Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22414317)

Heater broken?

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22414395)

Yes. #SunWithoutWarmth

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22414398)

No sun at the moment. Snow squall moving through. High winds. Near zero visibility.

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22414417)

About to hit the road.

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22414341)

Kudos.

The nice thing about the Alpe is the automatic segment data, so that you can treat it as a bunch of 2-8min intervals rather than an hour-long TT.

What's worked best for me is to set out with a recovery interval power in mind - I never target too far over FTP on a segment (the max is probably 1.2 on some of the really short ones), so I don't need to rest too far under FTP, either (usually my recovery target will be in the 0.85 -0.9 range). This approach works well for me because it'll let me wind it up a bit if I'm feeling my Wheaties, while being able to look forward to a rest that's still at a respectable pace.

Usually I'll consider the next two or three segments and decide how to attack them. Two short segments will probably mean a target of 1.1-1.2 on one followed by 0.9 on the next, that sort of thing. I don't like to "rest" too long, so a 5min+ segment will usually be .95-1.05 or so and then I'll have a rest segment before or after.

All of this also makes for a nice distraction, and I'll usually get lost in process until I take a beat and find myself already at corner #7 or something.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22414398)

No sun at the moment. Snow squall moving through. High winds. Near zero visibility.

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22414501)

That's interesting - my goal was to ride in as narrow a range of power as I could, to avoid either wasting time at low power or burning too many matches. I switched gears to give me some variety in cadence, anywhere from the high 70s to the low 90s, but mostly settled in between 82 and 87, which I think is my 'comfort zone' for climbing.

My average power works out to about 2.4 w/kg over 77 minutes, and my Ftp is 2.8 w/kg, as far as I can tell. Apparently it takes a bit over 3 w/kg to do the Alpe in hour, so I don't see that happening without a considerable bump in my FTP. At my current weight, 3 w/kg is 273. If I drop to 185, 3 w/kg is almost exactly my current FTP, so theoretically doable. Hmmmmmm.

BTW, this ride didn' move my power curve much, out at the longer durations end, but it did nudge it a little. I guess that's no surprise since I set the power target based on the power curve!

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22414548)

Needs a better driver and an engine upgrade.

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22414398)

Snow squall moving through. High winds. Near zero visibility.

Originally Posted by datlas (Post 22414548)

We had a cold and windy ride. The CX bike was fine on the gravel. Needs a better driver and an engine upgrade.

Originally Posted by genejockey (Post 22414524)

Godammit!
Wordle 245 X/6

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Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22414562)

See?

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22414422)

As in go for a ride? Or are you talking bam-style hit the road? :innocent:

;)

Originally Posted by Mojo31 (Post 22414334)

Wordle 245 3/6

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Surprised by that outcome.

Originally Posted by indyfabz (Post 22414551)

Just like the Saturn? :innocent:

Originally Posted by WhyFi (Post 22414422)

As in go for a ride? Or are you talking bam-style hit the road? :innocent:

;)

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22414647)

Sun's out. :)

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22414395)

#SunWithoutWarmth

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22414709)

If you HTFU and were out with exposed skin, as I was during my quasi-jog, you would have found that this is 100% accurate.

Originally Posted by DougRNS (Post 22414614)

the engine is older than the Saturn. SM*H

Originally Posted by rjones28 (Post 22414717)

I've been outside quite a bit (as usual).

Originally Posted by Velo Vol (Post 22414727)

How much is usual?