so have been allowed the excuse of some extra rides to clock up the 5*30mins+ required. #winning
I hopefully 'cheated' a little yesterday with 2 activities which should qualify to finish off - an hour & 20 long ride split into 2...
Anyone know how you can check what activities their thing actually tracks? The email's of 'you completed an activity' seem really delayed and I'm still only showing 3. Technically I've done 6 activities but one of the first didn't count and not had any emails for the final 2... Grr/hmm!
Have done a load of intensive riding for the activities and then did a 2 hour tempo on the turbo this morning. Huge spike in volume which should hopefully kickstart some fitness or at least some quality base foundation if I continue and commit to a large sportive... If I can avoid getting ill again and written off for a couple of weeks. Again.
I'm fat. I've barely touched my bike this year apart from commuting to work. Blame house renovations and soapbox racer builds.
Good excuses as any.
Picked it up in the recent wiggle Felt sale - 2018 FX40 (Cyclocross)
Fitted a quad lock too which seems awesome and was going to use my phone as the computer, good/bad idea?
Downloaded strava, cycle computer and Komoot, any new stuff out given I've been out of the loop for a couple of years?
Great bike and fantastic colour - has mudguard mounts too and possibly worth fitting so the mini doesn't get lots of muck thrown at them.
We got a rear seat but only had him in it once, really didn't like it and went the trailer route. Now around 1 year of the trailer being used for nursery duties 3 days a week, it's been fantastic. Mini^me utterly loves it too!
Quad lock are good, really love mine but don't use it outside very much, mostly just turbo use. Strava on phone is ok but once you start to use it more you'll soon get annoyed/frustrated with the lack of functionality. IPBike used to be awesome on Android as an alternative but no idea recently. Head units are really recommended once you start with multiple sensors, all weathers and mapping etc...
Can anyone recommend something to wear under my helmet for sweat as it's bloody boiling here at the moment, forecast 40c on Tuesday too...
I've looked at some cycling caps but they all seems to be made of cotton.
Hunt around, you can get caps which are more summer wear. The ones I'm using you can't get any longer but I can always be found in a cap all weathers... Did start off with headbands, the sportful and castelli ones mentioned are good. DHB do a bunch as well and I even got some windslam/windproof ones which are superb for cold/cool winds. Do only tend to wear them on the turbo these days...
No all helmets are made equal on this front - some are definitely bigger sweat buckets than others, and it's generally (IME) what more expensive helmets manage better...
Totally agree, but then again the more aero the helmet sometimes the worse they are too. My £160 Kask Infinity is horrific in the heat... My £50 Specialized Echelon II is pretty good...