It’s famously well known that Lance Armstrong had a resting heart rate of 32 beats per minute. Miguel Indurian’s was reported as low as 28bpm. For the most part, your “natural” untrained resting heart rate is genetic. Some people have a naturally very low RHR while for others it’s higher. It’s the difference you make…
Exploring the Tassie tarmac
I’ve been cycling around my little area of Tasmania for a couple of weeks now and really enjoying it. It makes a change from the well trodden UK commute or my usual weekend loops. The roads are much quieter here than in Surrey or Berkshire. I guess when the entire island has around half the population of Surrey it’s going to be…
Sagan to Astana? Hmmm…
So word on the pro cycling grapevine is that Peter Sagan has been linked to a possible move to Astana at the end of this season. With his current team (Tinkoff) not continuing into 2017, many of the big budget teams will be hunting this particular World Champ head. Apparently Specialized also would like to…
Plug in your PowerTap!
Just a quickie for any PowerTap users out there. A new firmware update was recently released for all P1 pedals, C1 chainring and G3/GS hub power meters. According to PowerTap this is new firmware update aims to “simplify across the entire power portfolio” the way offset and calibration is measured. Now all units will share…
G’day from Tasmania!
Just a quick update from the Land Down Under! :-) After three flights and countless hours of travel my bike and I arrived safe in Tasmania. It’s been quite the trip so far and I was exhausted for the first couple of days. The rental house April sorted while she was here before me is…
Now for a HUGE announcement!
In a momentous piece of life changing decision making, April and I are upping sticks from England and moving to TASMANIA! It’s not an overnight decision, but it’s certainly been a quick one! Our decade in the UK is finally coming to an end… The wife and I have been furiously cleaning, sorting and packing up our belongings to…
Two Wheels with TC 