Where has your bike taken you today?

[SilverRider]

50 minutes ago, Hairy said:

Nice ... how are you tensioning the chain ... or did you get lucky with a magic gear/chain length?

I got lucky with the magic gear, but lots of eye rolling might have been involved ????. I tried it first with an old chain that was lying around. Wanted to make sure I didn't butcher the new chain. 

[Cyclingzak]

Crossways tower between P.E and Jeffreysbay.

[NotSoBigBen]

A lekker gravel ride today, this frame has just passed 15000 kilometers since I've had it .... about 4000 as a single speed rigid and the rest in this setup

[Dusty]

Did some bikepacking up into Limpopo Province recently. Beautiful, but extremely hot.

[Eugene Oppelt]

Fasted Ride ????

[TNT1]

2 hours ago, 'Dale said:

Fasted Ride ????

Is it the angle, or are those flared bars?

[The Ouzo]

2 hours ago, 'Dale said:

Fasted Ride ????

how fasted you go ?

[Eugene Oppelt]

14 minutes ago, TNT1 said:

Is it the angle, or are those flared bars?

It’s telescopic lens setting on my smartie phone ????

[TNT1]

Just now, 'Dale said:

It’s telescopic lens setting on my smartie phone ????

Nice. I was about to insert a funrider tag again.

 

How many fasted rides you do a week? All my rides (99%) are fasted, my body is so used to it now, I only fuel before a ride if it's gonna be 140km+

[The Ouzo]

43 minutes ago, TNT1 said:

Nice. I was about to insert a funrider tag again.

 

How many fasted rides you do a week? All my rides (99%) are fasted, my body is so used to it now, I only fuel before a ride if it's gonna be 140km+

same here, except for me its anything over 80km where I'll try and fuel up.

But I read something an hour or so back saying to many fasted rides a week is also not good.

[TNT1]

5 minutes ago, ouzo said:

same here, except for me its anything over 80km where I'll try and fuel up.

But I read something an hour or so back saying to many fasted rides a week is also not good.

I don't think it's a one size fits all thing, and you need to do what works for you, as I say, I've been doing this for decades, so my body is used to it.

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Ultimately, the theory is that, by training ‘low’ but not at a detriment to your health, your body adapts to the demands of training without fuel and come race day, when you’ve eaten normally in the build-up, the extra fuel will improve your performance. 

 

‘The theory is sound but there’s no one prescription for each person – the frequency of these fasts should be set by your needs,’ says Price. ‘For the athlete, the frequency is going to be a lot lower than the average Joe looking to lose some turkey weight.’ 

 

https://www.cyclist.co.uk/in-depth/1199/the-hunger-game-is-there-any-benefit-to-fasting

 

Also, I generally have a very carb heavy diet, so fasted training helps the onset of ketosis.

[The Ouzo]

4 minutes ago, TNT1 said:

I don't think it's a one size fits all thing, and you need to do what works for you, as I say, I've been doing this for decades, so my body is used to it.

agreed. I've also been doing it all my cycling life, and actually I feel sluggish if I eat first.

But have noticed on longer rides that i do finish stronger if I fuel on the ride, so have adapted my strategy to allow for this.

[Frosty]

6 minutes ago, ouzo said:

agreed. I've also been doing it all my cycling life, and actually I feel sluggish if I eat first.

But have noticed on longer rides that i do finish stronger if I fuel on the ride, so have adapted my strategy to allow for this.

What's the time frame, before you ride, that you are eating?
I'll try find the study that showed that eating about 1 hour before riding, results in a good chance of hitting the wall sooner. 

[geomark]

Apply some cycling balm to the soul in the Karoo around Graaff Reinet, beautiful big sky country

[TNT1]

8 minutes ago, Frosty said:

What's the time frame, before you ride, that you are eating?
I'll try find the study that showed that eating about 1 hour before riding, results in a good chance of hitting the wall sooner. 

We should probably take this off to another thread, but for my part, on normal rides, I eat the night before and then try to go as long as possible after before eating again.

On long rides or races where I know I'll be going full gas, I will start fasted, but start eating about half an hour into the effort.

Edited September 15, 2021 by TNT1

[The Ouzo]

15 minutes ago, Frosty said:

What's the time frame, before you ride, that you are eating?
I'll try find the study that showed that eating about 1 hour before riding, results in a good chance of hitting the wall sooner. 

The sluggishness is felt before getting on the bike, I would say that it is if I eat within an hour before.

For races I'll normally eat before leaving home and just top up on the way there, so usually more than 1 hour before, for those I dont feel sluggish, but that also because I get nervous on the morning of an event and cant eat much (hence the topping up on my way to the event)