Giro d'Italia...starting tomorrow, anyone glueing or intermittently channel back and forth to Astro Starsports?

Sir Bradley Wiggins annoy me, so yes, I'm gonna root against him

Anyone but the Sir... Chris camp!

it was very windy yesterday, strong headwind, when a caucasian rider overtook me i drafted him (wheelsucked him for a good 8km).

He knew I was there behind him, happily shielded and doing 35kmh thanks to him. Inappropriately, he sneezes out and spitting just to make me away. At one point he gave up sneezing, he steer left hard and stop at the roadside.

So the question is, whose the unethical one here? Is drafting a stranger is a complete no-no?

One on one, what will be the effective drafting distance?

Q, will our latching to them caused them extra effort....?

I had a different experience..

I was being drafted by a Mountain biker, couldn't shake him off no matter how hard I tried.... Could be the effect of the drafting or I am plain lousy, playing the role of a trapped mouse then . I wasn't pleased then....but I could reverse the role in the future if I chance upon her.

Can u like this?

It was 2-3 bikes length initially until I think what the hell..just nearer, maybe a wheel gap from his rear wheels should be fine.

It's like unwritten rules not to draft others unless you are in a group ride. When people drafted me all I did was to slow down a bit,  not spitting or sneezing to chase them away.

anyone interested in getting a cannondale ??

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I wonder if riding  here in UAE will make me stronger when i'm back to Msia for good. The headwind is crazy, most of the time I can only cycle at 20kmh due to the strong headwind..but when there's no wind, 35kmh-40kmh seems easy breazy. Not so few years ago. Making me wanna buy that wind cheating wheels. Perhaps it will make life more easier, slicing the wind and whatever BS they claimed, but it comes with scientific facts and figures so I'm sold! Start saving money now! 



A pros sharing their training tips. I shared it here for the others benefit.
http://www.giant-bicycles.com/en-gb/news/a...sessions/16653/

Giant rider Matt Bottrill is currently enjoying a 9 race unbeaten win streak, in his latest blog post he talks us through his Top 5 Training Sessions and how he uses power as part of his training routine, over to Matt;

Part two of my rider blog and I am revealing my top five training sessions, I use these regularly as part of a programme set my my coach and sponsor Bob Tobin at www.cyclepowermeters.com. My training is based on power which Ihave found is the best way of optimising my training and recovery time. If you are interested in racing and training with power and selecting the right power meter the Tri Radar website has a great article about power based training and power meters, right here. 

Over the years I've found the key to not letting your training get stale is variety. If you're short on time and looking to add some variety to your training routine then try riding on different roads or adding different intervals, my top 5 are detailed below.

Training Zones - Heart Rate (Based on 190bpm Max Heart Rate)
Recovery: 114 - Active recovery
Zone 1: 114 - 123 - Long steady rides of up to 6hrs
Zone 2: 123 - 142 longer rides of up to 4hrs
Zone 3: 142 - 155 - Medium intensity rides of up to 2hrs
Zone 4: 155 - 169 - Sweet spot up to 1hr intervals
Zone 5: 169 - 178 - Race pace & 10min - 20mins efforts
Zone 6: 178 - 190 - Vo2 MAX 10 secs - 1 min intervals

Training Zones - Power
Zone 1: Active recovery
Zone 2: Endurance
Zone 3: Tempo including sweetspot
Zone 4: Threshold
Zone 5: Vo2 Max
Zone 6: Anaerobic capacity

For a much more indeath look at training with power, here's a useful link to an Andrew Coggan article on TrainingPeaks.com

My Top 5 Training Routines

1 - Sweet Spot Training
The zone just below threshold, if you're new to the sport try blocks of 10 minutes and if you're really keen and fit you might even be able to do blocks of 1hr. But sweet spot is a great way of building your fitness.

20 mins warm up @ L2, 10 - 20mins @ sweetspot, 20 mins L2, 10 - 20 mins sweet spot then 20 mins cooldown.

Try this twice a week and you will be flying. (Try altering your cadence eg: 20 mins 100 revs, 20 mins 70 revs, to add variety)

2 - Micro burst intervals

Warm up 20 mins, 20 mins - 1hr @ Level 2-3, but then every 5 mins do a max interval of either 10-20-30secs - or if you're super fit 1 minute sitting in the saddle riding as fast as you can, 20 mins cool down.

This session is great for increasing you lactic tolerance.

3 - Threshold intervals

10 - 20 mins to better you time trialing & top end power.

20 mins warm up, 10 - 20 mins @ level 5, 20 mins recovery, 10 - 20 mins @ Level 5, 20 mins cool down - if that's too much do 3 x 10 mins @ level 5 with 10 mins recovery

4 - Sub threshold power intervals

1 - 4 mins level 5 - 6 - Vo2 Max

Warm up 20 mins then do 4 x 4 mins if fit or 1 x 4 mins if not so fit @ level 6 with 5 mins recovery between each, 20 mins cool down

5 - Power based intervals - for increased strength

Find a climb of around 4 - 5 minutes.

20 mins warm up high cadence, don't concentrate on power or heart rate, start the climb at 70 revs, eg 53 x 17, then each minute drop it down one sprocket, descend the climb and repeat, keep doing the intervals until you can't take anymore!

My week in Training (based on power)

Monday - 2hrs Level 2

Tuesday - 15 mins L2, 1hr sweetspot, 15 mins recovery

Wednesday - Rest

Thursday - 20 mins warm up, 4 x 4 minute level 5 intervals

Friday - 15 mins L2, 1hr sweetspot, 15 mins recovery

Saturday - Race

Sunday - 90mins Level 1-2 recovery ride.

Drinking H2O and the occasional Pisang....we are clean for sure.... Cannot afford EPO or Steaks...la.
You mean now? post LA era.. Let's put your money on the next to be exposed... Bradley, anyone?

Does anyone here have experience riding on the velodrome ?? Tried it for the very first time yesterday and managed to do a couple of laps. Was bloody hard work and felt really awesome, got dizzy after a while though lol .. where is your eye suppose to focus on when riding ?? directly in front of you ?? Managed a top speed of 40+km/h but only for two laps .. legs and lungs cursing me after that

btw this an outdoor track and not indoor

Cadel pick up some bonus sec. being 2nd in a bunch
sprint, closing the gap on Bradley and Hesjedal.

bought 3T ergonova team carbon stealth black. the thing is, i felt more comfy with the old specialized handlebar.

le butthead, how high can i position the sram shifter? i mean, the placement of the shifter clamp.