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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #90 on: May 11, 2015, 01:33:43 PM »
Did my first proper sportive yesterday (the Etape Caledonia).  Apart from the odd mechanical, everything went ok except I got constant pain in the back of my right knee for the last 60 miles.  Would putting my saddle up maybe half a cm be the cause of that and can you get an existing bike fitted properly or are you best starting from scratch with a new bike?

Also, at the top of the major climb I got cramp in my calves, quads and then hamstrings when I got of the bike to deal with the cramp.  Any way round that?  I was fairly sure I was well stocked with electrolytes to the point where I was having to stop regularly on the last half for comfort breaks!  I'm thinking a lack of training may have contributed to this.
« Last Edit: May 11, 2015, 03:20:52 PM by Eckybloke »

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #91 on: May 13, 2015, 07:43:12 PM »
Knee pain could be many things, cleat position, saddle height, saddle position, knee over foot, arch support................best start with a bike fit.  A Specialised BG fit is the very minimum, I'd go for a full Retul fit personally if you can afford one.  c£200 money well spent.

The second issue could be one or both of the following, you must either harden the fuck up and/or train harder.

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #92 on: May 14, 2015, 11:23:11 AM »

The second issue could be one or both of the following, you must either harden the fuck up and/or train harder.

Haha...yeah yeah yeah.  Thanks for the kind words! I kept going in the wind and rain missiles despite the knee pain and cramp so hard enough thanks!

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #93 on: May 14, 2015, 11:47:37 AM »
Keeping on in the wind and rain just means you are badass, pressing harder on the gun platforms will ensure hardness.

Re cramp you can try a few things, after a sustained effort say a long steady climb in our out of the saddle, try a short spell of spinning your legs off, just choose a really easy gear to help flush the lactic acid out of quads.  You could also try Salt Caps, on long rides of 5, 6 or 7 hours I take 1 an hour, you can buy them online or any decent bike/running/triathlon shop will sell them. 

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #94 on: June 07, 2015, 07:59:17 PM »
Wiggo adds the hour world record to his palmares.   

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #95 on: June 07, 2015, 10:28:44 PM »
Wiggo adds the hour world record to his palmares.   

Never in doubt, the man is a legend.

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #96 on: June 07, 2015, 10:34:34 PM »
It's bollocks, he finished in exactly an hour, same as Dowsett, how is that a record?

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #97 on: June 08, 2015, 07:35:30 PM »
 I thought the hour record would be dull but me and my 6 year old really enjoyed it. It was very hot in there 28 degrees and had a dead lock door system going. The staff were also paranoid about people leaning over the barriers in case they dropped anything, understandably. Saw Miguel Indurain so that's another thing ticked off the list of things to do. 

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #98 on: June 08, 2015, 09:19:04 PM »
Amazing what difference air pressure can make, last night was over 1000 M Bar, even club TT riders like me can PB in lower pressures.

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #99 on: June 09, 2015, 02:01:26 PM »
And so the sour grapes from Dowsett's coach start.

Bike was illegal and Wiggins had too much support from British Cycling http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/wiggins-hour-record-attempt-was-illegal-says-dowsetts-coach

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #100 on: June 10, 2015, 08:31:38 AM »
Also whilst Boardman was using the superman position which is banned, Tony Rominger didn't and he went 55.2km so Wiggins record is a technical one in my view.

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #101 on: June 10, 2015, 09:32:15 AM »
Rominger's attempt was on a steel framed bike, none of this fancy carbon, titanium 3D printed nonsense.

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #102 on: June 10, 2015, 04:17:10 PM »
So why is he not the record holder?

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #103 on: June 10, 2015, 06:05:29 PM »
They changed the rules, he's probably the holder of 'Best Human Effort' which is what the Boardman & Obree attempts are now classified as.

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Re: The cycling thread
« Reply #104 on: June 28, 2015, 09:18:24 PM »
Isle of Man 1 2 today in the National Road Race, Kennaugh and Cavendish.  Not a particularly Cav friendly circuit and he was taking on the Sky team on his own, impressive performance by both.

 


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