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Try and explain that to the rocket scientists at Discovery....

Prezackly! What if you are following a specific training program? For example, you're in a base training phase, which normally could be a couple of months. Now in my case my HR is not anywhere close to what Discovery are telling me I am with their ridiculous HR Table. My Max is 15bpm lower. If I go for a ride in a base training (Zone 2) for 4 hours I would not get any points. Nada, zip! Forking stupid if you ask me. Discovery obviously did not think this through. By training at below 70% HR you're obviously not doing any exercise. What a crock of ****.

Well then, based on that table I won't be getting any points based on HR. Nice one Discovery. And Discovery 80% = 87% (My actual)

The problem with the above is that not everybody falls into the "220 - age" category. So according to the formula my MAX HR is/should be 180. Unfortunately, mine is not. My MAX HR is 165. For me to exercise above the 75% threshold means I actually need to be at 82%, or above. I do realise that I'm obviously in the minority, even an anomaly, but it's not fair on someone who doesn't fit the "general" category. It's not that major train smash if you're a fairly good level cyclist. Normally it would not have bothered me that much, but currently I'm in a situation where i'm under strict Doctors orders where i'm not allowed to get my HR above 70% of Max. Even with the above restriction I was able to make my targets. This might not be the case going forward.

And he still doesn't have much else to say after getting pwned here: https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/154232-ppa-agm-2015-09-30/page-6

During this years Gravel & Grape stage race there was a guy who had a mtb with "pedal assist". Don't recall the brand name however. I think the electrical system was Bosch though. Reason he was on it was because of some health issue, he was not allowed to get his heart rate above a certain number. If I remember correctly. I don't remember all the details but the control unit picks up his heart rate and would actually automatically activate the motor once his HR reached a certain number. The bike was pretty darn heavy as well. Also think he had to carry a spare battery with him as the battery only lasted a x-amount of time. The weight of the bike made handling rather difficult. I thought it was pretty awesome that he could enjoy the sport despite the health problem that he has. For a normal, perfectly healthy person jumping on one of these, I don't know so much. That would be like ordering a diet coke with your super size McDonalds meal, or something.

I posted this a while back. Very similar. Absolutely awesome from both of these guys. https://community.bikehub.co.za/topic/149368-doug-henry-on-any-sunday/

Goodness me. There is hardly anything technical on the whole of the Bottelary Hills trails and they go make that little section easier. It boggles my mind.... @Dirtman... Thanks for all the effort maintaining the trails. Would love to see some more technical stuff introduced, if possible, and not all 100% perfectly manicured trails. There needs to be something that makes one have to think, a little bit.

I never said you shouldn't go with an electronic group set. In fact, enjoy it and I hope it gives you many hassle free miles. But to say it's the biggest advancement in cycling since... well, I don't think so. That's also just my opinion. My mechanical group set doesn't need a 35K "fix". I find that price point absolutely absurd. No matter which way you look at it. If I ever were to throw that amount of money at a group set, there shouldn't be ANY limitations. It should be set and forget. I sometimes forget to charge my garmin. Now I have to remember to charge another battery. Or carry a spare in case I want to do some ultra endurance event. Just another thing you need to remember to do before you go for a ride, or race. I need less things to worry about, not more of it. I crash, sometimes. What happens if you damage the "display unit" in a crash? Will the group set still function?

[quote name="GrantRH" post="2640701" timestamp="1433946900 How long will the battery last is a common question. I am told that it is good for at least 300kms, which is more than any stag race I have ridden. ........ This is the future, this is bigger than the fad move from 26er to 29er, from tubes to tubeless, from 2/3x10 to 1x11, from seatpost to dropper. In my view, this is the single greatest advance in the sport that I have seen during my time riding. I was way behind the times when it came to the 29er shift, I want to be at the cutting edge of this move. I think that 300km's needs to be translated to hours. 36ONE won't be the only race out of this groupset's reach, for many that would include events like TransBaviaans, TransKaroo, etc... A bigger advance than tubeless? So you would rather have your "electro grouppo" before running tubeless? In Europe maybe, in SA, definitely not. I suspect that most of the gravity/enduro crowd would disagree with you regarding the dropper post also. Electronic shifting, at that price point? A solution to a problem that doesn't really exist, IMO. And while I still have a thumb that hasn't gone to "soft" to actually change a gear on my mechanical groupset, I will definitely stick to it, thank you very much.

