Cycling
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Anyone watch the tour this year? Probably one of the most exciting years in quite some time. Outside of stage 20 being a bit of a let down there was some really great racing in what felt like a more wide open GC than past years.
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With the knee issues I've been working through, I started riding my bike again. Today was the 3rd time in ten years
all 3 have been in the last 2 weeks. So its been a while.Although so far only on the trainer, im excited to maybe get back on the roads too.
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If you can stomach the trainer, you're going to really fall back in love with the bike when you hit the roads.
COVID helped nudge me over to Zwift and it's been a nice addition to indoor training. With the racing season cancelled for awhile Zwift races have been about the next best thing.
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I've ridden rollers in winter for 40+ years but now concede to a trainer (the LeMond works well, others are better than they used to be, which isn't saying much). If you don't think of the Peloton as a bicycle, because it's not, it prepares you to ride because it can sufficiently kick your ass.
There are bicycle makers much like Iron Heart, if you are interested in boutique steel. In America that would be the likes of Richard Sachs or Mr Nagasawa who makes keiran bikes. The most IH of all the road bike makers are Toei and Osamu Fukuda. I have bikes from all of these Japanese builders–-I've been at it with Japanese handmade for many years now. Check out this video of Fukuda:
https://gizmodo.com/its-a-treat-to-watch-this-legendary-bike-builder-at-wor-1677539311
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@AdamC nah, the wind was fine, but the cycle lanes/traffic lights around Fareham and Cosham were a bit of a nightmare. Can probably knock at least 5 mins off that time if I can find a quicker way through those sections.
Ps. Not saying that @Alex or @AdamJ have suggested that you’re competitive or anything, but I was also wearing a 21oz type III and UHR bottoms.
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I’ll throw another time in. The Sunday morning of the 20th Anniversary party I rode to the cooperage, paused the computer to hang out for a bit and buy a couple things, then caught the ferry back.
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I’m always up for a bit of willy waving…
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That's a long ride
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I’d recently done Ride London, so was in (relatively) good shape considering it was a few months before my 50th birthday…
For the record, my Garmin time was 5h 51m!
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Tragic events at the Tour of Switzerland the other day - not sure what can be done to make the descents safer without nullifying a significant element of the sport.
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Unfortunately, nothing. Some will argue that organizers shouldn't put descents near finishes as it increases the likelihood riders will take more risks to try to win a stage..... In this case Mader wasn't even competing for the win. It's just not possible to eliminate descending as you have to go down if you go up. And organizers can't have every mountain stage be a single climb with a summit finish, which would remove any legitimate descent from the stage profile.
