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| Stijn_vranken |
Posted on 29-11-2009 09:57
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Deadpool wrote:
Stijn_vranken wrote:
Stijn_vranken wrote:
Levi4life wrote:
I rode today with Steve Cozza, Brent Bookwalter, Jackson Stewart, Lev's Wife and a few other pros from bissell an Amore Vita. It was a good day till my brother ate shit at 35 miles an hour. He broke his arm and Pelvis.
ouch i hope he'll be on his bike soon.
Training of today:
Menen-Ieper (+cobbled section)-Kemmelberg-Monteberg-Rodeberg(red moutain)-Zware berg (black mountain) & katsberg then returning passing nieuwkerke(hilly)-wijtschate-geluwe - Menen 
distance : 102 km
most epic training ever: i can't hardly feel my legs 
wait, you can pack all that into 60 miles?
[img-r]https://img192.imageshack.us/img192/7285/naamloos1z.jpg[/img-r]
with 1: kemmelberg
2:monteberg
3:rode berg
4: mont noit
5: katsberg
prevent hangovers --> stay drunk
pozzato, basically the most stupid cyclist around
RIP WW. Gone but not forgotten
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 29-11-2009 13:21
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Levi4life wrote:
ride outside 
I took this during my ride today. What are the conditions for everybody else like. Usually in the mornings it is arm warmers leg warmers and maybe a vest if it is chilly. Today I rode around noon so I only had an under shirt on other than the shorts and jersey.
Issue isn't cold, its light. I can only ride outside Sunday mornings (I'm going for a ride in around an hour), but other than that I'm too restricted by work and school to get rides in before the sun goes down. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 29-11-2009 13:34
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Weather? Wet. Cold. Windy.
Ride? 3 1/2 hours in it.
Feeling? Surprisingly happy. |
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 17-12-2009 00:00
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https://www.levisgranfondo.com/
Levi's Gran Fondo registration opened a few days ago, by now it's probably full though. A nice video is on the front page which kinda gives you an idea of what it was like. I am also in it, for about 2 seconds.
About 4:15 in is the start of the descent of myers grade, which is the coolest road I can think of.
Edited by Levi4life on 17-12-2009 00:06
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 21-12-2009 11:50
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I have the wonders of riding in my garage at the moment due to ice and snow. If anyone cares to try for a 15 hour week sat in a garage, be my guest, but it isn't fun. Luckily I'm going on the rule of thumb of every time slot you do on a turbo equates to 1.5X riding outside - due to no freewheeling/descending/etc. So I only actually have to do 10 hours in the garage! Whoo. 5 days of 2 hours of turbo. Amazing fun! Whoo! 
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| chrica04 |
Posted on 21-12-2009 17:41
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rjc_43 wrote:
I have the wonders of riding in my garage at the moment due to ice and snow. If anyone cares to try for a 15 hour week sat in a garage, be my guest, but it isn't fun. Luckily I'm going on the rule of thumb of every time slot you do on a turbo equates to 1.5X riding outside - due to no freewheeling/descending/etc. So I only actually have to do 10 hours in the garage! Whoo. 5 days of 2 hours of turbo. Amazing fun! Whoo!
That is the nice thing about riding inside, sometimes I like putting in movies. I can put away 2 hours pretty easy. |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 21-12-2009 17:43
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It wouldn't be so bad with gears, you can change it about a bit. But I'm on a single speed, so the choice is "too easy", where I'm spinning like a mad man, or "slightly hard" which is ok for the first hour or so, but pain for the last hour! Still, it'll make me strong!
I'm mixing up the training tomorrow by doing a 3 hour hike. Yes, I'm that bored!
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| Deadpool |
Posted on 21-12-2009 17:58
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chrica04 wrote:
rjc_43 wrote:
I have the wonders of riding in my garage at the moment due to ice and snow. If anyone cares to try for a 15 hour week sat in a garage, be my guest, but it isn't fun. Luckily I'm going on the rule of thumb of every time slot you do on a turbo equates to 1.5X riding outside - due to no freewheeling/descending/etc. So I only actually have to do 10 hours in the garage! Whoo. 5 days of 2 hours of turbo. Amazing fun! Whoo!
That is the nice thing about riding inside, sometimes I like putting in movies. I can put away 2 hours pretty easy.
Pretty easy for me, I read during the week and watch Football games over the weekend (if, like this previous weekend, its impossible to ride) |
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| Shifty |
Posted on 22-12-2009 12:31
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Recently finished all my pre-season lab tests to get all my baselines to set up a training plan for next season! Thought you guys might be curious how I did and I was also wondering if anyone who knew more about these numbers could tell me how the compare to different level riders. (It was indoors on an ergometer, so the numbers don't transfer directly to the road).
Anyway, here they are, keep in mind I'm 17 and I've only been racing for around 1.5 years and training seriously for 1 year and haven't ridden for a few months in all honesty lol.
Age: 17
Height - 6'1" (185cm?)
