She’s asked me to say no, it’s not an affair.

From the last time I contacted a US company.

“Hey Ian, and thanks for reaching out.”

**** off.

15 watts difference is not close to tracking perfectly, that was my point

One of the problems is that stages is assuming that the left/right leg balance is equal. Now there’s plenty of evidence out there that this is an often correct assumption, but there’s also evidence that older cyclists can have pretty large asymmetries, certainly enough to account for a 15W difference.

Analysis of the pedaling biomechanics of master’s cyclists: A preliminary study

http://www.jsc-journal.com/ojs/index.php?journal=JSC&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=15

Also just noticed this one too-

http://www.jsc-journal.com/ojs/index.php?journal=JSC&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=162

“This study found that though the Stages Cycling powermeter provided a reliable means of recording power output and cadence, the system significantly underestimated mean and peak power output when compared with the SRM system. This may in part be due to differences in strain gauge configuration and the subsequent algorithms used in the calculation of power output and the potential influence of bilateral imbalances within the muscles may have on these calculations.”

I’ve got both, but if I had to dump one it would be the stages.
On the whole I don’t think mtb riding is that amenable to using a power meter, and even on a road bike if I want to do power based intervals, kickr is a far better method for me than staring at the readout on a garmin while trying to negotiate terrain and traffic.
One thing the radio range of kickr sometimes seems a bit rubbish if it’s having to compete with other radio traffic. If you do get one, and are planning to use an ANT+ dongle, then stick the dongle on the end of a USB extension lead and place it right next to the kickr.

There’s normally some magazines by the bog.
Does that count?

Why don’t we buy some French ones? Cheaper than the US and quicker to sort out warranty issues as we’ve got common consumer rules.

I guess i thought there might be some averages. E.g. If i was timing someone running a 100m, irrespective of individual person’s size etc, you’d know that 100m ran in 13secs is good compared to it ran in 50secs…

Going by that sort of standard, for a bloke.
Less than 200, :(
Greater than 300 :)
+ all the caveats mentioned by others.

It’s also worth noting that an ftp test is also a test of how well you can do an ftp test..
i.e. improvements can be had at first by just improving your pacing of the effort.

I just buy new ones when the current ones go flat.

http://www.wfaa.com/videos/news/local/2015/10/20/jailed-driver-talks-about-motorcycle-incident/74291648/

Same as above, switch to mtb and ice spikers if it’s proper icy.
If it’s only slightly icy then I know the ice will only be in three short places so stay on the road bike and clench my sphincter on the icy bits.

Suits graduate who doesn’t know a whopping 28 days is the legal minimum.

What do the USA have against universal healthcare? Serious, if naive question. Is it because they don’t want to pay for it?

Because it makes you a commie, and if there’s one thing worse than breaking your wrist in the USA, it’s being a commie. First they’ll come and fix your wrist, then they’ll want your guns, and a year later you’ll all be speaking Russian.

I guess may be all in the filming, but so far this lot look pretty hopeless compared to the BBC ones.*
Hat’s off to the person who sold the same idea to both sides though. Clearly a fan of “A Fistful of Dollars”

*given it lasts 8 days rather than 12 for the BBC one, I’m going with this lot being 33% more hopeless

No advice, but it’s an excuse to post a friend’s mile splits from last Saturday 8O

