http://thehippy.net/nucleus/ hippyblog - aussie techno fan cycling in london http://backend.userland.com/rss091 en http://thehippy.net/nucleus/nucleus/nucleus2.gif http://thehippy.net/nucleus/ Sat, 12 May 2012 16:30:57 +0100 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1660 Hate riding a time trial bike around here! Perhaps hate is too strong a word but damn, everything becomes more annoying on a TT bike! Riding out of London, don't bother using aerobars there's too many blind drivers and peds to dodge. I rode a s... Wed, 9 May 2012 14:03:29 +0100 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1658 Interesting reading about how to estimate frontal area (CdA) using a power meter and some weather and terrain data. Check out Jason's other aerodynamic testing articles too. jasperga.blogspot.co.uk - chung method Or, just call drag2zero... Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:19:25 +0100 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1656 First long ride back in the UK since the month in Australia for Rob and Yas's wedding. Forecast was for a good morning and then showers. I think I beat the showers - about 4 drops and that was it. It was almost warm (alright, alright mid-teens but... Sun, 4 Mar 2012 20:00:00 +0000 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1653 I'm sore. 7 hours today in the rain.. yeah it rained ALL DAY. 185k or so riding through muddy lanes or small rivers. Then the temperature dropped so much it was sleeting (that's "not quite snow", Aussies). I had to ride with my gloves off as it wa... Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:52:11 +0000 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1651 A 100-year-old cyclist from France has set a new age group world record for The Hour an incredible 86 years after his first competitive race. Robert Marchand, who lives in Mitry-Mory near Paris, had to enter that debut race under an assumed... Sun, 29 Jan 2012 20:21:39 +0000 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1649 I heard of Tommy Godwin's "Year Record" back in 2006. A post on the Mersey Roads 24hr thread on tritalk.co.uk reminded me about it and the Dave Barter at phased.co.uk now shows you daily updates on where Tommy would've been during his attem... Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:27:24 +0000 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1646 It's been about three weeks since The Bike Whisperer set the Kinesis up to use a midfoot cleat position. I'd love to be able to tell you I now make 20% more power or something but it's not yet possible to tell if there's any performance improvemen... Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:42:32 +0000 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1639 What is it with this ride? There's always something. This year, I was a bit late leaving due to having the Willesden CC club dinner the night before (3 trophies this year - score!) so on arrival at the HQ there were no 100k routes left, only 55k -... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:21:01 +0000 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1637 Tonight's commute home through peak hour traffic using the new midfoot setup was ok. I was making a very conscious effort not to do much lane splitting, lest I get caught out with the toe overlap trying to hook around a bumper bar. Clipping in is ... Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:06:35 +0000 http://thehippy.net/nucleus/?itemid=1635 After 140k cycling around Watford and Hemel Hempstead with fellow Grupetto, BMMF, I called in to see Scherrit to finish off the mid-foot cleat conversion of the Kinesis. The original setup was documented, the ATAC pedals were swapped o...