'Kaze Pete

My longest indoor ride (hopefully for ever). The end of a big week for me. Anybody else who’ve done something similarly far (daft?) on MyWhoosh? For me it would not have been possible without decent bibs and a rocker plate though!

Nowhere exciting, did laps and intervals on MyWhoosh. First (and hopefully last) century on the indoor bicycle

Dual / single sided measurement?

All roads are very safe. I stay in Parys, so reach out for any routes, ideas, etc

Work got in the way of bike/life. 💩 Only entered today. Hopefully I won't land up in alphabet soup land. 😒

I always said I'll get a dual suss when I turn 50. That ship sailed and I'm still on a HT. Mostly riding gravel roads on it, 'downgraded' my gravelling bike to a gravel bike (even less suspension!). For rougher surfaces (non-manicured roads) a dual suss makes a lot of sense, but... buy something decent as there is no point in lugging around a bunch of cheap / heavy links and shocks just to be on a 'dual suspension'

Used some discount vouchers to purchase this earlier today. Now waiting on PostNet

Shave your friends legs, and fit some aero socks to said friend. Your friend should be much faster after than!

I do not. Although, I once had a bicycle serviced by a Le Temu Shop, and the 12 speed chain and 11 speed Sunshine cassette they fitted, slipping over each other might have come close!

I love the crankset!

I literally just grabbed a roughly big enough sheet from the shed and shoved it in under the Kickr and did a quick 10 pedal feeler. Happy it will not ‘walk’ away - front wheel current fixed. Will try it out on tomorrow morning’s activation ride. Also need to put the road bike on there doe tomorrow morning as I messed around with the saddle position. 😬

Rough test for a DIY rocker plate. Some retainer edges for the balls (will provide space to double up on them) will instill some confidence that it is going nowhere.

If you are not going to race in the UCI age categories / at national level all you need is the membership. If you are at the sharp end of your age group, and want to test your mettle, you should add the domestic racing license to the normal membership https://www.cyclingsa.com/membership/

Do a manual upload of the last few rides to Strava. See who ‘you’ rode with, and reach out

I did some 'oogling and it seems that a computer from which it (MyWhoosh/Zwift) runs is required. What I saw is that the buttons basically just send a keypress. I'd love for some kind of backend / API access as I'm running these apps from a cell phone and a bigger monitor. Option would be to plug a keyboard into an iPhone and hope for it to work 🙃 😁

I'm using MyWhoosh for freeriding only. My structured training happens on TrainingPeaks Virtual. I agree, MyWhoosh looks really good / polished. Not overtly game-like like Zwift's TRON-like appearance. TrainingPeaks Virtual is getting there after the last update, but some spit and polish is still required.

Is the source code available somewhere @NotSoBigBen? I use the onscreen (cellphone) 'buttons' and when you chucked your glasses, are out of breath, and trying to touch a square centimeter with a quivering finger... It rarely happens as planned

Results available at: https://www.webscorer.com/race?raceid=399782 Photos at: https://photofrog.co.za/events/ze8p7-koedoeslaagte-mtb-marathon-free-state-xcm-champs-2025

I'm willing to settle for a new years sunrise from the top of Breedtsnek again ... 😁

For nutrition, your training / race day needs are simple carbs (sugars) and electrolytes (salts). Sometimes during training I cheap out and use a mix of: normal white sugar (it contains glucose and fructose in near equal measures) sea salt Fructose becomes more important when you go for a high sugar load (> 90g/hour), or to help if your stomach struggles with high sugar loads as it gets absorbed via a different energy pathway. Remember to consistently train your gut on whatever race mix you plan to use for race day! The few days before race day: Eat well, and (for me) back off the high fibre loads and fatty stuff. Take electrolyte mix (I use Rehydrate Sport and Slowmag fizzy) PS: There is an app called "Saturday: Pro Fuel & Hydration" which can provide guidance on how much nutrition (sugar) you need If you want to DIY your electrolyte mix LMNT published some recipes: https://science.drinklmnt.com/electrolytes/best-homemade-electrolyte-drink-for-dehydration

Do not do dry runs of anything (sleep, training, leg tests, nutrition) less than a month before the time, definitely not two weeks or less before the time

How do TB climbs compare to Rooiberg on the36one?

The sheriff is alive! Did somebody shoot the deputy?

Adequate nutrition must be the biggest performance enhancer ever. For myself it had a massive effect, taking me from mediocre, to nearly not mediocre anymore and I'm still in double digits per hours. Apologies if this has been posted already, also not Pogi, and for the day before:

quite the publicity stunt!