mooleur

I'm drafting this from Gatwick Airport, feeling a bit lost. I'm sat here with my helmet, my shoes, all my kit...but no bike! It's strange travelling anywhere without her. However! Have no fear! I'm off to the motherland, my beautiful Isle. This weekend I get to borrow a bike, a Specialized to be exact. I'm rather excited. I've never trained on anything other than my own two trusty steeds, this should be an interesting experience. What might be most interesting is that for the first time in my year of cycling I will not be climbing on a compact..... Oh dear. Anyhow, I digress. This weeks post seems to be something which is featuring quite highly in the "this should be in your priorities list, why isn't it?" category for a lot of riders I've been speaking to lately. It's the skeleton in the entering-peak-season closet. It's that thing we all think we can get away with ignoring for the sake of a few more miles. Yep, you guessed it, reco...

I'll start with a Happy Easter to all of you! This week I'm going to talk to you about the progress I've made since receiving my beautiful new wheels and power tap from Mosquito Bikes. I've got three races (criteriums) out of the way to date, and have had some interesting results in statistics thus far. Now I wont lie, I went for the powertap because my coach swears by it's advantages as a training method. This was my main influence for the purchase, amongst several hours of research and asking my fellow experienced cyclist friends their opinions. The decision to go for a hub rather than cranks stemmed mainly from at the same time requiring new race wheels and not having a bottomless pit for a purse. So, two birds with one stone, I got the powertap built into new wheels.  There are many different kinds of power-meter and can vary greatly in price. Research before investment! So how has this new fangled device (the CycleOps PowerTap Pro) of mine helped?...