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Jaycee · July 2021

Just had a Decathlon open up in my local Tesco store, some nice stuff in there

markslade07 · July 2021

I’ve just found the Decathlon refurbished website too. Some decent savings on ex-display bikes, and other stuff

Jaycee · July 2021

My mate wants us to get 17mph avg spd by the end of the summer, over 35 miles with about 2300 ft of elevation.

I have no doubt he will be able to achieve it, he has a good power to weight ratio and can climb. I on the other hand am just happy doing 30 -50 miles averging about 14 - 15mph. My speed and ability has increased over the years to where I am now in a nice comfort zone.

However I am putting in a few training rides 19.5 miles, 1,283ft elevation.

1st ride 1:14:17 168w est avg power 15.8mph

2nd ride 1:12:44 177w " 16.1 "

I will say that I am barking at the end of the ride, hopefully I will keep it up.

Logie · July 2021

@Jaycee ;
That's roughly where I'm at at the moment.
I do a 40 mile, 1400ft route and my best average is 17.2 mph although it can be less depending on the wind obviously.
I scratch my head at the watts thing though. I feel like I work hard on every ride but the highest average watt reading I've ever had on Strava was 168w!
The time on the route I mentioned earlier gave me 137w average so in my head it's telling me I'm a lazy bastard and I should work harder

Wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so knackered at the end of it.

Jaycee · July 2021

@Logie I'm not to sure with the watts either, I don't have a power meter so it's just estimated.

I can only assume that it takes your weight into consideration when it calculates. I hover around 14st and my mate is 10st, I can get 150w av and he gets 95w for the same ride, and I burn more calories, so it must be the weight a person is.

drofluf · July 2021

@Jaycee @Logie Strava is notoriously inaccurate for its power estimates so unless you have a power meter I’d take it with a pinch of salt.

That said a more important comparison is Watts/kilogram or power to weight ratio. In the example above with a 14st rider pushing 150W and the 10st rider at 95W should be riding at about the same pace. But other factors come into play such as how well the bike rolls and the aerodynamics of the bike and rider. A small slim rider will have less drag than a tall wide rider.

Logie · July 2021

@drofluf ;
Well, I'm a 12 stone, short and wide physique so that might explain it

Jaycee · July 2021

drofluf said:

@Jaycee @Logie Strava is notoriously inaccurate for its power estimates so unless you have a power meter I’d take it with a pinch of salt.

That said a more important comparison is Watts/kilogram or power to weight ratio. In the example above with a 14st rider pushing 150W and the 10st rider at 95W should be riding at about the same pace. But other factors come into play such as how well the bike rolls and the aerodynamics of the bike and rider. A small slim rider will have less drag than a tall wide rider.

That's what I thought, ......feels as though i'm hitting 400w

drofluf · July 2021

A flat 25 miles at an average of 16.5mph and I’m knackered so kudos to those of you who are going faster on longer hillier rides.

Logie · July 2021

Should have seen me Friday! My 5th ride in a week and my legs went 20 mile from home. They do say rest is as important as exercise

drofluf · July 2021

Logie said:

Should have seen me Friday! My 5th ride in a week and my legs went 20 mile from home. They do say rest is as important as exercise

Yes, or at least that’s my excuse for spending the day on the sofa

Teetonetal · July 2021

On a mini bike break with the kids this week and using towee and trax lines to pull them up the ups.... Most exhausting thing!

Still worth it, as it means they can go all day!

littlegreenman · July 2021

Typical. Best weather forecast here for ages and I've just been pinged on the app so I'm housebound 'til Saturday. Zwift it is then.

On the plus side, I get the rest of the week off so can watch all of the final week of Le Tour

drofluf · July 2021

Joined a club and did my first ride with them today (well, technically a trial ride) 95k, nearly 900m of climbing and average temperature was 27C

drofluf · July 2021

littlegreenman said:

Typical. Best weather forecast here for ages and I've just been pinged on the app so I'm housebound 'til Saturday. Zwift it is then.

On the plus side, I get the rest of the week off so can watch all of the final week of Le Tour

That’s a bummer, hopefully time will pass quickly

Jaycee · July 2021

I have just taken delivery of a pair of Carbon wheels from China. The brand is "Superteam" I did some research on them and they have mostly good reviews.

