Getting fit through indoor cycling
This morning I took part in the Tour of Watopia: Stage 6 – Against The Clock. This involved 3 laps of Watopia Flat. In total, about 460 people took part. Stage 6 was ridden on Time Trial (TT) bikes, so no drafting. A 9am start, on a Sunday, whilst feeling knackered from yesterday wasn’t the … Read more
This ride was probably a mistake. Perhaps I could have ridden ~25km, but I should have gone on a flat. Tomorrow morning, 9am, I have Stage 6 of the Tour of Watopia, and honestly, I feel pretty rough after this one. A rest day would almost certainly have been a better idea. It might have … Read more
My ANT+ issues have irritated me all day. Fortunately, being a tech nerd, I have an odd assortment of cables around the house. One of which is a long male to female USB extension cable. After work I plugged this into the PC and, whilst the fish and chips cooked away, got in a short … Read more
Swapping over from Mac / OSX to Windows has turned out to be 95% success, and 5% fail. Heart failure, to be exact. Well, heart rate monitor failure. Right now I’m not sure if the ANT+ dongle is conflicting with the WiFi dongle. It’s possible. I have a USB extension cable which I might try … Read more
Finally, the Rock has come back… Wait no, that’s not it. Finally, the PC has been delivered, set up, Windows has been installed and updated, Zwift has been installed, and… *drum roll* I can ride on something that doesn’t look like Minecraft. I’m not going to harp on about the graphics, but the difference is … Read more