Really? 14 degrees here yesterday and 12 degrees already this morning at 8am. Amazing weather considering the last couple of weeks!
The Alu and Carbon themselves will be fine, it's all the other things which will suffer from being exposed to all winter UK weather conditions - example bearings will get water in & rust from being stood. Any steel components (as Von mentioned) will have a chance of picking up rust if it picks up moisture.
I guess it depends on what your bikes are really worth to you and the space you have available. You could look at getting some kind of water/rain proof shelter/shed to protect them from the worst of it (look at some of the garden security units). I would also look at some way of keeping moisture levels as low as possible to avoid condensation introducing moisture even under a rainproof shelter.
Which jacket is that mate? Dry here this morning so I wore a LS winter jersey & gilet, not a thermal/winter jacket/jersey like I've used for the past few weeks!
Nice and clear this morning (shame it wasn't last night for the super moon) and feeling very warm (12 degrees already according to my weather app!).
Had a good turbo session last night - 'Jon's Mix' followed by some harder intervals of my own.
A 50 minute session with 3*1 minute 300W blocks (which felt easy) followed by 575W sprints with decreasing recovery (I didn't struggle to hit & feel I can sprint harder). After those were 2 blocks of 10 minutes at 90% FTP (195) which I found easy so did them higher at just below FTP (210).
I'm now absolutely convinced my FTP is set too low (Zwift has autoset it at 217, but that was on the old trainer with the tyre too tight). Rather than cool down after that I did 3 minutes high cadence at 280W, 1 minute at 400W and finished with some messing around dropping and leading out small groups.
Haha, thats the one with a red body isn't it? I liked the look of the orange arms with the darker body and probably would've got one if the red was on the arms/shoulders instead... I've learnt my lesson before about buying something that I like the orange colour of, and then it not matching absolutely anything else I own so I don't wear it...!It's the DHB Aeron Full Protection Softshell.
I really like it actually though I kind of wish I'd gotten it in a more tasteful colour. The bright red and navy looks a bit... bright
Reply asking their twitter user to go an reply to some emails as you're not getting one!
Lol, erm... I think I'll just do another FTP test, but thanks for your recommendation!Do what I did, set it to 290 and then do it again. Try walking after that.
Which one of you was it that mentioned punctures the other day?
I half typed out a comment about having just one puncture in 8000 miles before deleting it as to not jinx it... Got a puncture today while looking at all the little stones and bits on the cycle path and thinking about punctures...
Almost punctured my finger trying to remove the nail like piece of flint!
Rivelo wearers... how is the sizing compared to say dhb / Castelli?
Another KISS Europe race tonight, you in?!
EDIT: The end is nigh. Wiggle now have a Chr*stmas tab.
EDIT2: Clif bars under £1 each - certain flavours.
I'll have a look at that race, I was going to ride tonight so might as well if the time fits. You going to Cat C it?
I'm going to get some of those Clifs. I'll no doubt eat all mine this weekend
EDIT: Ive just registed for Cat C. Sorted.
If my last 30min FTP test is anything to go by, then my LTHR is around 161.5 which (to me) seems quite low (170*0.95). I know I can sustain over 165bpm for over an hour, may have a go at a full 60 minute FTP test at some point to really give me some solid FTP & LTHR data!
My legs are pretty toasted after last nights, need to jump on one soon though. In CAT D anyway! Simple as register on the website, put your name down & then just join from the Zwift screen?
Goodluck! Might be worth mentioning you're waiting for a Neo to turn up and that you've got the charity 24h in a couple of days time! Try and get a quicker response!
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