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| Steve |  | ... | 27-06-2016 @ 18:00 |
nothing to hide, please follow my life on webcam Member 255, 3732 posts | Heavy is just the right description of how the roads felt. No triathlon planned yet. Just a swimming race and a couple of half marathon later in the year. I want to get back out on my road bike. Spending hours on a tt bike you quickly forget how much fun riding can be. Time trial bikes might be great for speed but riding the road bike around the lanes is something I can do for pleasure! | ||
| Boar |  | ... | 27-06-2016 @ 18:24 |
 Nothing left in the tank. Member 5, 25581 posts Administrator | what sort of time would you have done the cycle leg on your road bike steve ? | ||
| brocerslrd | | ... | 27-06-2016 @ 18:58 |
 Conan likes to listen to music Member 1155, 3461 posts SQ 150, BP 110, DL 210470.0 kgs @ 88.8kgs UnEq | Has anybody find the London to Brighton MTB event? | ||
| Steve | | ... | 27-06-2016 @ 20:31 |
nothing to hide, please follow my life on webcam Member 255, 3732 posts | Boar said:what sort of time would you have done the cycle leg on your road bike steve ? At home I reckon I'm probably about one minute per five mile lap of the Island quicker so that would be approximately 11 minutes on a HIM. However the first year I did Wimbleball on the road bike I took 3:22 and I think (hope!) I'm fitter now so maybe not much difference? | ||
| Boar | | ... | 27-06-2016 @ 20:35 |
Nothing left in the tank. Member 5, 25581 posts Administrator | I'd love a go on a TT bike , they sound fantastic as they approach and glide past ! I have just found out that the night I do the 100km nightrider event around Liverpool is the same day as Ironman UK , and I was planning to go and watch the swim ! I may just have to stay up all night !!! | ||
| Steve | | ... | 27-06-2016 @ 21:18 |
nothing to hide, please follow my life on webcam Member 255, 3732 posts | Night rider looks a fun event. Have you done that before? | ||
| Boar | | ... | 29-06-2016 @ 16:38 |
Nothing left in the tank. Member 5, 25581 posts Administrator | Steve said:Night rider looks a fun event. Have you done that before? No steve , I havnt really done many cycling events and was looking for something I could do that doesn't involve me being away all day sunday and I'm a big fan of Liverpool as long as it aint pissing down I'm looking forward to it ! | ||
| uzalad | | ... | 02-07-2016 @ 16:12 |
 not hilarious Member 1977, 159 posts SQ 150, BP 1, DL 215366.0 kgs @ 77kgs UnEq | That first stage was very entertaining. Great start to the tour! | ||
| Rick | | ... | 02-07-2016 @ 17:27 |
 I am a bench-only guy Member 3, 10036 posts SQ 185, BP 175, DL 235595.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq Administrator | That's genuinely cheered me up. | ||
| Bod | | ... | 02-07-2016 @ 20:30 |
 Member 174, 1244 posts | The overhead shot made it look comfortable. It certainly didn't look like that from the head-on footage. | ||
| Boar | | ... | 03-07-2016 @ 14:55 |
Nothing left in the tank. Member 5, 25581 posts Administrator | so happy for cav ! and the intervies when his daughter popped up make me cry a little.... anyhoo, did the ironmanUK loop today and I deffo felt the lack of trainer road sessions compared to when I went up hunters hill a month ago .... my conclusion : trainer road along with outdoors endurance sessions will make a good cyclist ! | ||
| Cuddles | | ... | 03-07-2016 @ 20:55 |
 Eat.Cycle.Sleep.Win Member 2, 12511 posts SQ 190, BP 150, DL 280620.0 kgs @ 99kgs UnEq Administrator | Great little training route that mate. And that's a fairly fool proof plan, training wise. Was great to see Cav win and ride in yellow. He's almost become the forgotten man in sprinting with Kittel's dominance on the flats and Sagan on pretty much anything else. Great to see an athlete with so much respect for their sport too. Shame about Porte, I think he could have been interesting to watch in the GC but you'd be hard pushed to imagine it's not all over already. | ||
| Rick | | ... | 03-07-2016 @ 22:31 |
I am a bench-only guy Member 3, 10036 posts SQ 185, BP 175, DL 235595.0 kgs @ 140kgs UnEq Administrator | Post Edited: 03.07.2016 @ 22:32 PM by Rick I thought Cav's point in the interview about the intermediate sprints was interesting - that the fast men will probably hardly bother, and save themselves for stage wins, because nobody but Sagan has any chance for the points classification while there are intermediate sprints on mountain stages. Which rings true - I doubt he can be beaten for green by anybody out there under the current arrangements.Love how hard he rode today, too, because "I couldn't just sit up in yellow". Re f**king spect. | ||
| Bod | | ... | 03-07-2016 @ 23:01 |
Member 174, 1244 posts | This is my 33rd year of following cycling and seeing Sagan go, then look around at 350m, ease off the gas, wait, pick the wheel he wanted, then go again, was a genuine 'Wow' moment. | ||
| Cuddles | | ... | 04-07-2016 @ 07:38 |
Eat.Cycle.Sleep.Win Member 2, 12511 posts SQ 190, BP 150, DL 280620.0 kgs @ 99kgs UnEq Administrator | Couldn't agree more with both of you. I don't mind the intermediate sprints, but I think they should boost the points for winning the sprint stages. I grew up watching sprinters like Zabel and Cipolini and prefer the green jersey to be an out and out sprint jersey, and on a flat sprint, if everyone gets it right, Sagan doesn't make the podium. I suspect it suits ASO to have Sagan in green though so it's unlikely to change any time soon. To go again, like he did yesterday, was extraordinary. | ||
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