Looks like is going to be 22.15 miles/day for 2014.
A guy at AUK, Steve Abrahams I think his name is, is having an attempt to break Tommy Godwin's year record.
His target is 75,066 miles in 2015.
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- 31 Dec 2014, 6:35pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Ten Miles a Day
- Replies: 400
- Views: 112865
- 1 Dec 2014, 6:42pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: news paper nutcase
- Replies: 46
- Views: 7991
Re: news paper nutcase
One person's view.
Disgruntled cyclist-
"I don't like cars using the roads where I ride my bike, so motorists, take note and keep off the road."
Disgruntled cyclist-
"I don't like cars using the roads where I ride my bike, so motorists, take note and keep off the road."
- 1 Dec 2014, 6:38pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Ten Miles a Day
- Replies: 400
- Views: 112865
Re: Ten Miles a Day
Looks like its going to be 23 miles per day.
- 14 Nov 2014, 10:28pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Miles per Gallon
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4699
Re: Miles per Gallon
andrew_s wrote:Ayesha wrote:Leading to infinite mpg.
I got infinite mpg out of my car today - to the supermarket and back, without putting any petrol in.
You will one day. Cars don't run on the padding in the seat. Think about it.
Also, if you overfill a car, the excess spills out onto the pavement. Similar to a man and beer,,,
- 8 Nov 2014, 5:05pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Miles per Gallon
- Replies: 38
- Views: 4699
Re: Miles per Gallon
When you give a cyclist a slice of bread that is 120 kCals, one would think that if the kCals per mile of the cyclist is 40 kCals per mile, the slice of bread would last 3 miles.
We all know this is ridiculous.
If it were true, a 300 km Audax rider would require 65 slices ( 5 loaves ) of bread to complete the event.
What happens in reality is that dependent upon the cyclists physique and the intensity of the riding, most of the required 40 kCals per mile are taken from fatty acids through lipolysis during the steady effort.
You will have to do your own experimentation, but I require about 4 kCals per mile on a <100 km ride, 12 kCals per mile on a 100><160 km ride and 20 kCals per mile on a >160 km ride.
On some flat 100 km rides, I don't bother eating anything extra above my daily BMR. An ice cream, maybe.
Leading to infinite mpg.
We all know this is ridiculous.
If it were true, a 300 km Audax rider would require 65 slices ( 5 loaves ) of bread to complete the event.
What happens in reality is that dependent upon the cyclists physique and the intensity of the riding, most of the required 40 kCals per mile are taken from fatty acids through lipolysis during the steady effort.
You will have to do your own experimentation, but I require about 4 kCals per mile on a <100 km ride, 12 kCals per mile on a 100><160 km ride and 20 kCals per mile on a >160 km ride.
On some flat 100 km rides, I don't bother eating anything extra above my daily BMR. An ice cream, maybe.
Leading to infinite mpg.
- 31 Oct 2014, 10:00pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Visibility: why are do so many riders in black
- Replies: 125
- Views: 10045
Re: Visibility: why are do so many riders in black
I see a few trainee snowmen on bikes.
- 31 Oct 2014, 9:46pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Name the landmark
- Replies: 101
- Views: 18200
Re: Name the landmark
AdWatch wrote:Don't know where that is, but how about this one?
Angkor Wat.
- 24 Oct 2014, 6:13pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Ten Miles a Day
- Replies: 400
- Views: 112865
Re: Ten Miles a Day
Shortest work commute is now 18 miles per day.
I'll have to extend my ride home by twelve miles per week, do a 50 miler every second Sunday and ride the Tinsel and Lanes 125 mile Audax in December.
That will ensure I get my 24 miles per day.
I'll have to extend my ride home by twelve miles per week, do a 50 miler every second Sunday and ride the Tinsel and Lanes 125 mile Audax in December.
That will ensure I get my 24 miles per day.
- 14 Oct 2014, 6:40pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Have you been knocked OFF in a collision while cycling?
- Replies: 47
- Views: 6185
Re: Have you been knocked OFF in a collision while cycling?
The second time in eight years of having an 'off' due to someone else's incompetence was last week.
A student on a bicycle riding with earphones along a segregated cycle path. He wasn't paying attention until he heard my shouting, and then he turned into me instead of turning away. Idiot.
