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Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 11131599)
Rocket ride today. Synvisc shot #2 tomorrow.
Such is the life of an aging Bike Weenie. What did you get from the last round of Synvisc? a year? Has the knee pain returned, or is this just maintenance? |
Originally Posted by patentcad
(Post 11130837)
Went to the theater to see 'Inception' tonight. I walked out after 90 minutes. Boring. Brutal. My wife stayed. She said it was OK. Happily we were at the mall and I could shop for pointless crap that I wasn't going to buy anyway.
The reviews I read said it may be to "smart" for the audience... clearly they were right |
My brake was rubbing at my race today....Thank God I had an excuse at the end...
PS done cat 5... we are now equal cat 4s pcad! |
Originally Posted by coasting
(Post 11131537)
On the climb, sit further back
It's hard to say what difference it made, but it sure seemed like I at least accelerated faster coming over the crest of the hill. |
Originally Posted by coasting
(Post 11131527)
I set them up and rjones knocks them out of the park. good job!
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That cold, gray, windswept, barren British Open looks so inviting. I wish I could roll out a blanket and have a picnic right on the 18th fareway.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
(Post 11132560)
That cold, gray, windswept, barren British Open looks so inviting. I wish I could roll out a blanket and have a picnic right on the 18th fareway.
i went back to a covered area nad ate hotdogs and watched the big screen. |
reynolds assaults vs. zipp 303 vs. zipp 404 vs. Springfield XD
choose one. |
reynolds sounds more sensible as a name. zipp sounds stupid. springfield reminds me of homer simpson.
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Originally Posted by coasting
(Post 11131537)
Do I haaaavve to. Well if I must. That's the whining bit out of the way, now to the climbing bit.
...with the momentum in the circlular pedal turning, the speed was a good 2 mph faster than normal and the top was reached quicker. It still hurt as much though. Gear selection. I keep reading here to spin spin spin. Well, yes but don't over do it. Turns out I was choosing too low a gear. Where the gradient eases off a bit I normally kept the same really low gear and just spun more with little torque and rested. I was yelled at to gear up and although it took a bit more effort the preservation of momentum meant that when it got steep again I wasn't stuck and the speed kept higher but more importantly i could drop to a lower gear and keep the cadence going instead of it dropping off. momentum again. |
sorry for the bike related content.
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Originally Posted by KiddSisko
(Post 11132725)
Yep. And once you know the difference, you won't approach climbing the old, slow way. You'll know you can do better from having experienced it. The other important factor is breathing right. More air the better. And you can recover by dialing down the intensity just a tiny bit. Those with power meters do it all the time, but you can also learn to do it instinctively. Upshifting and standing for a time is another way to give muscles a break.
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Originally Posted by KiddSisko
(Post 11132729)
sorry for the bike related content.
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Originally Posted by coasting
(Post 11132683)
reynolds sounds more sensible as a name. zipp sounds stupid. springfield reminds me of homer simpson.
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Originally Posted by KiddSisko
(Post 11132729)
sorry for the bike related content.
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404s.
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Felt ok on the Rocket today. Slow first half, which left too many idiots there in the second half letting gaps open up. I closed them all of course. Tempo'd up to the top of the Pearl River climb and felt good on the hill. Then me and Unckie Don turned around to go back to Wyckoff. 56 miles in the heat and humidity.
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Originally Posted by KiddSisko
(Post 11132729)
sorry for the bike related content.
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
(Post 11132805)
I bring more of that here that you get in the entire 33.
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i got a message from someone I rode an organised ride with last week telling me to join her at this other ride she was doing today. unfortunately i got the message 2 hours late and the start time had already passed. i was very sad.
i guess the coasting charm must have exuded from me without even trying. |
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
(Post 11132410)
This is part of what I tried last night. Also, using my upper body differently to create more leverage pushing the pedals from 12 to 3 o'clock.
It's hard to say what difference it made, but it sure seemed like I at least accelerated faster coming over the crest of the hill. |
Got the wife a bike today. It's heavy. Has a rear rack. Will have baskets soon enough. I see farmers markets and picnics in our future. Waiting at a stop light, a couple walked by - the guy eyed up my bike, the girl eye****ed my wife's bike. They envied us.
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Originally Posted by heckler
(Post 11132231)
The reviews I read said it may be to "smart" for the audience... clearly they were right
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
(Post 11132943)
Got the wife a bike today. It's heavy. Has a rear rack. Will have baskets soon enough. I see farmers markets and picnics in our future. Waiting at a stop light, a couple walked by - the guy eyed up my bike, the girl eye****ed my wife's bike. They envied us.
keep telling yourself that. i keep telling myself that people laugh at my shorts because they are jealous of my iron buns. it makes me feel better about myself. |
Originally Posted by Velo Vol
(Post 11130690)
Is that much different than a national average?
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