Road Cycling

Martynt74 said:
Yeah, i've been giving my wife similar advice as she's been focusing on hers since getting an Oura ring.

When i say low i mean ~45 for myself when my normal range is 70-90 and it's flagging as red in the app. As you say it's likely due to lack of training. My foot is definitely getting better and i went out last week, just seem to have that demotivation which kicks in when you do nothing for ages!
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my wife is all over the place on her garmin, 20-30 most days which is her balanced by often drops out of it.

I'm very rarely out of it, actually been out once when I was ill/tired after some silly early morning sessions at work.

mostly sit in 60-70 mark. But number it self is sorta-meaningless, the "in balance" is more important metric.
 
grudas said:
e bike for sure.. one of these https://www.halfords.com/bikes/seco...tric-mountain-bike---s-m-l-frames-806870.html
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Figured out who she is. I'll have words - I know her mum! She must be mid-teens so I should have a couple of years before she can steal that without an assist! ;)

Martynt74 said:
When i say low i mean ~45 for myself when my normal range is 70-90 and it's flagging as red in the app. As you say it's likely due to lack of training. My foot is definitely getting better and i went out last week, just seem to have that demotivation which kicks in when you do nothing for ages!
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Really it's something to not take too seriously in isolation... Mine yesterday after that bad sleep, some weekend strain but no hard riding since Thursday... HRV was 96 and '88% recovery' (average is 77). Today after sleeping better, no real extra strain, most of the aches from the weekend gone, HRV is 63 which is '46% recovery' and 17% below my usual range. WUT - I'm feeling better than yesterday! Racing on Zwift later regardless, so should see a high HRV tomorrow post-strain! :D

fez said:
I think we can fairly safely say that she didn't rinse you on her pinarello putting out 5w/kg. Perhaps I am judging a book by its cover...and stats.
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Harsh but fair. Know the family well - farm neighbours of my grandparents place. Lets just say none of them are 'very aero' body types, I know her mum has an eMTB as had mentioned it when I saw her a few years back and had spotted her on Strava. She's logged as e-bike before so will flag as just a friendly reminder of course ;)

All this is doing is reminding me to get back there... Can't believe I still had some KOMs there from 2016 - think they where some of my first rides on my Diverge - we moved house and ended up staying with my parents for 3 weeks between and I got the bike the same time!
 
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I was surprised at how low the bar was to get top 10s on hill segments around Longleat Center Parcs on ebike rides, two weeks ago.

I was on a hire Specialized Tero, with "turbo" mode set to 100% on the app (so matching my ~250W max effort to get ~500W estimate? with me and ebike weighing ~125Kg total), four proper efforts got four top 5s. Did three of them in one 2hr ride, long duration ride for me over the past 2.5 years and at most I've done one 7min hill effort in a single ride, boy have I paid for it since with fatigue!

Got a £1249 GT eGrade Bolt ordered from Paul's Cycles, to make 2-3 hour rides to around Old Winchester Hill more feasible.
 
AndyCr15 said:
Has anyone bought a carbon seat post from AliExpress? Latest service shows there's an issue with mine on the Canyon. I don't fancy £170 for the official one...

**EDIT** A search suggests Elita One are a reasonable brand to go with.
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Did it start wearing away inside the seat tube? That happened on my Canyon too.
 
Shadowness said:
New Wahoo rear radar looks intriguing. Whilst I'm sat here waiting for a USB-C Varia radar, Wahoo might get my money at this rate!
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Make sure you wait a while for some independent reviews. GPLlama will do one no doubt. There are quite a few radars on the market now and there are still very few that are actually safe. If its not almost perfect, I would suggest its worse than nothing honestly.
 
Shadowness said:
New Wahoo rear radar looks intriguing. Whilst I'm sat here waiting for a USB-C Varia radar, Wahoo might get my money at this rate!
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does look interesting and i'd love to ditch the microusb..

main cons for me with my 515 are :

micro usb
battery life
shape/size - just can't get it to look right, it's always a bit meh on the bike. The wahoo one won't fix that, ugly little thing too.
 
The Garmin one seems to be pretty bullet proof from what I've read and watched. The one where GPLama compared the others, including the Trek one, was shocking!

I'm in no rush. Can see benefits nearer winter time anyway.
 
Shadowness said:
The Garmin one seems to be pretty bullet proof from what I've read and watched. The one where GPLama compared the others, including the Trek one, was shocking!

