Road Cycling
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Soldato
Lovely day for a ride today so i went and doubled the furthest distance i'd previously did and put in a 40 miler. Probably nothing in comparison to lots of you but quite an achievement for myself 
Covered mainly the A49 and A41 just north of Shrewsbury and i was absolutely starving when i got back
Covered mainly the A49 and A41 just north of Shrewsbury and i was absolutely starving when i got back
Soldato
.........window shopping a Speedmax CF with Di2.
I didn't say I got wet, I said I got soaked, some may read that differently. My pinnacle has full length guards and I was wearing my sportful fiandre no rain top, with rapha soft shell baselayer with rapha lightweight bibs and castelli nano flex leg warmers. Along with rapha winter gloves and northwave celcius boots.
I got rained on which I didn't much enjoy but my skin was dry. However my head and face got wet as I didn't wear my balaclava....
Ive never ridden on the road in proper waterproof trousers but have proper waterproofs. I also didn't expect the rain due to looking at weather forecasts all saying it was staying dry.
I'm struggling to think what you actually contribute to this thread as most of your advice is terrible and ill thought out and generally against common conception,and since your arrival I believe many other posters feel the same way. My enjoyment of reading the thread has certainly also decreased in this time.
Can I suggest people use the ignore feature if they have issues with specific posters.
Soldato
Guys,
Insurance. What's the advice here? I'm a lowly pleasure cyclist atm but in the very near future I'll be commuting at lot more on my bike and across towns... I feel I should have some degree of cover
Your thoughts?
Thanks.
Insurance. What's the advice here? I'm a lowly pleasure cyclist atm but in the very near future I'll be commuting at lot more on my bike and across towns... I feel I should have some degree of cover
Your thoughts?
Thanks.
Apologies FT think I was relaying thoughts of a few others but will add to list.
Guys,
Insurance. What's the advice here? I'm a lowly pleasure cyclist atm but in the very near future I'll be commuting at lot more on my bike and across towns... I feel I should have some degree of cover
Your thoughts?
Thanks.
See here.
Soldato
Thanks BennyC!
Soldato
Staaaaahhhppp.
Lead times are pap at the moment, as ever
yea thats one think thats putting me off right now, putting price aside for a second.
ETA for a large is early April and I know that the chances of it being pushed back even further into spring/summer are high. That doesn't give me much time to get used to it and use it in vengeance for the tri's ive got in May.
Yeah, I guess it depends how critical it is for you to time well/finish the event or if the geometry is dramatically different from what you have now?
I think I need a small (surprisingly). Keeping my eye out for some used bargains as predominantly I have an Emonda ALR which I use for club runs and general riding. Did a 10 TT last year which I really enjoyed so going to do more this year. By comparison it won't get much use outside of training for the TT's or if the Emonda is out of action so find shelling out £2-3k on something used so infrequently hard to justify...
I think I need a small (surprisingly). Keeping my eye out for some used bargains as predominantly I have an Emonda ALR which I use for club runs and general riding. Did a 10 TT last year which I really enjoyed so going to do more this year. By comparison it won't get much use outside of training for the TT's or if the Emonda is out of action so find shelling out £2-3k on something used so infrequently hard to justify...
Soldato
I dont really need it, I was just window shopping.
Ive got a BMC timemachine road bike which is just a slither away from TT geometry anyway. I had a speedmax some time ago (sold it to solo on here) but couldnt get on with the positioning and the jolting from potholes. I was faster on my roadbike because I was always sitting up and reaching for my brakes; whereas brakes on a roadie are never far away.
It just looks like a awesome machine.
Really good little ride out today, layered up to go out with a different club as away this weekend. Went to the meet point. No one there... Hung around for a few minutes but in the end went back grabbed my headphones and went about smashing it. Had a sportive route on my garmin, so just followed this. Managed to push out 225w(251w normalised) for 2 hours. 38miles with 3200ft of climbing. It's hilly in the north downs that's for sure.
Nice. Headphones/music always lowers RPE which is probably why I'll use them whenever I can.
Managed a 240wNP (206wAvg/2.7wKG) for 4hrs20mins in November
Probably the most taxing way to ride. Similar on yesterday's ride albeit an hour less, glad today is Sunday and not Monday
Managed a 240wNP (206wAvg/2.7wKG) for 4hrs20mins in November
Probably the most taxing way to ride. Similar on yesterday's ride albeit an hour less, glad today is Sunday and not Monday 
Beautiful weather here all weekend, cool starts but calm winds and sun out! 
Had a couple of things to do first thing saturday so missed the group rides. Headed out instead with Dean and Matt. Dean coming to the end of a winter of cross country running, beginning his tri season training and Matt just back from Tenerife so it wasn't going to be easy! Meeting them at 10 and Dean needing to be back around 12, meant me blagging them into doing Pencombe hill (so I had a longish climb to play around with my PWM data!), followed by a fast A road dash back to town to get back in time.
https://www.strava.com/activities/854637162
I had to dig a little to hold wheels on the way out (pushing 300W at times just to keep contact!), Pencombe went ok, holding 300W on the steep start, easing off to recover at 200W before the next kicker at 400W. I then started to suffer from a stitch so had to sit and spin it out for the remainder at around 200W. Was a good test of the legs, which felt fine, but I think I need to work on some active recovery as I was blowing pretty hard at the top even after taking it easier to try and shake the stitch! We had to take a bit of a detour (due to a closed road) but once we got to the A road home it was a good blast back. Rediscovered my nerves at speed cornering on non-dry roads, losing contact @35mph (but an effort on the kicker afterwards caught and passed them!
