bruce

Stop it, you're exciting me And now my stem length has changed!!

A genius with experience!

A genius with experience!

Can't think of any cases where he has been wrong though, but then, he is a Wits Engineering graduate IIRC.

6 pages and nobody mentions Q-Factor I would provide a wikipedia link, but I hear that such peer-reviewed information sources are frowned upon.

I think sometimes in the past, ladies cycling has shot itself in the foot with internal fighting. But by far the most common thing is that it is easier to criticise that to actually do something. BUT, men's cycling should also take a good hard look at itself as well. For a nation that can host by far the biggest cycling events, in an environment that is not well suited to cycling (safety, attitude, etc) why do we stuggle at an international level? Simply put, the structures are not in place that focus on international level competition. We do not identify and nurture our riders (both male and female) with proper development programs, and give them a well defined path to get to the top. Take a look at BMX. We have a World Champ! Yet look at what countries like the U.S. are doing for their BMX riders. Some of the best coaches in the World are working with them. The riders are using SRM's and they are being properly coached on a scientific basis. Here in S.A. we have got a bunch of track SRM's sitting in storage somewhere and not being used because they are the wrong crank-length. Never mind having the skills necessary to know what to do with them. Now, we can complain about this, or we can pull out fingers out and start contributing wherever we can. Unfortunately 99% of people will chose the easy path - sitting on a couch and throwing stones.

Or should it be: See ya later!!!!... or maybe not!!!! Have fun dude - I'm green with envy! I am trying hard to figure out a way to get a new Gary Fisher 29er into the house without the wife noticing. I tell you, she can even spot a new brake cable on my bike these days Then I'm gonna do some offroad!!

Isn't there a billboard on the way in to Jozi that says "You can build up, or you can break down - you choose." For the Sowetan I think. Quite appropriate.bruce2008-02-26 01:09:52

http://blog.trainingpeaks.com/2008/02/first-look-quarq-cinqo-and-garmin-edge-705.html Looks like it is getting closer to becoming real!

There is no substitute for a good hard race, when you know you've done the training, and you get a good result!

101%'s biggest fear - in about 16years time the doorbell is going to ring, he's going to open the door and see a younger version of 101% standing there!

Spoke with him briefly yesterday, one very happy chappy!! His wife seems to be doing very well as well, so all is good in 101%land.

What is the "time" scale on this picture? Or maybe post the raw data view. The speed and cadence curves definitely "ripple" at the same frequency as the power curve, just the amplitude is less, indicating the damping effect of the flywheel if on an idt, or your body mass if on the road.

From the "Training with Power FAQ" Other than the Polar units, power-measuring devices display current power as an average over some short time period, which leads to a problem known as the ?precession effect.? That is, unless you are pedaling at a rate where one or several revolutions are exactly completed in each averaging interval, an extra quarter-revolution can occur, and that partial turn of the crank may be either a power stroke or a dead-center (and perhaps the opposite for the next sampling period), which will produce a less consistent reading, especially for short intervals; the maximum power value captured in the PowerTap?s display memory, for example, is significantly affected, since it is the highest average value achieved over just 1.26 seconds. Thus, averaging over one (or just a few) crank revolutions would reduce variability in the current power display, track power more nearly as a rider senses it, and result in more accurate maximum values for instantaneous power. Recorded power values could, and perhaps should, still be based on time.<?:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />