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23:22 on the road bike in tonight's 10 mile TT, getting there
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New FTP day  , up to 370
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Sep 20, 2020 19:22
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Literally Lewis Hamilton posted:Can there be a turnaround at the end of the line? Ah yes, tirrano adriatico
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Oct 8, 2020 12:11
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Last TT of the season tomorrow, and the first 25 miler of my 9 months or so of competitive cycling. It's not a fast course, partially because it has nearly 800 feet of climbing at up to 8%, and the record is a 51:42 despite being used for a lot of national level events. Almost no wind, which is good, and I shouldn't need water as it's going to be 8 degrees (45 or so in american).
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Oct 17, 2020 19:40
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Well after much careful planning I got a puncture about 10 minutes in. Not recommended as a strategy.
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Oct 18, 2020 10:47
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moctopus posted:That always stinks. I think you said it was the last one too? Next one's in February so not that long to wait.
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Oct 18, 2020 11:11
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serious gaylord posted:Don't fancy the Hill Climb season then? I'm doing A Hill Climb on Sunday but it's an average of 4.3% so it doesn't really count
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Oct 26, 2020 21:20
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serious gaylord posted:Whos promoting this flat TT in hill climb season???? Cambridgeshire be like that sometimes
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Oct 26, 2020 21:24
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Was finding my threshold intervals impossibly tough (as in had to bin it after 10-12 minutes rather than 20) so I assumed I was ill. What actually happened was that I needed to re-zero my pedals after a minor bash last Saturday, and the net result was under-reporting by about 13%. So yeah, not ill, just an idiot.
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Oct 30, 2020 17:50
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MrL_JaKiri posted:New FTP day 384
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Dec 9, 2020 14:40
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My target race weight is 200lb (92kg), so it's not completely mad (4.2W/kg or thereabouts)
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Dec 9, 2020 18:15
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Now that looks fun
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Apr 20, 2021 21:33
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First TT of the year Coming off a knee injury so on the road bike in the road bike category (ie no deep section wheels, etc), just went the whole hog and raced with a saddlebag so I could go straight home (and did, without unclipping until my back door). Rolling course, caps out around 8%, 13 mile course  Went ok - averaged a little over 350W, which is well under I'd have been targeting 2 months ago but getting through it without my knee swelling to the size of a balloon was a big win. 1st race of the season down, next one on Saturday!
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May 5, 2021 20:53
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 Results out, second in category by like 30s - but given I was using winter tyres I was leaving a good 20W on the table from that alone, more than enough to make up the gap next Wednesday.
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May 6, 2021 08:18
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Tomorrow's 25 miler features 30mph winds and heavy rain. Character building for sure.
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May 7, 2021 22:13
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Another Wednesday, another 10 mile TT. This one featured a reasonably big hill in the middle (1.3km @ >5%) and at the end (similar overall, but including 250m > 9%, capping out at 11%), so basically the closest to a summit finish you can get round here. Being a tall, heavy type I did not back my chances much, double so because I was racing it on my road bike with shallow wheels for the road bike category (no rims > 30mm). But judged it pretty well - 6th fastest on the final climb out of everyone, 2nd in category to someone who definitely did not obey the "<30mm rims" rule. So pretty happy overall.
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May 21, 2021 11:57
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Another wednesday, another 10 miler. First one on my TT bike rather than a road bike - although I've felt crummy all day, so my power was a good 25-30W down on what I'd expect, which means I didn't actually get a course PB (a car getting in the way on the turn didn't help either). I'm sure my position was pretty crap too. Finished 9th overall out of 40 or so. However, one down - many to go.
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May 26, 2021 21:41
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First ever dual carriageway TT! Ominous signs were had when I was picking up my number, as the chat at race control was them working out which of the early riders was being taken away in an ambulance*. Weather conditions were good, though - nice and sunny, very little wind, great visibility. Like the other day had difficulty getting power out - looking at my shadow, I think it's because my front end is too low impacting the hip angle and also making it difficult to get my head in the right position. Must have put it back in the wrong place when I was fiddling with the headset. Finish time was 33 dead for the 15, which I think was a bit up on my minute man but honestly difficult to tell. Saw nobody around me the whole way. Lots of lovely kit on show, too - guy in front of me had corima wheels on his old edition P5, and they were just absolutely gorgeous. *This later turned out to be because he fell off his bike on his own, rather than due to a car.
