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Please pm me, or ask any questions here, if you have a set of chainrings available in good condition that you'd like to sell on.
Thanks.
Dan

Totally, i just didn't realise it would be so noticeable, and that training to heart rate is almost pointless....

I'll tell you what i find annoying/pleasing about training with a PM (you can argue that after only 3 rides i am hardly (yet) 'training with power' ).....

My commute is 25 miles each way, and i ride steady on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays to build up the TSS, and use weekends to put the structure in (it also means i spend more time with my daughter/family whilst i get early training in on the turbo).
My commute with power (just purchased a quarq)this morning at zone 3 left me arriving at work feeling fresh at only 5 and half minutes slower than my quickest commute time, which is an absolute smash-fest that leaves me feeling shite.

Its quite clear that previous 'quick' commutes must see me all out on hills etc, but crawling along in recovery mode in other sections...... I've never really paid attention to anything but time.

Arrospok dealer. Can't remember who exactly.

Trott's sprinting is phenomenal. So much stability in her core. Goddamn amazing.

I'm sure you are aware - a fasted Swains would require a certain tempo to ensure you aren't just emptying muscle glycogen, which without adequate recovery nutrition afterwards would negate the whole point of fasted training.
Its such a fine line.... Try it on thursday and see how it goes!

Another 4 TdF stage wins and he's the greatest again....
#cav4life

I think Cav looks over his shoulder first and sees the Korean drifting up the track. At this point, he also sees a gap to drop into....
On looking again (second look) Cav will have seen the Korean also looking over his LEFT shoulder, which may have been a signal (to Cav) that the Korean was also going to drop down the track too.
It was just a poor decision, made at high speed.
Cav caused the crash yes, but it was no way intended.

Its really hard to give you the ultimate bottom line here, but i can say that fasted rides need to be built into your regime - with a progression in distances until you complete the distance desired.
You seem to have done the right thing in your first paragraph, and scaling back the effort to keep your body burning the right fuel (which we would hope, is fat) is ideal.

I am not sure the protein intake is necessary at that point in your ride, and carbs may be the better option - if only to raise blood sugar levels for a day of working ahead. Fasted training before a long day at work is a balance... one that i have messed up many times.
If you are riding with numbers (speed, power or heart rate) and you notice a considerable drop during the latter part of your rides - only you can answer the following:

1. Can you push through safely with no food/a little carbohydrate FLUID (easily assimilated)
   
2. Are you pushing too hard.
   
   

As soon as you arrive, hydrate with water. Then get some food in.
Just my thoughts.

Amazing - i look forward to hearing about your experience.

Great ride from Trott in the scratch race... such power - and sustained power at that!

You should know that the 2-way zip on the gilet has been replaced by a standard zip.

I find a stiff leg lift with trap bar really helps with fine tuning my form. It helps me to feel the 'drive through the heels', which as a cyclist with poor-firing glutes, it really helps to focus on how i should lift.
Obviously, this is quite personal, but it may offer food for thought?

Are you hydrated?

This is where i find rollers are so useful. Climb on, find an awesome playlist, and slowly tick away.
I'm now in a position where i cannot take a day off without some kind of joint stiffness or heaviness setting in afterwards. If i take 48hrs off, my body just stiffens up and getting back onto the bike requires an extended warm up to get going, but time on the rollers really helps me out.

What a legend.

Thanks everyone - some good info there.... and @branwen; that's solid advice!

Don't be like that. Science is science mate. If i can help further, let me also point out that teeth problems can be exacerbated by fruit acids.......

The first batch of Core bibs to come out didn't have a particularly snug fit, but its my understanding that they took on board some of our comments and improved the fit, especially the fit that @Ste_S refers to.

I use them for commuting too, and i love 'em. Longer that the PT's, and more like the length of the Aero's. Proper comfy.

Fucking nutribullet bullshit.
I have one and it comes with this smoothie menu which needs to come with a health warning. People that think that fructose has no effect on insulin need to do a bit more research. When you blend 4 or 5 pieces of fruit together, you create a glycemic load that your body doesn't want.
This process also leads to something called insulin resistance in the liver, meaning that the liver stops “seeing” the insulin in the blood. When that happens, the body starts producing even more insulin...

Now, if you add vegetables on the other hand, and some seeds/nuts etc, you have a different ball game. This advice is in the Nutribullet manuals, but i don't think it explains why. Obvs.

With work related links to trade accounts, i am looking at purchasing either Vector S pedals (which would be able to be switched between the Madone, CAAD10 and Track Bike) or the Quarq Riken meter, which if i'm being honest, would only go on the Madone (because of not wanting the faff of dealing with the CAAD10 BB complications...)

Do i go for versatility, or a one bike option? Since posing this question to a LBL, i was also thrown a spanner when it would appear that riding a carbon frame in a turbo voids a warranty, and this comes from Trek in this instance.....

So unsure of which option to go for - and i am certainly not in the same league as Dancing James, where two units are an option....

Nice. I'll be watching......

Need to see if i can get the cash together.

It's my understanding that Mavic will be used for the games though. Those shoes just don't look comfortable though!!

Yeah - for years it has been in a shitty state of 'regeneration', where tools have been put down whilst flattened sections of the city became stagnant and desolate. It's changed a lot though in the last year, and its becoming a great city again.... with odd topography :)

^ Birmingham New Street?