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I have been going out each day early getting 50 miles a day. Had a PR for March for miles. Go out, ride, come back, stay away from everything and person. Get decent food and drink good beer. It could be worse.
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On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 2:30:38 AM UTC+2, Mark Cleary wrote:
I have been going out each day early getting 50 miles a day. Had a PR for March for miles. Go out, ride, come back, stay away from everything and person. Get decent food and drink good beer. It could be worse. Deacon Mark C I ride every other day and for the rest I also keeping a low profile. I'm working on my FTP to have a goal so I did a hard 78 km ride yesterday. Managed an average power of 194 Watt. Not bad for early spring. It did hurt with the headwind the first part but I flew home the second part pushing a 52-15/16 gear to keep the power high. Today recovery day, spring cleaning of the back yard and setting up a workplace at home for next week. I hate working from home. Go to work as much as possible. Lou |
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On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 2:30:38 AM UTC+2, Mark Cleary wrote: I have been going out each day early getting 50 miles a day. Had a PR for March for miles. Go out, ride, come back, stay away from everything and person. Get decent food and drink good beer. It could be worse. Deacon Mark C I ride every other day and for the rest I also keeping a low profile. I'm working on my FTP to have a goal so I did a hard 78 km ride yesterday. Managed an average power of 194 Watt. Not bad for early spring. It did hurt with the headwind the first part but I flew home the second part pushing a 52-15/16 gear to keep the power high. Today recovery day, spring cleaning of the back yard and setting up a workplace at home for next week. I hate working from home. Go to work as much as possible. Lou 194 watts over 78km is pretty impressive in April. I’ve been slacking on the training so. The worst thing about this working from home is not having to stop and leave the office. Just got my bike off the trainer and road ready. My plan is to commute as much as possible even though it will be a round trip each way. |
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On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 12:31:20 PM UTC+2, Duane wrote:
wrote: On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 2:30:38 AM UTC+2, Mark Cleary wrote: I have been going out each day early getting 50 miles a day. Had a PR for March for miles. Go out, ride, come back, stay away from everything and person. Get decent food and drink good beer. It could be worse. Deacon Mark C I ride every other day and for the rest I also keeping a low profile. I'm working on my FTP to have a goal so I did a hard 78 km ride yesterday. Managed an average power of 194 Watt. Not bad for early spring. It did hurt with the headwind the first part but I flew home the second part pushing a 52-15/16 gear to keep the power high. Today recovery day, spring cleaning of the back yard and setting up a workplace at home for next week. I hate working from home. Go to work as much as possible. Lou 194 watts over 78km is pretty impressive in April. I’ve been slacking on the training so. The worst thing about this working from home is not having to stop and leave the office. Just got my bike off the trainer and road ready. My plan is to commute as much as possible even though it will be a round trip each way. On a trainer it is almost impossible to sustain an average of 194 Watt for 2,5 hours. We had a lot of wind the last weeks and then it is also difficult to sustain that kind of power, because you pushing 240 Watt for an 1-1.5 hr with a headwind and then .... nothing with a tailwind and end up with an average of 170-180 Watt. A moderate wind like yesterday is the best. Working from home is 60% as effective as working from the office. If you have a question for your colleague you have to call him, ****ing skype him (you mic is off, your sound is off. Yuck). I hate that. In the office you just turn around and just ask the question. Now my second PC computer monitor arrived, install it and make it work. Still struggling with the drivers of my 3D mouse..#$%%@$% I have to use with my 3D CAD application. Lou |
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On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 3:55:11 PM UTC+2, Bertrand wrote:
On 4/3/2020 8:41 AM, wrote: On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 12:31:20 PM UTC+2, Duane wrote: wrote: On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 2:30:38 AM UTC+2, Mark Cleary wrote: I have been going out each day early getting 50 miles a day. Had a PR for March for miles. Go out, ride, come back, stay away from everything and person. Get decent food and drink good beer. It could be worse. Deacon Mark C I ride every other day and for the rest I also keeping a low profile. I'm working on my FTP to have a goal so I did a hard 78 km ride yesterday.. Managed an average power of 194 Watt. Not bad for early spring. It did hurt with the headwind the first part but I flew home the second part pushing a 52-15/16 gear to keep the power high. Today recovery day, spring cleaning of the back yard and setting up a