Holy hell, was surprised at all the frost/ice still over the Summit rd in the shady spots today. Even at 3pm! Biggest frost in 3yrs apparently. Was glad I was going up the Bastard, and not down, like a few I saw heading that way after the top.

Just managed to scrape in under 19mins with a 18:58 on the Bastard.

Headed around to Sumner via Dyers and took 3secs off last weeks time up to Evans so a 9:40 then headed straight onto Evans to Broadleaf without a rest(bad idea ) so only managed 15:45

I bonked on the flat yesterday. Hills are therefore completely out of the question!!

I haven't been this unfit since 1999 when I ate all the pies

Well I just got back from a weekend away and there's been a few ice dodgers out there in the hills cutting some times with the return of Rik, tony_11 and markie5. Ahad has also been out again accumulating them nicely and is now tallying 5/8 - at this rate I'm rapidly running out of time to ever get to the top of the board again
Finally, we now have times for all the climbs so the dummy times are all gone

Well being away this weekend meant I didn't any biking in, however I did score a dusty, unloved mag trainer off my brother-in-law, so as soon as I'd unpacked and got the kids into bed I strapped my beloved onto the machine and gave her a spin. It was good to get some high intensity work in again (read sweat-fest and dizziness ) as I've had a few weeks of running training where I can't push myself as my legs are still adapting.

Since it's my first time with one of these devices I have some questions:
How tight do you clamp it on? Don't want to go over-tight when one side is gripping on the plastic skewer nut...
Changing resistance was an awkward dismounting affair, is the idea to put it on one setting and use the bike gears to change effort? I was wondering if the resistance is linear with 'road speed'?
Any recommended interval sessions for these machines?
How do you ride hills on these things

My trainer came with a replacement skewer with round metal nuts that fit nicely into the clamp of the trainer.

There are a few workouts here: http://www.chapelhill.homeip.net/Cycling/Windtrainer/ Includes a webapp with timer to walk you through the session either on a pc or a web enabled phone.

pb wrote:My trainer came with a replacement skewer with round metal nuts that fit nicely into the clamp of the trainer.

Mine too. Came with a heavy duty stainless steel skewer that I just leave on all the time. It is really heavy though and I'm sure that was the reason I wasn't quite able to take Ahad on the overall placings

mfw, I have no idea about the correct answer for your other questions. I just ride. And sweat. And get bored with not actually going anywhere or finding any hills. And wish I never thought of the idea of getting on the trainer. I find an hour on the trainer really hard - much harder than doing short bays at pace.

mfw wrote: How do you ride hills on these things

Stack serveral used phone books under the front wheel, close your eyes and imagine ...

1) I tighten mine so it only just doesn't slip once tyre and roller are warmed up. At this point the slip makes a good indicator of non-smooth pedaling
2) Non-cheap trainers have a remote resitance adjuster. So yes you use you gears.
3) What pb said
4) Hills easy max resistance, 54-12 visit http://gmaps-samples.googlecode.com/svn ... tions.html, type in Le Bourg-d'Oisans,France to Alpe-d'Huez, Huez, France. Go!

To get this thread back on track.

Would anyone like to give any of these climbs an ASO category rating. I'd do it myself but I don't know how the categorisations work, I just know they are really complicated to work out. Maybe we could have a polka dot jersey comp

XCguy wrote:Mine too. Came with a heavy duty stainless steel skewer that I just leave on all the time. It is really heavy though and I'm sure that was the reason I wasn't quite able to take Ahad on the overall placings

... And wish I never thought of the idea of getting on the trainer. I find an hour on the trainer really hard - much harder than doing short bays at pace.

And you thought it was just an accident an extremely heavy stainless steel skewer came with your trainer?!

An hour?! 30minutes and I feel like destroying the thing with a hammer

Have got a few days off work so

1. 8 29'

Thanks

Went for a dyers assault the other day.
21.30
A bit gutting but probably good considering the amount of riding i've been doing.

Well after mfws bad luck this evening. I feel pretty guilty giving him more updates to do

S-Ev 11:20*
Ev-Mp 15:57*

*Set on the old Raleigh Steelie

First time up Dyers since Le Race today, so 21:14 for me please.

22m15s for Mt Pleasant please

Lulz - first hill in 5 weeks - ouchies!

Roll up, roll up folks! The average Dyers - Kiwi time is currently 21 minutes 12 seconds - get yourself up there and posting as it's never going to be easier to get a better than average time

OK, todays updates from markie5 and Rik are up.
And welcome back to returnees: murphyflair, Spyder (whose blown his cobwebs out (sic)), and the comeback kid Al_Bushman.
Now, where's millsy?, and it's about time rochie popped his head up too...

Dunno when I'll be joining the comeback kids, current status: broken bike, broken body, pile of insurance claim stuff to get through