A student on a bicycle riding with earphones along a segregated cycle path. He wasn't paying attention until he heard my shouting, and then he turned into me instead of turning away. Idiot.
- 14 Oct 2014, 6:35pm
- Forum: On the road
- Topic: Cycling Eutopia ?
- Replies: 39
- Views: 3497
Re: Cycling Eutopia ?
If you Google "Hills in Copenhagen", you get Copenhagen, Louisiana, USA.
Why? Because there's NO hills in Copenhagen, Denmark.
If there were no hills in Birmingham, we'd have the same problem with too many cyclists.
Why? Because there's NO hills in Copenhagen, Denmark.
If there were no hills in Birmingham, we'd have the same problem with too many cyclists.
- 13 Oct 2014, 7:40pm
- Forum: Bikes & Bits – Technical section
- Topic: Garmin HRM gel
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1366
Re: Garmin HRM gel
+1 Tighten the strap.
And shave your chest where the pads grip the skin.
And shave your chest where the pads grip the skin.
- 11 Oct 2014, 10:57am
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Indoor training question
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1933
Re: Indoor training question
What type of event are you training for?
Training on a turbo can be a very simple thing, or a very complex thing.
The simple method is to use an ordinary bike computer on the driven wheel and measure the distance covered in a certain time ( usually 20 minutes as in a CT FTP test ) dictated by a countdown timer.
The resistance of the turbo needs to be known to back-calculate Watts. Kurt Kinetic road Machine is excellent. Elite are fine.
What you will get is a COMPARATIVE result against your previous tests. It will never be ABSOLUTE unless you spend £100,000 on an emissions chassis dynamometer.
The closer the turbo's resistance curve to your actual bike on the road, the closer your result will be to absolute.
To find out your bike's road curve, do a roll-down freewheel test on a road with a known slope. The calculations are somewhere on the web.
Once you have ascertained the resistance level which best represents level road, you can do the math to ascertain the amount of slope each progressive resistance level represents. From clicking from one to another, you can simulate hill climbing.
Training on a turbo can be a very simple thing, or a very complex thing.
The simple method is to use an ordinary bike computer on the driven wheel and measure the distance covered in a certain time ( usually 20 minutes as in a CT FTP test ) dictated by a countdown timer.
The resistance of the turbo needs to be known to back-calculate Watts. Kurt Kinetic road Machine is excellent. Elite are fine.
What you will get is a COMPARATIVE result against your previous tests. It will never be ABSOLUTE unless you spend £100,000 on an emissions chassis dynamometer.
The closer the turbo's resistance curve to your actual bike on the road, the closer your result will be to absolute.
To find out your bike's road curve, do a roll-down freewheel test on a road with a known slope. The calculations are somewhere on the web.
Once you have ascertained the resistance level which best represents level road, you can do the math to ascertain the amount of slope each progressive resistance level represents. From clicking from one to another, you can simulate hill climbing.
- 9 Oct 2014, 6:52pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: 26" (559) tyre for Audax
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4586
Re: 26" (559) tyre for Audax
I have Conti Gatorskins 28-559.
Front 90 psi, rear 95 psi.
I've ridden Audax on 20 x 1 3/8".
Audax ain't fast. That's why they state "9.3 Any kind of cycle may be ridden"
On the other hand, my SWorks has Conti Supersonic 20-622 and I rode a 200 km Rando on that.
Front 90 psi, rear 95 psi.
I've ridden Audax on 20 x 1 3/8".
Audax ain't fast. That's why they state "9.3 Any kind of cycle may be ridden"
On the other hand, my SWorks has Conti Supersonic 20-622 and I rode a 200 km Rando on that.
- 9 Oct 2014, 6:50pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: Cateye Computer Adds Miles Overnight Mystery
- Replies: 29
- Views: 2443
Re: Cateye Computer Adds Miles Overnight Mystery
Extra terrestrials....
Your bike was abducted.
Your bike was abducted.
- 9 Oct 2014, 6:36pm
- Forum: Does anyone know … ?
- Topic: What is an experience cyclist?
- Replies: 55
- Views: 5751
Re: What is an experience cyclist?
10 yards ( two crank revs ) unassisted and without stabilisers.