I'm in no rush. Can see benefits nearer winter time anyway.
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it's a useful tool but I'm 50/50 on how important it is for riding I do for example, mostly in quiet-ish country lanes with few cars around...

majority of drivers are really well behaved too, you get the odd idiot but the radar won't change that.
 
One More Solo said:
Did it start wearing away inside the seat tube? That happened on my Canyon too.
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I couldn't tell you tbh. The bolts are as tight as possible, but the seat still 'rattles' almost.
Shadowness said:
Whilst I'm sat here waiting for a USB-C Varia radar, Wahoo might get my money at this rate!
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Yeah, it's my last remaining item on Micro... I really want to get a USB C version, to the point I almost ordered the camera/radar they have.
 
grudas said:
it's a useful tool but I'm 50/50 on how important it is for riding I do for example, mostly in quiet-ish country lanes with few cars around...

majority of drivers are really well behaved too, you get the odd idiot but the radar won't change that.
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That is when it is best. Can forget about cars and sit more in the middle of the road until it beeps at you that a car is approaching. It is something that I got on a whim, didn't really think much of at first and then miss when I don't have it.
 
Trifid said:
That is when it is best. Can forget about cars and sit more in the middle of the road until it beeps at you that a car is approaching. It is something that I got on a whim, didn't really think much of at first and then miss when I don't have it.
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I turned the beeping off.. was getting annoying and disconnecting me from just enjoying the “ride” if that makes sense. I already feel like I’ve got too much tech but at least its not screaming at me haha.
 
grudas said:
it's a useful tool but I'm 50/50 on how important it is for riding I do for example, mostly in quiet-ish country lanes with few cars around...

majority of drivers are really well behaved too, you get the odd idiot but the radar won't change that.
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I've found recently that far too many drivers give you absolutely no regard as soon as they are coming towards you. There are a lot of lanes around me that are 1.5 cars wide and the number of cars that will happily fly past without dropping their speed is crazy. Along with the classic "you're in a cycle lane so I don't have to give you 1.5m" its the biggest problem I have on our roads.
 
Most of the guys I ride with have the garmin version. Computers are constantly beeping. I feel it's not a necessity for me, if I am going to get wiped out from behind then being notified of the possibility of it a second or two beforehand likely won't make much difference. I do get the peace of mind the camera version could bring and I used to run the cyclique version years ago but unless you actually are hit by a car then what are you going to do with the near miss and dangerous driving footage? Send it to the police who will do absolutely nothing about it?
 
Roady said:
Figured out who she is. I'll have words - I know her mum! She must be mid-teens so I should have a couple of years before she can steal that without an assist! ;)


Really it's something to not take too seriously in isolation... Mine yesterday after that bad sleep, some weekend strain but no hard riding since Thursday... HRV was 96 and '88% recovery' (average is 77). Today after sleeping better, no real extra strain, most of the aches from the weekend gone, HRV is 63 which is '46% recovery' and 17% below my usual range. WUT - I'm feeling better than yesterday! Racing on Zwift later regardless, so should see a high HRV tomorrow post-strain! :D


Harsh but fair. Know the family well - farm neighbours of my grandparents place. Lets just say none of them are 'very aero' body types, I know her mum has an eMTB as had mentioned it when I saw her a few years back and had spotted her on Strava. She's logged as e-bike before so will flag as just a friendly reminder of course ;)

All this is doing is reminding me to get back there... Can't believe I still had some KOMs there from 2016 - think they where some of my first rides on my Diverge - we moved house and ended up staying with my parents for 3 weeks between and I got the bike the same time!
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Just looked and she has been removed, you have the crown back. 278w for 3 minutes though, I don’t want this to sound disrespectful but surely you can do more than that?
 
Vandle said:
Most of the guys I ride with have the garmin version. Computers are constantly beeping. I feel it's not a necessity for me, if I am going to get wiped out from behind then being notified of the possibility of it a second or two beforehand likely won't make much difference. I do get the peace of mind the camera version could bring and I used to run the cyclique version years ago but unless you actually are hit by a car then what are you going to do with the near miss and dangerous driving footage? Send it to the police who will do absolutely nothing about it?
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If its super busy its not really that useful because its beeping constantly. For everything else I love it. I know how many cars are behind me, how fast they are coming up, when they appear, if they turn off behind me. Its just a super useful tool for informing you about the traffic around you. Lets you move your position on the road based on it.

As to camera footage, quite a lot of police forces do act on it. Some don't but plenty do. The only way our roads are going to get safer is if drivers are **** scared that their bad driving will be caught on camera and cost them money or their license. They sure as hell aren't going to do it out of care or consideration for others.
 
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