KoM Sportive 17th May 2014

ByStuart

The King of the Mountain Sportive is organised by a local cycling club, Deeside Thistle. There are three options; 100 miles, 100 km or 25 miles. I took the 100 km option. This would be the furthest I’d ridden for a long time, certainly since my days of living in the Netherlands in the early…

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Thoughts on Di2

ByStuart

I’ve been using Ultegra Di2 on my new Felt Z3 for the past 6 weeks-or-so. In my cycling career, I’ve gone from downtube friction shifters, through indexed shifters, on to STI combined brake/gear shifters and finally to Di2. Here’s my initial thoughts: Good Slick shifting – easily as slick as a newly setup mechanical system…

New Bike – Felt Z3

ByStuart

Felt Z3 I’ve been thinking about a new bike for quite a while now, but, with the results of February’s Guru bike fit showing that my Giant TCR was too small, I bit the bullet and finally bought a new bike. I’d decided a while ago to go for Shimano Di2 on new bike, mainly…

Guru Bike Fit

ByStuart

During our recent trip to Club la Santa for the JBST Training Camp, I had a Guru bike fit done by Ben Price. I’ve never really had a bike fit done before, only a cursory saddle and handle bar adjustment when I got my first ‘proper’ racing bike in the Netherlands back in 1989. Since…

First run since April

ByStuart

Yesterday was my first run since my bout of Sciatica. I had originally intended to compete in the Skene Triathlon, but my bout of illness last week put an end to that plan. I’ve been avoiding running since my sciatica started as I thought that the jarring effect from the running would only make it…