always loved a tune

Sometimes it’s nice to wake up to rain. An extra couple of hours in bed. Hit the rollers at 7am. About 10 degrees cooler today.

Enosan replaced the bearings in one of the roller drums but the back one needs doing too. Still with the music up loud, it’s not too annoying.

Start out at 50 kmph. Easy.

At 55 kmph the HR is only about 130, the cadence about 100.

58 kmph brings me up to 150 HR. In the winter, I do a lot of riding at this target heart rate but the speed is never as high as this.

At 65 kmph, all is comfortable at about 160HR.

It takes 68 kmph and 120 cadence to bring me up to lactate threshold 170HR.

Speed on rollers is only relative. It is however great for monitoring your progress over the season. It’s also good for comparing bikes. With the new bike and my new position, I seem to be getting more speed out with less effort both in terms of heart rate and cadence.

Rode to Underworld’s Barking today. I was always a music fan before a cyclist. I sang a Neil Young song at our wedding, we had Nick Cave for the first dance, and I play Townes Van Zandt to Luke and Mark every night. For my funeral though, it’s got to be Underworld

Monday’s asaren: Ride to the music ~ Underworld's Barking

1. Bird 1 ~ 50 kmph
2. Always Loved A Film ~ 52 kmph
3. Scribble ~ 55 kmph
4. Hamburg Hotel ~ 58 kmph
5. Grace ~ 60 kmph
6. Between Stars ~ 62 kmph
7. Diamond Jigsaw ~ 65 kmph
8. Always Loved A Film ~ 68 kmph / 170 HR

Total: 45 mins (42 km, 57 kmph, 105 AV cadence, 138 AV HR)