Originally Posted by ovoleg (Post 16385514)

I own the white toupe with WC colors :p

Actually need to buy another one for a new bike, it only comes in red, wtf?

Originally Posted by grolby (Post 16385391)

Hour and a quarter or so of endurance on the trainer. Working my way up. Had an unexpected equipment change, I've wanted to switch seatposts between the road and CX bike for a while (the Thomson setback on the road bike was sitting right at the bend, I worry about ovalizing the seat tube), so went ahead and did it. But I can't tell forward from backward, and there wasn't enough room on the rails of my Flite Gel Flow to get it into the right position on the non-setback Thomson I swapped onto the road bike. It had been a big PITA to get the seatposts cleaned up and switch, so I dug out an old Toupé and used that - it has a shorter nose. I don't know, though. And it's white, ugh. Giving it a try anyway. If it doesn't work out, I'll just buy a new seatpost. I didn't want to be getting back on the bike and testing out a change in equipment at the same time, and it's all just due to my own stupidity.

Originally Posted by ovoleg (Post 16385514)

I own the white toupe with WC colors :p

Originally Posted by caloso (Post 16385584)

Let me know how that goes. I am a Flite guy from way back and am considering the Toupe.

Originally Posted by Ygduf (Post 16385580)

I have a white toupe on my bike, but if I had the one with WC colors I would just put my ass on it and cover up the colors.

Originally Posted by shovelhd (Post 16385623)

OK, but you don't race against World Champions. I do.

Originally Posted by furiousferret (Post 16385362)

40 mile recovery ride, set some PR's on the way out. I'm definitely getting stronger, got a FTP test on Tuesday and I'm hoping to bump it up even more.

Originally Posted by caloso (Post 16385584)

Let me know how that goes. I am a Flite guy from way back and am considering the Toupe.

Originally Posted by revchuck (Post 16385691)

That doesn't sound right. I asked an expert, and he said...

Originally Posted by Ygduf (Post 16385290)

alto velo A-ride. come do it sometime. Let me know when and I'll go if I can!

Originally Posted by grolby (Post 16385780)

Well, I already know that I prefer the Flite, the Toupé was what I was using a couple saddles back. It's mostly the lack of the cheeks that curve down on the Flite, the Toupe just has edges, and it's a bit too flat, I'm very close to just falling off on one side. But maybe the Toupé won't be too bad, and it's way lighter than the Flite Gel Flow. What I really need is a setback seatpost that isn't a Thomson and maybe try the new Flite design, maybe the Carbonio Flow or something. Though those things are pretty expensive. Saddles. Why are they so expensive!?

EDIT: Oh, I guess the new design for the Flite got wider. What!? Guess I'm looking for something else entirely. Sigh.

Originally Posted by gsteinb (Post 16386498)

hurty stuff

Originally Posted by Wesley36 (Post 16386528)

Recovery week. Not a day too soon, I need to shed some fatigue from my last training block - woke up to a calf cramp yesterday.

Then Saturday I test my FTP, and finally find out for real how productive this last block of training has been. I might be getting close to 4 W/kg (@ftp), at my current +5 lbs winter weight! So far I have been consistently exceeding my training goals, let's see what I can do after a taper.

Originally Posted by Gramercy (Post 16387316)

Does anybody do body weight or hindu squats? I feel like you can really get a good workout if more than 150 or so are done. Not in a row of course, but maybe sets of 20 or 25.

Originally Posted by mattm (Post 16387649)

Yes in fact, I was just doing some basic squats this morning, holding a 10-lb medicine ball. Can definitely feel it in the legs!

Still figuring out how best to use the ball, but holding it out front and tossing it around seems to work the core some. I have no idea what I'm doing really.

I figure instead of going to the gym or getting a weight set at home, I can just do a ton of reps. We'll see if it really helps, but I figure it can't hurt.

Originally Posted by hack (Post 16387908)

It will sound lame, but just be careful with high rep body weight squats. Keep knees in line with but behind your toes and weight on the heel. If you get too far forward that is a lot of shearing force on the joint. Also, make sure to keep your core engaged and not let the body flop around.

Originally Posted by mattm (Post 16388046)

Makes sense, thanks.

As far as distance between feet, what's a good rule of thumb? I figured doing them with roughly the spacing of bike pedals made sense but I really have no idea if it makes much of a difference.