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Postby fredrikw » Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:13 pm

JohnBarleycorn wrote:mountain bike next year !

yay! :)
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Postby JohnBarleycorn » Mon Sep 07, 2009 3:03 pm

It will be a culture shock.....and no fixed gear on mountain bikes ! :cry:

But needs must, when the devil stalks !

Off road will be much safer for me, for the forseeable future. :?

I suspect I will be at quite a disadvantage, at my weight, with big time trial thighs. Will have to learn to spin again.
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Postby Dave Noisy » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:33 pm

Well, i've determined that i can't be particularly competitive offroad...the weight kills me!! There's one guy who weighs less than me WITH his bike!! He just vanishes up the hills...

There is a single-speed offroad cult, but that seems to take a lot of the fun out of it for me...
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Postby fredrikw » Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:44 pm

Dave Noisy wrote:Well, i've determined that i can't be particularly competitive offroad...the weight kills me!! There's one guy who weighs less than me WITH his bike!! He just vanishes up the hills...


Unless you're competing at top national or international level I definitely don't think your weight will be such a limiting factor for you, Of course lower weight means a lot when racing MTB, but I know racers who weigh in at around 85kg and are still competitive. It's all about power/kg you know, just train and push harder 8)
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Postby Dave Noisy » Thu Sep 10, 2009 9:08 pm

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Dave Noisy wrote:Well, i've determined that i can't be particularly competitive offroad...the weight kills me!! There's one guy who weighs less than me WITH his bike!! He just vanishes up the hills...


Unless you're competing at top national or international level I definitely don't think your weight will be such a limiting factor for you, Of course lower weight means a lot when racing MTB, but I know racers who weigh in at around 85kg and are still competitive. It's all about power/kg you know, just train and push harder 8)

Aye - i already know that i'm going harder than these guys, i can out TT them....but that goes away once we're on an incline, and making up the w/kg is a LOT harder at that point!!
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Postby JohnBarleycorn » Thu Sep 10, 2009 10:26 pm

Well, I've gone on a diet in preparation for all those muddy hills !

I'll be skinny like you guys soon ! :lol:
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Postby fredrikw » Fri Sep 11, 2009 5:17 am

Dave Noisy wrote:
fredrikw wrote:
Dave Noisy wrote:Well, i've determined that i can't be particularly competitive offroad...the weight kills me!! There's one guy who weighs less than me WITH his bike!! He just vanishes up the hills...


Unless you're competing at top national or international level I definitely don't think your weight will be such a limiting factor for you, Of course lower weight means a lot when racing MTB, but I know racers who weigh in at around 85kg and are still competitive. It's all about power/kg you know, just train and push harder 8)

Aye - i already know that i'm going harder than these guys, i can out TT them....but that goes away once we're on an incline, and making up the w/kg is a LOT harder at that point!!


so you better start losing weight then :P
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Postby SpugFab » Fri Sep 11, 2009 8:33 am

Sigh, damn cyclists get everywhere :(

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Postby JohnBarleycorn » Fri Sep 11, 2009 10:57 am

SpugFab wrote:Sigh, damn cyclists get everywhere :(

Any post from a cyclist on this thread must now be accompanied by a NEW ROWING PB!


Easy !

(Mainly because mine are quite slow, and easy to improve)

:lol:
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Postby JohnBarleycorn » Sun Sep 13, 2009 8:21 am

Couldn't sleep last night, so thought I would relax on the rowing machine.

10000m 42.15

Didn't try too hard, just rowed nice 'n steady, and wondered how it would feel to spend so long on the rower. Easier than i thought, but then again I wasn't trying too hard.

Slept better afterwards.

Might try a marathon next time ! :lol:
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Postby JohnBarleycorn » Mon Sep 14, 2009 9:30 pm

Another PB ! :lol:

5000m 19.40

I am slowly getting fit ! :?
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Postby Dave Noisy » Tue Sep 15, 2009 6:43 pm

hahaha..poor rowers. ;)

JBC is turning into a rower too - oh noes!!
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Postby JohnBarleycorn » Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:26 pm

Dave Noisy wrote:hahaha..poor rowers. ;)

JBC is turning into a rower too - oh noes!!


Ha ha ha ha !

If I can't terrorise cyclists, I shall have to pick on some other sport !

But Spug is too strong over those short distances for a lightweight weedy cyclist like me ! Although he is far too scared to update the PB table ! :lol:
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Postby JohnBarleycorn » Wed Sep 16, 2009 7:14 am

New figures :lol:

100m 19 secs
1000m 3.31

Still getting used to the whole rowing thing. Its quite good fun !
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Postby JohnBarleycorn » Sat Sep 19, 2009 9:33 am

New PB

10000m 40.22.4

Thought that was a fair effort :lol:
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