Addiction LXXVIII
#9976
VFL For Life
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It's a lowly ball point pen. Pen snobs such as rjones28 wouldn't even bother with it. However it works and may come handy in the car sometime.
#9978
Mostly Harmless
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It's a lowly ball point pen. Pen snobs such as rjones28 wouldn't even bother with it. However it works and may come handy in the car sometime.
#9979
dot dash
Join Date: Jun 2015
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Anyone got any sure fire time-trialling tips? We're talking a fairly hilly 20 mi. Training? Strategy? I'm working on HTFU.
#9981
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You're welcome.
#9983
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#9984
So it is
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Westminster, CO
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Bikes: Luzerne, 684, Boreas, Wheelhouse, Alize©®, Bayamo, Cayo
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#9985
Silver Comet Fred
#9986
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Why are you DougRNS?
#9987
Silver Comet Fred
#9989
dot dash
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#9990
serious cyclist
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TT bike or road bike? Pacing, always - it'll feel too slow out of the gate. For training, the high aerobic area is most immediately helpful, if you don't have time to do a sequence of blocks.
#9991
dot dash
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Road bike, so no big positioning issues. I’ve done two this season and I’m pretty happy with my pacing. I’m just slow. I have been trying to polarize with lots of Z2 and two days (including the TT) of threshold and subthreshold, respectively. No idea what’s right at age 64, though.
#9992
Senior Member
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BB squeaking sound gone.
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#9993
Should Be More Popular
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Malvern, PA (20 miles West of Philly)
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It's a lowly ball point pen. Pen snobs such as rjones28 wouldn't even bother with it. However it works and may come handy in the car sometime.
#9994
Should Be More Popular
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#9995
Should Be More Popular
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Speaking of BB sounds, I have a "click" in my BB that has been there for several months and I can't isolate it nor get rid of it.
But it has a personality, it ONLY shows up under significant torque/power, I would estimate it shows up whenever I go over my FTP. Routine cruising even at tempo is quiet.
So I have learned to accept it and consider it my poor-man's power meter.
But it has a personality, it ONLY shows up under significant torque/power, I would estimate it shows up whenever I go over my FTP. Routine cruising even at tempo is quiet.
So I have learned to accept it and consider it my poor-man's power meter.
#9996
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- it's easier to lose time than to make up time, so make up time when you can
- 90% is resting, with very little physiological cost (over this kind of duration, at least)
- "rest" downhill - it's free money that adds up (see points 1 & 2)
#9997
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It's a lowly ball point pen. Pen snobs such as rjones28 wouldn't even bother with it. However it works and may come handy in the car sometime.
#9998
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BTW, I'm super jonesing for the Zipp 303S wheelset. If I could have found them in stock someplace yesterday, I prolly would have pulled the trigger.
#9999
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VFL For Life
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Location: Knoxville, TN
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Bikes: Velo Volmobile
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