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  • 35 miles
  • 01:59 time
  • 17.6 pace
  • 1340 calories
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  • 437 ft climb
  • 0 max hr
  • 0 avg hr
    • Currently /5 Effort.
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injured Home2Siruseri 55.98 km 01:59 17.6mph pace

Well, another good day in the saddle, but turns out I'm still learning the ins and outs of handling a road bike. Looks like I got the hang of un-clipping my cleats early enough after a couple of slow-motion falls, today I took another spill while negotating a curve at speed. Yeah, sounds pretty dumb, but a on a road-bike perhaps you're not always sane :p. Nothing serious though, a bit of road rash on my thigh, and the chain slipped. Put it back, and continued my ride. The surprising thing is I thought my avg will take a beating, but seems like I rode as fast as day before. Not bad.

over 1 year ago

Calories
1340
  • Vibhaker
    Vibhaker
    Vibhaker

    Hi Vamsee, I suggest you to get your cleats adjusted in a manner where you can yank it out with the slightest twist. There is an adjustment behind the cleats to do this. Ride like this for sometime until you get used to the cleats and then you can tighten it to hold on to your shoe firmer. The firmer adjustment comes in handy only when you stand out of the saddle and spirint where you pull the pedals up on the upward stroke; otherwise the loose setting would do especially given our road conditions.

    over 1 year ago • Like

  • Boni
    Boni
    Boni

    todays fall, was it because of the cleats? I doubt it from your description. What happened?

    over 1 year ago • Like

  • Vamsee K.
    Vamsee K.
    Vamsee K.

    @Vibha, thanks for the advice - actually, I haven't fallen due to the cleats this time - (took a couple of spills to learn that lesson - now I unclip early on) - I was turning from the Siruseri IT park on to the main road pretty fast, and I guess I haven't yet gotten used to the very thin road bike tyres - so I guess I took the turn too sharply, and fell. Luckily, I did look out for traffic before making that turn, so apart from the rash on my thigh, it was mostly my pride that was hurt :)

    over 1 year ago • Like

  • Vibhaker
    Vibhaker
    Vibhaker

    Take care and I hope your rash heals fast. Yes it takes a while to get used to road tires and you have to be careful especially when it rains , I now have 19c tires on my bike which is even thinner than the 23c and thinner than the tubulars I used to ride on earlier. Im doing my test on stability. So far so good. It still is a nightmare with the cleats on when you cross junctions and one needs to very careful though. I prefer the earlier one with the straps on which I did most of my racing on but i suppos

    over 1 year ago • Like

  • Vamsee K.
    Vamsee K.
    Vamsee K.

    Thanks Vibha. There was a nice bump with a small swelling yesterday, but took good care of it and it looks much better now. Wow, 19c tires! I'm guessing you're using some strong wheels to take all those bumps and vibrations our roads give. I'm not really planning on taking out the road bike during the rains - I'm not sure if it's worth the trouble. I'll just get a hybrid (sold the ACT110 I had, crappy equipment) for rains and bad road rides.

    over 1 year ago • Like