Guess banging on the wall wasnt the best way to start a conversation about the issue.

I would borrow or get a cheap one see if you get on with it. Top tip is cheapo fan for cooling and set it up in front room beside TV for entertainment. Most people give up after a bit because they have it set up in the garage and train stairing at a breeze block wall. Thats how I got mine for free 😉 from mate who didnt use it any more

You wanted alround bike not bike for under X amount. Still a Zesty As they say above more versatile do anything

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Cadence too low.

warm up 80 – 85
Training 90 – 100
Interval 100+

For MTB interval training is ideal to give you short burst speed and turbo in bad weather is a great work out. I do gym as well to increase core and upper body.
Use your gears I set turbo to one resistance and then use gears to get HR to the correct zone. For interval that would be 90 – 100 maximum heart rate. You might be surprised at how good it is for quality training.

Top tip – set the turbo up in front the TV 🙂 You can for steady sessions watch films. There are DVD’s MTB specific that you can also buy and they help.

It’s actually none of your business. But it tells you more about your friends honesty, values and integrity. Is such behaviour the qualities you seek in a friend?

I use cheap camping mat on the floor ideal for sweat and deadens the noise.

Fitness. Forget the ‘gram’ saving. Invest in turbo, gym and get out and train on hills. This will having a surprising affect of allowing you to climb hills easy. You cant buy your way out of the problem.

Peru for 3 weeks in May. Not sure where else but MTB something somewhere warm 🙂

use MTB on both (eggbeaters) no issues or sore spots at all and I save money and can walk in them. Do something like 300km a week on road bike.

+1 boardman carbon team comp just stunning value and great bike is my work horse. TBH I looked at cx but in th end as I have MTB I went for road no regrets. CX is fine bike just that I would spend most time on commute and off road is MTB. Ive used my MTB on CX events

you could sign up to service contact and pay small some a month its then labour free. I pay 12 a month with EON

turbo in front room. Find suitable tv program(s) spin and view 3 hours is max though. Mainly z2. Interval 45 – 60 mins using cd

For me it means shorter more effective training. I can accurately target the effort/load. So on an interval session I can confirm Im at 90-100% or zone 5 effort for the required time. Yes there is lag changes over time but thats why you use a zone.

HRM is for me the most cost effective option when its linked to uploading the data in to the free online training diary. I can then track training and identify performance increases, rest sessions, weight changes speed distance. Also handy for setting goals. I use a Polar HRM.

Whoop! No more bloody diversions!

Darkside open?

Use my 800 to take me to loads new places. Use it log commute, training and works here and abroad. Done loads new routes I wouldn’t have found without it.

+1 750mm havocs , 50mm haven stem and Maxxis, reverb. Great bike

Just experiment. But front should be less than back to assist in steering and both tyres less in mud than summer dry 😉

Got both. For road and training 800 all the way. For walking and off road 450 extra screen is way better. But the 450 bike mount is pants. Be warned mine has come off several times.

Overal 800 is best. You can use same micro card mapping in both.

Retire at 55 in October ? A big change I’m not really sure if I will or not. I enjoy work but know I need more time to take on those big expeditions I’ve I always wanted to do.

Peru in May
Coast to coast in June in one day

2013 Seems to be a year of opportunity and a lot of unknowns.

I have the TV – pick something to watch and cycle away. Joined in the world champs last we to help put the time in. DVDs for intervals and alwatys HRM. Cateye rear bike computer for cadence. Sorted.

+3 ortlieb

Air power has one limiting factor. It cant capture and hold ground. It can contribute but never win a war.

I would drop a modern computer back so that they could decode enigma messages quicker.

Enigma and the inteligence it provided was a true war winner.

The normal OS SD card maps fit in my Garmin 800. Never had 605.

Who killed Plato?

Plato died in bed with a young woman, way to go!

I think you mean Socrates? Hemlock cup etc? Killed by a jury of his peers.

If only a small percentage of individuals turn out for an election because the majority of [list]people do not believe in the system

assumption

I dont vote I’m happy with the system.

IT, H&S and accountancy – if your not disillusioned now you will soon be entering these careers 😀

+1 CG

my partner live’s 300 metres away. We like our own space and enjoy the same things same and own friends but living together not required.

I wouldnt automatically assume that the relationship is what she wants. Your coming at this from your own perspective. We have children and a relationship, we just need to patch it up? It could be that the part of the issue is being depressed at being in a relationship that she may no longer wants.

Sounds bad I know but try to see it from her pespective these things have many causes and no simple answers.

I blame the decline on parents who out sourcing their responsibility for everything then blame the system if their children aren’t rounded people.

Want children to take up sports? Hold up the mirror and ask what are you doing? Lead by example.

The 200 allows you to plot routes on computer then transfer them to garmin 200 and give you directions? I have 800 wondered how easy it was to follow direction arrows etc?

I assume off road its just a position arrow on a line?

Yup very good

passtherizla – you got children?

My children always remained my responsability. If I engaged a third party to look after them and they did a poor job then its still my responsability. Its my job to make sure that the third party looks after them properly and not just ignore the situation and lock myself in my rooom. I would explain to the MIL what I expected. Maybe the problem here is communication and accpetance of responsability.

I think you need to hold the mirror up and take a good look in it. If your children mean anything to you then you have to make sacrifices rather than handing them off to others and then moaning about it. I have three now grown up. Bad news for you is that they will need more of your time not less in the future.

same as Jimmy but dropped to Haven 55mm and 710mm bars on zesty. Great improvement in technical stuff. Going up hills is just a tad more difficult but the ability to get around switchbacks is greatly improved as is technical descents. Worked great on maxi avalanche course

The difference between what the survey says your house is worth and mortgage make it a very fine call. If the survey say said £200K and your upping from £140K to £150K then there is a clear air gap if they need to sell it to get their money back. In today’s climate with house prices falling your on the edge of negative equity very low LTV.

Sandwich in my experience the ones that actually kill themselves dont seek any help so dont come to the attention of doctors and nurses. The decision time is often very short, almost impluse. Too much of a simplification to blame budget cuts etc. The issues are often deeply personal.