burndust
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How about "Monachil, Andalucía (España)" I've added it to my favorites for the weekend
Need to have a look at that...once my bike has had some work...well alot of work done to it...new rear hub for starters...
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Need to have a look at that...once my bike has had some work...well alot of work done to it...new rear hub for starters...
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Guru
- Location
- Powys, Wales
I have realised quite quickly that I might need to work up to some of these big climbs. I live in a VERY hilly part of Wales, and love my hill climbs on the bike! But out of the saddle on the Pro Trainer is not a familiar feeling. It'll come! But I need to get my BKool miles up, get 'Turbo' fit!
Yes it feels weird out of the saddle. I'm wondering if raising the front up on a brick or something would make it feel better. After all, when out of the saddle you're usually going uphill so if riding a long uphill section for miles at 10% gradient it would be a simple mod to put something under the front rest.
bowtomephil
Active Member
I bought a http://www.wiggle.co.uk/suunto-move...d||pkw||pmt||prd|5360490364uk&dest=1&curr=GBP a long time ago, decent ant+ dongle
It used to be:
- Amateur
- Amateur+
- Active
- Active+
- Professional
- Professional+
- Elite
I think the + was removed in favour of the number with the big update earlier this year. I guess numbers in each level run from 1 to 10. When the update came out I was Active 3, then went down to Amateur 7 before moving back up to Amateur 10.
It's listed as Extreme and there seems to be different segments up to 40 miles long. Profile looks like about 5 Alpe d'Huez one after the other. Might need to take the whole day and keep the watts down.
I reckon the best way to move up a few levels is to find a half hour climb and just keep the power on.
Anyone know what it takes to get bumped down a notch or two?
Runexeter
Senior Member
- Location
- Exeter, Devon, United Kingdom
Just done TOB stage 4, bad idea after a 9 mile run yesterday me thinks 
Just fired up the new Kickr - the resistance is a bit of a shock after getting used to rollers. It's well-weapon, although wiggle will need to explain the euro plug.
Tried out a simple spanish loop but the laptop battery gave out on the final slope. Then I tried an FTP and scored an Active 7 (310W average) although the last minute was digging very deep.
Tried out a simple spanish loop but the laptop battery gave out on the final slope. Then I tried an FTP and scored an Active 7 (310W average) although the last minute was digging very deep.
Any session over 30 minutes affects the level. So if you take it easy it should drop you down.
I was wondering if that were the case but so far I've not moved down any levels. Since I got the trainer moved up from amateur 4 to active 5 at 290w but most recent 3 runs around 250w. Still active 5 though.
