UltraRunner_ZA

Hi all, Hope everyone are recovering from the weekends racing. I am looking to upgrade from a hardtail to duel sus. Im thinking of getting the 2018 scott spark 950. Any other reccomendations for under 40k? Shot

new to MTB? 6k is nothing! Prepare your wallet once you are hooked! hehe

I was wondering the same thing? If that current is anything stronger than normal it will be a nightmare.

Hi Wayne, Welcome to the hub please go and introduce yourself.

I am currently training about 9-14 hours per week. Balanced diet and good sleep will sort you out. I use to be supplement crazy and its only when I started eating properly and sleeping enough that I started recovering well. I am still new to cycling but have run many Ultra Marathons and trained hard leading up to those.

I also have 105's and did battle with the same issue. You need to setup the trim correctly on the front derailleur and it will solve your issue. ( Half shift)

Show us your power meter stats! And a pic of your legs.

How is the route? 1st time doing this race.

Death?

Yea I did 5 min on the IDT after that ride and was up to 285 average Watts. I contacted Garmin and they are sending out a field tech to come and check that my setup is correct with the pedals.

Thank you for the feedback guys. I think its like you said the circumstances! I did the long test with 3 x 15 sec sprints 2 x 1 min 1 x 5min 1 x 30 min ( Which the last 20 min is taken) This gives a good breakdown of what needs to be worked on.

So on Saturday my coach sends me out into the cradle to go and execute 3 months of solid training for another FTP test. I recently acquired a new power meter ( Garmin Vector 2s ) which also changed my pedal from Shimano to Look. I was looking forward to the test as I could see my power well above the numbers I had in the previous months during under-overs training. Low and behold I ride into the cradle and failed miserably not even averaging more than 70% of my previous FTP. Thing is my speed was faster but I think my gear selection let me down. I really feel like an Idiot but I guess this is how we learn. I just recently got into cycling (road) because I want to compete at ironman this year. I come from the Mountain Ultra running scene and xterra. Anyways just feeling down at the moment! the worst was that i got a flat on the way back to my car

Hi Guys, I recently bought a new pair of Garmin Vector 2s Pedals. The 2s doe not come with the 15mm spanner head for the torque wrench. I have googled half a day and cant find anything local?

If you hit a cat eye or any bump in the road and the frame cracks....i would say warranty.

Dude you paid good money for this! Sigh. I would say just move on because to fight is going to cause you more grief in the end.