bampilot06

I know right!

DougRNS

You have been a good addition to the thread and I like your posts, but I regret to inform you that you might be a slow learner.
#GluttonForPunishment

BillyD

Not a bad assignment.

BillyD

In my experience LPLO has always remedied itself without human intervention. Kind of like a ghost . . . . . . it comes and then it goes.

big john

Since we have miles of fire roads around here I have been thinking of a gravel bike since friends are doing it a little. I can use the mtb but a drop bar bike would make paved road sections easier.
The people today are clearly in a different league of endurance but it was good to see what they could do on those bikes. Hopefully they will post some pics of the area. Here is an old one of mine from up on a ridge.

big john

Since we have miles of fire roads around here I have been thinking of a gravel bike since friends are doing it a little. I can use the mtb but a drop bar bike would make paved road sections easier.
The people today are clearly in a different league of endurance but it was good to see what they could do on those bikes. Hopefully they will post some pics of the area. Here is an old one of mine from up on a ridge.
There is a road near the switchbacks in the center of the pic that goes to the left, that's the road we started on. The place where the pic was taken from is about 8 or 9 miles from my house after a bunch of climbing.

big john

Here are a couple from today. Me on the left before the road gets rough.

Getting narrow.

big john

Me upper right.

big john

There are a few downed trees.


This guy had the smallest tires but he was the fastest on the climbs. Nice bike.

datlas 

A GSO I bought over 30 years ago and never was able to play well. I appreciate music but can’t make it, apparently.

kissTheApex

Happy Thanksgiving all.

Bah Humbug

Oh, and for those who wonder why I hate socially-required gift-giving:

I finally got AG to be ok with donating the Roomba her mother bought us three homes ago. We don't use it (cleaning services are relatively cheap in Texas, and we've had houses that aren't conducive to using it) but we've lugged the damn thing - new in box! - for years because of guilt over "it's a gift". We appreciate the gesture but it was a total waste that just fed into the consume and discard cycle with no utility.

indyfabz

Have to find out what’s wrong first. I know I have a T fracture of the thumb but may also have ligament damage.

You could not ride with this brace. No way to grip the bar.

Bah Humbug

I think LPLO has something to do with the page auto-loading new posts after a quick reply; maybe some behavior after that if the loaded pages span to a new page, or a second new page. It just bit me after that last one and going back to 259; now I can hit 260 but not 261.

It definitely is a cache issue, which is why a different browser is unaffected. Flushing cache unlocks the pages. I will get to the bottom of this.

Bah Humbug

To a web QA/ developer that is an unacceptable answer.

MoAlpha

Sounds anaerobic. Those should be min or less with about the same recovery. 3 min on/3 min off is about right for VO2max. Have you worked out your HR zones?

MoAlpha

This too.

bampilot06

I don’t have a heart rate monitor either.

MoAlpha

You’re young and unlikely to hurt yourself, but I would get Joe Friel’s “The Cyclist’s Training Bible” and read it before doing much else.

bampilot06

First time I am hearing of this book. What other secrets do you hold?

WhyFi

What are you using for a computer? An HRM is low-hanging fruit, if compatible. If not, Strava just brought back blue tooth compatibility with their phone app, but then you'd need to have a mount that makes the phone/display visible. Anyway, an HRM, the flat terrain in your area, and a little bit of knowledge should go a long way. ...but a power meter would be lovely.

Riding by perceived effort, but otherwise blind, is hard, 'specially if you don't have any previous experience with intervals with metrics. You've got to constantly reassess. I think that I mentioned previously that FTP-ish should be work, but not particularly hard work. Not at the start of the first interval, at least. "Could I hold this for an hour-ish?" is something that you should be asking yourself constantly. Early on in the first effort, the answer should be, "pfffft - of course." With the right effort, that nonchalance should change a few minutes in, though, and at 5-8 minutes, you should be in the area of "do I need to quit? No. Would it be nice to take a break? Yes."

Velo Vol 

Update:

Ohio = dumb

Using a tablet = dumb

WhyFi

Correct, with apologies to OCLV/Soloist/Specialized(?) Assassin.

LesterOfPuppets

The Buckeyes ARE 4 and 0 though.

bampilot06

I have the meilan cycling computer. Cheap and up until now gave me the information I cared about. Speed and cadence. It is blue tooth and I think Ant+, so theoretical it should work with any heart rate monitor.


The perceived effort is extremely hard for me to judge. I feel like I only have two settings. Borderline sprint or my usual comfort zone. I don’t have anything in between and can’t judge what I could hold for an hour ish. Last night the first interval I dialed it up and I remember thinking I can hold this for 5 mins or so. 60 seconds in I was sucking wind and was wondering how I would last another 120 seconds let alone a whole 5 mins.

When I plan on a 60 mile ride, my pace is relatively the same as a shorter ride, difference I don’t attack “climbs” and I might coast a descent. If it’s a 30 mile ride I’ll attack the “climb” and pedal through the descent but everything else is the same. A couple of times on shorter rides I have tried to go “hard”. but I end up burning myself out before I am done.

I need a power meter.