Not done a ride on them yet but they seemed ok around the block, hopefully the weather will change and allow me to get out.

Mattharrier · July 2021

I am by no means an experienced, or competent, rider, but I do enjoy a bit of trail riding. I have a cheap Decathlon bike, but I've been round Swinley Woods, Cannock Chase, Coed y Brenin etc on it and it's not let me down so far. Like a lot of outdoor/adventurous stuff, I didn't really start until my late 30s so I've not got into the huge jumps and drops side of things, but I do enjoy it. Sadly my current fitness and stamina are shocking (various RL stuff has prevented me going much over the last couple of years) so the next time I go out the climbs are going to kill me!

littlegreenman · August 2021

After a week of shitty weather and getting wet on my commute we finally got something resembling sunshine, so went out for a lazy 25 miler this morning. Which was nice...

Jaycee · August 2021

I did a bit of swimming during the hot week we had, which wiped me out for about a week.

I went out on the bike with the new wheels, they felt more responsive, and cornered better but the brakes not as good as on aluminium rims, which I expected

thermionic · August 2021

Did my longest ride for about 18 months today. 75 miles from Cardiff into the Brecon Beacons, past the Penderyn distillery and back home through Merthyr Tudful. Haven’t done more than 50 miles since lockdowns started so glad that my legs didn’t cramp up in the last 20 miles!

Jaycee · August 2021

thermionic said:

Did my longest ride for about 18 months today. 75 miles from Cardiff into the Brecon Beacons, past the Penderyn distillery and back home through Merthyr Tudful. Haven’t done more than 50 miles since lockdowns started so glad that my legs didn’t cramp up in the last 20 miles!

That was brave, and well done. What was your route up to the Penderyn distillery? I have been looking at planning a ride up there for a while, I am in Barry so most of my rides take me into the Vale.

I did a high cadence 16 miler yesterday, it ended up at 82, and my back feels better for it

thermionic · August 2021

From Cardiff we go through Treforest, Cilfynydd and straight across the Abercynon roundabout to Aberdare (we avoid the busy road through the town by skirting it to the east), Then on to Hirwaun and turn right onto the Penderyn road. There’s a nice road that goes right after Penderyn through Cwm Cadlan to the Garw Nant centre, but we went straight on to join the A470 and stopped at the centre, then rejoined the A470 after going the other side of the Llwyn Onn reservoir. From there it’s a short bit of downhill before getting off the A470 (not a nice road to cycle on really) at Cefn Coed y Cymmer into Merthyr.

https://www.relive.cc/view/vrqDd4gAELq

Jaycee · August 2021

Thanks @thermionic I have cycled to Aberdare a few times, Relive is such a cool app

littlegreenman · August 2021

New Bike Day!!!

Trek Marlin 7, first foray back into mountain biking in about 20 years. Pretty sure you could climb a brick wall with 28x46!

Travisthedog · August 2021

I just did a bike what have written about here

http://wix.to/B0B_CDw?ref=cl

ESBlonde · August 2021

Today my brother and I did cycle swarm. Between us that's 127 years and 65 miles.
I did buy a used Trek lightweight bike 3 weeks ago and it is so much easier for distance rides, padded shorts and a gel seat cover still didn't save my sore arse though.
I now officially have the tee shirt!

Jaycee · August 2021

My ride from Saturday

https://www.relive.cc/view/vQvydn1Wd4q

I was cooked after that.

I am not a climber by any stretch of the imagination .

littlegreenman · August 2021

Just over 2 weeks time before I do King Alfred's Way. 220 miles off road around bits of the south. Start in Winchester and take in Stonehenge, Woodhenge, Salisbury, The Ridgeway, South Down Way, Devil's Punchbowl and back to Winchester.

Doing it over 5 days as I'm a lightweight, lol.

drofluf · August 2021

Did my first cycle commute into London for 9 years this morning; a lot has changed in terms of infrastructure. There's now an amazing segregated cycle lane along the embankment.

Still got lost on the way in and when I got to the office (haven't visited for 18 months) I went to the wrong floor!

drofluf · August 2021

Did my first cycle commute into London for 9 years this morning; a lot has changed in terms of infrastructure. There's now an amazing segregated cycle lane along the embankment.

Still got lost on the way in and when I got to the office (haven't visited for 18 months) I went to the wrong floor!

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