TALUS Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 Dave, I would really like to be involved but Wednesdays I get home later - have you considered looking at an extended window of a few hours for us to do the race?
DIPSLICK Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I'm going to miss this week, Not in SA,,,,need to find a trainer, don't think the wife will be too happy holiday hunting down a trainer, doubt I'll find one though
V12man Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I'm going to miss this week, Not in SA,,,,need to find a trainer, don't think the wife will be too happy holiday hunting down a trainer, doubt I'll find one thoughI doubt you will even look for one.... I know I would not dare if my wife was around......
Skinnyone Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I doubt you will even look for one.... I know I would not dare if my wife was around...... +1!!!! don't even try...
DIPSLICK Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 Â Â +1!!!! don't even try...I'll send her to the spa and slip out , ,,,,, because she deserves it sooooo much
Guest Travis. Posted July 28, 2014 Posted July 28, 2014 I'll send her to the spa and slip out , ,,,,, because she deserves it sooooo much  You need to relax. Have a fews beers, some rum and eat lots!
DIPSLICK Posted July 29, 2014 Posted July 29, 2014 Â Â You need to relax. Have a fews beers, some rum and eat lots!No ways training, getting ready for when I'm back
BicyclePower Posted July 29, 2014 Author Posted July 29, 2014 Dave, I would really like to be involved but Wednesdays I get home later - have you considered looking at an extended window of a few hours for us to do the race?next months cup is going to be slightly different and will allow users more flexibility Jorrie 1
Jorrie Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) Jislaaik, that was one bad ass route... In my moer is al wat ek kan sê! So where did heinrich.visser came from, well done really had to dig deep to stay in the race! Edited July 30, 2014 by Jorrie slowashell 1
TALUS Posted July 30, 2014 Posted July 30, 2014 Got my new Galaxy Tab today. Ant+ built in. Restart tmrw am. Jorrie and slowashell 2
slowashell Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Jislaaik, that was one bad ass route... In my moer is al wat ek kan sê! So where did heinrich.visser came from, well done really had to dig deep to stay in the race!After Tuesday night, I took a look at this route and got to be honest, I chickened out. That bump at the end is bigger than my belly. Well done to you guys. Jorrie 1
BicyclePower Posted July 31, 2014 Author Posted July 31, 2014 sorry i did not join in last night guys, just felt flat the entire afternoon. the route was really challenging especially at the end if you did not pace yourself correctly.  points will be put up soon as well as the over all winner.  well done to all who completed. Jorrie 1
Jay_B Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 I did the route a bit earlier in the evening... got to say as hard as it is I think its a really good ride.However I got to Clifton... and got otherwise distracted and wondered down to the beach for the next hour...  :whistling: :whistling: Haha, didnt have the legs to finish the big climb and was starting to get late. Jorrie, slowashell and BicyclePower 3
_C50_ Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 Jislaaik, that was one bad ass route... In my moer is al wat ek kan sê! So where did heinrich.visser came from, well done really had to dig deep to stay in the race! I did this for the first time last night just to check it all out. Was interested to know how much of a difference, if any, there would be riding on my Fluid2 trainer. Went out the blocks a little quick, was probably still warmed up from my 2H mtb ride before the race.  It was interesting for me to see how the App automatically adjusts my speed, up or down, depending on the gradient. Half way through I thought i'de wait to check how our power numbers compare going up that last climb, by keeping more or less the same speed as you. From what I could see it looked like I actually had to kick out a lot more watts to keep the same speed.  I wasn't sure if being on the Fluid2 trainer would be an advantage, or disadvantage. The Fluid2 trainer adjusts the resistance automatically, the faster you go the harder it gets. This means that even going downhill I need to kill myself. I almost averaged 300W for the ride which seems like a pretty decent effort.  I absolutely hate riding on the IDT. This actually made it rather enjoyable, I have to admit. BicyclePower and TALUS 2
Jorrie Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 I did this for the first time last night just to check it all out. Was interested to know how much of a difference, if any, there would be riding on my Fluid2 trainer. Went out the blocks a little quick, was probably still warmed up from my 2H mtb ride before the race. It was interesting for me to see how the App automatically adjusts my speed, up or down, depending on the gradient. Half way through I thought i'de wait to check how our power numbers compare going up that last climb, by keeping more or less the same speed as you. From what I could see it looked like I actually had to kick out a lot more watts to keep the same speed. I wasn't sure if being on the Fluid2 trainer would be an advantage, or disadvantage. The Fluid2 trainer adjusts the resistance automatically, the faster you go the harder it gets. This means that even going downhill I need to kill myself. I almost averaged 300W for the ride which seems like a pretty decent effort. I absolutely hate riding on the IDT. This actually made it rather enjoyable, I have to admit. I'm still not convinced that the fluid2 and powerbeam pro is gonne give the same result with the same effort on a route like that, guess its more or less the same as our avg.watts was almost the same. Believe me with the powerbeam you also need to pedal downhill to get the speed up! The one place where I do think the powerbeam is 'n bit harder is when the gradient gets to 9% and up, the resistance from the motor gets so hard that you get the feeling the wheel slip on the roller and you get a "stop go effect" through the "dead" position of the crank, on a long climb this is making it really tough. Don't know how the fluid2 works, but I can't see it doing the same. Don't know if the other guys with the powerbeams also experience this? Will be interesting what their thoughts is.  Any way, very well done for your first ride! If you ride like that after 2hrs on the bike, I really don't want to race against you when you're fresh!
_C50_ Posted July 31, 2014 Posted July 31, 2014 I would rather fight a lighter gear on high resistance than a big gear on high resistance. You can only push a big gear at heavy resistance for so long, fatigue sets in quicker.  Let me put it this way. I find it easier to ride 40km/h + on the road than on the Fluid2! Dave would probably be able to give a little more insight, or some more thoughts on the different trainers. Be that as it may... at least this might get me to actually use my IDT. Unfortunately I can't position my training around a Wednesday night race as i'm training for a few specific races.  I will try and participate in a few regardless. slowashell 1
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