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#2521 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Go for it Shane - I thought you had taken up cyclng during the lockdown. It makes a difference - by blood pressure averages around 120/70 and my at rest pulse is around 50bpm, which are pretty good for my age (62) - there are no guarantees in life but I should be reducing my risk of a heart attack or stroke. Not only that but getting out in the countryside is good for my mental health too - it's certainly helped keep me sane with working at home during the lockdown.
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#2522 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Been doing a few rides with swmbo of about 42km, but did a nice 7.7km sprint back from our loop end point averaging139 watts with some short sharp hills.
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#2523 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Gutted. This year's Ride London event has been cancelled. :cry:
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#2524 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Shame, difficult to know if things will be under control by then ...
I went for a walk today. 3hrs 4mins. It was very hot, and I got localised chafing. I might post some pictures.
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#2525 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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IslandPink wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 10:00 pm I might post some pictures.
of your localised chafing? :shock:
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#2526 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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On second thoughts - lighting is poor in that area - might not bother !
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#2527 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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IslandPink wrote: Sun May 31, 2020 10:08 pm ...lighting is poor in that area - might not bother !
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Top pun work team!
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#2529 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Two rides this weekend.
Friday did a short one, down the main road to Rhewl ( see below ) then cut across, had to double back at one stage near Gellifor due to fallen tree branch resting on electricity cable. That was about an hour total. The first 5 miles on the main road had a superb tailwind, must have averaged about 22 or 23 mph.

Today, longer route, see below ( if you can follow the blue dashes ). This is fairly hard & hilly on the B-road at the South end. There's a hard hill out of Llanelidan that's labelled '1 in 10' on a sign at the bottom. This is a cruel trick which has taken me in before. Soon you find yourself struggling on a 1 in 6 , not in bottom gear, with no hope of engaging it. I had to walk a few yards . After that, things were fine. I think I'm getting just a little bit fitter, nevertheless.
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#2530 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Contour lines would help :wink: begging for detail . All those firing sounding names!
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#2531 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Good effort Mark, allez, allez...

I've only done just over 100 miles this week; after my crash weight loss program at the start of the week I didn't head out for a couple of days and then my legs just didn't have it - just about recovered on today's ride.
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#2532 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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andrew Ivimey wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:31 pm Contour lines would help...
In my experience they don't make any difference at all, you still have to pedal up the hills whether there are contour lines on the map or not.
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#2533 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Here are the stats from today's ride;
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#2534 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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andrew Ivimey wrote: Sun Jun 07, 2020 9:31 pm Contour lines would help :wink: begging for detail . All those firing sounding names!
Firing eh ?
OK OK, but today's ride was so HUGE that I had to go down to the next scale ( 1:100,000 ? ) on Streetmap, so you lose the contour lines.
Here's the hard bit at 1:50,000.
( ps. ride stats were 2hrs 18 at 141bpm )
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#2535 Re: The Audio-Talk Cycling thread.

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Dear oh dear, firing = foreign.

I see, I see. We love maps here in Bedford Towers. Hooray for OS but is it that anywhere we want to go/ look at/look up is always over the fold!?
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