I would ask all the people from the Balkan to contact me so that we can create our community.
List of Balkan countries:
- Albania
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Greece
- Kosovo
- Macedonia
- Montenegro
- Romania
- Serbia
- Slovenia
- Turkey
Today was my second go at our local "race". Only around 238km clocked in(I expected 260) and an average speed of 30.72 kph(strava showed only around 29 kph, but that was due to me not pausing whilst my pee-breaks ). Only finished 13th out of 25, but that was basically, because I was forced to do a shitton of work at the front. I was basically pulling the "pack", without relaying for 10km, later for another 20 and then for another 20, until 3km before the finish. I basically did a 20km lead-out as I was supposed to do. I spent around 4h with a pulse of over 170BPM.
I'm still actually proud, since I finished the hill sprint after around 60km on P3 and that I didn't drop off until 3km to go.
Overall it was a great day, especially when I consider that I didn't want to start at all, since I majorly hurt my shoulder and teeth yesterday, cause I'm an Idiot.
Also I only slept 30mins tonight. So considering this, I'm really pleased.
Paul23 wrote:
Today was my second go at our local "race". Only around 238km clocked in(I expected 260) and an average speed of 30.72 kph(strava showed only around 29 kph, but that was due to me not pausing whilst my pee-breaks ). Only finished 13th out of 25, but that was basically, because I was forced to do a shitton of work at the front. I was basically pulling the "pack", without relaying for 10km, later for another 20 and then for another 20, until 3km before the finish. I basically did a 20km lead-out as I was supposed to do. I spent around 4h with a pulse of over 170BPM.
I'm still actually proud, since I finished the hill sprint after around 60km on P3 and that I didn't drop off until 3km to go.
Overall it was a great day, especially when I consider that I didn't want to start at all, since I majorly hurt my shoulder and teeth yesterday, cause I'm an Idiot.
Also I only slept 30mins tonight. So considering this, I'm really pleased.
Paul23 wrote:
Today was my second go at our local "race". Only around 238km clocked in(I expected 260) and an average speed of 30.72 kph(strava showed only around 29 kph, but that was due to me not pausing whilst my pee-breaks ). Only finished 13th out of 25, but that was basically, because I was forced to do a shitton of work at the front. I was basically pulling the "pack", without relaying for 10km, later for another 20 and then for another 20, until 3km before the finish. I basically did a 20km lead-out as I was supposed to do. I spent around 4h with a pulse of over 170BPM.
I'm still actually proud, since I finished the hill sprint after around 60km on P3 and that I didn't drop off until 3km to go.
Overall it was a great day, especially when I consider that I didn't want to start at all, since I majorly hurt my shoulder and teeth yesterday, cause I'm an Idiot.
Also I only slept 30mins tonight. So considering this, I'm really pleased.
Major K's dude! What kind of "race" was this?
Our club organises that event. It's basically a tour with the last 3km being an actual race to the line. We have a team car, though and mostly normal tactics, like teams working for captains and shit. Only attacks are not allowed until the 3km sign, which didn't stop people from attacking with 10km out. I tried to bring them back, but I "Dropped the other guys, because my team basically formed a road block to send me up the road, so that others have to chase. I couldn't catch the attackers in the first try, because I ran out of steam, 5m behind them, but they didn't know some corners in the downhill, which I knew so I pulled them back and sat on. Since it was basically Omloop 2015 with 3 guys of a different team and me, they kinda were confused on who to attack first. So I went and they weren't sure, who would like to chase, since they were all not the captain of their team, so I was brought back only by the team car, telling me, that attacks from that far out are a no-go and that I should wait. A bit of a weird situation.
It was actually quite exciting in hindsight, but I didn't think about that stuff during the event.
We have some guys who actually do race. From their numbers I would say, that they are not even far off Aidan. So it wasn't a traditionell race, but I actually don't really care. I don't really like proper races, because it's basically push and shove and I worked my ass off for my bike and I don't want to have it broken. I'm still quite proud, when I look at the amount of training I do.
Paul23 wrote:
Today was my second go at our local "race". Only around 238km clocked in(I expected 260) and an average speed of 30.72 kph(strava showed only around 29 kph, but that was due to me not pausing whilst my pee-breaks ). Only finished 13th out of 25, but that was basically, because I was forced to do a shitton of work at the front. I was basically pulling the "pack", without relaying for 10km, later for another 20 and then for another 20, until 3km before the finish. I basically did a 20km lead-out as I was supposed to do. I spent around 4h with a pulse of over 170BPM.
I'm still actually proud, since I finished the hill sprint after around 60km on P3 and that I didn't drop off until 3km to go.
Overall it was a great day, especially when I consider that I didn't want to start at all, since I majorly hurt my shoulder and teeth yesterday, cause I'm an Idiot.
Also I only slept 30mins tonight. So considering this, I'm really pleased.
Major K's dude! What kind of "race" was this?
