Cycling and bicycle related stuff.

CLP · Post by **CLP** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:43 pm

Hz-Lab wrote:I did 50km's today, copped a sore arse again too. I def need some cushion. I saw yours pop up on facebook woodsy, Job well done. Like CLP said, drink plenty and regularly. I was making sure I was taking a drink at every 5km's today, and I felt bloody ripper at the end of it. I took off on a 10km walk straight after for a warm down.. . Got my average up and over 20kmph now which i'm happy with, infact today it was at the 21kph mark until the last 100 metres or so. I was site seeing at the end, some ladies fun run thing or something.. mmmmmmmmmm.

Looked at some new bikes today too, of the 29'er variety, bugger that 26" wheel stuff off, give me a monster truck!

good job! 50km on a MTB is a fair slog! on or off road?

A mate of mine is buying a 29er soon from the US. about 6k worth :o
when i was looking about for a MTB pretty much every store i went into told me i was probably too short for a 29er

they do look pretty awesome though!

mrleisure · Post by **mrleisure** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 5:50 pm

Good to see your clocking up a few ks there lads

Good luck with th ride tomorrow CLP hope it's not to hot . I got home from work early yesterday so decided to do the 103k round trip from Seven Hills to Mt Bowen and back in the afternoon heat

reasonably flat run to Nth Richmond but after that a steady climb to the top , 20% gradients last couple of ks near Wattle St

, thought my chest was going to burst near the end of the climb .

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&xh ... CBsQ8gEwAA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

CLP · Post by **CLP** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 6:20 pm

mrleisure wrote:Good to see your clocking up a few ks there lads Good luck with th ride tomorrow CLP hope it's not to hot . I got home from work early yesterday so decided to do the 103k round trip from Seven Hills to Mt Bowen and back in the afternoon heat reasonably flat run to Nth Richmond but after that a steady climb to the top , 20% gradients last couple of ks near Wattle St , thought my chest was going to burst near the end of the climb .

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?hl=en&xh ... CBsQ8gEwAA" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

awesome effort! 20% gradients = pain

are you running a compact crank on that bike? I have the Tour Down Under Challenge tour next friday which has a climb averaging 14%. i just don't think i have the legs/gearing for it in my current level of conditioning. i have a compact crank on order from Germany as we speak but suspect it won't find its way onto the bike before that ride.

Tommorrows ride should be much more relaxed.. and the weather looks like it'll be pretty mild too.

Anyone on here coming over for the Tour Down Under?

CLP

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sat Jan 15, 2011 7:56 pm

CLP wrote:good job! 50km on a MTB is a fair slog! on or off road?

Was easier than the 90km ride I did the week before...lol.

Todays run was from the City to West Beach along the Linear Park and then down the Coast to do a lap of West Lakes then Back. I take any opportunity to hit some dirt along that ride but the western side of the city that trail only has about maybe 3km of single track. To the Northeast of the city there is probably about 7 or 8 k's worth of offroad. But mainly the run is on bitumen. I got some pretty chunky tyres on the thing that makes it feel like twice the distance too..lol

w00dsy wrote:i made sure i always had a drink, my bottle is about 500ml i guess and when that was gone i stopped at a shop and grabbed another. I'm tipping it wasn't enough though because when i stopped again for the final top up i got a 1.25 of water and had maybe half that while i sat and rested, put the rest in my bottle and had that on the last 10kms. I also got some snacks at each stop so i had energy. I feel really good now though, it was pretty hot here today(29) too so i'm tipping i needed more fluids than i had. I might try and grab another bottle.

I run a 1.5L Camel Pack with water then normally take a Drink Bottle full of Electrolytes. Powerade or Staminade or something, mainly to help with cramping. 1.5 is normally enough for my offroad rides which are normally only a bit over an hour long, but these longer rides I have been doing I have had to top the camel pack up and refill the "ades" at the halfway point. I drink a lot more than I feel like drinking on the ride, but I have learnt as I have been hit with epic Headaches after some recent rides due to dehydration.

mrleisure · Post by **mrleisure** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:06 pm

CLP wrote:are you running a compact crank on that bike? CLP

No mate just the standard 170mm , 53/39 and 12/25 cluster . It was a bit of a struggle for me though , I'm not really used to climbing that steep for that length , I really need a 27 or 28 for that kind of stuff .

HZ and Woodsy give the Endura MAX http://www.sportyshealth.com.au/endura- ... -6342.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; a go in your drink bottles

, was recomended to me and seems to work well

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Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 3:59 pm

awesome, I'll give it a shot. I just got some "Zero High" tablets, They are supposed to help cramping and muscle recovery as well. We'll find something.

CLP · Post by **CLP** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:33 pm

Ride like Crazy.. done

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/63602302" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

yeah yeah.. i know i'm not a speed demon :P

have to say, the event as a whole was extremely well organised, full credit to SAPOL.

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:37 pm

good work man, but when the hell did you hit 239rpm cadence? lol that's some pedaling.

