Road Cycling

Right this is getting silly. Think I might give it a miss if that's the level required!:eek::eek::eek:

Nah, it was literally just a sprint off the line. I settled back in to 260/80w or something and I'm a fat dude at 90kg so my w/kg is different. I suffer for my fatness.

It'll be a breeze.

@Roady, sod your tired legs, get in C will you! Sign up is piece of cake on the app. Go to the Zwift app, events icon, find it there, click + sign. Done.

When you login to zwift, you'll get a "join event" on the left hand side, click it and it takes you to the event start and you sit on the start line on trainers pedaling out until go time. Done.
 
I need lights! Front and back. Are moon nebula the go to units? Where are they cheapest?
I picked up my Moon Nebula last autumn for £26 but haven't really seen them that cheap since. It's a great light but I think if I was buying it 'normal' (~£40) price I'd look elsewhere.£75 for the front & rear. As the front is 'only' 240 lumen I personally wouldn't buy the set. The rear is superb, just the front lacking.

The Nebula is one of a couple really bright rears (it's 100 lumen on max). Do you need that kinda level? I went the Exposure TraceR, which is also 100 lumen max, but I run it on low/medium for great burntimes (over 2 weeks per charge). I teamed mine up with the front version as a 'be seen' light, but I wouldn't rate the front at the usual price. The rear is a good buy at ~£42 (mine is 2 years old), but the front again is an overpriced option @~£39 as it only has 110 lumen. Set for £70.

If you're after riding on dark roads in all conditions it would be better buying a separate front. I personally struggled with 400 lumen in the rain and went up to 800 lumen (both Cateye Volt's). I would go higher but I couldn't justify over £150 on a single light. Recently bought this set for my other half and she finds the 550 lumen Sirius mk5 front perfect, but burntimes are not great (needs a weekly charge as she runs it max, around 4-5 hours of use per week), the rear TraceR again is superb.

I did see someone link some of the Lezyne lights on a Black Friday deal last thursday, can't think what it was!? Think it was a 400 lumen with a matching rear for ~£40 which (if still on) would be a great deal. FT and a few others here have had good results from DHB Lifeline lights, you can get a 700 lumen front for £35.
my new best homeward hill climb since I started this Strava malarkey ~7 weeks ago.
Good work & well done!
:D
 
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Also Roady, I've told them about the Flux on the way and the ride coming up. Many times. No impact at all, which is annoying. I don't expect red carpet treatment, but a bit of understanding would be nice
 
What is your MHR? I find my LTHR to be around 15 beats below this.
O/U's are good and something I need to do more of!

Max HR is 190bpm. I have seen higher than that but probably not for 24 months at least. I recall hitting 200bpm when I first started on the turbo but anything over 180 for me now is anaerobic.

Threw up a little in my mouth (twice) last night but blaming that on riding too soon after food. Was a good curry but probably not the best thing to eat 45 mins before a good turbo sesh! ;)
I suffer for my fatness.

It'll be a breeze.

@Roady, sod your tired legs, get in C will you! Sign up is piece of cake on the app. Go to the Zwift app, events icon, find it there, click + sign. Done.

When you login to zwift, you'll get a "join event" on the left hand side, click it and it takes you to the event start and you sit on the start line on trainers pedaling out until go time. Done.
I had feared it was that simple...!

You don't suffer for your fatness, just means you've got more power than the rest of us... On the flat! You don't have to be that aero on Zwift! ;)

I'll do a race soon but it won't be tonight. My legs can probably do a 3w/kg session but I've a few other things that got left out last night (painting skirting boards & a good blast on Battlefield1! ;)). 2up at one in a couple of weeks time? Imagine you'll not fancy one 3 days after your 24h... (if they're weekly?):p
 
I picked up my Moon Nebula last autumn for £26 but haven't really seen them that cheap since. It's a great light but I think if I was buying it 'normal' (~£40) price I'd look elsewhere.£75 for the front & rear. As the front is 'only' 240 lumen I personally wouldn't buy the set. The rear is superb, just the front lacking.

The Nebula is one of a couple really bright rears (it's 100 lumen on max). Do you need that kinda level? I went the Exposure TraceR, which is also 100 lumen max, but I run it on low/medium for great burntimes (over 2 weeks per charge). I teamed mine up with the front version as a 'be seen' light, but I wouldn't rate the front at the usual price. The rear is a good buy at ~£42 (mine is 2 years old), but the front again is an overpriced option @~£39 as it only has 110 lumen. Set for £70.

If you're after riding on dark roads in all conditions it would be better buying a separate front. I personally struggled with 400 lumen in the rain and went up to 800 lumen (both Cateye Volt's). I would go higher but I couldn't justify over £150 on a single light. Recently bought this set for my other half and she finds the 550 lumen Sirius mk5 front perfect, but burntimes are not great (needs a weekly charge as she runs it max, around 4-5 hours of use per week), the rear TraceR again is superb.

