Measuring Tyre Circumference Or Rollout ~ Chung Test #4
If you want speed or distance to be recorded accurately, then you need to measure your tyre circumference carefully. This is my method:I inflate tyres to the pressures that you normally use them at....
View ArticleWithout A Lead
I ride along a main road for a short distance each work day morning, there's heavy traffic but it's slow moving and for most of the way I'm in a bike lane. Before I turn right at some traffic lights I...
View ArticleTime Trialling ~ Going Faster And Faster
Albeit asks:"What's your opinion on when to invest in a TT bike? Let's assume, money isn't the problem (within reason!) but just justifiable spend: my current approach is I've set a 25TT time I need to...
View ArticleLeicester Tester
Check out local lad and fellow racing cyclist, Colin Parkinson's blog LEICESTERTESTER. Colin, a keen competitor in the Best British All Rounder time trial event, recently recently took a gold medal in...
View ArticleLoosing Weight
Phil and I had a great autumn evening's ride yesterday, clear skies, great sunset, an almost full moon and Venus glowing brightly in the southern sky. The lanes are quite a picture of reds and yellows...
View ArticleWindy Crr Test ~ Chung Test #4
Today really wasn't the day to do any more tests, we've had very strong winds but I wanted to do a couple of things. I've carefully measured and recorded the positions and heights of my saddle, base...
View ArticleFull Time Trial Set Up ~ Chung Test #5
A clear night on Sunday persuaded me to get up early yesterday morning and go out to get some more data. My bike was exactly as per my previous tests only I moved my tri-bar extensions closer together...
View ArticleFeatured Comment ~ Chung Test #6
"Interesting series of tests.When I first started, my experimental technique was so lousy that I didn't realize how precise the method can be. I wasn't bothered by cars or wind -- I was happy enough...
View ArticleWhat A Day!
Robert Chung kindly suggested a way to me of determining Crr (rolling resistance) so I had a go at it with the test data that I'd already got. To cut a long story short, the exercise made me realise...
View ArticleAn Improvement In Precision ~ Chung Test
Be prepared for a long post! I went out VERY early this morning in order to do two tests, repeated on two different lanes:The Lanes:The first lane, Desford Lane at Kirby Mallory, was the one that I...
View ArticleTyre Rolling Resistance And Poor Road Surface
My last set of tests turned made me realise just how much the road surface can affect the rolling resistance of a pair of tyres. The only differences between the two tests that I carried out on...
View ArticleRoadside Supper
Despite very still weather conditions I had to do at least some training this week, so on Tuesday as normal I joined up with Phil for an hour of sweet spot followed by a more sociable block of level 2...
View ArticleThe Power Of A Picture
The results from Wednesday night, tests 1, 3 and 5 were all repeats of the same set-ups. Test 2 was wider aero-bar extensions. Test 3 was with the bottle and cage removed. The real take home message...
View ArticleA Scottish Escape
The Cuillin, Isle Of Skye, ScotlandI apologise about the break in posts. We've been 'sans' internet in remote areas of Scotland, with little or non existent mobile network coverage but amidst awesome...
View ArticleAm Basteir ~ Something A Bit Different!
See here for an account of an exciting day out on the Isle of Skye
View ArticleMartin Webster ~ National Track Champ!
Tonight saw a return to training again, well a 48 mile ride with two laps of the Walton circuit at least. After only riding off-road for a total of between 60-70 miles during the last couple of weeks,...
View ArticleGlenelg Cycling Route ~ MTB Mountain Bike
Our holiday cottage amidst the backdrop of the Isle Of SkyeDuring the first week of our Scottish holiday we stopped in Glenelg. Our cottage was located on the shore of Glenelg Bay, at the head of the...
View ArticleUn-ewe-sual Traffic Jam
I had a "pottering around off the bike type of day" yesterday, and will do every weekend until at least Christmas. I did some much needed maintenance on my mountain bike. Whilst in Scotland, none of...
View ArticleShorter Lap Length ~ Chung Test
The Chung testing that I did on Sunday was about improving my test protocol for forthcoming trials. I've settled on using Desford lane at Kirby Mallory because it is extremely quiet, has an ideal V...
View ArticleMountain Bike Ride MTB From Blair Atholl ~ The Disappointing Munro
Another mountain bike, walk, mountain bike adventure:I was the first person to park in the Forest Lodge car park at Blair Athol, subsequently I had the early morning trail to myself and it was only as...
View ArticleBack Ache And A Successful Course Of Self Treatment
When I fell off my bike at the beginning of October, not only did I break a little finger which proved to be a very painful affair, but I also damaged my lower back. Now I'm no stranger to back ache...
View ArticleGreen Lanes And Tow Paths
It was another gift of a day, very cold, sunshine and too good to be missed. Swapping the narrow tyres of my road bike for the fat ones of my mountain bike I set off after breakfast for an "off road"...
View ArticleSleddale Swindale MTB Mountain Bike Adventure
For a couple of years I'd been eyeing up the old quarry track from Sleddale over the fell to Mosedale and wondering about an off road ride that I could turn into a full circuit by cutting down into...
View ArticleThe Old Routes
After looking out of the window this morning and seeing that the roads were reasonably dry, I got out my MTB fitted with 700c wheels and 32mm tyres and set off to explore some old Leicestershire...
View ArticleIt's Time For Me To Do Something Different
I started this blog at the beginning of 2007; the start of my quest to win some bike races. The previous year I'd participated in a couple of master's road races and a few club time trials, my...
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