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usxorf

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  1. Include zeros.
  2. I've done my fair share of cycle tours, and it's "money spent on cycling activities, be it for one day or any given sunday". So fruit, I guess, to clump them together. I'm totally open to do whatever you want to do with your money. I just think that R500 is just some psychological tipping point for me. Having said that, I'll happily pay R1150 (or whatever it costs this year) to do the origin of trails (2 day stage race). So disregard everything I've said, my opinion is worthless.
  3. 500 bucks is an annual permit to jonkershoek. One cycle around the Peninsula vs ride anytime at jonkers... Value for money right there.
  4. Where'd you get it from?
  5. I'm biased towards volume and CTL (just based on my own on vs off seasons), so seeing an article supporting that I wouldn't really doubt it much. But you raise valid points. Might not be much value in the pro teams data for us plebs, but if someone could datamine strava or garmin connect. There's been some chatter on golden cheetah about opt in data collection in a future version.
  6. However, the strongest, most reliable correlate of FTP comes in the form of Chronic Training Load - with a near linear relationship between CTL & FTP at least up to a CTL of ~150: CTL of 50 ~= FTP of 3.5w/kg, 100 ~= 4.0, 150 ~=4.5. Edit: not volume, or intensity, but CTL.
  7. These trainers are good for consistency (they'll read the same everytime you use it for the same power), but I'd be hesitant to use it as real world power numbers.
  8. Get on the mtb again and try for 300W. Will rule out "getting back into intervals dead legs" and "trying to hit 350W and bonking and hitting 250W average".
  9. Fatigue maybe? Did you test on the same stretch of road? Unless you have some serious fit issue on mtb compared to road. I have power on road and mtb and the numbers are very similar depending on terrain. As an aside, spinscan showed a discrepency of 65-35 or more at low cadence for me (49/51 at 95-100rpm). Stages being one-sided and road usually at 95rpm vs 75rpm on mtb, might just be a reading error. Borrow someone's powertap for your mtb if you can.
  10. To test if sealant works, yep. Mix my own out of liquid latex and mielie meal.
  11. Stick a nail in your tire.
  12. If I bump up ftp while riding my mtb can I use my road bike weight?
  13. With water bottles or without?
  14. Diald has the 2.3 x 650b DHR. If you find them in 2.5 WT somewhere post here, have some 35mm rims that need loving.
  15. A Reign is too much bike for blokkies? Might KOM theST though.
  16. Are you looking to buy one?
  17. Understood. I tried a few calculators, 272mm all around from 2 different calculators which accept offset. Dtswiss calculator gave 273 for front drive and rear non drive but doesn't accept offset measurement. Changed my mind about old spokes, want to go silver and DB. This will be my first wheelbuild, ordered all the stuff listed in op.
  18. New rims ERD is 563... The "old" wheelset is 6 months /500km, and ERD is 562. Can I reuse the spokes?
  19. As per Andrew Coggan: Link
  20. AFAIK the definition of FTP is not what you can hold for an hour, it's supposed to represent some physiological threshold, and how long you can ride at FTP differs from person to person (40-60mins?). 20m-5% is close enough. You aren't gonna test every week anyway, so it doesn't have to be exact! I prefer CP/W'Bal (which has it's own issues) that I calculate off shorter intervals to exhaustion.
  21. IP4 range is 0-255 FTP port is 21 ...semanet Edit: But then again majority of reported FTP is inflated
  22. A shortcut method to doing a lot of volume at vo2max is 30s/30s intervals, where the on bit is at MAP/5 min max power, recovery is at 50% MAP. If you can do 30s/15s it's even better. I say shortcut because it feels easier to do than continuous intervals (like 4x8 or 6x5). Some sauce
  23. The reason for your point #2 might be that W' is one system (of many) that plays a role in fatigue. By riding for one hour under CP you're fatiguing something else.
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