), I was feeling stronger at this point and did a couple of pulls on the front back towards town.
Looking at the data now my cadence sensor has 'spikes' to 250rpm but otherwise the cadence data is very steady, much better than it was prior to the PWM? Any ideas? Same sensor.
Great ride and a good test (exactly what I needed)
Didn't ride in today (-4 here this morning with untreated roads like an ice rink!) but I'm sure the rain will catch me tomorrow/later in the week for a real test. Fingers crossed it was just a bit low on fluid and is now sorted!
This time of year without the rain we're generally wearing windproof layers to retain warmth. When it rains the ambient temperature usually rises so the additional layers we're wearing, combined with the additional 'insulation' that a wet outer layer provides, produce lots of condensation. When the weather is generally 'wet' (and not as cold) we wear less and thinner layers, reducing the condensation.
Obviously if you're riding easier, you're producing less sweat, moisture and less heat, leading to less condensation. I've found it's such a fine margin between being waterproof (enough to stop wet coming through) yet retaining enough breathability to allow any moisture out. I find it much easier to dress to stop the weather coming in (waterproof/windroof/thermal) and then tailor my efforts to maintain the status quo inside. Much of the time that means I'm overdressed late morning when starting out early, so I'll always wear layers easy to strip (eg arm warmers under a thermal jersey rather than a long sleeve jersey) and those with vents/zips.
Had a couple of things to do first thing saturday so missed the group rides. Headed out instead with Dean and Matt. Dean coming to the end of a winter of cross country running, beginning his tri season training and Matt just back from Tenerife so it wasn't going to be easy! Meeting them at 10 and Dean needing to be back around 12, meant me blagging them into doing Pencombe hill (so I had a longish climb to play around with my PWM data!), followed by a fast A road dash back to town to get back in time.
https://www.strava.com/activities/854637162
I had to dig a little to hold wheels on the way out (pushing 300W at times just to keep contact!), Pencombe went ok, holding 300W on the steep start, easing off to recover at 200W before the next kicker at 400W. I then started to suffer from a stitch so had to sit and spin it out for the remainder at around 200W. Was a good test of the legs, which felt fine, but I think I need to work on some active recovery as I was blowing pretty hard at the top even after taking it easier to try and shake the stitch! We had to take a bit of a detour (due to a closed road) but once we got to the A road home it was a good blast back. Rediscovered my nerves at speed cornering on non-dry roads, losing contact @35mph (but an effort on the kicker afterwards caught and passed them!
), I was feeling stronger at this point and did a couple of pulls on the front back towards town.Looking at the data now my cadence sensor has 'spikes' to 250rpm but otherwise the cadence data is very steady, much better than it was prior to the PWM? Any ideas? Same sensor.
Great ride and a good test (exactly what I needed)
Bought the Shimano funnel and oil/bleed kit from my LBS (only £15.50 for both, not that bad really!). Performed the mini-bleed from Epic and much of the noises have gone. I only noticed one tiny air bubble, but equally some of the oil I added filled the system so it may have just been a little low? Did a loop around the block and it was soundless... Equally the weather/roads were dry when it's been mostly ok...
Didn't ride in today (-4 here this morning with untreated roads like an ice rink!) but I'm sure the rain will catch me tomorrow/later in the week for a real test. Fingers crossed it was just a bit low on fluid and is now sorted!
Lots of the modern technical materials are similar to merino (or even have some blended in) for that very reason - retaining warmth even when wet!
That's it, I don't think he's trolling, just the way some of the comments come across make it sound like it. Almost coming across as thoughtless, uneducated and almost condescending. It comes across as baiting. I've given up trying to understand the implications of most and just deal with the facts.
This time of year without the rain we're generally wearing windproof layers to retain warmth. When it rains the ambient temperature usually rises so the additional layers we're wearing, combined with the additional 'insulation' that a wet outer layer provides, produce lots of condensation. When the weather is generally 'wet' (and not as cold) we wear less and thinner layers, reducing the condensation.
Obviously if you're riding easier, you're producing less sweat, moisture and less heat, leading to less condensation. I've found it's such a fine margin between being waterproof (enough to stop wet coming through) yet retaining enough breathability to allow any moisture out. I find it much easier to dress to stop the weather coming in (waterproof/windroof/thermal) and then tailor my efforts to maintain the status quo inside. Much of the time that means I'm overdressed late morning when starting out early, so I'll always wear layers easy to strip (eg arm warmers under a thermal jersey rather than a long sleeve jersey) and those with vents/zips.
Nice. Headphones/music always lowers RPE which is probably why I'll use them whenever I can.
Managed a 240wNP (206wAvg/2.7wKG) for 4hrs20mins in November
Just find its less monotonous when on your own. Would always prefer to ride with others. That wattage put me at 3.2W/KG so quite happy especially considering the very lumpy nature as quite a lot of periods when not pedalling.
Have you still got cadence attached with the PWM? If so Garmin will ignore this and use your PWM cadence. so not sure why you're still getting spikes.