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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 13-02-2013 11:10
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What about doing that same route backwards, then you'd have a climb of more than 15km? |
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| krisa |
Posted on 13-02-2013 11:23
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In my region there aren't any hills 
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 16-02-2013 10:36
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For those of you who ride both on a home trainer and on the road, if you record all your training sessions, what ratio do you use to match both kind of training ?
I used to count 1h of home-trainer = 1,3 hour on the road but thought it was too much, so I've been counting 1,2 hour on the road instead.
I'm reading through (FDJeux trainer) Fred Grappe's website FAQ, and to my amazements, he considers 1 hour on the home trainer is worth 2 hours on the flat, which makes it equal to running.
Those equivalences (whichever is the good one, if there's any) are of course intended to be valid only if the kind of exercise or intensity of exercise is the same.
edit : apparently it's a little more complicated (but still within people's range of comprehension  ).
If you think in terms of energy used, the cost per distance, or per time variates between sports, but if you think in terms of work loads, the sport performed doesn't really matter, x minutes at I2 is still x minutes at I2, no matter that it implied swimming, running or cycling
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 17-02-2013 13:36
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Just comeback from my first long ride of the year (45-50miles), fitness rise I feel good but the cramp I endured in both leg muscles was extremely painful. It seen pedaling at speeds of 10mph and struggling when it came to any rise in the road. I have never felt pain like it ever in my years of cycling. With my training weekend away in Wales next week, apart from one 2 hour ride that was my only serious long ride before I go. I am now concerned now about next weekend, hopefullly it will go ok and this was just a one off.
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| TheManxMissile |
Posted on 17-02-2013 23:02
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Time to get back on the bike after an "extended break"...
Havn't been out on a ride since.... erm.... 1st week of September...
Funny story why: Got my first ever Road bike. 1st time riding it was with gf. Thought process, i'll do some tricks to impress her. Yes, tricks on a road bike... Wheelie, fine. Stoppie, fine... Bunny Hop... Crashed bike, mangled arm (still worked, as she was impressed)
So bent front wheel and bent back brakes, not great. Never got round to fixing it.
But with the new year, and ever improving wheather its time to get back into action.
For the summer i am planning on going on a cycling holiday with some people from Uni. We are going to do a 3 day London to Paris, then head on down to Switzerland for a ride between Geneva and Nice over the Alps. I will then meet up with a few different friends in Andalucia for 5 more days fun riding (or the Pyrenees).
I need a little help with planning:
What is the best way to get a bike from one place to another (Nice to either Pau or Malaga)?
Also i have no idea about proper training so that will be interesting. My plan is to start off (by getting a working bike) with some 1-2hour weekend runs until May, then racking it up to 4-5hour runs 3 times a week in May and June, before we set off sometime in July/August.
Also another more general cycling/sport/health question. The answer is probably just i am unfit but:
Whenever i go for a run, i can manage running fine for a few miles. But if i stop for 5+mins then go back to running i get these pains in my chest and start to struggle for breath? Same thing happens if i do series of sprints... My dad, uncle and cousin all have asthma could it be a form of that? or am i just less fit than i think?
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 17-02-2013 23:11
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| rjc_43 |
Posted on 17-02-2013 23:20
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Aquarius wrote:
For those of you who ride both on a home trainer and on the road, if you record all your training sessions, what ratio do you use to match both kind of training ?
I used to count 1h of home-trainer = 1,3 hour on the road but thought it was too much, so I've been counting 1,2 hour on the road instead.
I'm reading through (FDJeux trainer) Fred Grappe's website FAQ, and to my amazements, he considers 1 hour on the home trainer is worth 2 hours on the flat, which makes it equal to running.
Those equivalences (whichever is the good one, if there's any) are of course intended to be valid only if the kind of exercise or intensity of exercise is the same.
edit : apparently it's a little more complicated (but still within people's range of comprehension ).
If you think in terms of energy used, the cost per distance, or per time variates between sports, but if you think in terms of work loads, the sport performed doesn't really matter, x minutes at I2 is still x minutes at I2, no matter that it implied swimming, running or cycling
I, personally, don't count trainer "kilometres" as similar to road. In fact, I see them as separate entities, just like going to the gym is a separate kind of exercise. All have their uses, all have differing intensities. I guess now I'm using a heart rate monitor I can base my trainer workouts more accurately as to how I want them, and I can also analyse my road workouts to see just how much I was, or wasn't, suffering.