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May 30, 2021 14:01
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bicievino posted:I love reading about the UK TT scene, but this aspect of it has always seemed a bit odd to me. Honestly, the normal road TTs are much more dodgy for close passes etc. It was notable that my power output jumped by like 40W when I went onto the base bar for the kick into the turns
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May 30, 2021 16:07
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Aside from the guy who came off, there was a woman from my club who managed to miss the turn off the carriageway to the roundabout who then proceeded to carry on for another 8 miles (on a 15 mile TT, before the first turn) and merged onto a road cyclists are DEFINITELY not allowed to be on, before coming off it, going immediately back on and coming back the way she came. So uh yeah pay attention to the course
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May 31, 2021 18:00
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No racing because of low level illness/being very busy, but done some upgrades: A bit better than the "normal rubber band" solution  Just need to tidy up the cables MrL_JaKiri fucked around with this message at 14:25 on Jun 30, 2021 |
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Jun 30, 2021 14:22
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Road bike TT or TT-TT? Either way shouldn't be much more than 8 minutes or so.bicievino posted:Those aerocoach bars are hot as gently caress. 100% confirm 
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Jun 30, 2021 18:21
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Good post
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Sep 9, 2021 17:19
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bicievino posted:Skin is slow, but maybe fur is fast? Didn't know primoz posted in this thread
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Sep 16, 2021 23:03
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TobinHatesYou posted:What a dumb race. Dumb race, dumb old guy
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Sep 19, 2021 14:10
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Yeah, SCR is standard for Scratched
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Sep 20, 2021 13:06
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bicievino posted:Obligatory bike glamor shot, since I'm a masters racer that bought speed instead of training. I was getting to the end of the post and was ready to start chanting "SHOW THE BIKES SHOW THE BIKES"
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Sep 24, 2021 10:55
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TobinHatesYou posted:Credit to my friend whose footage/edit that is. I am in there though on the very subtle TREK. It's a gorgeous bike
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Nov 19, 2021 11:19
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First race post accident Absolutely dogshit slow (90s slower for the 10 mile on a TT bike than on a road bike, due to putting out like 60W less now) but a) I wasn't going full gas (another race on Friday) and b) I absolutely nailed the turn. But got one in the bank now, so super pleased.
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Apr 13, 2022 19:45
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Having now done a dive into the numbers, the work I've done to improve my position is definitely working - compared to the last time I did this course on a TT bike (my penultimate race pre crash), on the flat bits I was going faster for less watts into a bigger head wind at higher air pressure. Lost all my time on the 1km at 4% climb due to being a bit more chunky than I was.
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Apr 14, 2022 23:29
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For the 15 miler: basically the same story except I threw up 10 miles in
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Apr 15, 2022 16:44
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bicievino posted:Pacing a 15-miler sounds awful. How far over threshold do you aim? Not sure of my FTP on the TT bike, so went out doing what I'd do for a 10 miler and did my best to hang on. That's the scientific approach.
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Apr 15, 2022 17:47
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Minor recovery setback: the small fall I had in Feb caused some more longer lasting damage to the deep layers of skin by my hip, and a little reservoir of blood formed and this week it got infected. Swelled up like a balloon in like 30 minutes, really impressive. Got put on IV antibiotics and now I've got 3 kinds of antibiotic tablets to take for a week and should make a full recovery rather than, uh, nasty things happening. At first I thought it was bursitis or something which would have kept me out for ages, so hurray I guess? Picture after a couple of days of the IV stuff:  (Edited areas because a) hospital wristband with basically all of my personal info and b) this underwear leaves little to the imagination and this isn't that kind of thread, but feel free to enjoy my tan lines) MrL_JaKiri fucked around with this message at 12:21 on May 27, 2022 |
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May 27, 2022 12:13
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VelociBacon posted:Ouch. I had a similar thing happen after a fall directly on my right hip while riding Whistler, had a couple inches of swelling the rest of the summer and super painful TI band. Glad they didn't have to go in and drain that for you. They may have to go in to drain it and repair the blood vessels, I'll find out next week
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May 27, 2022 16:48
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