workplace at home for next week. I hate working from home. Go to work as much as possible. Lou 194 watts over 78km is pretty impressive in April. I’ve been slacking on the training so. The worst thing about this working from home is not having to stop and leave the office. Just got my bike off the trainer and road ready. My plan is to commute as much as possible even though it will be a round trip each way. On a trainer it is almost impossible to sustain an average of 194 Watt for 2,5 hours. We had a lot of wind the last weeks and then it is also difficult to sustain that kind of power, because you pushing 240 Watt for an 1-1.5 hr with a headwind and then .... nothing with a tailwind and end up with an average of 170-180 Watt. A moderate wind like yesterday is the best. Like you, I usually find that it hurts more with a headwind, but I'm not sure why. As long as gearing is adequate, we should be able to downshift to maintain the same power and cadence, and just accept a lower speed. But it feels worse. I don't know if it's purely the psychological effect of not wanting to go so slow, or if there's something else going on. Maybe the different effect of small changes in gradient on speed (with headwind compared to no wind or tailwind) plays a role. I think the natural reaction to a headwind that is not constant is that you push a little harder to maintain the same cadence, you are downshifting always with a delay. You see the power go up 20-40 Watt almost instantly and then think I have to downshift to maintain the same power. Only change in cadence is what I feel immediately. Only Frank is able to maintain the same power and can measure the speed loss when turning on his dyno ;-). Lou |
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On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 6:55:11 AM UTC-7, Bertrand wrote:
On 4/3/2020 8:41 AM, wrote: On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 12:31:20 PM UTC+2, Duane wrote: wrote: On Friday, April 3, 2020 at 2:30:38 AM UTC+2, Mark Cleary wrote: I have been going out each day early getting 50 miles a day. Had a PR for March for miles. Go out, ride, come back, stay away from everything and person. Get decent food and drink good beer. It could be worse. Deacon Mark C I ride every other day and for the rest I also keeping a low profile. I'm working on my FTP to have a goal so I did a hard 78 km ride yesterday.. Managed an average power of 194 Watt. Not bad for early spring. It did hurt with the headwind the first part but I flew home the second part pushing a 52-15/16 gear to keep the power high. Today recovery day, spring cleaning of the back yard and setting up a workplace at home for next week. I hate working from home. Go to work as much as possible. Lou 194 watts over 78km is pretty impressive in April. I’ve been slacking on the training so. The worst thing about this working from home is not having to stop and leave the office. Just got my bike off the trainer and road ready. My plan is to commute as much as possible even though it will be a round trip each way. On a trainer it is almost impossible to sustain an average of 194 Watt for 2,5 hours. We had a lot of wind the last weeks and then it is also difficult to sustain that kind of power, because you pushing 240 Watt for an 1-1.5 hr with a headwind and then .... nothing with a tailwind and end up with an average of 170-180 Watt. A moderate wind like yesterday is the best. Like you, I usually find that it hurts more with a headwind, but I'm not sure why. As long as gearing is adequate, we should be able to downshift to maintain the same power and cadence, and just accept a lower speed. But it feels worse. I don't know if it's purely the psychological effect of not wanting to go so slow, or if there's something else going on. Maybe the different effect of small changes in gradient on speed (with headwind compared to no wind or tailwind) plays a role. Unless you have a power meter we all tend to attempt to maintain the same speed into a headwind. This means that FTP is pressing the limits. My reaction is to hold my speed as long as possible and then drop down a couple mph until I rest whereupon my speed increases while I'm not paying attention to trying to hold my speed at my actual FTP and not above that which you can hold for shorter times. I tried using a power meter and I simply was not impressed. I have plenty of problems watching out for traffic that I don't need a power meter to attend to at the same time. |
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On 2/4/20 12:07 pm, John B. wrote:
No fires? I thought you Australians did fires :-) As I understand it, the bushfires are currently extinguished. -- JS |
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On 2/4/20 9:58 am, jbeattie wrote:
Koalas? Please tell me there are some koalas left. I'm certain there are. One of the guys who started Ibis bicycles was a friend of mine way back when, and I learned from yet another friend who had just returned from Australia, that Ibis are called "bin chickens" down there because they've learned how to get into garbage cans. That seems like a bad reflection on the bike brand. "I was out riding mah bin chicken!" Maybe they should pick another bird. Indeed the term "bin chicken" referring to ibis is wide spread, as are the birds. -- JS |
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