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Old 11-21-20, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Or make your easy rides easier. Most go too hard on their easy days and too easy on their hard days.
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Old 11-21-20, 11:41 AM
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Time to ride.

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Originally Posted by phrantic09
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Oh, I did that for way too long, too.
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Time to ride.

You're gonna need some pedals, though.
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Old 11-21-20, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
You're gonna need some pedals, though.
It looks better when my old ratty pedals and clamp-on bottle cages aren't on there

It might show up in Hot or Not if I find myself brave enough to try posting a mass produced steel bike in there, so I thought it needed all the help it could get
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Old 11-21-20, 11:54 AM
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A complete build is really a smooth sailing thing. If all the parts and fasteners are at hand. That is not the case today. So far I've found everything I need but it's been slow going. But the hard part is done. It's down to connecting brakes and derailleurs and tuning things up. Oh and pedals.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Time to ride.

Nice! Is that the Highway One bar?
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Or make your easy rides easier. Most go too hard on their easy days and too easy on their hard days.

how? I really tried to keep my heart rate down, coasted on anything that would allow me to not pedal and still roll forward.

I guess my speed sometimes still krept up, but I keep my cadence really high, maybe too high? I was trying not to put pressure on my legs if that makes any sense.
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Old 11-21-20, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Or make your easy rides easier. Most go too hard on their easy days and too easy on their hard days.
And then there are those who just go.
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Old 11-21-20, 12:02 PM
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Oh, I did that for way too long, too.
I don’t really ever go easy, I’m not disciplined enough to sit and spin around in z2, especially in the trainer
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Old 11-21-20, 12:16 PM
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LLS hasn't ridden more than 20 miles in the last month. Today, she was a half mile ahead of me at the 10 mile mark and shamed me. Felt sorry for me, and got me a carbon wheelset. Pretty excited!

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Originally Posted by phrantic09
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Honestly. Z2 is boring. Z3 and Z4 is where the fun starts.
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Originally Posted by DougRNS
My MUP rides are like riding in a tunnel.
Elaborate.
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Old 11-21-20, 12:25 PM
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As an aside, who decided you should either be in Z2 or Z5? Most of the gains I've made this year were made while going hard every ride.
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Originally Posted by genejockey
Honestly. Z2 is boring. Z3 and Z4 is where the fun starts.
it is, I agree
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Old 11-21-20, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted by abshipp
It looks better when my old ratty pedals and clamp-on bottle cages aren't on there

It might show up in Hot or Not if I find myself brave enough to try posting a mass produced steel bike in there, so I thought it needed all the help it could get
Very nice!

I'd be tempted to go with bar-mounted bottle cages. SS bottles in there for fancy days, but regular squishy bottles for most rides for convenience and proper hydration's sake.
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Originally Posted by abshipp
Time to ride.

That’s a nice looking set up.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
SS bottles in there for fancy days, but regular squishy bottles for most rides for convenience and proper hydration's sake.
What makes for a fancy day?
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Originally Posted by WhyFi
Oh, I did that for way too long, too.
There is no such thing as an outdoor Z1-2 ride if you live in hilly terrain and have a FTP < 4W/kg. I don’t even think about it anymore.
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
What makes for a fancy day?
That's for each individual rider to decide, unless you're on a tweed ride or Eroica style ride, then it's enforced fanciness

(they don't actually make you use vintage or vintage style water bottles tho)
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AG saw Lawson Craddock out for his morning ride.

https://www.strava.com/activities/4370958025
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Originally Posted by Bah Humbug
AG saw Lawson Craddock out for his morning ride.

https://www.strava.com/activities/4370958025
Did she wave? Did he??
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Originally Posted by Velo Vol
Would you hit off a tee?
Affirmative, a 3-4 foot version of a golf tee.
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Originally Posted by LesterOfPuppets
That's for each individual rider to decide, unless you're on a tweed ride or Eroica style ride, then it's enforced fanciness
I bet if you asked riders 100 years ago they would say take plastic bottles on the fancy days.
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