aikigreg
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Haven't been much. Last week was crappy both in time quality and in weather, so I had three hour long rides on the trainer doing a spinervals workout that came with my new Kurt Kinetic road machine. GREAT trainer, by the way, and pre-ridden models are available through their website for a lot less $$$. I don't have any REAL good data but the intervals were nice. basically I did a 10 minute warm-up, 3 30 second intervals in the big ring and 15t cog, rest, then a three minute intervals and rest, and then 3 1-minute inervals and rest, and then a 20 minute time trial with the toughest gear you can maintain the whole way and a 10 minute cool down. Definitely got the sweat going. Sunday I tried to ride but it was like my body and my heart were stuck in the mud and wouldn't go, so I quit after 12 miles. Tuesday I got home earlier than expected and got 3 laps in instead of 4. I pretty much held and average HR of around 150 and avg speed 20.8. mac heart rate of 182, max speed 31.7, which I'm particularly proud of since it was into the mild breeze and slightly uphill. I was chasing a car again! 26.63 miles Tonight I went out on the corsa. I'd only ridden it on the trainer and thought I should see how it stacks up to the carbent. Man that euromesh is so ultra-comfortable! That and the rans hoagie really are amazing seats. By comparison though, the corsa feels much less stable and takes much more input in the turns. The carbent reacts with a thought and is more stable overall. As you mighr expect, I was a good deal slower, on the order of 1.5mph slower on each lap. This is a stock corsa though, not the s/s version, and it even has a kickstand! Also, my top end speed was quite a bit slower, and it took a slightly higher heart rate to achieve that result. Still, you gotta admire the performance machine that is the Bacchetta Corsa. Average HR was 152, avg speed 19.2 top speed was a much slower 27.9. 20.51 miles.
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