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[Nigelnaturist]

Ah the percentages make sense now. Useful.

I've asked in the tech help section and already I'm getting nodding heads, but I need to consider chain length, which according to the chain length calculator linked in that thread, I will need a 134.62cm chain length.

Quite annoying as I've just put a new shiny chain on this afternoon and cut it down to the original chain length!

Its a bummer, I have left my new chain the same as the old for the time being, it wont matter it being on the longer side as the RD can cope, as it just thinks its on 23th sprocket on 12-25 ect...

 

[Nomadski]

Well the calculator said I needed a 134.62cm chain length, and when I laid my original chain down and measure it, it was over a cm longer anyway?! So either the calculator is wrong, or I've been running a longer chain than I should have from day one - haven't ever replaced the original chain till now.

Hmm going to order the cassette anyway and see.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

@Nomadski the easy way is to run the chain over the large rear and large front without going through the RD, and then plus one link, I have read plus two.
http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html#chain

 

[SpokeyDokey]

@Nomadski the easy way is to run the chain over the large rear and large front without going through the RD, and then plus one link, I have read plus two.
http://sheldonbrown.com/derailer-adjustment.html#chain

Mines plus 2 and works fine plus the RD looks in right place, according to Shimano blurb, when positioned in all the extreme combinations.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Well the calculator said I needed a 134.62cm chain length, and when I laid my original chain down and measure it, it was over a cm longer anyway?! So either the calculator is wrong, or I've been running a longer chain than I should have from day one - haven't ever replaced the original chain till now.

Hmm going to order the cassette anyway and see.

Yes - just order and have a fiddle. I think sometimes web research makes you dither and fret when in fact things are often dead simple once everything is in front of you.

You'll be rattling up those hills before you know it!

 

[Mo1959]

Feeling a bit fed up feeling so heavy legged and lethargic. After pushing myself to go out six days last week and do decent mileage, I am still putting weight on. Going for some blood tests next Monday and I'm almost hoping it is something like an under active thyroid so I at least have something to blame.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Feeling a bit fed up feeling so heavy legged and lethargic. After pushing myself to go out six days last week and do decent mileage, I am still putting weight on. Going for some blood tests next Monday and I'm almost hoping it is something like an under active thyroid so I at least have something to blame.

Good luck with that Mo'. You can feel very very tired with an under-active Thyroid. I was a long way over until I had Radio Iodine treatment November before last and then went 'under' as planned. Still having trouble getting weight off (think I got greedy when I was 'over').

Under-active symptoms for me were huge weight gain, real difficulty in walking up even the easiest of hills etc, lethargy, stomach pains and feeling very cold all the time. I definitely could not have ridden a bike though.

 

[Stonechat]

Feeling a bit fed up feeling so heavy legged and lethargic. After pushing myself to go out six days last week and do decent mileage, I am still putting weight on. Going for some blood tests next Monday and I'm almost hoping it is something like an under active thyroid so I at least have something to blame.

Hope you get sorted
I am riding less and still losing
Now 10st 1.5 lb in old money (64.23 kg)
When I started cycling again I was 2 st heavier. At a peak was 12 st 6 lb 87 kg.

Going to try for a trainer session tomorrow
Maybe some under/overs

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Feeling a bit fed up feeling so heavy legged and lethargic. After pushing myself to go out six days last week and do decent mileage, I am still putting weight on. Going for some blood tests next Monday and I'm almost hoping it is something like an under active thyroid so I at least have something to blame.

Weight gain, 6 days training at hills! Muscle... Just thinking out loud as it once again tries to hail.

Dawn chorus in full blast at the moment.

 

[Mo1959]

Weight gain, 6 days training at hills! Muscle... Just thinking out loud as it once again tries to hail.

Dawn chorus in full blast at the moment.

I wish Emma, but definitely bigger round the waist as trousers are getting tighter

Brrr, bit chilly here at the moment so just off for a walk once coffee is finished. Maybe get a wee spin before lunch.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Mines plus 2 and works fine plus the RD looks in right place, according to Shimano blurb, when positioned in all the extreme combinations.

I did two on my last one and it was too long on smallxsmall with the RD going back far enough to allow the chain to rub on the cage.

@Mo1959 hope things go well.

@Stonechat the fitter you are the easier it is, as your HR is lower and tends to burn more fat that cals. .

cue chart

This shows the % of fat used, not sure how accurate it is, but it does show the lower the hr the more fat fat is burnt, just I think, hardly scientific though.

 

[Nigelnaturist]

Well I did 200 miles last week and still put on 4lb.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

I wish Emma, but definitely bigger round the waist as trousers are getting tighter

Brrr, bit chilly here at the moment so just off for a walk once coffee is finished. Maybe get a wee spin before lunch.

same here... have officially put on 6kg since the disc went. trying to get it back off again but after a series of hypoglycaemic attacks last week I am having a few weeks easy until whatever is going on passes... then I will weigh myself again and depress myself yet again!

 

[SpokeyDokey]

same here... have officially put on 6kg since the disc went. trying to get it back off again but after a series of hypoglycaemic attacks last week I am having a few weeks easy until whatever is going on passes... then I will weigh myself again and depress myself yet again!

Beat ya!

I put on 2 stone 4lbs last March when I went fully under-active ie thyroid not doing a damn thing.

Have managed to shift 9lbs thus far but it is taking an age - not helped by the big stacks of Easter Eggs currently on display in the local Morrisons.

 

[Nomadski]

Got cassette now and the mechanic reckoned the existing chain should be alright for an extra 2 teeth so having a cuppa then will pop it on. As I was waiting at the desk heard a conversation going on for a fella looking for his first bike and was looking at a Specialized and a Cannondale. As soon as I heard the name I looked over and o.....m.....g.... I fell in love.

Its basically the 2015 version of my Synapse with a carbon instead of aluminium frame. Different geometry but the rest was same specs. I had a closer look and it is downright gorgeous. I could feel my wallet bouncing so paid for the cassette and left as quick as possible! (It's £1499).