Went out again this evening, 25 miles total today. Thames overflowed in Laleham but carried on anyway as only about 2 foot deep.
I've been Zwift-ing over winter - until a household plumbing disaster put an end to it two weeks ago. I was doing the Tour de Zwift, took me 90mins to ride up Alp d'Zwift (Alp d'Huez) and when I looked at my stats in Strava later I'd spend nearly all of it at 160+bpm. Christ knows what I need to do to get closer to an hour for that climb. I was surprised at how close (in experience) to Alp d’Huez it was - although the scenery isn't the same.
After virtually giving away my decent fluid turbo trainer last year ( dickhead !!) ..I managed to source a reasonably priced second hand electro magnet one with power control and have just given up on the weather up here,...it’s fekkin dire, so have been doing a few indoor turbo sessions instead On YouTube there’s a few decent cycle training videos, search “GCN training video “ and this site is called “ indoor cycling videos “ , gives you various information like cadence, gradient etc,...it’s better than nothing! Before I bagged this second hand Turbo, I was thinking about going the whole hog and buy a Wahoo Kikr core, mat, flat screen telly etc but at the time they were all out of stock and the whole setup would have cost me about a Grand,.....whereas this setup including the new mat,....£80...Bargain!!
The scenery is great it’s the incline and heat that’s the killer going up there, driving down in my car is the only time I’ve experienced brake fade not good.
I ride, very slowly, with flat bars these days because i'm old and my neck is fek'd. Same reason i dont have a 748R any more. I have turned to making these instead . Second picture...
Is that the Marmotte route and do you also do other route profiles, specifically The Fred Whitton Challenge?
Hi DucatiScud I took the graphic of Alpe d'Huez from the Tour de France site and did not take account of the exact years route. In this Hobby context i am not that scientific. Could do if asked though. To answer your question, i can, and will, do any route or stage that i can get an image for. I just posted a 'special' to somebody yesterday that wanted the 2019 Albertville to Val Thorens climb. I believe it was a ride he and his mates did in 2019 as a precursor to the TDF. Dont remember what they call those semi pro/club events. I will goggle the challenge you asked about. keith
That would be great,thankyou. The Marmotte profile http://www.cyclosport.org/event/05-Jul-2014/France/le-marmotte-2014/profiles.html The Fred Whitton Challenge https://pjammcycling.com/climb/2294.Fred-Whitton-Challenge
Can you do my house to Cotswold Water Park? Profile will be a bit,_________lunch_________sit in field_________snooze by the river______home for tea.
Think Fondo is the Italian name for a sportive. Sportive aren’t competive in the U.K. as you aren’t allowed to race on public roads on a cycle without a lot of Red tape. Hence why time trailing is fairly popular as it’s against the clock and not classed as racing.
Took a bit longer than I’d hoped due to family commitments and being in the process of a house sale/move butthats the first 1,000 miles cracked of 2921.
Hi DucatiScud O.k Done If you are interested its up now. https://acrylicartisan.co.uk/ols/categories/requests-and-commissions
