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I seem to plateau at 166bpm. Just been out for a ride, spent an hour at around 130bpm, then hit a hill out of the valley back to the village. I've created a Strava segment for ease of analysis:

http://app.strava.com/rides/25955318#464348736

Hit the "Performance" tab to see the heart rate data.

Unfortunately I did not quite clear the top of the hill whilst I waited for youngun, but you can see how I got to 166bpm, got into oxygen debt and had to slow just before the top.

Edited by Paul S on 24th Oct, 2012.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Looks like a nice ride, there’s a odd peak in HR at the start on a down hill section is a scary decent

Have you tried out Garmin connect? How’s Strava in comparison? I have used Strava on my phone a few times just seems to insight huge competition, not necessarily a bad thing…

Strava is great as it allows you to isolate parts of the ride as segments. You can use it to be competitive or just monitor your own performance.

My wife moans like hell when she loses her QOM positions and will actively seek to get them back, usually against girls less than half her age :)

I also use Garmin Connect because it also has some useful features. Plus if one of them loses my data, it's not gone forever.

Edited by Paul S on 25th Oct, 2012.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

good stuff, KOM is really good

I like strava too,

Paul, tried the HRM out today, average was 175bpm over 11 miles!!

from that all the cycling ive been doing looks to be well in the anerobic zone

That's a bit high Joe

I'm the same, most of the last year I've been pushing hard to go faster when actually taking it steady would have burnt off more weight :(

You can probably see from my Strava data that I'm now going a lot slower.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

yeah looks like i need to knock it back a notch....

woryingly that was not one of my harder workouts, looks like I need to go slower to go faster!

I just looked at the whole log. You were in the red for the entire 11 miles.

That's like driving on the motorway at full throttle in an 850. It won't last long.

If you are 35 years old, then your maximum heart rate is 185 bpm. You maxed out at 182 bpm, so you nearly hit the limiter.

If you work on getting the weight down, then your heart will run slower for the same effort.

I've entered a 45 mile sportive in March next year. I'm going to work on getting my weight down with longer, slower rides with occaisional shorter sharper rides to keep the speed in my legs.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

yep, never realized Ive been pushing that hard, been doing similar on 20-30 milers, and probably most of the 50miler the other week, although i did low down toward the end last 10 miles or so.

Ive dug the stepper out I'll try to get some hours in on that during the bad weather.

trouble is I find it hard not nailing it when out on the bike.

Find someone slower to ride with. Last week I dragged the youngest out with me. He gets along OK a steady pace but 2-3mph slower than I would normally with the wife.

Last couple of days I've dragged the injured wife out with me. She snatched her front brake on her road bike 2 weeks ago, went over the front and landed badly breaking a rib. She can now ride her MTB one handed, so she's back out with me, 40 slow miles over last two days :)

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

You know how I love numbers? Here's some interesting stats:

August, 205 miles, average 12.8mph, 4lb weight loss
September, 166 miles, average 14.7mph, zero weight loss
October, 142 miles, average 11.1mph, 2lb weight loss

So another case of "less is more"

Overall I've lost 11lb in the last 12 months on 1300 miles, but 6lb in the last 3 months :)

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

stupid question but the weights you posted are you accounting for the fact that surely there's going to be some muscle increase and so although you may not be losing weight you actually are but fat.

does that make sense

number lover!

that is interesting,

I'm pretty sure ive put on weight.

On 1st Nov, 2012 t@z said:
stupid question but the weights you posted are you accounting for the fact that surely there's going to be some muscle increase and so although you may not be losing weight you actually are but fat.

does that make sense

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

My trusty steed of the last 10 years is starting to show its age (like me, you may say:))

Bottom bracket is clicking, the forks are shot, stem sqeaks etc etc. Also I've been brought to a standstill on a muddy track with blocked brakes whilst the wife has just carried on with her new disc braked Spez.

As it was this morning:


It's dirty because I've just been out on it.

Looked at new bikes and could not find quite what I wanted. So I decided to upgrade what I've got.

New forks, wheels with discs, new oversized bars and stem, hydraulic disc brakes and a complete new drivetrain, cassette, chainset, derailiers, shifters and chain. Mainly Shimano XT or Deore stuff.

First job, put the discs and tyres on the wheels and put the caliper on the front forks:

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Ah now your talking a Real bike

just make sure you adjust the gears properly unlike me....

shifted the chain into the spokes and shredded the rear wheel!

Whoops.

Just reading up on fitting it all together. Another trip to the local bike shop at the weekend to get all the special tools :(

Should be able to fit the forks OK.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

let us know if you need any tips setting up, I know a lot more about bikes than I do minis

Thanks for the offer.

Most my usual MTB tracks are flooded, so I may just crack on with the whole conversion over the weekend.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

Stage 1 completed and successfully commissioned :)


Couldn't go far because of the floods, but feels like a different bike. Brakes actually work and it feels much more precise and stable. Love it :)

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

hydraulic discs?

Oh yes. Them come pre-assembled and bled but the front pipe is a bit too long, so I need to shorten it and bleed it. More special tools required.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

bit of a faf aren't they,

worth it though.