RoboLuke

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I have a Zar - super comfy and great fit

What is your average HR during a race? In the last Babbas 70 km mine was 159. My max HR is 184 and in the race I maxed at 180.....I tired keeping my HR under 170 not to burn out. But I did not exactly place well either.

I love Tim Noakes book on running. But how do I translate it to cycling? I think Im asking how many kms of cycling translate to one km of running as an equivalent in terms of effort/effect on the body ? 2km ? 4 km? Marathon running is on tar roads so I guess Il have to settle for opinions as though it was on a smooth road, and not dirt.

OK thanx the shock will stay. Dammit need to look at something else to upgrade...not much left that is standard

I have a RockShox Reba RL 29, custom G2 Geometry, 100mm travel on my Trek HiFi 29er. The newer and more expensive models have other, I suspect...better shocks. I see the weight is basically the same. How is the Reba RL rated? And what would an upgrade bring to a week-end warrior?

I did a bike set-up with a professional crowd already mentioned in this thread. You sit in the room and get measured etc. But my knees still pained. I then went to another crowd and he had me riding up and down the parking lot and making small adjustment based on what he observed from my body. Now its perfect. The point I'm making is that measuring you in a room and making adjustments without seeing how your riding style takes to the adjustments will only take you so far...

Ive been wondering on this...Lets say you train hard on day 1...(e.g. you do your typical 40 km ride but at full tilt)...now clearly day 2 your performance will be worse....and as you rest your body recover and then at some point your performance is now actually a bit better. How many days is that? And when I say performance I actually mean fitness/lower RHR.

Ive been riding for a tad over a year now. This video clip is far from current.

Yes of course he does.

Guys - Im the so called chop having the humour failure. So lets put some things straight and in context shall we ? 1. This was after I was riding for about 3 months. I did not have the skills to tackle what was ahead, having fallen twice already this was the so called last straw. I was told that the ride was easy and well within beginner skills. 2. This is not van Gaalens...its some road around the area which eventually gets to Van Gaalens but its not 'official' 3. The person who posted this - has personal issues with me, hence the post. I know him for years. 4. The bike was not 30 k, It was about half. 5. What the person who posted this does not tell is that after I quit, one of the other riders slipped down a slope and landed in a tree about 4 meter down...that could have been real ugly. OK - read this part again - another newbie fell down a 4 metercliff on the same trial...There is footage about that as well...may as well post that ? The real question is not why a newbie has a humor failure, but why this person sits ready with a video camera at a suspect piece of track waiting for the newbies to come down. Thanx for the guys who bothered to cover for me.

I have broad feet...I find Shimano works very well with that. I've had entry level shoes, and now I have stiff racing shoes. Honestly - I cannot see the difference in my riding.

R25 thing ja well no fine you cant expect everything for free. But not getting a receipt? Thats really not on

What Is Your Favourite Spread? The missionary position

Roadie vs Mountie models. Mountie clearly is a 29er

I guess the threats on the hunting forums are a lot more interesting to watch than a bunch of sub 70 kg oaks throwing verbal abuse.

Why not throw in some Eugene T, 26 vs 29er and Roadie vs Mounties in the same discussion to really make this go viral?

Rik - my advise and nothing to do with your question but all to do with the Hub - ignore the newbie bashers...they will eventually settle down

Faulty reading even when no shirt...

My HR overreads by about 100 ppm. Water, transport gel makes no difference. Has anyone had this before? Faulty belt? Batteries getting flat?

Bump

All of fountains + groenkloof on Sunday. Paragliding on Saterday

OK you were all thinking it I just raised it. May one fish in those dams at Norther Farms (not the one with the hippo in)?

I definately have the hunmour failure gene...did they research that?

No. You are bi