1 7:47 /mi 7:49 /mi -13 ft 174 spm
2 7:53 /mi 7:50 /mi 3 ft 174 spm
3 7:44 /mi 7:26 /mi 26 ft 178 spm
4 7:55 /mi 8:00 /mi -30 ft 176 spm
5 7:54 /mi 7:51 /mi -10 ft 178 spm
6 7:59 /mi 7:52 /mi 7 ft 178 spm
7 7:37 /mi 7:33 /mi 0 ft 178 spm
8 7:54 /mi 7:49 /mi 3 ft 178 spm
9 8:01 /mi 7:59 /mi 0 ft 178 spm
10 7:56 /mi 7:50 /mi 10 ft 178 spm
11 7:53 /mi 7:51 /mi -10 ft 178 spm
12 7:50 /mi 7:43 /mi 7 ft 178 spm
13 8:15 /mi 8:03 /mi -3 ft 176 spm
14 7:21 /mi 7:18 /mi 0 ft 178 spm
15 7:44 /mi 7:41 /mi -3 ft 178 spm
16 7:52 /mi 7:45 /mi 0 ft 174 spm
17 7:38 /mi 7:34 /mi -7 ft 178 spm
18 7:42 /mi 7:39 /mi 0 ft 178 spm
19 8:01 /mi 7:56 /mi 0 ft 178 spm
20 8:03 /mi 7:58 /mi 6 ft 178 spm
21 8:18 /mi 7:55 /mi 36 ft 176 spm
22 7:35 /mi 7:47 /mi -46 ft 178 spm
23 7:48 /mi 7:43 /mi 0 ft 178 spm
24 8:18 /mi 8:14 /mi 4 ft 178 spm
25 7:45 /mi 7:25 /mi 19 ft 180 spm
26 7:53 /mi 7:51 /mi -16 ft 178 spm
27 8:17 /mi 8:17 /mi -3 ft 178 spm
28 8:19 /mi 8:12 /mi 10 ft 178 spm
29 8:39 /mi 8:32 /mi 7 ft 178 spm
30 8:30 /mi 7:49 /mi 82 ft 176 spm
31 8:37 /mi 8:00 /mi 75 ft 176 spm
32 9:07 /mi 7:57 /mi 118 ft 170 spm
33 9:37 /mi 7:56 /mi 161 ft 170 spm
34 8:55 /mi 8:18 /mi 36 ft 176 spm
35 8:46 /mi 7:53 /mi 49 ft 174 spm
36 8:35 /mi 8:02 /mi -92 ft 172 spm
37 9:37 /mi 8:08 /mi 92 ft 158 spm
38 8:19 /mi 7:50 /mi -33 ft 172 spm
39 7:51 /mi 7:54 /mi -56 ft 176 spm
40 7:56 /mi 8:11 /mi -164 ft 174 spm
41 7:51 /mi 7:55 /mi -118 ft 180 spm
42 7:52 /mi 8:09 /mi -85 ft 178 spm
43 7:37 /mi 7:50 /mi -62 ft 180 spm
44 8:25 /mi 8:24 /mi -10 ft 180 spm
45 8:08 /mi 8:09 /mi -7 ft 180 spm
46 8:29 /mi 8:26 /mi 3 ft 176 spm
47 8:17 /mi 8:04 /mi 23 ft 178 spm
48 8:54 /mi 8:48 /mi -20 ft 178 spm
49 8:55 /mi 8:06 /mi 95 ft 178 spm
50 8:47 /mi 8:20 /mi 39 ft 178 spm
51 10:46 /mi 8:40 /mi 236 ft 160 spm
52 8:37 /mi 8:16 /mi -10 ft 176 spm
53 7:59 /mi 8:13 /mi -95 ft 178 spm
54 8:49 /mi 8:03 /mi 49 ft 174 spm
55 8:53 /mi 8:11 /mi 85 ft 178 spm
56 8:50 /mi 8:22 /mi 36 ft 174 spm
57 8:31 /mi 8:20 /mi 16 ft 178 spm
58 8:32 /mi 8:03 /mi 59 ft 178 spm
59 8:30 /mi 8:21 /mi 7 ft 178 spm
60 8:28 /mi 8:31 /mi -23 ft 178 spm
61 9:26 /mi 8:52 /mi 50 ft 176 spm
62 8:38 /mi 8:32 /mi -17 ft 176 spm
63 8:37 /mi 8:32 /mi -16 ft 178 spm
64 8:10 /mi 8:26 /mi -62 ft 176 spm
65 9:17 /mi 9:25 /mi -30 ft 174 spm
66 8:14 /mi 8:14 /mi -39 ft 176 spm
67 8:06 /mi 8:15 /mi -62 ft 178 spm
68 8:04 /mi 8:24 /mi -131 ft 178 spm
69 10:10 /mi 9:04 /mi 105 ft 166 spm
70 10:05 /mi 9:06 /mi 79 ft 166 spm
71 7:44 /mi 8:49 /mi -262 ft 178 spm
72 8:16 /mi 8:19 /mi -40 ft 176 spm
73 7:52 /mi 8:16 /mi -98 ft 178 spm
74 9:44 /mi 9:44 /mi -13 ft 176 spm
75 9:13 /mi 9:04 /mi 10 ft 174 spm
76 10:30 /mi 9:31 /mi 89 ft 164 spm
77 9:58 /mi 9:36 /mi -43 ft 168 spm
78 9:23 /mi 9:24 /mi -39 ft 176 spm
79 9:38 /mi 9:30 /mi 0 ft 174 spm
80 9:56 /mi 9:50 /mi 0 ft 174 spm
81 11:08 /mi 10:18 /mi 52 ft 162 spm
82 10:21 /mi 10:19 /mi -52 ft 174 spm
83 9:56 /mi 9:48 /mi 0 ft 174 spm
84 10:04 /mi 10:02 /mi 0 ft 172 spm
85 9:42 /mi 9:41 /mi -10 ft 174 spm
86 10:08 /mi 9:58 /mi -3 ft 172 spm
87 11:55 /mi 11:30 /mi 3 ft 168 spm
88 10:01 /mi 9:55 /mi 0 ft 174 spm
89 10:00 /mi 9:49 /mi 0 ft 174 spm
90 10:21 /mi 10:12 /mi 7 ft 172 spm
91 10:47 /mi 10:10 /mi 33 ft 170 spm
92 10:43 /mi 10:25 /mi -33 ft 166 spm
93 10:23 /mi 10:17 /mi -6 ft 172 spm
94 10:12 /mi 10:07 /mi 3 ft 172 spm
95 11:30 /mi 11:07 /mi 23 ft 170 spm
96 11:12 /mi 10:13 /mi 39 ft 168 spm
97 10:21 /mi 10:01 /mi -36 ft 164 spm
98 10:10 /mi 10:12 /mi -20 ft 172 spm
0.9 9:29 /mi 9:19 /mi 10 ft 174 spm

