wintergreen

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• Training this winter

  in Track Cycling and Velodromes • 15 years

  

  whats everyone squatting? I'm going 5x6 reps at 140kg twice a week on top of the usual 40k circuit and one hill session a week.

  I'm walking like a cowboy buggered by a horse most of the week

• Rollers

  in Track Cycling and Velodromes • 15 years, 2 months

  

  The anteres rollers are slightly concave, so allegedly it encourages the bike to drift to the center of the rollers.

  I have the minora, it didn't take too long to get used to them. Like everyone has said, you just need t get into it. I wasted myself coming off, it was more embarassing then painful though.

• Training Advice

  in Track Cycling and Velodromes • 15 years, 5 months

  

  You guys are awesome.

  Gizmond I get you on the deadlifts, but for bench pull exercises do you mean things like rows and flys?

  Dino are you saying I should cut to two gym sessions a week, mix my days to include full body exercises, or add two days of full body?

• Training Advice

  in Track Cycling and Velodromes • 15 years, 5 months

  

  resurrecting an old thread, but it's winter over here in New Zealand and I need some advice.

  I started going to beginner sessions halfway through last season and had an awesome time despite not really knowing what I was doing. Some time passed and I gained some understanding of the different race types and distances. So far my strengths have been in the sprints. I'm looking to expand on this, and so far this winter I have been riding 45 to 70 kms a week (excluding commutes), and attend the gym at least three times a week. I try to get in one day of hill sets a week.

  I guess I'm looking for advice in improving my sprint, am I missing any important gym exercises (typically have two days of squats and deadlifts, and a day of chest tri's back etc with a days rest between each). More importantly am I wasting my time in the gym?

• Square Taper or Octalink ?

  in Bikes & Bits • 15 years, 5 months

  

  all I can say is I rate my 7710 cranks hard. Super stiff

• Fuji Track / Fuji Track Pro / Fuji Track Classic

  in Bikes & Bits • 15 years, 5 months

  

  My headset had some play after a crash at the velodrome, I just loosened the stem and the bolt on top and gave it a whack until it set itself right. I'm wondering if the spongey-ness is because of how thin the fork is where it enters the head tube

• Fuji Track / Fuji Track Pro / Fuji Track Classic

  in Bikes & Bits • 15 years, 5 months

  

  has anyone with an 08 or 09 found the fork quite spongey? when I'm at the track it feels like I'm riding around with an inch of travel.

• Bike porn

  in Bikes & Bits • 15 years, 5 months

  

  My LBS has this subtle piece of bike porn......

  You pedal as normal, then to engage the 2nd higher gear you pedal backwards - whilst still travelling forwards - WTF ? Imagine doing 20 odd mph through the traffic, then for swift overtaking - oh yeah pedal backwards 8-{

  The feeling at speed must be bizarre

  there are internal hubs that do the same thing, call kick back hubs I think. there were heaps of Raleigh 20's that had these

  

• Bike Anti-Porn - When Things Go Wrong

  in Bikes & Bits • 15 years, 6 months

  

  its the sugino messenger crank logo

• Narrow wrench callout?

  in Mechanics & Fixin' • 15 years, 6 months

  

  maybe slide a pipe or wrench over the allen key to gain more leverage