The Cycling Thread

Ah I was thinking about a power meter for the road but to be honest, no point - I wouldn't use it other than to go oooooh look numbers.

You remember the I-Magic thingy I bought ages ago; built in power meter. Not too fussed about training with power all the time, but I want to fast track back to actually being able to ride properly, so I'm focusing on training properly.

Just one session a week on the turbo, or if it's raining I'll do more probably, wouldn't want to get wet!

[maviczap]

Don't think the i magic is too accurate, but you could train that way.

There's some e -books on Amazon about training with a power meter

Doesn't matter how accurate it is as I'm not that bothered about the numbers themselves. Provided it doesn't change too much between uses it'll be fine. The effort I put in to find my functional threshold power would have been the same whether the number was 223 or 400.

[Dipper]

If you want to see fast improvement Dave High Intensity Interval Training is probably the best way forward...

That's the whole point of testing for your FTP, so you know what intensity to do the intervals at for the best results. I wouldn't be doing it otherwise!

[Dipper]

Originally Posted by EssexDave

That's the whole point of testing for your FTP, so you know what intensity to do the intervals at for the best results. I wouldn't be doing it otherwise!

If you're doing HIIT properly you shouldn't be concious enough to look at numbers

Did you read that book I lent you? :P

Sorry to butt in again, have been looking at the wilier Iozard today. Apparently it uses their old top of the range carbon frame from a few years back. Some 105 stuff and tiagra other bits. The sales guy managed to put my mind at rest about buying a carbon framed bike (funny that). It's a bit more than the £1000 I had budgeted but looks pretty tidy!

[maviczap]

Buy it


But I'm a bit biased as I have one

Mine's the original model, the one you're looking at will be the later xp model, slightly heavier, and cheaper components, but still a delightful bike.

Nothing wrong with 105 either.

Just upgrade those cheaper parts. Mines got Ultegra SL

Here's mine from a couple of years ago

Looks good Mav! Yeah the 105 stuff is kind of the top of my budget I think, would probably settle for tiagra if I'm honest. A few reviews did mention the weight as an issue but I doubt I would notice it being my first bike.

I'll have to wait and see what I can afford really, thank goodness for credit cards.