Jaysus cycling! (6 Viewers)

[rettucs]

this is just tragic beyond words. RIP to John and Gabriele

 

[chris d]

bloody hell

 

[Deadmanposting]

Cyclist killed in Dublin is second member of UCD Cycling Club to die on roads in a year

Father-of-three John Walsh sustained fatal injuries in crash with car in Kinsealy on Sunday

www.irishtimes.com

can you imagine having two members of your club killed in less than a year?

This is right at the Apple green out there

People speed on that road once they get a chance
But this is also someone on their phone - catastrophic, fatal injuries like this are drivers being 'surprised' by a cyclist cos they're answering a text or something.
Even if you're speeding, there's time to react. You just have to be looking at the fucking road.

I have low faith in the gards, but hopefully they get this fucker's phone off of them.

 

[seanc]

This is lovely thing that my neighbour apparently has now. Lighter than you might expect. Could probably use at least one brake. It's SS, not fixie.

 

[Deadmanposting]

Did a test to establish where my bike fitness is at

It is in a horrible place

This was the test


Abandoned 2 minutes in
I don't think I went over 120 Watts the whole fucking time

Switched to watching the HR on my watch
10 minutes at 130 HR
50 minutes at 140 HR
10 minutes at sub-130 HR
My Max HR is like 168 to 170

! hr 10 minutes and I didn't even break 20 fake bike miles
A horror show

 

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[Deadmanposting]

Lads, what the fuck?

I have to do this tomorrow

 

[ann post]

yes this is what big cycle wants

 

[Deadmanposting]

yes this is what big cycle wants

I thought the first part was the test
All those 3:00 interval things
Then fucking wallop!

 

[ann post]

I thought the first part was the test
All those 3:00 interval things
Then fucking wallop!

Yeah cycling is essentially masochism in bright clothing. I enjoy being half destroyed climbing some stupid mountain

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

Yeah cycling is essentially masochism in bright clothing. I enjoy being half destroyed climbing some stupid mountain

As my friend told me as I gasped up a hill: It never gets easier, you just get faster.

 

[pete]

As my friend told me as I gasped up a hill: It never gets easier, you just get faster.

 

[Deadmanposting]

Started shopping for a proper carbon fibre bike
Man they have come down in price

My friend warned me about going on group rides that I would be judged for not using clipless pedals
I told her that I already knew cyclists were assholes
Heheh

 

[flashback]

Started shopping for a proper carbon fibre bike
Man they have come down in price

My friend warned me about going on group rides that I would be judged for not using clipless pedals
I told her that I already knew cyclists were assholes
Heheh

You could consider looking at Ti frames too.
The prices are comparable, and something like a Litespeed Ti will have much higher QC than almost all carbon.

And yeah, despite being a cunt, clipless will make your life easier. You can put on a pair of SPDs and get ordinary looking shoes, and pretend you don't have clipless if you want to keep your inner cuntery a secret.

 

[flashback]

As my friend told me as I gasped up a hill: It never gets easier, you just get faster.

thing about hills is it's particularly nasty to weight.

I went from weighing something like 62 kg to something like 72 over the course of a few months. When I got back onto the bike and hit a hill I stopped, got off the bike, and checked over everything to try to work out what was going on. Hills went from being the bits of the ride I could sit in and relax, to suffering to the point that I thought the bike was broken. The amount of watts those big fellas must be able to generate to get over those serious climbs is unreal.

 

[Deadmanposting]

clipless will make your life easier.

Still not convinced of this tbh
I have done research - and not looking to open the can of worms here.
Everyone likes what they like and they get used to what they like.

It's more a comment on the judginess of cyclists than the actual system in question.

Appreciate the info on the Ti bike

 

[magicbastarder]

from what i've seen, how difficult hills are is calculated by raising the slope by a factor of 2.5.
e.g. doubling the slope increases difficulty by a factor of more than 5.

 

[flashback]

from what i've seen, how difficult hills are is calculated by raising the slope by a factor of 2.5.
e.g. doubling the slope increases difficulty by a factor of more than 5.

"This slope is rated at 5 difficulties, 3 if you're an animated skeleton."

 

[Cornu Ammonis]

thing about hills is it's particularly nasty to weight.

I went from weighing something like 62 kg to something like 72 over the course of a few months. When I got back onto the bike and hit a hill I stopped, got off the bike, and checked over everything to try to work out what was going on. Hills went from being the bits of the ride I could sit in and relax, to suffering to the point that I thought the bike was broken. The amount of watts those big fellas must be able to generate to get over those serious climbs is unreal.

Jesus, you’re only a feather. When I was at my leanest I was around 86-88 kg. I’m probably close to* 100 kg now. I also live in the Dublin hills so there’s no escaping the pain.

*probably well over.

 

[flashback]

Jesus, you’re only a feather. When I was at my leanest I was around 86-88 kg. I’m probably close to* 100 kg now. I also live in the Dublin hills so there’s no escaping the pain.

*probably well over.

ah, it probably wasn't very healthy. But it was more the swift addition of 10 kilos giving a very different outlook on cycling up hills.
I'd be less feather like now. But much warmer in the sea it turns out.