Overeating after a race, craving for food the whole day and easy carbs satisfy these cravings the best. Sure, its okay to have a cheat meal after a race but to scoff down food the whole day is a bit unnecessary. From my personal experience if I don't eat anything during a hard race I overcompensate and eat junk the whole day.
Most slx brakes will have a lazy piston, I know mine do, and unevenly spaced pistons can feel like you have no braking power. It helps to center the pistons when doing the initial setup and periodically. Give your back brakes an eyeball and check that the pistons are evenly spaced. I physically restrain the stronger piston while pumping them out until they end up somewhat even.
Nobby nic on the rear of my bike lasted 2400km with about 70% of that on tar. The front tire is at about 75% down the middle, but some of the side knobblies are quarter eaten. Running a MKII on the back, hopefully I can get more mileage out of it. It's at 1000km and looks like 10% wear. Just to add something relevant to the topic of discussion, by gut feel (and avg speed) my road bike vs mtb is worth about 5km/h average. Slicks will make you faster on road.
Why would they say its bent? Is it because you struggle to shift from small to big blade? Or chain-drop even with a clutch rear mech? Both of these are "features" of the s1000 crank + x7 mech. I have trance 29er with the x7 / s1000 combo and experienced both of these issues. Solved with a wolf tooth. Awoooo
I found 72% of MAP is roughly 95% of 20min power, in my case, and MAP a better performance measure than 20min. MAP being all-out to failure whereas the 20min has always been plagued by pacing issues (start out too hard or too easy). 72% because of a higher anaerobic than aerobic capacity.
2.92W/kg avg, 3.33W/kg NP = 2:58 (225 & 257 @77kg) Pretty average power numbers. Seeding and ride tactics on the day make a big difference, as everyone says.
