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What does a good interval session look like on a turbo - from the perspective of heart rate?

This one was a bit messy (weak in the last 4 efforts), but you get the idea. You should be going over your threshold in the interval (i.e. working at a rate you can only just sustain for the duration of the interval) and then recovering to about 60-65% of it, unless you're deliberately doing lactate toleration work. There are lots of different interval sessions for different purposes, but a lot of 25 mile TT riders seem to favour 4x4 and 2x20, search for those for full descriptions. The one I've illustrated is based on something Gordon Wright designed for Stuart Dangerfield, cut down to size since I'm a much weaker athlete.

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tl;dr: how to heal from road rash like a pro?

Came off my bike a couple of days ago and lost some skin. I put bandages and dressings on so I can wear clothes and go to work, but then the wound stays damp and doesn't heal (right?). So then I take the bandages off to let the surfaces dry off and speed the healing process, but the bandages have become part of my body, and removing them takes a days worth of healing with them. If you see what I mean.

The best thing is to let it breathe and dry out. Covering can lead to bacteria growth.
On tatts you'd put Bepanthen.

Find someone with a sweaty arse.

Happy marriage

that isn't very nice.

tl;dr: how to heal from road rash like a pro?

No personal experience, but heard good things about hydrocolloid dressings.

Cool, thanks for the advice guys

I have a combination boiler, which is old and rather knackered. When you turn a hot tap on the boiler fires up, and starts circulating water through the heating side of the boiler as well as providing hot tap water- the diverter valve is banjaxed.

Is that a Hetchins you have plumed in there?

Driving question: Driving toward Liverpool street on Shoreditch High street can I turn left on to the bottom of Bethnal Green road? Google street view is pretty useless. Cheers

Yes. there is even a filter lane

Wicked, thank you!

what is a quiet, cheap 3/32 chain for riding fixed?

Is there a better locking skewer than a pitlock?

Re Pitlock, I don't know of any other's with as good a rep. Most of the similar ones you see in shops are cheaper and have a low set number keys, so theoretically someone with the right key could take your wheel/seat off.

From using pitlocks I think they are very good. I misinstalled the seat clamp and had to cut through it/break it. It took forever and wasn't easy.

**A couple of Q's from me: **

Can anyone remember the name of the thread I think either ed or Skully started in General about beaters or town bikes. It was the one where skully was trying to grow ivy or some similar plant on his bike.

What are the best 26" slicks for the city, if you were after (in this order of priority):

• smooth comfortable ride
  
• fast (so I guess high psi)
  
• grip
  
• decent puncture protection
  
  

?

Cheers.

what is a quiet, cheap 3/32 chain for riding fixed?

KMC z610

pinhead might be worth a look. Not used them myself, but a friend is happy with them.

Thanks. I'll probably go with a pitlock then. Now I need to find somebody in town selling just the front wheel or front and seatclamp. Most of the packs seem to be front and rear wheel which I don't think will work well with track dropouts.

KMC z610

ta.

what is a quiet, cheap 3/32 chain for riding fixed?

Wippermann 7Z1

The bits with the 180+ make me feel a little sick.

In what way? You went over 180 and got sick, or you feel queasy that I do? I've had 207bpm on the track, doing efforts where you just go flat out until your legs fall off, averaged 181bpm for the last 50 I rode and I've averaged 186bpm for a 10, so hitting >180rpm doing intervals on the rollers is no biggie for me. The funny thing is that the old rule of thumb which suggested a decline in HRmax with age has not proven true in my case, I hit exactly the same numbers now as I did when I was one of the early adopters of HRMs 25 years ago. There are no points for particular numbers, as HR is a purely individual matter.

Tis, "specificit!y"...

your training should mimic your racing. .

Alarm.

No it shouldn't, not all the time.
It should specifically address the components of fitness you need to train in order to be better at racing. If you spend all year at the same volume and intensity you race at then you're doing it wrong.

To be fair to Hippy, when he wrote that he was very, very drunk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPiGJBHVadA

I know what he's getting at but I'm not going to turn down a chance to belittle him.

is there a way to tell how long my package will be delayed by UK customs? or will I either simply receive the package or a customs bill?

Depending on the carrier, you should get either a posted letter or a card through the door detailing the outstanding customs charges. If Porcel Farce are the final delivery agent, expect an delay of the best part of a week compared with normal uninterupted delivery, a bit less with the likes of DHL and UPS.

Rather on topic, I just got a Parcel Farce notice through the door, stating that I must pay them £15.64 before they release my £11.38 poster. There is postage of £21.41, so total value is £32.79.

Now, my maths is appalling, but is almost 50% a bit steep for import duty (+fee)?

Is this legit, or are Parcel Force just being grabbing cunts?

probs parcel force, it's coming from the States via USPS. damn. and I think I am about to get a hefty bill.