What workout did you do today? (2020, part 2)

You probably don’t need a new seatpost clamp (almost certainly isn’t proprietary by the way). You probably just a new M4x12 bolt (steel or titanium) as long as you can remove what’s left of it from the clamp.

If the clamp is busted, measure your frame where the clamp sits. You’re best to measure with digital calipers or check if your clamp has the diameter written on it somewhere. Yuniper, Carbon Ti come recommended , but other mfgs also sell replacements.

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I’ll take that kg of lasagna, and leave you the workout, thanks a lot :smiley:

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I tried removing the old bolt but a lot of shavings were being left behind and it looks bent too. I’ll have to bug my husband if he has a digital caliper :crossed_fingers:

I really want to be able to ride tomorrow or at the lastest Saturday, so I’ll take whatever the bike shop has if they have it. Then I may look into your suggestion!

Worst case scenario, it’s not in stock and I’ll steal my husband’s (we have the same bike) and make him ride at a different time, teehee

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Ah that’s a shame. My other suggestion was going to be to take the bolt from the CAAD seatpost clamp and use it in the other bike as a temporary fix.

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A lovely bit of high Z2/low Z3 fun! :hugs:

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A productive “lunch hour” for me… Needham -1… 48 minutes of SS with surges.

A low steady HR for the session is a promising sign :slight_smile:

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Looking at my calories expendure I should eat 2 of those to mantain the weight :slight_smile: Nutrition is definitely the hardest part of the training and my rapid metabolism does not help. So unfortunately I could not share the lasagna as it is very important part of getting faster :wink:

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I always stand during long endurance rides. Usually every l5 min starting at the 1 hr mark. Up for one or 2 min. Your backside will thank you.

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When it happened to me I ended up back at the lbs from where I bought the bike. I actually started there but they couldn’t help at first, I then tried a few other shops who couldn’t help either. Decided to retry the 1st shop in case the manager was in, he was, and remembered I bought the bike 2years before and borrowed one from a display bike :+1:

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I’ve got some Voler like that, while other Voler are fine. My favorite for long trainer rides are the 12-hour Pactimo bibs because of the great coverage.

Still finding that difficult to do in practice, and so I don’t sweat the details, stand up briefly every 5-10 minutes, and every 45-60 minutes get off the bike to fetch another water bottle. On Sunday I rode outside and noticed how much I “surf” the saddle over rough roads. I’ve got the core strength and so its more of a technique issue that I need to work on.

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We are besties with the manager of our LBS. I’ll be calling them when they open. The piece is from an older model caad so I’m just hoping they have one lying around…

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Tuesday was ZA Group Ride…a nice little easy ride.

Wednesday I overslept, but needed to do at least 5km toward the Zwift WFH badge, so I rolled out for a short easy spin through Richmond…with a couple of sprints thrown in for fun:

Today I was feeling saucy. Slept well, rested from two easy days.

Mills:

Was feeling good after the 2nd interval, so I increased workout intensity to 105%, and finished the intervals as directed.

Afterward I was still feeling good, and was about halfway up the AdZ, so I decided to get some Z2 work in to complete the climb and see if I could hit the Meilenstein jackpot.

Carter:

Had to extend the cooldown by 30 min, and increase intensity, but I made it up the AdZ…only to add another Lazer Bullet helmet. Oh well.

Tomorrow is the 2nd attempt at ZA road workout #1, and then a much needed 2 days off.

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I’m in my zwift racing season for the next 3 weeks, I did 2 races this week, on Tuesday I had an IF of 0.95 for 52mins, today was 0.96 (4w/kg) for 45mins, and it wasn’t even that taxing (and I got 9/53). Hoping to get closer to an IF of 1 for a race before I’m done!

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6 hours sleep for two nights in a row and 55mins after dinner is not a good combo to go with my post op system. Its only took a year and a half to realise that :neutral_face: Felt bloated with trapped gas and it was tougher than it should have been. Anyway it was Carpathian Peak +1 for me tonight.

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Reinstein, in keeping with borrowing MV workouts and substituting them into an LV plan.
This is the first time I haven’t back pedaled in an over/under workout. All the zone 2 work I’ve been doing must have increased my lactate clearance. I didn’t feel the burn on the overs that Coach Chad was talking about.

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Reinstein for me as well (3x12 O/U @ new FTP)

These photos describe how it went:

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SSB1 LV finished. Nothing worse than finishing your book with 20 minutes to go!

So nice to get a full training block in without the chest infection that’s plagued me the last few months. Feeling pretty confident about a good bump in the ramp test next week after a rest day.

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Should you run out of options, you could try these folks Cannondale Spares

Yes, they’re UK based, which I don’t think is ideal for you but, they do ship internationally. I’ve used them a couple of times and have had no complaints.

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First O/U session from the new TR Plan Builder, in the bag. Felt good to open the taps again. Onwards :+1:

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Carpathian Peak +2:

I feel like my legs found the turbo switch this week, they’re suddenly maintaining 95+ cadence at threshold without complaint and it’s my breathing that can’t keep up. Happy to survive this one after bailing McAdie +1 last month :sweat_smile:

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