Bicycles
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Bike fit is definitely worth it. Especially now when you're younger and the fit is more about maximizing efficiency/speed rather than when you're old and you're getting fit because you're trying to prevent injury or solve a nagging pain.
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when you're old and you're getting fit because you're trying to prevent injury or solve a nagging pain.
And it's worth every penny!
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Thanks for all the advice everyone, super helpful. Did a few more rides with different setups and talked a lot to local bike shop owner. She did a mini-fitting and setup my bike with steerer cut and removed 20mm of spacers, angle of the bars adjusted, shifter hoods moved, saddle moved forward and up, and new bar tape. Plus new cables and fluid in brakes. Went on first ride with the new setup and it feels great. So does new clothing from Castelli, which feels like a jump up in quality from my two year old base range Rapha. Going to France soon and will be in a few different spots but spending most of our time in Auvergne. Near the house is a frequent Tour de France summit finish at Puy Mary that I am looking forward to riding.
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Ride to the top of Puy Mary today which is a common mountain finish in the Tour de France. It was the most challenging thing I have done on a bike. To get there and to get home meant climbing the Col de Pertus twice so all in after only 30m/50km a total elevation of 5900ft/1800 meters were climbed.
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@Nkwkfld:
Ride to the top of Puy Mary today which is a common mountain finish in the Tour de France. It was the most challenging thing I have done on a bike. To get there and to get home meant climbing the Col de Pertus twice so all in after only 30m/50km a total elevation of 5900ft/1800 meters were climbed.
Well done!
My daily work commute is 3500 ft elevation and most years I hit 1 million feet. Just like running, cycling needs years and continuity to become strong. But it feels easier to get there than running (for me) due to fewer injuries.
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@Nkwkfld:
Ride to the top of Puy Mary today which is a common mountain finish in the Tour de France. It was the most challenging thing I have done on a bike. To get there and to get home meant climbing the Col de Pertus twice so all in after only 30m/50km a total elevation of 5900ft/1800 meters were climbed.
Very jealous of this ride. A cycling focused trip to Europe is a big bucket list item for me.
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A few shots from races this season, which is just about wrapped up.
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Very cool esp the first pic. I’m curious about these races and what sort of level you’re at. Do you use strava? Would be cool to see.
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@Nkwkfld most of those pics are from a couple different races in Seattle. That first one is at the Seward Park series which runs every Thursday from April through August. I race at the P/1/2 level for all USAC sanctioned races (third year racing bikes). My Strava profile should pull up at the below link.
https://www.strava.com/athletes/30762450
If you're interested in what one of the races looks like from a speed/wattage perspective here is my file from last week's race (this one was about a minute slower than the few prior races just due to tactics). I race in the 7PM, which would be considered the P/1/2 race. There is also a 6PM and a 5:30PM which are geared more toward category 3/4 and 4/5 riders.
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Whoa cool I grew up in Magnolia and Capitol Hill. Awesome!
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That's awesome. Yeah the bottom two are from Volunteer Park up on the hill. That's a really fun crit.
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just purchased this for the dogs and I
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Maybe it has already been discussed but is many of you on Zwift? We could make the IH team
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Great idea. I just made a club called ‘Iron Heart’, I’d be up for doing a group ride at some point. We can see how many join then work out a time that suits the various zones.
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Will you keep the ‘no drop’ option on…?
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Cool @Nik I found it and joined.
Cheers
