Cycling thread

[SerenityNigh]

That length of climb will require the right gearing, especially on the second one as you'll be that bit more tired. It's one thing to mash out a short climb at 50-60rpm but doing that for over 30 minutes isn't much fun. From memory with my 30 tooth rear sprocket on a 10% climb I'd need to do upwards of 10kmh to keep my cadence around 80rpm. If you can do that, great, but if not maybe explore slightly bigger gears.

Unfortunately I am stuck with what I have but I am riding a compact 50/34 crank and 10-speed 105 cassette. I will no doubt be spinning the lowest gear that doesn’t rattle the chain.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Unfortunately I am stuck with what I have but I am riding a compact 50/34 crank and 10-speed 105 cassette. I will no doubt be spinning the lowest gear that doesn’t rattle the chain.

Fair dos. All I can say then is to go easy at the bottom. It's much easier to speed up as you near the top than try and recover after going too hard early on

 

[SerenityNigh]

Fair dos. All I can say then is to go easy at the bottom. It's much easier to speed up as you near the top than try and recover after going too hard early on

Good advice, that's generally my strategy although today I rode with a friend who goes hard all the time and it pushed me a bit. Plus, he's a beast on the bike and I can hardly keep up with him. But that's good occasionally.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Good advice, that's generally my strategy although today I rode with a friend who goes hard all the time and it pushed me a bit. Plus, he's a beast on the bike and I can hardly keep up with him. But that's good occasionally.

Aye, it's a tough one. Sometimes having people to chase can push you on, but also they can encourage you to push harder than you should and you pay for it. I've found that a lot of this is experience as once you've done a few hour-long climbs you get a feel for how hard you can sustain things over the hour (obviously if you have a power meter then you can use that). As a general rule of thumb though, the first half should be as comfortable as possible. Most of all though, enjoy it. Riding in the mountains is a beautiful thing and you're bound to have some great scenery to admire.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Aye, it's a tough one. Sometimes having people to chase can push you on, but also they can encourage you to push harder than you should and you pay for it. I've found that a lot of this is experience as once you've done a few hour-long climbs you get a feel for how hard you can sustain things over the hour (obviously if you have a power meter then you can use that). As a general rule of thumb though, the first half should be as comfortable as possible. Most of all though, enjoy it. Riding in the mountains is a beautiful thing and you're bound to have some great scenery to admire.

I will be watching my Garmin watch and HR carefully. And I will update with pictures if I succeed (or fail, I suppose)

 

[DaChunk]

I remember saying last year that Froome looked finished but I'm still shocked to see he's genuinely not made any progress since this time last year. Froome really is done what a sad ending to that era for him.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

I remember saying last year that Froome looked finished but I'm still shocked to see he's genuinely not made any progress since this time last year. Froome really is done what a sad ending to that era for him.

Yeah looks definitive from that TT today, 2 and a bit mins behind is domestique leg-turner pace so if that was him trying it's over. Crash was abs brutal and looks like it's taken too much of a toll at his age.

Pidcock crashed today in training, did his collar bone and is out of the forthcoming Tour de Suisse. Sounds like he might have gotten away with one as there are pictures of his bike rent in two from the impact.

 

[Sassy Colombian]

Hopefully Bernal and his girlfriend don't get too sick and their symptoms remain mild.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Fair dos. All I can say then is to go easy at the bottom. It's much easier to speed up as you near the top than try and recover after going too hard early on

so I did not end up attempting the ride I had planned, although that was for the best. I did rent a MTB and enjoyed one loop a few times. But this altitude... I am too old/out of shape for this.

 

[SerenityNigh]

Here is what I rode:

 

[SerenityNigh]

Here is what I rode:View attachment 129509

view from the bottom of the loop:

 

[verreauxi]

We took our newly-turned 4yr old on a little ride. Little kid road 8 miles, which is crazy to me.

Kid and cow:

Dad's 25yr. old "pre-Trek" Klein.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

view from the bottom of the loop:View attachment 129510

That's a wonderful view. I so miss the mountains.

 

[Black Belt Jones]

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view from the bottom of the loop:View attachment 129510

Looks nice, where is that?

 

[SerenityNigh]

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Looks nice, where is that?

The view or the bike?