Windbreaker

Was hoping you had forgotten about that. Hey, we are all waiting with baited breath for your numbers!

My suggestions a) The decisions taken for both rides be re-considered - in the interests of "fairness". b) That future decisions of this nature be announced (with the reasons explained) on the PPA website to promote a sense of transparency.

I can vouch for the Cyclingpeaks software too. It is excellent. You should also get the book "Training & Racing with a power meter" by Coggan & Hunt. It is available on Kalahari.net. Then if you really want to go the whole hog subscribe to the Bikemax online system. The cycling peaks software uploads to their system seamlessly and they then adjust your training program based on your goals and data. Some people can successfully compile their own training plans but I find that it is always better to have someone else analysing your data objectively (hey Bruce ), and besides you know that someone is watching how well you are adhering to your plan so it gives you that added impetus to JUST DO IT despite the weather etc.

Oh sh*t, my wife just saw your post ... I can get the second powertap but ... Thanks bud!

Now you are getting way too technical Told you I'm a geek, but I think that Bruce has one over me with TWO powertaps! Bruce, lemme guess you are single - right? Either that or you have a very, very understanding better half. Or more likely you sneaked them into the house one very dark night and hid the invoice. My wife would've had a fit ... well in fact she did when I came home with one powertap and a set of new rims a week after I bought my new bike. Can imagine if I came home with a pair. "One for training and one for racing dear".

Hey Bruce what sensor are you using for interest sake?

Yep, you've been slacking! So for punishment I think that you should go out and do that 60m TT anyway!!

Whaddaya mean not that impressive?? Are you using CyclingPeaks software? If so then set up a chart with the bins at 10w "wide" for the D2D and a couple of your recent hard training rides. You should clearly see a large drop from one bin to the next (on the downward slope side of the chart) indicating the FTP. Using the average value from a few recent hard rides will give you a good indication of your FTP. I would agree with Bikemax that you should be pretty close to 350w and your 4.5w/kg goal.

Well thats not too shabby - I was at 4w/kg up Red hill but got dropped so there are certainly some SV riders at 5w/kg at the moment. Just got to keep working at it - if you can get to 4.1 + then you will be ok Bikemax' date=' are you guys referring to the overall ride, or the Redhill climb? Over what time period are these numbers?[/quote'] I was refering to my figures for the full 60km ride i.e. 3.5w/kg For interest, I think Bikemax mentioned elsewhere that the difference between the first climb and second climb was about 5% - spot on for me so I guess I wasn't slacking second time round. First climb was 4.05 w/kg (got dropped by main vets bunch) Second climb was 3.85 w/kg (and still Ms Tome had 50m on me as we crested ) Half of the fun of training with power is analysing the numbers after the ride - or maybe I'm just a bike geek Windbreaker2006-09-20 12:07:57

I'll take it then! :-)

If you are a ppa member - 1 easy entry as per usual is fine - is what I heard from the organisors Zippit, I don't think so... I think I recall an announcement at the award of the TdW that the easy entry tickets are NOT going to be accepted. Maybe someone form the PPA can clarify this.

For those of you riding the Red Hill ride on Sunday. There is a nasty patch of potholes about 200m from the Cape Pt Gate turnoff. If you hit one particular donga on the left of the road you WILL do damage. If the South Easter is howling be VERY careful making the first bend after the gate turnoff. You will be blown across the road - I hope that they have marshals doing traffic control. Then on the straight stretch down smits there is a boulder lying in the gutter and into the road. Finally, there are a couple of small valve inspection covers that are missing just as you enter Simonstown. They hurt rims! Oh ja, I nearly forgot there is also a 5km stretch of pain just after you leave Simonstown!! It's called Red Hill. Have fun & enjoy. Windbreaker2006-09-15 10:04:26