I did see someone link some of the Lezyne lights on a Black Friday deal last thursday, can't think what it was!? Think it was a 400 lumen with a matching rear for ~£40 which (if still on) would be a great deal. FT and a few others here have had good results from DHB Lifeline lights, you can get a 700 lumen front for £35.
Good work & well done!
:D

Thank you for taking the time to post! I'll look into your suggestions.
 
not going to make it now - disasters - flooded kitchen!!! FFS!!!!

Ughhhhh missions.

Had a nice little race. Was pacing around there fairly easy to be honest, D is a bit of a low wattage really. I found I had to ease right off 2nd lap as I hit the first lap too hard lol I need to get in the C but then try and get a decent pack to draft. I always miss out on this.
 
Another Turbo session tonight. Started off too quickly and tired about halfway. Wasn't impressed at all. https://www.strava.com/activities/776507186

On another note, padded undershorts. I bought a couple of pairs of the DHB padded undershorts from Wiggle (about 13quid i think) when i first got my bike and I'm looking to replace at least one pair and supplement them with another couple of pairs but i noticed they're not stocked anymore. Can anyone recommend others?
 

Aha. I saw this yesterday. Comments are quite hilarious.
Actually, he's changed it since yesterday I guess as previously it said something about cyclists going about on their 'non-mechanical vehicles'. I was tempted to sign and suggest I'm for making insurance and tax mandatory for non-mechanical bicycles :D


Also a comment on the following article from a woman suggesting they restrict RideLondon to Richmond Park. Yes, let's have 20,000 cyclists lapping a narrow road!

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/calls-surrey-police-during-ridelondon-12150421
 
Ha get on the Cat D you wuss! If you do, I'll do Cat D just for you.
Haha now there's an offer! I'll maybe take you up on it in a couple of weeks ;)
not going to make it now - disasters - flooded kitchen!!! FFS!!!!
Eeek! Hope you got it all sorted and not too much of a nightmare! I can vividly recall 10 months ago when we were woken at 4am to the sound of water pouring into our kitchen when a manifold cracked on our combi-boiler! It was only 5 years old and the house we've now moved into the boiler is already 19 years old...! Just waiting for the day...! :eek:
Thank you for taking the time to post! I'll look into your suggestions.
Not a problem. I went through lots of cheap lights before ending with mostly Cateye lights, no issues with them I've just slowly begun replacing them with Exposure. Have a Lezyne that I would rate as well, would happily use any of the brands.
I got in quite a dispute on farcebook last night from someone sharing this, one day I'll learn! :rolleyes:

It's obvious clickbait for the 'road tax' luls.
Hi all going to buy a new road bike.

whats the catch with this bike? http://www.decathlon.co.uk/ultra-720-af-road-bike-ultegra-id_8331274.html

In terms of specs, if i was to get something similar from cycleSurgery/evens/etc its 600/700 quid more?
Seems a great setup for the money, good but heavy wheels. Frame being BTwin alu might be pretty average but doesn't seem to be heavy (claimed weight of 8.2kg). Sounds ok for the money, depending on what you're coming from and what your requirements are...?

Thinking about it again, 8.2kg full weight. 2.8kg for wheels & tyres. Full 6800 is around 2.4kg including cables. So the entire frame, including parts like saddle/seatpost/bars/fork is a total of 3kg. Sounds very light to me, especially for a 'cheap' aluminium frame?!
 
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Aha. I saw this yesterday. Comments are quite hilarious.
Actually, he's changed it since yesterday I guess as previously it said something about cyclists going about on their 'non-mechanical vehicles'. I was tempted to sign and suggest I'm for making insurance and tax mandatory for non-mechanical bicycles :D


Also a comment on the following article from a woman suggesting they restrict RideLondon to Richmond Park. Yes, let's have 20,000 cyclists lapping a narrow road!

http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/calls-surrey-police-during-ridelondon-12150421

Counter petition.. https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-petition-to-block-owen-mcdermott-s-poorly-informed-petition

5b: :D
"...for their chosen 2 wheeled non mechanical death trap..." What? Non mechanical? What sort of engineering is used in making bicycles? Civil engineering? Nope. Structural Engineering? Nope. Well it's certainly not Marine Engineering. I'll make it simple for us: A bicycle is only made possible because of the existence of the science which has gone into Mechanical Engineering. Indeed, one can gain nationally recognised engineering qualifications in Cycle Mechanics: I have 3 of them (and a degree).
 
It's obvious clickbait for the 'road tax' luls.
Seems a great setup for the money, good but heavy wheels. Frame being BTwin alu might be pretty average but doesn't seem to be heavy (claimed weight of 8.2kg). Sounds ok for the money, depending on what you're coming from and what your requirements are...?

Thinking about it again, 8.2kg full weight. 2.8kg for wheels & tyres. Full 6800 is around 2.4kg including cables. So the entire frame, including parts like saddle/seatpost/bars/fork is a total of 3kg. Sounds very light to me, especially for a 'cheap' aluminium frame?!

Coming from this bike http://www.decathlon.co.uk/ultra-700-af-road-bike-105-id_8324331.html which was smashed when i got hit by a car.
 
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