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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:29 pm
While agreeing with what you say the problems are;
1. Spin classes. I'm being paid to do these. I could cut one on Wednesday, getting someone else to do it. Another option is just to go easy in them, I.E. pretend to be working hard. There are some high cadence sections upto 142 rpm. I could select tracks that put more focus on cadence for that week.
2. Fixie ride. The Sunday is a major social ride for my bike club. If I thought I had a real chance of winning C grade, then I'd be happy to ditch the fixie weekend. What I have done is add 96k on the Saturday to make it tougher. Should I be doing this 96k or should I avoid it? The bike is running 80 inch which is fairly high, should I run a lower gear to add cadence? Or should I be taking it easy on that day?
Like most of us my training is dictated by time and lifestyle
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby foo on patrol » Fri Oct 08, 2010 5:48 pm
Goal 6000km
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Fri Oct 08, 2010 7:46 pm
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Sun Oct 10, 2010 6:26 pm
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:35 pm
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:00 am
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby Chuck » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:02 pm
Mike was that right at the start of the climb ?mikesbytes wrote:There was a small section going up to the Mt Kera lookout which I could barely ride on 39/25. On the way back Mark checked it with his Garmin and it was 25% hitting 30% at one spot
I think 25-30% is over the top, but the start of the climb felt steep to me when I rode it with some of the FPR crew not that long ago.
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:10 pm
That's on the side rode that goes to the lookout. The main road is nothing like that.Chuck wrote:Mike was that right at the start of the climb ?mikesbytes wrote:There was a small section going up to the Mt Kera lookout which I could barely ride on 39/25. On the way back Mark checked it with his Garmin and it was 25% hitting 30% at one spot
I think 25-30% is over the top, but the start of the climb felt steep to me when I rode it with some of the FPR crew not that long ago.
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:13 pm
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby Chuck » Tue Oct 12, 2010 3:51 pm
Ahh okmikesbytes wrote:This section going to Mt Kera lookout
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby rogan » Tue Oct 12, 2010 8:07 pm
Umm jeez. It's pretty dead. Not as dead as Akuna Bay is or West Head used to be. There were very few punctures in 1990, none in fact, that I noticed (My memory is not THAT good 20 years later. It's more a case of I bet you in 2030 you will be able to recount details of the day you rode the Grafton the first time. It's that sort of race).Is the Grafton to Inverall road tarmac or stone chip?
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Re: Tour de Mike
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Thu Oct 14, 2010 5:53 pm
"Bitumen. Stone chip. Rough-ish."
458 competitors;
U/23 35
Elite Men 120
MMAS2 59
MMAS3 81
MMAS4 66
MMAS5 60
MMAS6 22
MMAS7 8
MMAS8 7
It's looking promising that I won't come last
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:37 pm
Saturday
RPM (spin) high perf (60 min)
Some bike commuting
Campbelltown to Bundanoon 100k fixed 81" into a dirty headwind all the way
Sunday
Bundanoon to Tempe via Wollongong. 174k fixed 81"
I was fastest by a long way down McQuarie Pass. Saw Graeme from RBCC riding up while I was going down, I'm guessing he was doing his final training ride for the Grafton.
Conquered Stanwell Park to Stanwell Tops on 81". I'm betting that's a record, ie no one has successfully conquered that hill with such a tall gear. Only 6 made it to the top, the other 5 were using gears in the 74" to 56" gear range, 3 of them used flip flops to get a lower gear.
In a way I consider Saturday to of been a harder ride than Sunday, though its hard to compare exactly
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby goneriding » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:01 pm
Looking forward to your race report on this one once you have recovered.
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:14 pm
Thanks goneriding, I suspect its either going to be an amazing success or a dismal failuregoneriding wrote:Best of luck with ride Mike. I wish I could join you, actually no I don't. Sounds painful
Looking forward to your race report on this one once you have recovered.
48 * 16JV911 wrote:what's that in sprocket x chainring language?mikesbytes wrote:fixed 81"
I rode up the same hill last weekend on the racer and used 39 * 25 (bottom gear) which I think is about 42"
The other rider successful riders were;
Chidgey 74"
Brownie 71"
Tim LLL, about 64" I forget
Simon LLL, 64"
Nathan 56"
I think its 15%, need to check it somewhere
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby sogood » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:28 pm
There is no failure with anyone tackling Grafton!mikesbytes wrote:I suspect its either going to be an amazing success or a dismal failure
RK wrote:And that is Wikipedia - I can write my own definition.
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Oct 18, 2010 2:33 pm
As long as its not like Melbourne to Warrnambool 2010sogood wrote:There is no failure with anyone tackling Grafton!mikesbytes wrote:I suspect its either going to be an amazing success or a dismal failure
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:07 pm
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby rogan » Wed Oct 20, 2010 7:22 am
Best of luck, and I'm looking forward to a detailed report next week.
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby mikesbytes » Wed Oct 20, 2010 9:22 am
At least half will drop off, so I'm only really racing 20 - 30 riders
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Re: Tour de Mike
Postby ft_critical » Wed Oct 20, 2010 10:28 am
Allez, allez Mike.mikesbytes wrote:My thinking has changed from finishing to racing it now.
+1rogan wrote:Best of luck, and I'm looking forward to a detailed report next week.
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Re: Tour de Mike
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