Duane_Bosch

Indeed. IRL beats IDT any day of the week 10 times over. BTW I'm running rouvy on a mygica android tv box. The primary reason i stayed on rouvy after my evaluation process of the various apps was this reason. I just plug the trainer and fan in and switch apps on the mygica so no faffing with laptops and tables. The mygica has bluetooth so the idt and my HRM link up pretty easily. The whole setup doesn't seem to enjoy having my HRM watch in the room for some reason so that goes to the bedroom while i'm on the indoor sweater. I suppose in theory you could just install rouvy on an android based tv with bluetooth an have even less stuff to hassle with. My most important requirement when i started the whole smart trainer thing was to have it be as hassle free as possible without having an actual dedicated pain cave. Which is why I ended up with the setup I have.

Ja I get that. I just want something that's going to simulate that gradient and that time.

What climb on the Rouvy machine would simulate that bitch of a climb on day 2 of Sani? Yes I know there's no actual simulation but something close. Like a stelvio?

And how's it going? I've got a mate who's on Zwift and as far as he's concerned Zwift is training. Everything else is just riding. I get that the Zwift programs are great and all. I got back on the IDT this week after my place has been Airbnb'd out since December and being sick for a few weeks. I set a (really slow) time on Alp du Huez and that's going to be my benchmark for the year. I want to try to take 30 minutes off that time. I've favorited a whole load of climbs and I'm starting to tick them off. 5 down about 300 to go. I'm running them at 75-85% of FTP so we'll see.

If you were riding on the other sire of the road I'd put money on that being Col de Soller.

I would have loved to see her on the Syndicate. I hope she can keep it together this year. Less crashing and some lower podium steps would be great. Then go big in 2021.

Pierre Terblanche. He designed the Cagiva Mito which the styling of the Ducati 916 was based on. He also designed the Ducati 999 which unfortunately for him came after the utterly gorgeous 916-996

Any multi stage racing against the clock doesn't translate well to live TV. Think Rally, isle of man. I think their daily highlights show is good tho

That makes no sense. The fast guys run the best gear at their disposal so they can go faster. The guy isn't going to run a shitty tire because he's fast.

I have Maxxis tyres on my roadie interestingly. They can't be any worse for punctures than the Mavics I had on there before. I read that Nino Shurter runs Maxxis Aspen. Surprising that no one has been shouting about those from the rooftops.

Next week I'm back in my place but I'm planning on just focusing on climbs. I'm gonna set a benchmark on Alp du Huez and one of my fitness goals for the year is to continually better that time.

So I must run an aggressor out front on a 3 day stage race? I run one of those on my rear. I don't think that's gonna work for me. Or a slaughter out front? That's a semi slick.

In all seriousness. I'm Aparently doing Sani this year. Mind if I ask what is a good combo? Need something faaaaaaaaaaast. I need all the help I can get. No I'm not running Assegai with dh casings. I'm thinking Ardent Race F&R

Muuuhahaha. Too easy.

Is that why you only ride 6 times a year? To save tires?

The new climb trail at Jonkers takes it to 11/10.

The way I understand it these drugs allow you to work harder because you recover quicker and therein lies the gain. Just squeezing a vial of EPO into your arm does fkol if you don't put in the work. That is my understanding of it.

When he talks rock gardens he doesn't mean the bits of loose stone where the city have done a half job of repairing the road that one finds on the cycle path to town.

Shoes & Helmets.

The RC ones are around R2400 from Bike Addict. I reckon that's my next set of flat shoes.

Do you wait for your wife to leave and then quickly do it on the 30 minute cycle?

Getting? I was hard for a short while in 1991 whilst in the army. It's been a slow languid slide ever since.