And more... Note that he is going to ask for the hearing to be open to the public - must be confident!??!! LANDIS? LAWYER TO SUBMIT FORMAL REQUEST RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF CASE AGAINST TOUR DE FRANCE CHAMPIONSeptember 8th, 2006 Los Angeles, September 8, 2006 ? Howard Jacobs, attorney for 2006 Tour de France Champion Floyd Landis, today announced that he will submit a formal request to USADA on September 11 recommending that the anti-doping agency drop the allegations against Landis and cease further disciplinary action. Upon review of 370 pages of documentation provided by the LNDD laboratory at Chatenay-Malabry, Jacobs and a team of scientific experts have found inconsistencies in the testing protocol and methodology that support Landis? innocence. Jacobs received the official document package on August 31. ?In our review of the documents detailing the tests on both the ?A? and ?B? sample, we have found evidence that supports our request for USADA to drop the doping charges against Landis,? said Jacobs. ?While I cannot comment on the full details of our findings, we now have the foundation for a very strong defense should the case proceed to arbitration.? If USADA recommends that the case proceed to arbitration, then Landis and Jacobs will invoke for the first time a rule of the American Arbitration Association (AAA) that allows for athletes contesting doping charges to request that their hearing be made open to the public. The review board will make a recommendation to USADA within one week of the written submission. ?Once again, we are asking for complete transparency in this process. Floyd has maintained his innocence from the outset and what we have found in the official document package points to a premature public conviction before all of the evidence could be considered,? added Jacobs. ?This is another example why the leaking of an ?A? sample results and violating the athletes? right to anonymity is such a horrible thing. It is this exact scenario that caused the Rules governing anti-doping cases in the United States to be amended in 2004, to allow an athlete concerned about fairness to request that a hearing be opened to the public.?

From Velonews Landis blames French lab for positive test By Agence France Presse This report filed September 11, 2006 Tour de France winner Floyd Landis blames his positive doping test on the French laboratory that examined his sample, according to a story in a Pennsylvania newspaper published Sunday. In a story posted on the website of the Intelligencer of suburban Philadelphia, Landis confirmed plans to ask Monday that the result be thrown out because of "contradictions" between his "A" and "B" samples. "On Monday we'll submit a request for the case to be dropped because, based on the 'A' and the 'B' sample, there are too many contradictions for the two to be the same sample," Landis said. Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong fought similar charges of taking banned substances from the same lab that tested Landis's samples, the U.S. cyclist said. "It's the same lab that we're dealing with here," Landis said. "I said from the beginning there was some kind of agenda or problem with the tests, and it's clear now the lab is the source of the problem." Landis won the Tour de France in July, thanks largely to an amazing 17th-stage triumph, but a doping test from that stage showed him positive for a skewed testosterone-epitestosterone ratio, and the case has been referred to the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Armstrong, who retired after seven consecutive Tour titles, has been a constant source of support, Landis said. "I speak to him maybe once a week," Landis said. "It's obviously not fun. Nobody would choose to go through this. But the good thing is he is the one guy who understands the whole situation." Landis made his remarks during a surprise appearance at the 50-mile Criterium of Doylestown at the invitation of the event promoter, according to the Intelligencer. Howard Jacobs, Landis's attorney, said last Friday in a posting on Landis's web site that he will ask Monday that the case be dropped. Landis confirmed that plan and indicated what might come later. "Assuming they disagree with that, then we will go to arbitration with the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency ... so Monday we make a submittal. Later in the week, Friday, I guess, they will decide whether it goes to a hearing or not. "If it does, they'll decide on a date then and I assume it will be December or January." Landis, who is from nearby Lancaster, said his legal team had to wait until last Friday to obtain the results of the "B" sample that confirmed his positive result. "The 'B' sample was tested five weeks ago now, almost six weeks ago, but we waited until last Friday to get back the results. So we've been unable to do anything other than speculate why they came out that way," Landis said. Landis's legal team must now examine nearly 400 pages of documents supporting the positive test. "They obviously announced that vaguely they were positive. But we were given now almost 400 pages of documents for the actual tests to analyze," Landis said.

I bought a CS200 when they very first came out and after much frustration replaced it with a S720. The main reason is that the CS range only recorded the min, max and average values for a workout as opposed to samples from the entire duration of the workout. The sonic link download was also very frustrating.

I'll add to the list of guys supporting Bikemax and CvanC - specifically the online system. It is flexible and Chris is really dedicated.