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Cadence and HR monitors are essential for me in triathlons, otherwise I ruin myself before the run. I use the Forerunner 305 and I have heard that people use it for swimming by putting it under their swim hat. The HR chest belt is supposed to be waterproof but I haven't tried it out.
To out-geek the beest  , in half and ful Ironman I try to hold heart rate zone 2 (using Joe Friel's zone definitions, based on lactate threshold) and 90 RPM. If you averaged 70 RPM with a fair bit of downhill, I'd imagine your normal pedalling cadence is around 85-90.
I broke a spoke on my singlespeed commute bike last week so when I fixed the spoke I also fixed the bike: replaced the knackered freewheel with a fixed sprocket and did my first fixed-gear commute on Friday. Told myself to take it very carefully and to remember not to back pedal or lean hard round a corner and try to lift the inside pedal, but almost got thrown off when going downhill and trying to hold my pedals level when going over a speed hump! A very weird and scary feeling to start with but it was cool being able to slow down without using the brakes, just resisting the pedals and I got used to it farily quickly. Even after just 90 minutes riding fixed, it felt weird at first going back to a non-fixed bike when I went MTBing yesterday.Track standing is totally different though, need to practice that a lot before I try it at traffic lights. |
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| #62 Re: Road Bikes 23/08/2008 @ 21:07:51 |
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I went off out for a ride on my road bike today, only intending to do a quick 30 minute blast to check the cadence and speed sensors on my new Polar s725x HRM. By the way it's the mutts, but was a very tough call between that and the Garmin 305. The only thing that let it down was the fact I may use the HRM for running too. It is waterproof but the HRM's don't work so well in a pool... so I guess you can see where I'm going!
Anyway, back to the task in hand. I set up a simple program and kept the ave HR in 75% as much as I could (except on the climbs!) and an hour and a half later I was back. Weird thing is, by keeping an eye on what you're doing in terms of HR and cadence (keeping it spinning) I feel less fooked - speed is less important at this stage. I guess it's pretty obvious, but comparing the graphs of altitude and HR it's amazing to see the response times and the almost instantaneous changes to HR once you've finished climbing.
Some geeky stats from the ride
HR ave 135
HR max 176
Cadence ave 70
31 km
21 km/h
Ascent 365m
kcal 1152
13001 heartbeats!
2 dead badgers
1 dead squirrel
1 live phesant
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| #61 Re: Road Bikes 22/08/2008 @ 13:45:03 |
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| oooh that looks very nice!! |
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| #60 Re: Road Bikes 22/08/2008 @ 13:33:29 |
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| #59 Re: Road Bikes 18/08/2008 @ 18:40:16 |
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| #58 Re: Road Bikes 18/08/2008 @ 15:16:58 |
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clocked 66kph yesterday and it was only a short downhill stretch of less than 400m in length - we completed a 30mile road ride around the east/north eastern side of Leeds. Heavy overnight rain meant that a number of the smaller brooks had burst their banks and in some cases springs sprung up and were running down the road like rivers....good couple of hours in the saddle tho interspersed with a pub lunch stop  . |
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| #57 Re: Road Bikes 07/08/2008 @ 20:33:25 |
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Speed is ace, but only until you realise that you could have been jam if you get a blowout/wobble at high speed.
The fastest I've ever gone is 60mph down Telegraph Hill on the A380 just outside Exeter. I was overtaking a fuel tanker at the time as it was going slower than me!
I've been having thoughts about summer holidays for next year and was wondering about a coast to coast along the Pyrenees or Geneva to Venice. This would be supported as hauling just me and the bike over 26 cols wouldn't be pretty, and was wondering if anyone has done this kind of thing before? |
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| #56 Re: Road Bikes 04/08/2008 @ 20:36:12 |
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I need to start doing a bit more distance work rather than just climbing. Did the Col de Joux Vert on Friday, started from St Jean, rode up to Ardent Gondola, then on up to Lindarets (that's one steep section of road!) and then continued up to Avoriaz.
Total climb was from our house in St Jean at 750m up to the Col at 1760 so broke the 1000m climb mark. Distance was only 15km with the first 300m of alitute gained in the 1st half the ride, the 2nd half covering the rest of the 1000m.
Max speed on the descent was 74.66kmh. Hampered by cars again... gutted I didn't break the 50mph mark, I did 54mph on a mountain bike in the UK and haven't bettered it yet! |
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| #55 Re: Road Bikes 04/08/2008 @ 18:20:42 |
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Another 48 miler today in 2.59:58 with none of the difficulties of the previous trip, albeit a different route and only 1700ftup/down. Lack of heat was another factor although it was tough going in places with the wind.
Just found this rather funky development by Shimano (stolen from CW) - Electronic Dura Ace
Tour of Britain route map |
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| #54 Re: Road Bikes 29/07/2008 @ 16:11:47 |
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I can't find Ranmore nor Box Hill! Surely they are at least 4 stars 
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| #53 Re: Road Bikes 29/07/2008 @ 15:34:36 |
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| very useful site that, just looked up my last ride (was a 3 star) and my target for the end of the summer - le col de joux plane - from the Samoens side... |
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| #52 Re: Road Bikes 29/07/2008 @ 13:45:21 |
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| cool link there Mike, might have to read up on some of those when I have more time! good work. |
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| #51 Re: Road Bikes 29/07/2008 @ 12:34:11 |
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ermm can we start with pushbybike.com???  |
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| #50 Re: Road Bikes 28/07/2008 @ 19:28:35 |
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I can see a plan being hatched for next summer!  Training...
http://www.climbbybike.com/ |
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| #49 Re: Road Bikes 28/07/2008 @ 16:13:17 |
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QUOTE (M the S - 28/07/2008 @ 12:33:40) can i use my standard thule roof bar mounted bike carrier that i use for my mtb to carry my road bike? thanks
You sure can. Usual rules apply tho - watch what the clamp does to the paint on the underside of your down tube. You may also need to adjust the wheel housing from one side of the fixing to the other depending on size
Sadly having knackered my knee on a charity ride a month ago I've been banned from using either bikes for another three weeks at least... |
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