It's not looking good for the industry, with Wiggle in dire financial trouble and Islabikes also announcing this week that they're discontinuing making any new bikes.
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Tigger
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Anyone got a good indoor routine for winter? Looking to get somewhat fit for mountain biking next year, had all this year off after a knee op so starting basically from scratch again but have bought a spin bike for the dark winter months.
Dont need to be race fit just hoping to enjoy the downhill more rather than recovering from blowing out my arse going up them. Thanks in advance
Dont need to be race fit just hoping to enjoy the downhill more rather than recovering from blowing out my arse going up them. Thanks in advance
I think the routine is less important than how enjoyable you can make it. Being able to train consistently is key and indoor training can be hard mentally. That's why the likes of Zwift is good because you can do races and stuff.
Tigger
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Cheers for the reply, I dont actually mind the grind. How much is involved setting yourself up on zwift? Never looked into it tbh
At a basic level, just an indoor trainer and a laptop. If you have a smart trainer then you get the resistance changing alongside the gradient etc., but that's not a deal breaker imo.
Rita_Poon
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Mix it up, give yourself some swimming recovery fitness. Hurt knee's can stay hurt, and sometimes be made worse. A little at a time. Not to pour cold chlorinated water on your plans or anything. How you hurt your knee? How long you wait for op?
Black Belt Jones
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This post here explains current best practice for getting strong on the bike in simple terms:
Basically you can't go out and ride really hard all the time or you'll burn out quick.
But if you just bimble at a tourist pace there will be no training adaptation and you'll never get strong.
So what you want to do is most of your rides a level up from this (zone 2, I am exercising but it is quite easy), and a minority of your rides very hard.
It speaks to the single most powerful thing you can do as an enthusiast rider or amateur racer to get stronger - more volume.
I remember the good old time crunched cyclist days.
Tigger
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Thankyou for that BBJ, dont mind the idea of setting up in front of netflix and getting some zone 2 in. I have a polar hr monitor, am I right in thinking if my max hr is around 180 i need to be around the 120-130 area?
Pootsy
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A 2019 Cube Stereo Hybrid came up for the right kind of money near me so I had to jump at it. Sold as a fixer upper but with solid battery and engine. I'm bringing my XT running gear and brakes over from my hard tail then I'll fix it up over the winter/spring ready for the summer trails.
Can't wait to get on the Winter trails with the eMTB to see how it handles things. Already brought it to work a few times to see how economical it is for me to do so. I know I always said it was a cheats bike but I'm starting to understand it much better as you do have lower power input modes and even off if you want.
Can't wait to get on the Winter trails with the eMTB to see how it handles things. Already brought it to work a few times to see how economical it is for me to do so. I know I always said it was a cheats bike but I'm starting to understand it much better as you do have lower power input modes and even off if you want.
Black Belt Jones
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Roughly yes but it varies for different people - mine is more like 140 off 182 max. Talk test is pretty accurate - you can maintain a conversation but someone would know you were exercising, that is upper Z2. The HR monitor is good to tell you if you're going too hard.
Z2 indoors can be a boring proposition, no two ways about it, but netflix, zwift etc can make the time pass easy.
GCN are shutting as well. Crikey.
Black Belt Jones
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This is poor news - their subscription was exceptional value.
The Belgian sporza channel shows a lot of cyclocross and classics racing free to air, but geo-locked. Might try that as first port of call, otherwise it's a discovery+ or eurosport subscription.
I think I watched most of this from behind the sofa, especially as I've had a twitch like he had a minute or so in but wasn't able to catch it again
thirdmantackle
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key to turbo - know what you are doing. endurance? tempo? high z2? I usually do 90mins- sometimes 120mins. Also do my 60mins recovery rides on the turbo - much more controlled
Change it up, I never use zwift - waste of money. I watch documentaries mainly, with subtitles on them.
Often download/stream cycling training videos off youtube just to have something to look at and many of them have decent background music
Change it up, I never use zwift - waste of money. I watch documentaries mainly, with subtitles on them.
Often download/stream cycling training videos off youtube just to have something to look at and many of them have decent background music