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Old 08-11-12, 09:06 PM   #2641
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There's a bit in this http://sheldonbrown.com/wheelbuild.html about tensioning
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Old 08-11-12, 09:13 PM   #2642
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Legs like a cart horse - Check!

Tensions - no check!

The good thing to come out if all this is I have just found a bike maintenance course locally, which will help me to do the basics that I am currently scared to do.
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Old 08-11-12, 09:45 PM   #2643
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Legs like a cart horse - Check!

Tensions - no check!

The good thing to come out if all this is I have just found a bike maintenance course locally, which will help me to do the basics that I am currently scared to do.
lol, it's the best thing you can do, there's nothing worse than being miles from home with a broken bike without a clue how to fix it.
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Old 10-11-12, 07:43 PM   #2644
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Just ordered some new bits from Rose bikes for the replacement bike for the Colnago I sold

http://www.rosebikes.co.uk/content/a...e/rose-versand

They are loads cheaper than any other retailer & they've got an extra 10% off everything (except bikes) until tomorrow.

I've saved nearly £100 on the Shimano bits I ordered
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Old 15-11-12, 09:34 AM   #2645
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I've been riding on and off for a while now with more road riding this year. With the garmin I record the stats of each ride. I have a max bpm of 190 and avg bpm 160 on pretty much anything over 18miles. With the exception of when I went to 240 bpm. According to garmin I spend a lot of the ride in zone 4 and 5.

Am I going to kark it?
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Old 15-11-12, 09:42 AM   #2646
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I've been riding on and off for a while now with more road riding this year. With the garmin I record the stats of each ride. I have a max bpm of 190 and avg bpm 160 on pretty much anything over 18miles. With the exception of when I went to 240 bpm. According to garmin I spend a lot of the ride in zone 4 and 5.

Am I going to kark it?
No, you're probably like me and ride like you're in an Olympic time trial every day.

My max BPM was 193 this year, and I'm 51

You just have a well trained heart muscle and its down to your genetic's.

Ignore the 240 BPM, its a glitch
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Old 15-11-12, 10:16 AM   #2647
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could well be true regarding the genetics... I only wish I was as fast as an olympian There doesnt seem to be a half way house with my riding. Next stop the cadence sensor to see if I'm treating each ride as a spinning class.

Been riding with a fellow orger and our stats are quite different on the bpm but avg speed is the same. Clearly I've eaten too many pies and had a bit too much salt on my chips .
Cheers for the info been doing a bit of night riding on and off road which as they say is night and day in terms of riding but quite enjoyable nonetheless.
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Been riding with a fellow orger and our stats are quite different on the bpm but avg speed is the same.
That is quite normal, you'd find it in any group of riders

I had a training book, where I was supposed to do a road session at a target HR, which I could never do on the road, I can do it on the turbo, its easier to control.

There is an old adage that says ride slower to go faster, I think?

Means to do lots of long miles, but at a low HR. My mate went on a spring training camp in the Canaries, and the whole first week is long slow rides and you get bollocked for tearing off too fast
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There is a lot of truth in the ride slower to go faster, basically training your muscles to metabolise more fat. Once they can do that then the point at which you need to burn carbohydrate is higher in your effort (HR) range so you can sustain higher effort for longer = faster. (this is rather a potted version!)

The only way to find your proper training zones is to do a max heart rate test under medical supervision (in case you DO cark it!). Everyone is different and it looks like you are like Mav, with a naturally higher maxHR than most. My maxHR is 182 at age 50, higher than the formula suggests but still not as high as you guys. Without your trye maxHR you may well be training to hard or too lightly....
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The go slower to go faster thing was explained to me as training zones 1-3 where you can keep going all day. Whereas, if you ride in zones 4/5 all the time you're not training the proper long distance stuff.

The training guide I read on it was basically saying, to slow to and if you need to, walk up hills to start so that you can train the zone 1-3 and increase your zone 1-3 speed.
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