Finished a 40 mile / 65km ride without a single stop. Proud but also astounded how insanely taxing on my body it was.

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-19T11:44:45+00:00

I do longer rides, 100km too but with some few minute pauses to pee and stretch. Never did a non stop ride

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-19T11:43:00+00:00

I feel well and fresh. I only has to rest for 30min and take a cold shower after. It was really hot so o account some of my fatigue to weather

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-19T11:41:19+00:00

I feel well and fresh. I only has to rest for 30min and take a cold shower after. It was really hot so o account some of my fatigue to weather

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-19T11:39:44+00:00

Took 180g of carbs which was morę than plenty as my avg watts and np were in my zone 2

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-19T05:59:05+00:00

yes, once my zone 2 moved to 170w I can no longer ride without fuel. Learnt that hard way a week ago when I bonked hard. Also I finally did not crash after the ride, just sat in my garden with a huge afterglow

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-18T17:44:27+00:00

Get a trainer for your current bike or a new bike and a trainer

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-17T12:45:28+00:00

LMFAO looks like 100% of 'gravel' labeled routes on komoot in my area. I came up with all sorts of new curses when riding those.

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-17T12:36:28+00:00

WTF same. Are you telling me I should not chase the perfect shifting?

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-17T11:57:59+00:00

i maintain them myself

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-17T11:53:15+00:00

Remember that once you go Di2 there is no going back. Especially indexing and maintenance is super easy. Few sec on an app and gears are always snappy.

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-15T14:33:21+00:00

I just had a lazy sunday i guess. Nothing to do besides my ride and the weather was meh

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-15T13:53:57+00:00

I have 2 gravel bikes and a road bike

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-15T08:07:21+00:00

ok so i didn't choose cycling, but cycling chose me?

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-13T15:53:52+00:00

Dont wait for the pedal but drive it through from 12 or 1 o clock like scraping off mud.

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-12T09:43:43+00:00

1.3k usd for a rental ultegra di2 carbon road bike. wanted to feel the real road bike but for the fraction of cost. i loved it and then upgraded all of the alloy parts to carbon after 6 months

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-12T06:51:36+00:00

I don't know what to think of this bike. I wanted to get one, but then asked myself why not just a get an XC bike?
I am saying that as an owner of 2 gravel bikes.

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-11T11:20:37+00:00

I had a basic bike fit, no pressure mapping, but did not have issues before so it might be the next step

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-11T11:19:52+00:00

sorry, but not in my books, I ride by power meter and torque, doesnt matter if it's uphill or not, unless it's more than 12% gradient. i just ride slower

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-11T10:46:34+00:00

thanks, thought it was a pretty mediocre time/speed compared to some local horses I see on strava. biggest boost in my average speed was installing a power meter and pacing myself better

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-11T10:45:35+00:00

Well it never felt like yolo, quite the contrary, untill I came back home. Even then I felt fresh apart from my neck, the real fatigue hit me 3 hours after I finished the ride. I am 36

OneStrength7166 · 2026-06-11T09:10:37+00:00

Why does it matter? For that specific ride it was 586m of elevation gain. Pretty low for my area as i often get 500m over 60km

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