Weight - 73kg
Body Fat % - 5.8%
VO2 Test:
VO2 Max - 62 
Power @ Exhaustion - 375W
Wingate Test:
Peak Power: 2185W
Average Power: 1132W
Peak Cadence: 200rpm
I imagine everything would be up about 10% and the weight down about 2kg in-season and better yet at my peak fitness level.
Again, if anyone knows what different level riders can do on an ergometer test, I'd be interested to know, because right now, these numbers don't have much significance to me because they're only really comparable to other tests done on such an ergometer.
Thanks,
Shifty
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| Levi4life |
Posted on 24-12-2009 20:56
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For those of you who are building a bike for next season, like me, and are looking for an alternative to companies like Easton, Ritchey, 3t etc etc etc I suggest VCRC.
https://www.velocarbon.com/index.html
The quality of the products is amazing, the preformance is amazing, and because they only sell direct the price is amazing. I would definitely recommend the Handlebar/stem combo. It's not for weight weenies(but lets be honest the difference is 50-60 grams) but they are stiff and comfortable.
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 24-12-2009 21:35
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Shifty wrote:
Recently finished all my pre-season lab tests to get all my baselines to set up a training plan for next season! Thought you guys might be curious how I did and I was also wondering if anyone who knew more about these numbers could tell me how the compare to different level riders. (It was indoors on an ergometer, so the numbers don't transfer directly to the road).
Anyway, here they are, keep in mind I'm 17 and I've only been racing for around 1.5 years and training seriously for 1 year and haven't ridden for a few months in all honesty lol.
Age: 17
Height - 6'1" (185cm?)
Weight - 73kg
Body Fat % - 5.8%
VO2 Test:
VO2 Max - 62
Power @ Exhaustion - 375W
Wingate Test:
Peak Power: 2185W
Average Power: 1132W
Peak Cadence: 200rpm
I imagine everything would be up about 10% and the weight down about 2kg in-season and better yet at my peak fitness level.
Again, if anyone knows what different level riders can do on an ergometer test, I'd be interested to know, because right now, these numbers don't have much significance to me because they're only really comparable to other tests done on such an ergometer.
Thanks,
Shifty
I have been testing riders left, right, and centre, for my dissertation recently, and I can say now that an Elite rider, who rides Premier Calender races here in the UK (so at/just below .NC classification as a UCI race - unless of course we talk about the Melton CiCle Classic, which is a 1.1 race), got a VO2 max of 70ml.kg.min, he weighs 82.4 kg and is 180cm tall.
He knows he's overweight, but has only just started his winter training - he's done one "bout" (3 weeks on, 1 off, with 8, 10 and 12 hours done).
He got to 470 watts. I expect him to get to about 550-580 watts during the season.
So compare yourself as you will, but he's been riding all his life (about 20 years of riding that is), so has a bit of a headstart on you!
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| ringo182 |
Posted on 05-01-2010 15:39
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well it's been almost a month since i've been out on my bike here in birmingham.
heavy snow today, more forecast for tomorrow and then freezing temps through the weekend mean it could still be a while before i finally get out on the road again
bloody turbo |
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| mrlol |
Posted on 18-01-2010 11:30
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Just subscribed for the tour version of this years Amstel Gold Race. I'm doing the 150km version.
Going to be my first time I'll be climbing something more then just a bridge Can't wait for it really.
Edited by mrlol on 18-01-2010 11:30
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 18-01-2010 12:33
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i start trainig outside tomorrow because i have school until late afternoon today. i hope the temperatures stay over 0° the next days
otherwise i would have to train on the hometrainer again (i´m really sick of that, i did it 4-5 times a week for at least one hour this year...) |
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| mrlol |
Posted on 18-01-2010 12:51
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Yeah, can't wait to get back out either.
I don't have winter clothing though, so for me 10 - 15 degrees are needed
Oh, and about the AGR tourversion; I just read all 12 000 places where full within 30 minutes Lucky I got through right away |
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| felix_29 |
Posted on 18-01-2010 15:58
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my school holidays are set on a ****ing date: they start when the tdf goes into the seconf week but the pyrenees are toofar away for me...so i will spend holiday in bavaria
but my hotel has got eurosport (checked that before i told my parents that i go there with them |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 18-01-2010 16:29
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Training began today, it also ended my season as well. Broken elbow = 12 weeks out.
Cars have hit me twice since July, I've been in two car crashes since July, and now a broken elbow. I'm seriously considering crying a lot soon.
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| mrlol |
Posted on 18-01-2010 16:37
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Woah. You're really having a lot of bad luck.
Or Uri Geller just hates you? |
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 18-01-2010 16:46
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I wish I knew what/who you were referring to.
It's just not been my year, no.
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| mrlol |
Posted on 18-01-2010 16:50
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Uri Geller is a crazy guy who's said to have mental powers. He can bend a spoon by just looking at it.
Or at least, thats what he wants everybody to believe. |
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