CLP · Post by **CLP** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 4:49 pm

Hz-Lab wrote:good work man, but when the hell did you hit 239rpm cadence? lol that's some pedaling.

lol .. would explain why the legs are tired!

would be nice if the garmin connect site could filter out readings like that.. it's a result of backpedalling just after the cadence magnet has passed the sensor, so it triggers it twice in a super short time..

here's a photo from on the road

cyclists as far as the eye can see!

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Post by **Hz-Lab** » Sun Jan 16, 2011 5:23 pm

yeah, couldn't of been arsed riding up that hill thismorning.. lol

Post by **norbs** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:16 am

Terrific effort from all the cyclARSEts. We should put a target together for a combined effort from all the blokes in here. Something like 10,000kms combined or 30,000kms if Arsestrong joins on.

CLP · Post by **CLP** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 10:32 am

norbs wrote:Terrific effort from all the cyclARSEts. We should put a target together for a combined effort from all the blokes in here. Something like 10,000kms combined or 30,000kms if Arsestrong joins on.

Sounds good!

CLP

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:41 pm

CLP wrote:
norbs wrote:Terrific effort from all the cyclARSEts. We should put a target together for a combined effort from all the blokes in here. Something like 10,000kms combined or 30,000kms if Arsestrong joins on.
Sounds good!

CLP

Count me in too Norbs....just under 17,000 k's last year but I reckon I'll be around my normal 12 month average of around 12-13,000 this year.

CLP · Post by **CLP** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 1:57 pm

Flinty72 wrote: Count me in too Norbs....just under 17,000 k's last year but I reckon I'll be around my normal 12 month average of around 12-13,000 this year.

show off :P

i just fail to hit my goal of 5000km last year..

CLP

mrleisure · Post by **mrleisure** » Mon Jan 17, 2011 7:12 pm

I have been looking at Soul Ti bikes http://bikesoul.com/2009/index.php?opti ... &Itemid=40" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;, had a bit of a chuckle when I saw this on their components page

, like the look of their gear though

Well done on the ride CLP

In for the combined target

, I should be around the 9000+k mark going on current progress

Bloody showoff Flinty

Post by **norbs** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 2:51 pm

Lets see who else is keen and I will post a target. Then we just need people to update this thread once a month or so to see how we are going.

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 3:07 pm

I'm keen, won't be figures like yours, but every little bit helps

DarrenM · Post by **DarrenM** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 4:00 pm

Did this with my father 2 weeks ago

http://maps.google.com.au/maps?f=d&sour ... 10643&z=13" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

10km of it is dirt which is of course the time it chose to piss down rain. Apart from that it was a nice ride. Don't think I'd want to do it on a weekend because St Albans road is pretty tight and twisty, but there was very little traffic when we went.

I need a new trip computer and something to help me get out riding again. Contributing to an arse target should help, but I don't normally do long rides so don't expect much. I think if I did 2000km I'd be happy

Speed · Post by **Speed** » Tue Jan 18, 2011 11:19 pm

Emjay & I did a touch over 3,000 k's last year & will probably do at least that again, this year.

Post by **norbs** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:32 am

So lets see. We have :

Flinty aka ARSEstrong for 12,000
Mr Leisure 9,000
norbs 6000
Clp 5000
w00dsy 4000
Speed 3000
EmJay 3000
DarrenM 2000
HZ 2000

So it is getting close enough to 50,000 to make that a target me thinks. We might pick up another cyclist or 2 along the way.

And a breakdown (based on the total of the goals, not 50,000)...

wobblysauce · Post by **wobblysauce** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 12:08 pm

I stopped at about 5k last year, when the weather turned bad, been lazy and driving ever since.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:29 pm

Norbs you have way to much time on your hands, use it to get on the bike & smash that 6k this year.

Looks sweet 50 thou looks pretty achievable and what a fantastic target.

Can't wait to see everyone's progress through the year.

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:15 pm

Speed wrote:Emjay & I did a touch over 3,000 k's last year & will probably do at least that again, this year.

is that on a tandem? Were you dinking her down to the shops? If so that may only count as 3k not 6k

Speed · Post by **Speed** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:54 pm

w00dsy wrote:
Speed wrote:Emjay & I did a touch over 3,000 k's last year & will probably do at least that again, this year.
is that on a tandem? Were you dinking her down to the shops? If so that may only count as 3k not 6k

She was on my handlebars so I reckon it's worth double the effort....I say 6k.

Post by **Hz-Lab** » Wed Jan 19, 2011 9:21 pm

Well I just went out to Eagle Mountain bike park, and I have proved a theory I always thought was in need of clarification. Junk food is not good for you. I had my niece down for the last few days so we spent most of it travelling around town doing all the fun stuff and eating junk, movie nights and all that shit. anyway, I went for a 12k loop ride, which I have done plenty of times before, and it absolutely hammered me.

It was either that, or the fact I have spent the last couple weeks primarily on the Bitumen, and not used to climbing. Also, used these new drink tablets tonight to attempt to avoid the leg cramping I have been getting. It worked a treat with the legs, but I had a hell of a stitch, which I never get. My mate who I was riding with said the 1st couple times he used this drink he stitched up too. Odd.

A.R.S.E.