Beware of the Catt
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I agree with both of the above posts mtb shoes will be fine, some roadies may turn their noses up but at least you won’t walk round the cafe like a duck!
Cycling thread
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Deulofeumygod
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I really cannot get my head around clip ins so I use normal pedals on my road bike and wear old vans and my full Lycra.
get the funniest looks.
any of you on strava so I can see your cycle adventures?
I’m Ess Tee.
had no idea this thread existed and has got me excited!
get the funniest looks.
any of you on strava so I can see your cycle adventures?
I’m Ess Tee.
had no idea this thread existed and has got me excited!
graeme2911
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Thanks for the info gents, much appreciated. Think MTB shoes sounds the way to go. As I say, only a casual rider and the comfort and ease sounds the way to go.
Yes mate, I'll give you a follow.
Would really recommend cleats - once you get over the initial fear/awkwardness of clipping in, it becomes second nature and you get so much more power. I can't believe what's happened to me in the last eight months (@Bruce Wayne
)!Got some shoe covers on order, and thermal socks (been using my dad's spare pair for the last few weeks).
I'm only managing to get out once or twice a week atm, so just trying to take it steady and consistent when I do go.
We've got a trainer set up with Zwift, so using that for interval training. I can't really do long rides on it, as I get bored (at the end of the day, I'm still in a garage looking at a screen) - so instead I use the training bits to get 30-60 minute sessions in.
Had a lot of issues with the bike in September and that cost me in terms of fitness, the running has suffered too. Saving up for a good road bike of my own (currently using my dad's mate's old Jamis) to get early in the new year. Thinking of a Ribble (by dad's recommendation) - dunno if that's what anyone else would recommend?
I'm only managing to get out once or twice a week atm, so just trying to take it steady and consistent when I do go.
We've got a trainer set up with Zwift, so using that for interval training. I can't really do long rides on it, as I get bored (at the end of the day, I'm still in a garage looking at a screen) - so instead I use the training bits to get 30-60 minute sessions in.
Had a lot of issues with the bike in September and that cost me in terms of fitness, the running has suffered too. Saving up for a good road bike of my own (currently using my dad's mate's old Jamis) to get early in the new year. Thinking of a Ribble (by dad's recommendation) - dunno if that's what anyone else would recommend?
Also had the pleasure of being the fastest of the people I follow on a segment the other day - apart from one person, Connor Swift, who is a pro.
Lives in Doncaster area I believe so his routes on the flat out there are quite something to behold - just the 47kmh averages
Lives in Doncaster area I believe so his routes on the flat out there are quite something to behold - just the 47kmh averages
Yes mate, I'll give you a follow.
Would really recommend cleats - once you get over the initial fear/awkwardness of clipping in, it becomes second nature and you get so much more power. I can't believe what's happened to me in the last eight months (@Bruce Wayne
There's usually at least one episode (usually at traffic lights) where you forget you're clipped in, panic, and fall over. A right of passage.
Black Belt Jones
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I did the four horsemen on zwift the other week - 4 hours! Wouldn't normally be my cup of tea but I did it in a group which made a big difference, plus each climb really breaks the ride into sections so it felt fine really - just rode it steady all the way zone 2, zone 3 on the Alpe.
There's two other big routes, the mega-pretzel and the uber-pretzel, that I reckon I'll tick off. The biggest one, though, is a real tester as it is extremely tedious - something like ten laps of Greater London flat.
Deulofeumygod
Player Valuation: £40m
I've seen this so much it just adds to my fear of roundabouts.
I do feel it is inevitable that one day (probably next summer) that I get some clip-ins but for now I am happy in old vans.
I managed to get up number ten in the top ten surrey hills a couple of weeks before getting hid with covid. That was some feeling.
Cycling has completely got me through lockdown, the summer holidays and the year. I have embraced it in a big way and even retired from all football so I had more time to ride and was fit to.
I am obsessed now.
Where is everyone based? I am 30k from both surrey hills and Kent hills so feel very lucky in that respect!
Deulofeumygod
Player Valuation: £40m
Yes mate, I'll give you a follow.
Would really recommend cleats - once you get over the initial fear/awkwardness of clipping in, it becomes second nature and you get so much more power. I can't believe what's happened to me in the last eight months (@Bruce Wayne
Nice.
Always the way. You start with buying one cycling cap and it escalates to full lycra, more jerseys than football shirts and giving every cyclist you see anywhere in the world, the eye and go over of their gear!
Ha, indeed! Bafflingly, and touch wood, I've not yet fallen at lights.
My first fall was turning too slowly and sharply (this was on my hybrid bike). And then on the same ride decked it onto a verge (still have the scar on my knee from that!).
Other than that, the only other time has been someone in a car pulling out in front of me. I wasn't going slowly and neither were they, but they did the stop-start thing that drivers just don't realise really doesn't help cyclists, and I went over.
I'm very wary with it still so just get the cleats out a good 20/15 yards out before I stop if I know I'm going to need to stop.
Elephant & Castle, so the usual route takes me out towards Oxted, Toys Hill kinda area. When I drag myself out it's usually early to avoid the traffic. Coming back in on Sunday it was like a sportive was on. A constant stream of riders. Not sure I'd like that as it must be a pain for motorists and the last thing you want is an angsty driver trying to rush past you in a gap that isn't really there.
Yeah, it just kind of gets to me that I'm still in the garage. It's the same with running on a treadmill in the gym - I always have to go and do intervals on a treadmill, whereas I can get out on a run and do a nice 30 minute steady one.
I'm not a speed freak but I like to keep my rides up (outdoors this is) above the 25kmph mark for hilly routes, and 26.5-27 on the flatter ones. I'm managing that atm - at my peak in June-August, I was averaging up near 30 kmph on some rides on the flats, and just felt great, plus the bike was working perfectly at that stage. It's mainly that at that speed, I know I'm working and in Z2-Z3 with pushes to my threshold.
My wattage was up at 170-190 avg and now it's about 140-160 I'd say, so working on that during the Zwift sessions. Did "Emily's Short Mix" the other day and that's a killer. I'm due an FTP test as the one I did 3 weeks ago was at 195 (though it was the first one I've ever done so unsure if it's going to be spot on).
My running hasn't dropped off loads, but I can notice the difference having done less cycling. It's probably a build up of fatigue - I've been doing yoga and a bit of bodyweight work to mix it up, but definitely plateauing a bit, so looking forward to getting the new bike in the new year and then the spring rolling around. Got the Strines and Holme Moss on my list for the spring, as don't fancy doing either in the winter really.
Will possibly check out those Zwift routes if I get into a group. I've been that busy with work recently I've just been fitting them in when I can.
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I'm in Wakefield.
As far as cycling goes, I really don't think I could be in a much better area.
If I head immediately due south-west from mine, I've got the peaks and south Pennines on my doorstep. Even around Barnsley there's some lovely little rides, and from mine there's loads of 30-40k routes which get plenty of variety in.
If I head north-east, or south-east, then I hit the flats, after about 20k of a bit of bumpy stuff (though nothing too steep).
Did a lot of hills in the summer but have let that go recently, so next year will be a big focus on that - hence using my Zwift sessions to try and get my wattage and power up.
I then use running to compliment it.
If I run more than 6-7k, the pain is bad for the next few days, so I tend to just keep my runs to 5k, at a high intensity (quickest I managed in the summer was 21:30) and save my endurance for the bike - though did a few 10ks in July and August.
Looking forward to getting back in the gym and doing more weight work (haven't been since March) and swimming again, as that'll all help with the recovery.
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