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SPDs?

SPDs

Cool, thanks

I'm struggling to find a piece of road that's suitable to test IRL, but decided to check my fitness on the turbo. Went 'almost' all out - didn't throw up, but flagged a little toward the end. My resting heartrate is in the low 50's, but goes quite high during exercise, peaking around 200/205.

Too poor at the moment for a power meter so struggling to make sense of this:

Elite Crono Fluid Elastogel turbo, so I have no idea what power/effort I'm really applying.

Warmed up for 10 minutes 20mph average (avg hr 161), then tried a virtual 10 mile TT. Excuses aside, like bad tempo while wiping the sweat, I managed 25:58 moving time (26:02 total), so average of 23.1mph. Average cadence 95, average heartrate 194.

I'll try test it in real-world later this week, but is there a tech sheet anywhere for turbo-vs-road effort? Just so I know if the reality is I'll be slower on the road.

I'm struggling to find a piece of road that's suitable to test IRL

https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/find-a-course

Ideally, pick one fairly close to home on which somebody is running an evening TT, pay your money and pin on a number. The only way you'll ever know what you can do in a time trial is to ride time trial.

Elite Crono Fluid Elastogel turbo, so I have no idea what power/effort I'm really applying.

Just to note, I went from training on this turbo (with virtual power) to using a turbo with an actual power meter and it seems that as far as my unit was concerned the speed of my wheel on the Crono Fluid was resulting in TrainerRoad over reading virtual power by about 50-60W. So I would think you'd be slower on the road, regardless of what a tech sheet/power curve says...

pin on a number.

This.

....in doing which, you will open up a whole world of excuses for underperforming that won't apply riding indoors on a turbo.

More excuses = better

Of course, hence:
turbo = work of the devil

Ah thanks...

When I looked online the only curve I could find (without applying actual effort) was from here... http://www.powercurvesensor.com/cycling-trainer-power-curves/

Then I realised I had no idea what I was looking at, and went to bed.

Will have to pin on a number and make excuses.

Should I bang a 56t on for h10/8? Or 53 be okay.
I seem to remember it's got a slight downhill.

I'll keep 53. I'm too lazy to change, and I'm not tony Martin.

H10/8 is Bentley which is 'pretty' flat compared to any ski slope courses but you're faster than me and I use a 58T in 10s (and I'm not a grinder) so you should put on the biggest gear you have.

Depends what way the wind is blowing. Can be a very fast finish.

Yeah, but he's young and supple. Unlike us.

Is this the first edition of The Time Triallist Monologues?

Ha I edited. To add the lazy part.

Maybe I'll change with @umop3pisdn saying it can be fast. Looks like a SWerly wind.

I ride a 10 around 105rpm. So really it's more for a nice chainline.

Looks pretty bang on conditions.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/2655885/day4

Smash it to the turn, dig up the little drag past the pub then cruise home at 40mph.

I seem to remember doing 40ish in the 25 I one rode there, along the nice tarmac bit.

Why's the F&CCC event a morning one this year, off at 09:40 means I've got to get out of bed early! Been training all year, feel pretty good, now I've got a cold! Shall I ride 93" fixed or gears? I think the fastest I've ever done on H10/8 was about 44 mph, howling tailwind back, obviously!!

Availability of the HQ is what forced the change to a morning start.

9:40 is a lay in!

When I did the ECCA 100 I think I was off at 6:40!!

Pfft luxury... 5:26am

Mad. I still need to find a 100 this year. I think one in the 2 weeks before TCR would be good. Given there are none in April/May

Edit: Maybe nationals. https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-details/15514

But I still I nightmares of that course.