Our club organises that event. It's basically a tour with the last 3km being an actual race to the line. We have a team car, though and mostly normal tactics, like teams working for captains and shit. Only attacks are not allowed until the 3km sign, which didn't stop people from attacking with 10km out. I tried to bring them back, but I "Dropped the other guys, because my team basically formed a road block to send me up the road, so that others have to chase. I couldn't catch the attackers in the first try, because I ran out of steam, 5m behind them, but they didn't know some corners in the downhill, which I knew so I pulled them back and sat on. Since it was basically Omloop 2015 with 3 guys of a different team and me, they kinda were confused on who to attack first. So I went and they weren't sure, who would like to chase, since they were all not the captain of their team, so I was brought back only by the team car, telling me, that attacks from that far out are a no-go and that I should wait. A bit of a weird situation.
It was actually quite exciting in hindsight, but I didn't think about that stuff during the event.
We have some guys who actually do race. From their numbers I would say, that they are not even far off Aidan. So it wasn't a traditionell race, but I actually don't really care. I don't really like proper races, because it's basically push and shove and I worked my ass off for my bike and I don't want to have it broken. I'm still quite proud, when I look at the amount of training I do.
So it was like a organized training session with a "race" at the end then? You all ride for the same club?
Either way dude, impressive with the K's and effort.
Paul23 wrote:
Today was my second go at our local "race". Only around 238km clocked in(I expected 260) and an average speed of 30.72 kph(strava showed only around 29 kph, but that was due to me not pausing whilst my pee-breaks ). Only finished 13th out of 25, but that was basically, because I was forced to do a shitton of work at the front. I was basically pulling the "pack", without relaying for 10km, later for another 20 and then for another 20, until 3km before the finish. I basically did a 20km lead-out as I was supposed to do. I spent around 4h with a pulse of over 170BPM.
I'm still actually proud, since I finished the hill sprint after around 60km on P3 and that I didn't drop off until 3km to go.
Overall it was a great day, especially when I consider that I didn't want to start at all, since I majorly hurt my shoulder and teeth yesterday, cause I'm an Idiot.
Also I only slept 30mins tonight. So considering this, I'm really pleased.
Major K's dude! What kind of "race" was this?
Our club organises that event. It's basically a tour with the last 3km being an actual race to the line. We have a team car, though and mostly normal tactics, like teams working for captains and shit. Only attacks are not allowed until the 3km sign, which didn't stop people from attacking with 10km out. I tried to bring them back, but I "Dropped the other guys, because my team basically formed a road block to send me up the road, so that others have to chase. I couldn't catch the attackers in the first try, because I ran out of steam, 5m behind them, but they didn't know some corners in the downhill, which I knew so I pulled them back and sat on. Since it was basically Omloop 2015 with 3 guys of a different team and me, they kinda were confused on who to attack first. So I went and they weren't sure, who would like to chase, since they were all not the captain of their team, so I was brought back only by the team car, telling me, that attacks from that far out are a no-go and that I should wait. A bit of a weird situation.
It was actually quite exciting in hindsight, but I didn't think about that stuff during the event.
We have some guys who actually do race. From their numbers I would say, that they are not even far off Aidan. So it wasn't a traditionell race, but I actually don't really care. I don't really like proper races, because it's basically push and shove and I worked my ass off for my bike and I don't want to have it broken. I'm still quite proud, when I look at the amount of training I do.
So it was like a organized training session with a "race" at the end then? You all ride for the same club?
Either way dude, impressive with the K's and effort.
Kinda, but we have different clubs taking part. I think it was 6 teams, but on top we also allowed single participants, so there were also people who didn't have a team and were just there for the fun.
Paul23 wrote:
Today was my second go at our local "race". Only around 238km clocked in(I expected 260) and an average speed of 30.72 kph(strava showed only around 29 kph, but that was due to me not pausing whilst my pee-breaks ). Only finished 13th out of 25, but that was basically, because I was forced to do a shitton of work at the front. I was basically pulling the "pack", without relaying for 10km, later for another 20 and then for another 20, until 3km before the finish. I basically did a 20km lead-out as I was supposed to do. I spent around 4h with a pulse of over 170BPM.
I'm still actually proud, since I finished the hill sprint after around 60km on P3 and that I didn't drop off until 3km to go.
Overall it was a great day, especially when I consider that I didn't want to start at all, since I majorly hurt my shoulder and teeth yesterday, cause I'm an Idiot.
Also I only slept 30mins tonight. So considering this, I'm really pleased.
Major K's dude! What kind of "race" was this?
Our club organises that event. It's basically a tour with the last 3km being an actual race to the line. We have a team car, though and mostly normal tactics, like teams working for captains and shit. Only attacks are not allowed until the 3km sign, which didn't stop people from attacking with 10km out. I tried to bring them back, but I "Dropped the other guys, because my team basically formed a road block to send me up the road, so that others have to chase. I couldn't catch the attackers in the first try, because I ran out of steam, 5m behind them, but they didn't know some corners in the downhill, which I knew so I pulled them back and sat on. Since it was basically Omloop 2015 with 3 guys of a different team and me, they kinda were confused on who to attack first. So I went and they weren't sure, who would like to chase, since they were all not the captain of their team, so I was brought back only by the team car, telling me, that attacks from that far out are a no-go and that I should wait. A bit of a weird situation.
