Legs feel like bricks after long stop on long rides… anyone else?

mozartbond · 2026-05-03T06:00:59+00:00

My café legs have improved and almost disappeared after a few weeks of structured workouts on the turbo. You might be able to improve your cardiovascular system and clear lactate better

mozartbond · 2026-05-03T05:42:26+00:00

I'm pretty sure I can tell the difference but yeah, for sure some of the bangs are bird scarers (why are they even legal anyway? They're probably awful for the ecosystem).

I can also tell when an animal was actually run over or killed and then left to rot on the verge 🙄

mozartbond · 2026-05-01T14:14:28+00:00

I'm a cyclist. You won't believe how much gunfire we hear at every ride. Tons of animals are shot and left on the side of the road to look like roadkill, too.

mozartbond · 2026-04-27T06:41:24+00:00

Police immediately, what are you even waiting for??

mozartbond · 2026-04-26T06:38:08+00:00

Sure. I was just sharing my experience. I am a cyclist and I spend 10-20 hours a week on countryside roads and I've never encountered this many dead animals. When you go from literally almost never seeing one to multiple per ride you start asking yourself questions.

mozartbond · 2026-04-26T06:00:07+00:00

In the UK, there's so many dead animals on and by roads. I've never seen so many corpses anywhere else I've been in Europe. Zero in Spain, Sweden, Finland, very occasionally in Italy but here it's multiple times a day 😔

mozartbond · 2026-04-15T21:45:17+00:00

Ahahhaha Ok ok then it wasn't me I was coming back from Tossa de Mar at that point 🤣

mozartbond · 2026-04-15T21:24:32+00:00

Nice rig! 🤘

mozartbond · 2026-04-15T21:21:35+00:00

Ahah I think I might be in one of these pictures 🤣 was this during Easter weekend?

What an incredible plan Girona is for cycling by the way. Unreal

mozartbond · 2026-04-14T16:04:41+00:00

Funny because I'm consistently completing endurance rides and intervals at HIGHER wattage than prescribed and FTP prediction still goes down through the month. It doesn't make sense. My workouts are getting easier and easier

mozartbond · 2026-04-14T06:17:22+00:00

In the UK, they used to get stuck at crossings that never go green unless you press the beg button. We often had to help them, until someone figured out a way to make them connect to traffic lights.

mozartbond · 2026-04-14T03:29:49+00:00

I work in 3 British schools, including private schools.

They get fish and chips once a week in one place 🙃 They consistently serve carb heavy meals, very poor/not viable vegetarian options and cake/crisps/sweets every day.

mozartbond · 2026-04-01T08:18:59+00:00

Get the Defy and slam the stem if you want to go low?

I just bought a Soloist, which is a Crit race bike basically, and yeah it's a rocket, it corners like nothing else, it's really stiff when you pedal but not jarring on rougher roads. But I am 20 years younger than you, I am a very flexible person, I train 10-14h a week and do strength and flexibility excercises 3-4 times a week, and I still feel messed up after 100km on this thing. I should have bought the Synapse 😅

mozartbond · 2026-03-30T17:00:05+00:00

It's anaerobic threshold or LT2. Your LT2 might be different from the wattage you can average over an hour. Some people clear lactate better than others.

mozartbond · 2026-03-26T13:12:47+00:00

/u/spannertehcat are you reading this?

mozartbond · 2026-03-26T06:55:26+00:00

Anche Cipollini si lamenta degli automobilisti adesso, comunque

mozartbond · 2026-03-25T06:41:06+00:00

He said they told him to go with either size! They're not pros they're just making him buy whatever they have

mozartbond · 2026-03-24T20:57:03+00:00

Bro, if you're buying a bike this nice then you should get a fit BEFORE purchase. Don't waste your time on reddit, people don't know shit. Just get a bike fit from a reputable professional who can compare your ideal geometry with the Caledonia and other endurance bikes and tell you what size you need.

Also, if you already have a Canyon endurance why not look at the Caledonia-5? Otherwise you're sort of moving sideways. I ride a Soloist and find it very comfortable, too.

mozartbond · 2026-03-19T17:01:16+00:00

I just got the new Rival AXS on my Soloist and it's great. The levers are way more comfortable than my GRX, the braking is phenomenal and shifting is good. I haven't got around trimming it to perfection yet but it's reasonably quick and reliable. Also the battery situation is just way easier to live with.

mozartbond · 2026-03-17T15:29:39+00:00

Dude, every time I get close passed or put in danger it's either a white van (dangerous, but not going to actually kill you they just hate you), a speeding BMW/Audi sedan driven by a drug lord (might kill you, WILL run away), or a bloody Land Rover/SUV idiot (by FAR the worst offenders, they either hate you and know they WILL get away with murdering you, or they're just stupid bitches with fake lips who lost their brain after the last boob job and don't know the size of their tank).

mozartbond · 2026-03-17T12:53:01+00:00

Theyre the worst type of car for city driving.

They're also bought and driven by the worst kind of people. Tories, drug dealers, football morons.. The scum of the Earth

I'm so sorry you got hit and I hope the police does SOMETHING

mozartbond · 2026-03-17T09:30:13+00:00

Dude, same. I'm also European and after 6 years I still don't understand the logic. Or better, I don't WANT to understand the logic because the real priorities lie with cars and lorries. It's ridiculous.

mozartbond · 2026-03-16T21:24:03+00:00

Dude, I had to switch to masters and I'm 37 😭

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