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[CXRAndy]

Will it unpack to this -

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That would be cool to have a go

 

[<Tommy>]

That's it Tommy, everyone has their levels and ambitions.

I've got a mate from Tenerife who has done several of these Haute events. I would class him, very much a Berty rider. If you ever fancy the haute events , I should be able to pass the contact on.

He did say, they were particularly gruelling events. He mentioned getting enough food down before each days stage was awful.

This is it

I think we all agreed the trouble if you can call it that with the haute routes is that they’re so intense that you probably remember very little of the climbs afterward. So it’s nicer to tick the iconic ones off first and then think about the haute.

Silly comments about thinking we’re pros aside. I see the big climbs as personal battles. I have passion towards it if I’m honest and I don’t apologise for it. I bloody love it! I love pushing myself to my limit. We’ve been overtaken by blokes in their 60’s on Steele bikes and it put a big smile on my face! It’s just personal battle with myself no one else.

 

[<Tommy>]

I think Carl meant to say 2hr indoor .

You're doing a tour, so will regular occasions to stop, have mini breaks. These all help tremendously against stress injuries. The cumulative fatigue is a big one. But you've done big rides before Lee, so should be aware of the pace you need to ride at

The climbing is I presume similar each day as well as distance around 90 miles. Assuming you're not staying up at high altitude overnight, there will be a fair amount of descending too.

I used to break down my days into for example 80+ miles was actually only 40 miles of hard work and the rest was descent, which was free fun

Andy you really are the personification of an armchair expert!

It does honestly make me laugh! 👌

 

[alex_cycles]

I fancy the shorter climb just after. I seem to remember, you can throw the kitchen sink at it. Arriving with lots of speed and powering it. Need to have a trial run

Yeah it's much shorter and also FAL/FTS, so it's gonna have to be tried too in some way or other. Will need to come up with a strategy, but that's for the private team chat. Don't want to give those ART boys any ideas

 

[bobinski]

This is it

I think we all agreed the trouble if you can call it that with the haute routes is that they’re so intense that you probably remember very little of the climbs afterward. So it’s nicer to tick the iconic ones off first and then think about the haute.

Silly comments about thinking we’re pros aside. I see the big climbs as personal battles. I have passion towards it if I’m honest and I don’t apologise for it. I bloody love it! I love pushing myself to my limit. We’ve been overtaken by blokes in their 60’s on Steele bikes and it put a big smile on my face! It’s just personal battle with myself no one else.

The bloke with no helmet? What was the climb?

I agree about the climbs. Especially this one

 

[alex_cycles]

The bloke with no helmet? What was the climb?

Poor sod. Did he cut it off to save weight?

 

[<Tommy>]

The bloke with no helmet? What was the climb?

I agree about the climbs. Especially this one

What climb was that? I can only assume I did ‘an andy’, and stopped for a 3 course meal half way up .

The old bloke heckling us on the way up was definitely the Pyrenees wasn’t it? It still makes me laugh thinking about it. Game old sod wasn’t he!

But I’m the worst for remembering the climbs. To be fair looking at the climb you Ickes out your memory seems somewhat selective!

 

[bobinski]

What climb was that? I can only assume I did ‘an andy’, and stopped for a 3 course meal half way up .

The old bloke heckling us on the way up was definitely the Pyrenees wasn’t it? It still makes me laugh thinking about it. Game old sod wasn’t he!

But I’m the worst for remembering the climbs. To be fair looking at the climb you Ickes out your memory seems somewhat selective!

Perhaps but I think it was only 8 months after my knee op followed by 6 weeks in a brace and 6 months of proper training so 2 birds and all that 😀

 

[bobinski]

Re the haute route Pyrenees last years was tough for reasons beyond the route


View: https://youtu.be/aHxmp5z3Aek

 

[<Tommy>]

Perhaps but I think it was only 8 months after my knee op followed by 6 weeks in a brace and 6 months of proper training so 2 birds and all that 😀

Sorry I momentarily forgot who I was talking to. Won’t happen again!

 

[berty bassett]

That is one climb I do remember ! It was bloody lovely , we went up and down the same side - plenty of snow up top
Someone waited at the cafe down bottom as they had issues of some sort - guessing Jerry think it was the tunnel incident
Altitude kicked in near the top
Think someone was skiing

 

[<Tommy>]

That is one climb I do remember ! It was bloody lovely , we went up and down the same side - plenty of snow up top
Someone waited at the cafe down bottom as they had issues of some sort - guessing Jerry think it was the tunnel incident
Altitude kicked in near the top
Think someone was skiing

😄

I think that’s at least 3 different trips you’re combining there whippet!

 

[bobinski]

That is one climb I do remember ! It was bloody lovely , we went up and down the same side - plenty of snow up top
Someone waited at the cafe down bottom as they had issues of some sort - guessing Jerry think it was the tunnel incident
Altitude kicked in near the top
Think someone was skiing

Yeah, it is a lovely climb. They had a gran fondo that day with food and music up top amidst the snow.
Those times were a bit strange. I started about 40s behind Mike and Barry and then rode with them but they finished a couple of seconds in front. May have something to do with the actual end point. Great memories though.

 

[Norry1]

once I realised intervals.icu could have separate FTPs for indoor and outdoor I ditched TR and started paying about £3 a month for intervals (which lets you import ALL your historical data and supports the site).

That and the ability to filter power curves based on indoor-only activities made it my go-to for collating all my information.

Also it's able to work out CP, which is good for Zwift, and you can set it to monitor whatever time intervals you like for new power records.

The filtering is excellent and you can set a lot of different time ranges on charts too. It's heaven for data freaks

I've now subscribed to intervals.icu - I like the format and it gives you loads of stuff. One feature I like is the way it categorises each week's training into the "style" of training it looks like, such as Polarised, pyramidal etc.

 

[alex_cycles]

I've now subscribed to intervals.icu - I like the format and it gives you loads of stuff. One feature I like is the way it categorises each week's training into the "style" of training it looks like, such as Polarised, pyramidal etc.

Yes. I really like it. I think the guy developing it is building the system he wants to use and is also a data freak.