Slap him round the face and tell him to get a grip.

Ah, yes solid, now I understand your problem!

Here you go-

Drilled out the bracket rivets and bolted it on through the front hole using an M5 torx screw with a bit of thread lock.
I forgot to mention, the forks come with an M5 hole in the bottom of the crown specifically for this.

I picked up some V2’s from Stonehenge cycles earlier (awesome sevice and shop!) but they’ve got exactly the same L-shaped bracket as my V1’s?

Me too.
Fitted them today which involved drilling out the L shape bracket rivets and other bits of general faffage.
Specialized supplied some 4mm grub screws that have a hex cutout of homoeopathic proportions. Luckily I already had some proper 4mm stainless grub screws . God knows how your meant to tighten up the ones they supply.
Although the guards are now fitted, they really need to change the name from “plug n play”, to “drill, saw, replace crap bits n play”

Picking up my Diverge tomorrow, but already have the plug n play mudguards.
Quite surprised how substantial they feel compared to chromoplastics!

Could it be some French Canadian translation thing?

CHAMBER HORSE 8O

Quite. My imagination got away from me at bit at that point.

Bacon?

I just think of waterfalls and mountain streams.

and one extended blowing of horn which in my opinion was getting off lightly

So what in your opinion would have been the reasonable response if that was getting off lightly?

Al Jazeera has always struck me as impartial as any other respectable news source.
Russia Today, or Press TV seem as about impartial as Fox news.

I think the answer probably is no :)
You’re not asking someone to machine something. You’re asking for someone to Research the appropriate standards, choose the appropriate materials, design something to the correct tolerances, produce some drawings, manufacture a prototype, re-design and then manufacture it, and be held liable for any injury caused by it’s use.

Have we done Yes Minister? It normally covered all the political stories.

Or Ronnie Pickering

Parish lives just round the corner from me. It was nice to see the Spetsnaz guy saying he didn’t really want to boot him off but didn’t have a choice, and the proceed to explain to the rest that they were being dumped for basically being knobs :)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12525317
No mention of arty fart though, so wouldn’t pass the pedent test.

It’s utter madness to impute ideas like an aesthetic (an essentially contested concept) on animals.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3419115/

She’s right though isn’t she.
When was the last time she saw someone interviewed saying the country desperately needed more people with degrees in fine art?

Yup, controls the resistance. You can change the level of control you want from none, to full realism. People tend to use the default value of 50% realism (so hills feel less steep than reality), just to reduce the number of gear changes.
Reducing the resistance won’t make you faster on course though, as it’ looking at your power to determine speed.

I’ve been riding it a fair bit on zwift. The three hills at the end of each lap are complete bastards :)

Someone has been busy decorating the Wyre forest with this stuff . Quite funny on a night ride to see massive illuminated penises sprayed on the trees as I rode past

:D
Now there’s a whole set of opportunities I’d never thought of.

it’s difficult for me to understand why anyone would hate exercise itself. As it’s really important to health

Like Broccoli and Kale? ;)
I mostly hated sports when I was a child because I was rubbish at them.
As an adult it’s much more inclusive, but as a child if you’re not winning, you’re a loser and weak. Maybe he’s been the target of some bullying and doesn’t want to repeat the experience?

It’s a well meaning but crap idea. Visibility really isn’t the issue. Trees aren’t covered in high vis, country lanes don’t have lane markings. Most drivers manage to stay on the road and not hit the trees. The ones that do hit the trees – well it’s not because of lack of high vis on the trees. Same with bikes.

And Greggs

I reckon Ray also searched Burger King, Mcdonalds and KFC just in case.