of course drafting saves you energy, but i was speaking from the point of riding and facing the wind alone... it's a fact that no one like to work in the front pulling an entire group... unless you already have a pact that each rider takes a turn pulling, then the load will be more distributed...
drafting saves energy for the person seating behind, on flats at least... it is said the savings is as high as 15-20% of the energy spent by the person in front, but that is also having to take into account whether it is a head or tail wind and how strong and fast the wind is...
I can ride quite comfortably behind a ground around 30km/h+.. but once I'm drop off it's drop back to sub30.. if it's a totally flat road I probably can do an average 30k/h, but problem is that in Msia it's almost impossible to find flat road. I mostly ride in Hulu Langat in Silk Highway which is none short of hills
For saddle maybe i should do what you told earlier, go to specialise shop ask them to measure my..seat bone? I saw my friend saddle with U shape opening.. to rest your male anatomy better?
i read somewhere and apply it to myself...my usual cadence is 80rpm and above..before this I don't have meter with cadence sensor but turns out when I use it, my cadence is always around 80rpm without i realize it
what butthead said is true, I have a friend who ride with low gear and using high speed cadence most of the time while I already coasting with a higher gear..different people with different style I guess..
the thing I don't like with sigma 2209 is cadence is not display at the main display.. About the numbness of the 'thing'...yeah I do feel it when riding hard even on trainer for 30 mins...somehow on a longer distance 50km and above (relax cycling) I don't feel any numbness at all...however the usual technique I used is to always move my butt from the front of the saddle, to middle, and to the rear..sometime out of saddle..just to make sure blood flow is moving around
Added on April 17, 2012, 7:49 pmcontador and lance armstrong, which one is a superior climber? both are suspected of using clenbeturol whatever right? those enhanching the red blood cells etc..what types of food contains it? I mean naturally..is it red meat? hehe who knows we can climb like contador LOL
I have a friend who have no problem cycling at all, the way he pedal.. i think it's the highest cadence cyclist i ever meet in person.. he cycle bukit kiara - bukit damansara hilly area 35km/h.. very power...
haha you can buy the best bike you can afford, but if you have train to that point that you felt that plateau is reached and your gear is the limiting piece. It will be much rewarding to upgrade
Do you thinks is it "okay" to post the prices here on every item we brought from bike shop example on lubricant?
different bike shop is selling different prices given the same bloody lubricant...
1 in Bangsar is no discount, whatever shown in price tag is the final price. 1 in Batu Caves price tag is just for indicative price as required by law, but in fact, it's sell cheaper. 1 in Tmn Melawati just want to get rid of the old stock which was the among cheapest...
haha.. that's my experience on the Finish Line lubricant.
I think posting price is ok.. we are not associating with any bike shop tho.. that's the fact of when everything goes online, ever peer's review count. Imagine you get butt hurt by a shop and you tell everyone online.. In fact last Sunday I went to that bike shop which butt hurt me long ago.. but this time I went there with my friend which is a regular customer there.. looks like their attitude totally changed..
Hehehe, fell in love with the italians and bought a willier trestina.
wife but wat to do, sold my ol bike dy..
Just to ask if we r climbing is't better to keep a higher cadence or lower cadence is better, possibly at wat range?
I think cadence could be personal and no such thing as ideal.. I think maintaining the cadence so your effort of pedalling doesn't differ too much is more important
wonder where is the rider in the midlde of the picture... left only the bike and the entire rider out of the picture frame...
lucky he didn't break his neck... this is called... crashing in style... you know jack shit about this... i was just jokin... it happened only once as far as i recalled... i think 5 riders got robbed of their bikes... which i think they were targeted...
usually during night time quite a lot of riders... so, it is quite safe over the entire distance... lighting is not too bad as well except for some parts, mostly near the under cross tunnels having some overgrowing trees covering the street lights and creating some shades... that's overkill.. the support car won't be in the motor lane with you... neither does kesas have enough emergency lanes for cars to stop.... so, the support car ends up waiting at the end point doing nothing much but being bored to death waiting for the riders to reach the end point or way points...
kesas is as safe as it gets... as long as you keep your line straight... passing by motorcyclists will slow down and give enough room for both parties to maneuver...
he mean lekas not kesas i think.. lekas is just the highway next to my house i travel everyday.. it's quite deserted thus making car zoom like mad there.. I drove there 170km/h back then.. now felt life is precious dare not edi..
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