Transcontinental Race No. 6 - TCR6 - #TCRN06 - 2018

What are they called, so I can google and find them. Bum plaster doesn't bring up much.

I don't know. I don't carry them with me!
I don't find much need for them when I'm sat on an office chair all day. :P

considers bolting office chair to bike

These were the ones I've bought off amazon here but not tested yet.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00LU2GNP8/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B015UJVXBA/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_pd_te_o_wl_ti/261-5084387-0912966

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00IGDKPQW/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_pd_te_o_wl_ti/261-5084387-0912966

They all look different to the ones I bought. Shame I can't remember the brand.

What did you ask for exactly? Bum plaster isn't the medical term I think. Or did you just take a box with plasters?

That's exactly what i asked for!

Found them... https://www.farmaline.uk/health/order/reskin-bike-plaster-silicone/

https://www.reskin.eu/?page_id=2075

appears there is also a reusbale verion. https://www.amazon.co.uk/ReSkin-Bike-Patch-Pack-2/dp/B01K0H8OPK

Oh reskin, why didn't you say so? :P That's fucking spendy stuff. I bought some of that after my first 24hr but never used it.

The plasters I had were like elbow plasters but for "sports" so they were made of cloth and didn't come off so easy.

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it's worth the money.

I don't stick it on like they say, I used one patch per cheek.

http://www.bikingtimes.com/reskin-patch-no-more-saddle-sores/

I used one patch per cheek.

I'm struggling to picture that, can you send me photos? :P

#goochwatch

#pray4gooch

Sorry. Private members access only. You need to pay for the FULL package first.

Anyone know any camping spots in G’Burg? I’m there a few days and my previous experiments with google reviews haven’t been so great.

If anyone is arriving on the Saturday and would like to share a cheap room in Geraardsbergen, let me know. I'm not too weird and won't touch you unless you want me to. Won't help sticking bum plasters on though.

There are a few. Are you on the Facebook group. Ask there. Someone will point you.

Can we stop talking about your full package now? #queasy

Proper or freecamping?

https://www.eurocampings.co.uk/belgium/east-flanders/geraardsbergen/campsite-de-gavers-101641/

https://www.wildcamping.co.uk/forums/belgium/3039-belgium-flanders-province-oost-vlaanderen.html

Where at? I normally leave accommodation booking until too late and stay out of town but I've not looked at transport or accom. yet. Bigger fishies to batter.

Proper camping sadly. I’ll just wing it again and trust google reviews and translations.

The first link is legit:
https://www.eurocampings.co.uk/belgium/east-flanders/geraardsbergen/campsite-de-gavers-101641/

I thought you were trying to cut weight, stop eating battered fish

Oh, is that how you lose weight. But what am I going to do for din dins on Fishy Fridays?
Fish finger party!

Just read this as I just came back from the woods and am reading through the internet now. This article is interesting. I think I have read this before. But reading things like this leaves me wondering what other aspects there are to be trained, that are not measured with the these numbers.
For example, and this doesn't prove anything, I had been cycling for several years before my first brevet. I was in decent shape, had done a few road races too and didn't suck at it too much. But after(/towards the end of) the first brevets, I was pretty broken. After a season of those, they became a lot easier and faster and I didn't need as much time to recover and didn't need to eat as much or frequently. And today it's even easier than it was during that second summer, something has changed/is changing.

But yeah I haven't read too much about this and my method basically is to do lots of the kind of riding I like to do. While I enjoy riding fast and hard, I don't really like road racing kind of cycling.

I think that's an important point, for training to work it has to be the sort of thing that you enjoy doing.

do lots of the kind of riding I like to do

Bingo. That's it. If you enjoy it, you're happy and love it. I like to train hard miles, racing etc. so that's what I do. I don't like doing long rides often, they're boring and I'm busy.

And your body is adjusting to a higher training load. It's like pro cyclists say they need a grand tour a year in their legs. It makes you stronger.