Mountain Bike Ride
What with the heavy rain of late, made most tracks extremely muddy on Tues 18 May so much so, in one stretch the front wheel sunk to the axles. See my ride on Strava
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Cycling Weekly April indoor challenge
Rode the Cycling Weekly indoor challenge this week for April. You had to ride for at least 2 hours on a indoor trainer (I rode on my rollers) and ride for 5 consecutive days. Finally finished today, amassing over 70 miles, feeling chuffed about doing this and my bit for the NHS. My last ride…
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Covid-19
Great article from Training Peaks : https://www.trainingpeaks.com/coach-blog/the-coronavirus-covid-19-what-every-coach-needs-to-know/?fbclid=IwAR2wP-qlLQjx3D4GWEDGDrrLa_wyQtR7A2Y5Ns96vjICqzhkhr3rD6w-58s
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Winter Riding
Over the years much has changed especially the traffic and in the London area in particular. So much so, I suppose it does put me off a bit riding on the road and the popularity of the home trainer is sometimes more appealing. Can you forge a winter base using this equipment as opposed to…
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Shape of things to come?
Thought provoking article in latest Cycling Weekly’s edition about Tomorrow’s world of training, worth a read. Also liked the State of the Nation regarding the picture of racing in the UK. In the decline of participants over the years. One growth area is the on line world, where one rider who didn’t want the hassle…
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Garmin issues
armin issues. Got on my bike on the rollers tonight. Garmin stopwatch stopped after 10 seconds. Re-started several times no good. So did a soft reset but of course had to input some data and pair with phone and off I went. After the session couldn’t upload to both Strava and Garmin connect. My 820…
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12 speed drivetrain
Interesting to read the write up about SRAM 12-speed groupset. Especially with the race team opting to use a 50/37 chaniset with a 10-26 12-speed cassette. This supplies a smaller and bigger gear at either end of the scale with 50 x 10 bigger compared to 53 x 11 and 37 x 26 is smaller…