On my 1X10 setup I rode a 36T up front with the standard 11-36 cassette. I could ride all my local trails with that gearing. Also did TransBaviaans with that and rode every climb without a problem. I have to add that I was riding the TB, and not racing it. When I went 1X11 I thought i'de go with a 34T up front, which I did. After doing a few of the local mtb races this year i've come to the following conclusion... People always worry about "spinning out" at the top end. I reality, during all of the races i've done so far, that has hardly happened, ever. You will wish you had a 32T up front waaaay more often than you actually get to use the 10 at the rear. With a 34T up front the amount of times I end up using the 10 cog at the back is minimal. I think with a 32T you will end up using all of your cassette, more often. Just to add, some of the races I have done include marathon races, stage races, shorter XC races (W2W, Gravel&Grape, 100Miler, TrailSeeker, Darling Brew Extreme). People tend to stare into the fact that they might spin out on the downhills with lighter gearing, when in fact, that hardly ever happens. Also consider how often you klap 40km/h+ on your mtb, on flat roads, if ever. And if you did, a 32T will be more than sufficient for that. P.S. Leave the 36T for the Koolharvy wannabees. They will obviously tell you to HTFU. When you get to the finish line before them because you didn't have to push your bike up that monster climb, you will be smiling.

I ride there all the time, sometimes 4/5 times a week. 99% Of the time on my own, never had an issue. Touch wood.

The problem is that these Vet dopers have kids who might also be part of the sport in future. If daddy thinks there is nothing wrong with doping/cheating, that mentality will most probably get passed on to the kid(s). And so the rot just continues... I say test them. As often as possible. And ban the cheating scum for life.

I tried "racing" on the LCHF diet. When I say racing, i mean go as hard and fast as I can go. It was a total and epic (pardon the pun) fail. I started cramping in racing. And when I say cramp, I mean cramp up so bad that it felt like my quads and hamstrings were trying to swop sides on my legs! It was something that I've never experienced before and it wasn't fun. Some time ago, by total fluke, I happened to be at a venue where Tim Noakes was giving a chat about the LFHC diet. I spoke to him afterwards and he actually told me that they were aware of the cramping thing and couldn't really explain it. His words to me was to up my carbs, considerably. Since then i've tossed the LCHF thing. And with that the cramping also went. I'm a happy camper again.

Lack of BMT, that's all....

I have twice come across a rooikat while riding there. First time was riding on the yellow route. He ended up running in front of me for quite a while before disappearing into the vinyards. Second time was on the green route. Same thing happened, where he ran in front of me for a while before running off into the bushes along the trail.

I have to commend the guys who have put in all the effort and hard work on the trails. Haven't ridden there for a while due to injury. Awesome new single track.

Apparently having 1000+ posts makes you a lot more credible. Wether you got there by talking kuk 99,9% of the time, or not. It's exactly that which has caused many long time members of this forum to stop posting, or leave. You actually see some of them around once in a while, but only posting in the classifieds. Fancy that.

I would rather fight a lighter gear on high resistance than a big gear on high resistance. You can only push a big gear at heavy resistance for so long, fatigue sets in quicker. Let me put it this way. I find it easier to ride 40km/h + on the road than on the Fluid2! Dave would probably be able to give a little more insight, or some more thoughts on the different trainers. Be that as it may... at least this might get me to actually use my IDT. Unfortunately I can't position my training around a Wednesday night race as i'm training for a few specific races. I will try and participate in a few regardless.

I did this for the first time last night just to check it all out. Was interested to know how much of a difference, if any, there would be riding on my Fluid2 trainer. Went out the blocks a little quick, was probably still warmed up from my 2H mtb ride before the race. It was interesting for me to see how the App automatically adjusts my speed, up or down, depending on the gradient. Half way through I thought i'de wait to check how our power numbers compare going up that last climb, by keeping more or less the same speed as you. From what I could see it looked like I actually had to kick out a lot more watts to keep the same speed. I wasn't sure if being on the Fluid2 trainer would be an advantage, or disadvantage. The Fluid2 trainer adjusts the resistance automatically, the faster you go the harder it gets. This means that even going downhill I need to kill myself. I almost averaged 300W for the ride which seems like a pretty decent effort. I absolutely hate riding on the IDT. This actually made it rather enjoyable, I have to admit.

My baby....

Got one of these on my P-29. Awesome fork. http://www.jensonusa.com/Salsa-Cromoto-Grande-Rigid-29Er-Fork

I popped in last week Saturday after a long ride. Met my wife there for brunch. Very nice venue. I'll pop around again for a free breakfast! Maybe you could organise a bike rack? Unless you don't mind people leaving their bikes lying on the lawn.

Seems like a good deal. Just a heads up.... http://www.takealot....camera,27405879

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