It was actually quite exciting in hindsight, but I didn't think about that stuff during the event.
We have some guys who actually do race. From their numbers I would say, that they are not even far off Aidan. So it wasn't a traditionell race, but I actually don't really care. I don't really like proper races, because it's basically push and shove and I worked my ass off for my bike and I don't want to have it broken. I'm still quite proud, when I look at the amount of training I do.
Paul23 wrote:
Today was my second go at our local "race". Only around 238km clocked in(I expected 260) and an average speed of 30.72 kph(strava showed only around 29 kph, but that was due to me not pausing whilst my pee-breaks ). Only finished 13th out of 25, but that was basically, because I was forced to do a shitton of work at the front. I was basically pulling the "pack", without relaying for 10km, later for another 20 and then for another 20, until 3km before the finish. I basically did a 20km lead-out as I was supposed to do. I spent around 4h with a pulse of over 170BPM.
I'm still actually proud, since I finished the hill sprint after around 60km on P3 and that I didn't drop off until 3km to go.
Overall it was a great day, especially when I consider that I didn't want to start at all, since I majorly hurt my shoulder and teeth yesterday, cause I'm an Idiot.
Also I only slept 30mins tonight. So considering this, I'm really pleased.
Major K's dude! What kind of "race" was this?
Our club organises that event. It's basically a tour with the last 3km being an actual race to the line. We have a team car, though and mostly normal tactics, like teams working for captains and shit. Only attacks are not allowed until the 3km sign, which didn't stop people from attacking with 10km out. I tried to bring them back, but I "Dropped the other guys, because my team basically formed a road block to send me up the road, so that others have to chase. I couldn't catch the attackers in the first try, because I ran out of steam, 5m behind them, but they didn't know some corners in the downhill, which I knew so I pulled them back and sat on. Since it was basically Omloop 2015 with 3 guys of a different team and me, they kinda were confused on who to attack first. So I went and they weren't sure, who would like to chase, since they were all not the captain of their team, so I was brought back only by the team car, telling me, that attacks from that far out are a no-go and that I should wait. A bit of a weird situation.
It was actually quite exciting in hindsight, but I didn't think about that stuff during the event.
We have some guys who actually do race. From their numbers I would say, that they are not even far off Aidan. So it wasn't a traditionell race, but I actually don't really care. I don't really like proper races, because it's basically push and shove and I worked my ass off for my bike and I don't want to have it broken. I'm still quite proud, when I look at the amount of training I do.
Managed to fit in a bike day on my recent holiday, renting a carbon road bike, and going off to take on a Tour de France mountain
Massif Central rather than Alps or Pyrenees, and not technically a Tour de France climbs yet: the Pic de Nore. Makes its Tour debut this year.
Quite an interesting experience to get to do a climb that takes more than an hour to complete. By far the longest climb I've ever done, now looking forward to seeing it on TV in July!
Looks fantastic SN! I still yearn to return to the mountains after my one experience courtesy of a Velogames prize a few years back. Have a special place in my heart for the first mountain I climbed - Col de Mente, misty hairpins, distant rumbling thunder, cowbells and me on a bike... nothing else in the world, bliss!
SportingNonsense wrote:
Managed to fit in a bike day on my recent holiday, renting a carbon road bike, and going off to take on a Tour de France mountain
Massif Central rather than Alps or Pyrenees, and not technically a Tour de France climbs yet: the Pic de Nore. Makes its Tour debut this year.
Quite an interesting experience to get to do a climb that takes more than an hour to complete. By far the longest climb I've ever done, now looking forward to seeing it on TV in July!
Gratz SN. I love those Tour mountains myself. You should however come back there in July. It's even better when you see all the riders names written on the road.
"It’s a little bit scary when Contador attacks." - Tommy V
Winter is starting to hit in Melbourne, meaning my commute to work just got a lot colder. First winter cycling to work, any tips apart from dress warm?
hillis91 wrote:
Ride hard with high cadence, and for the love of god, use a neckwarmer.
And by winter, what does that mean? Here winter is 0 degrees celsius or less. With snow.
Melbourne winter will probably still be just above 0 on the absolute coldest morning of the year, though sometimes warmer and wet which can be colder, no snow though.
Warm, waterproof gloves tend to make a big difference for me. Also probably obvious but remember bright lights!
From few years in winter I started riding in MTB, it can give you an alternative, which allows to knock off a bit from roads with your mind, and it's a lot more fun in this season, you can ride through woods without annoyng shrubs and, above all, insects.
Furthermore I feel the body warmer than ride with high speed and more wind in face with road bike.
Obviously it depends by your landscape...
). Only finished 13th out of 25, but that was basically, because I was forced to do a shitton of work at the front. I was basically pulling the "pack", without relaying for 10km, later for another 20 and then for another 20, until 3km before the finish. I basically did a 20km lead-out as I was supposed to do. I spent around 4h with a pulse of over 170BPM.