Last season, the only differing values I gave to trainer workouts was that I coloured the box in my spreadsheet in a different colour. It was a very pretty spreadsheet. |
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| wogsrus |
Posted on 18-02-2013 02:22
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Looking at getting a new bike seeing as my old Apollo Alpine is about 15 years old. Thought l would go and weigh it to see what l had been riding with all this time. It weighs 17.5kg. Faaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrkkkkkk. Ive been realistically looking at bikes that weigh almost 2 times less that. Very keen for a new bike then.... |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 18-02-2013 08:49
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Starting to train with a heart monitor is interesting, though I quickly started riding without it. You get to know your heart pretty well pretty quickly. |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 28-02-2013 17:52
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My training weekend in Wales went pretty well, strong throughout the whole weekend, managing to keep a pace of 16 to 17mph on slight gradient hills (roughly 5%) and between 8-12mph on the steep stuff, feltni had more to give too as proven today when i was out of the saddle on slight very short inclines reaching 16mph, just need to keep the speed both on hills and flat over a longer distance now. Today i averaged roughly 19mph over 22 miles, reaching speeds of 22mph at times just failed to keep it over the distance but im sure that will come with the more training i do.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 28-02-2013 18:07
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Ste117 - Whereabouts in Wales did you go  |
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| Ste117 |
Posted on 28-02-2013 18:23
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sutty68 wrote:
Ste117 - Whereabouts in Wales did you go
In and around Machynlleth and Aberdovey. Very hilly area with some steep hills.
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| sutty68 |
Posted on 01-03-2013 08:56
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Ste117 wrote:
sutty68 wrote:
Ste117 - Whereabouts in Wales did you go
In and around Machynlleth and Aberdovey. Very hilly area with some steep hills.
Never been that far down but i have heard that it is a lovely area for cycling  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 06-03-2013 13:49
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I went riding yesterday and there was quite some wind, constantly. I wake up tomorrow, I can't hear anything out of my right ear, still hasn't returned. Anyone know if this has a connection? |
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| Strydz |
Posted on 31-03-2013 22:43
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Suffered through the 3 Peaks Challenge ride a few weeks ago which is a 235 kilometre ride with a total ascent of 4080 metres, managed it in 9'09 hours in 30 + degree heat, Pb'd over the Towonga Gap, Mt Buffalo, Rostwithe Gap and Falls Creek climbs so I am pretty rapt with it. Love the event and good on the organises to get the route together considering the bushfires they had in the region. Outside of the Melburn-Roobaix ride its my favourite social ride on the local calender 
Edited by Strydz on 31-03-2013 22:45
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 02-04-2013 22:09
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The knock in a big way today. When battling a headwind for much of a ride it's not a good idea to be out of bananas/snacks, forget your bottle and have no cash on you...
Last 10 miles of struggling to turn a considerably smaller gear than usual wasn't much fun and despite stuffing my face since getting home I still feel like I'm running on empty 8 hours later.
As well as feeling totally feeble I tend to feel quite sleepy on the bike when I get to that stage - is that normal???
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 03-04-2013 05:22
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Yes, it's "just" hypoglycaemia ("fringale". Your glycogen reserves are empty, and even your brain gets his share reduced, which is why you feel sleepy.
Eating increases your blood sugar rate, but it takes hours to rebuild glycogen reserves, so it's normal you're feeling empty. No point in eating too much though (I know the feeling, you probably want to eat everything you may grab). |
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| ianrussell |
Posted on 03-04-2013 11:19
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Aquarius wrote:
Yes, it's "just" hypoglycaemia ("fringale" . Your glycogen reserves are empty, and even your brain gets his share reduced, which is why you feel sleepy.
Eating increases your blood sugar rate, but it takes hours to rebuild glycogen reserves, so it's normal you're feeling empty. No point in eating too much though (I know the feeling, you probably want to eat everything you may grab).
That makes a lot of sense, cheers. Given the amount of Easter choclate that was in the house that was one counter productive bit of exercise  |
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| Ian Butler |
Posted on 03-04-2013 11:56
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Found the perfect way to train at home (on a hometrainer or with equipment). I've spend hours training like this:
1. Put yourself in front of a television
2. Connect your ps3 to the television
3. Insert GTA IV or Fifa
4. Start riding and playing
5. 4 hours later you'll realize: "wow, I'm still riding on a bike here". |
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| Aquarius |
Posted on 03-04-2013 12:02
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How could your training be efficient (which implies using more than 30 % of your MAS and pedalling at 60 RPM minimum) if you're playing video games while pedalling ? |
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