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I'm a dumb noob, but a few ideas have crystallized recently:
- it's easier to lose time than to make up time, so make up time when you can
- 90% is resting, with very little physiological cost (over this kind of duration, at least)
- "rest" downhill - it's free money that adds up (see points 1 & 2)
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I think that, if you have to and in general, you'd rather go a little over (not a lot) when conditions aren't favorable and a little under when conditions are favorable. Basically, you want to minimize the time that you're under the influence of the bad conditions, but not so much that you're blown and can't take advantage of the good conditions.
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Bike still squirrelly at times, or just the pucker-factor of going plaid?
I think that, if you have to and in general, you'd rather go a little over (not a lot) when conditions aren't favorable and a little under when conditions are favorable. Basically, you want to minimize the time that you're under the influence of the bad conditions, but not so much that you're blown and can't take advantage of the good conditions.
I think that, if you have to and in general, you'd rather go a little over (not a lot) when conditions aren't favorable and a little under when conditions are favorable. Basically, you want to minimize the time that you're under the influence of the bad conditions, but not so much that you're blown and can't take advantage of the good conditions.
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I’m also a relatively slow descender. Blood thinners and crashing don’t mix well. In 2016 I let myself get up to about 42 mph on a long mountain descent. Fully-loaded bike. Wide road with a good surface, no traffic and great sight lines. I was impressed with myself. I usually won’t go over 35.
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That said, they're right up my alley - pretty light, moderately deep, perfect width for my bike and great tire volume. And the retail price isn't horrible.
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I worded it incorrectly. When is the event? If you can get out and do intervals of 2/3/4x15'-7.5' at threshold with 7.5' rest between, then working up to 2 to 3x20' at threshold with 10" rest between, it sort of teaches one how to work that distance. A couple times a week. As said, pacing is the key, and knowing the course. The hilly part is always a treat, and I've always had an issue of wanting to rest on the downhill as opposed to keeping power down.
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Oh, and I looked at the weekly leaderboard. Too many of y'all are actually trying this week. Stop it.
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I’m also a relatively slow descender. Blood thinners and crashing don’t mix well. In 2016 I let myself get up to about 42 mph on a long mountain descent. Fully-loaded bike. Wide road with a good surface, no traffic and great sight lines. I was impressed with myself. I usually won’t go over 35.
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I’m also a relatively slow descender. Blood thinners and crashing don’t mix well. In 2016 I let myself get up to about 42 mph on a long mountain descent. Fully-loaded bike. Wide road with a good surface, no traffic and great sight lines. I was impressed with myself. I usually won’t go over 35.
Both hands on the bars all the time when descending from now on, I suppose. It's generally stable, but the frame is pretty whippy. Planning on installing the lower half of a needle bearing headset for unrelated reasons, but it should help with the shimmy as well.
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Nice.
I worded it incorrectly. When is the event? If you can get out and do intervals of 2/3/4x15'-7.5' at threshold with 7.5' rest between, then working up to 2 to 3x20' at threshold with 10" rest between, it sort of teaches one how to work that distance. A couple times a week. As said, pacing is the key, and knowing the course. The hilly part is always a treat, and I've always had an issue of wanting to rest on the downhill as opposed to keeping power down.
I worded it incorrectly. When is the event? If you can get out and do intervals of 2/3/4x15'-7.5' at threshold with 7.5' rest between, then working up to 2 to 3x20' at threshold with 10" rest between, it sort of teaches one how to work that distance. A couple times a week. As said, pacing is the key, and knowing the course. The hilly part is always a treat, and I've always had an issue of wanting to rest on the downhill as opposed to keeping power down.
I've done a few threshold workouts with 10' on and 5' recovery x 4 or 5, so what you suggest is 100% doable. Next week!
I learned to pace races on the bike and mainly on foot before HRMs and blew up spectacularly or finished way too strong many times, so I can pretty much control the burn rate. I also know the course intimately.
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I've never done this kind of volume in a week before and I'm definitely feeling it. Pretty much all day yesterday I would try to stand up to get over a hill and my legs were just "lol no".
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Slowing down a fully-loaded bike from 42 to take a photo has it's issues, but worth it. It was interesting because I had ridden that same descent 16 years earlier to the very day. Back then, the peaks were still completely covered in a lot of snow despite a relatively mild winter snow-wise.
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Despite not having that miles on the odo, my legs have some lingering fatigue, too. I'll definitely have to ride at a recovery pace tomorrow, at the very least.
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They're weekly, unsanctioned, club BS. I've done two already.
I've done a few threshold workouts with 10' on and 5' recovery x 4 or 5, so what you suggest is 100% doable. Next week!
I learned to pace races on the bike and mainly on foot before HRMs and blew up spectacularly or finished way too strong many times, so I can pretty much control the burn rate. I also know the course intimately.
I've done a few threshold workouts with 10' on and 5' recovery x 4 or 5, so what you suggest is 100% doable. Next week!
I learned to pace races on the bike and mainly on foot before HRMs and blew up spectacularly or finished way too strong many times, so I can pretty much control the burn rate. I also know the course intimately.
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Are you ready to open the can of tubeless worms? That would be my one caution - you *need* to run them with tubeless tires (although you can run tubes in those tubeless tires), so I don't think that I'd recommend them to someone that isn't already familiar with everything that tubeless entails.
That said, they're right up my alley - pretty light, moderately deep, perfect width for my bike and great tire volume. And the retail price isn't horrible.
That said, they're right up my alley - pretty light, moderately deep, perfect width for my bike and great tire volume. And the retail price isn't horrible.
Ive been looking at wheels for the heck of it. I search for clinchers and these were one of the ones that came up. I didn’t realize that those required tubeless.
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Since my return to normal activities, I'm finding the days to be too short. I adopted some sedentary habits that I'd like to continue. And now it's time to walk the dogs and then ride. A good hour too late.