro on my winter/commuter/everything bike. Half the price and ok, maybe not half the tyre. Still not without their faults (soft but feel pretty wooden too, but do need higher pressures). Would go back to my favoured (Specialized Roubaix) if they trimmed the price back/offered more sizes/sorted inventory issues. They used to be a very good budget winter option (£31 for a tubeless tyre!).
haha he even got them from Bespoke LOL ..nice bikes there...10mins away from me
he was looking on Lightweights today haha
he doesnt like Pinio..and cheaper to change to same frame manufacturer for BBs and cranks after....
Haha, I was more talking about the 'money no object' crowd who seem to buy them due to the name... Guess they're all riding V4RS now?! Although the S-Works and Madone always seemed to price point towards them so I've always really considered all the top brands are equally to blame for the stupidly high prices.
To use the SL8 as an example, I know they're different carbon layups (FACT 12r vs FACT 10r) so the S-W is 685g and the regular SL8 is 780g for the base frame. 95g difference. Is that really worth the increase. Force eTap is £1000 cheaper than Red eTap, so an SL8 Pro 2023 with Force is £8000 and an S-W SL8 2023 is £12,000 so the frame costs approx 2-3000 more... To shave off 95g (caveat - there might be some subtle differences to finishing kit which make more of a difference - but they use the same fork).
A Greggs regular jam doughnut is 76g.
I've had to go and buy some Factor 50 if that's an indication.
Good to hear! Had some ok weather here this weekend... Cue me taking the good bike for probably it's last ride of 2024 and riding through probably a dozen flooded roads. I was really on the wrong bike! We had loads more rain overnight than I realised and roads also not cleared from the weeks of rain and localised flooding earlier in the week. At least I got to try out another new toy...
Whoop has been doing it for years.
Nope, the Whoop AI drive 'Outlook Coach' has only been there since November (V2.0 Beta) and only does real 'AI' things if you ask it a question. The 'automatic' dayly recommendations really only does similar to Stravas as mentioned above - it looks at your trends, then tells you how you're doing against them. Not really 'real' AI. Mine for example today has:
- Reaching Optimal Strain - "You've hit the optimal Strain range. Keep moving towards your target of 10.7 for even more fitness goals"
- I've done nothing strenuous today today, commuted to work (which I do 200+ days a year) and apart from some rushing around earlier have now spent nearly 4 hours sat at my desk.
- Today's Recommendation - "Your optimum Strain range is 8.7 - 12.7, with a target of 10.7. Consider a nap, recovery activities, or an earlier bedtime to make up for not having enough sleep.
- I had 6 hours 25mins sleep last night, that's average or slightly above average. Strain range is set by Whoop. I'll be smashing a Zwift Ladder race later so will be well over target - which I will be nearly every Tuesday as that's the evening I ride ZRL.
- Recovering from Strain - Your body has recovered from overreaching yesterday. Strain pushes fitness gains but requires periods of resovery to be most effective.
- Yesterday I didn't even ride. Did have quite a tiring day doing DIY and clearing/sorting the garage. But my strain for the day was 13.6 which is nothing compared to a day I race/ride. Most of those I'm towards 20 strain (max is 21 on Whoop - I get near it quite regularly, was at 19.7 on Saturday with riding 3.5 hours outside).
Will be back there again for sure. Great for a family holiday with little ones and great for cycling.
Amazing trip - especially with the family in tow... I've always tried to do it, but when we price it up Mallorca just ends up so ridiculously expensive for something 'meh' when we can get much better with more hotel facilities (waterparks, pools) for same/cheaper elsewhere - usually heading to one of the Greek islands (Rhodes, Kos, Crete) or Cyprus. One day I'll be able to do it!
There's a Cycling trip/holiday thread somewhere on here, drop the hotel/resort details in there (& re-post your experience) if you can and will take a look
(288W for 31 mins, then dropped 960W for 15 seconds at the end of that. I've done better power for 15s before, but not after a Cat 2 PB climb 
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not so much from the other side hahah easier to cycle down that way 
