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Just maybe a quick update after 6-7 weeks now? I am not sure if it is interesting but maybe it helps somebody else. Well I am getting to it pretty regularly, 4-5 rides a week, over 100Km a week on average, and the total distance is starting to inch closer to 1000km:- I guess I will hit...

I think it is fine as well. What is noticeable is the fitness level has improved quite quickly, as well as the weight dropping. That was to be expected I guess, but it is still quite delightful. Thta's a nice schedule. I have started to build in 1-2 30kms a week now, it is not really that much...

I have seen something close to this pattern. I had an initial loss in the first 10-14 days then it seemed to stabilize for a 10-14 days without any loss, which is very different to the pure dietary program I usually follow. Under diet alone there may sometimes be 2-3 days without loss but by...

I am fully bought into accurate data. I had a look at the brands you mentioned, I think I will only have the one bike to worry about so a crank-based system looks appropriate rather than the PowerTap hub. I guess I am semi-shocked though that a strain gauge sensor goes for $1600+...

This is a Steve Jobs moment. It changes everything... Thanks for that explanation, that is actuallly quite useful to know. Can you recommend a power meter? If I am going to get a flashy new machine I might as well get some useful measurement from it as well. What is this "running" thing you...

Hi Hugh, thanks for responding, appreciate it. I have stopped quoting my weight in kilos, now it is in fractions of a metric tonne... I am a smidgeon over 0.101 tonne and just over 6' tall. I am also mid-40's. I'm not sure about the calories. I'm getting the number 8053 kcals directly from...

Thanks for your comments. You are right, and I know this is going off fast. I did intend to slow down after the first 30 days - my personality requires me to see something worth continuing, so I need to get that initial hit before settling into a softer routine. But now I am not so sure; I am...

So I have been ballooning up recently and decided to get things back into some semblance of a man-like shape. A couple of weeks back I started cycling 25km a day, and have done that routine for 6 days in each of the last two week, with one day off in each. On the off days I did just 10km as...

So good to see Cervelo winning and smiling I only post during the TdF but this year is a good one to have my nick. Such a good picture of Thor and co cheering. I might just go out and buy a new bike... Chairvelo

Contador is being disingenuous. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcN2HrkrnF4 Seconds 37-41, about 20 seconds after the incident - Contador looks across the valley (he had just taken the next left hander U bend) to see where Schleck is. He looks sideways across the valley, twice, for several...

I just lost my favourite Astana thread off the bottom because of this thread.

And yet somehow Cervelo now have the green jersey. :p

Amen. Lance was putting up an Oscar-worthy performance today - I loved the way he pretended not to have the legs...

Landis also won on the road...

Cavendish makes it simple "Either Thor thinks so highly of himself that he thinks we were doing that sprint to try and mess him up, or if he thinks so highly of our team that he thinks the only way to beat our team is to get us disqualified. It’s one or the other." Not quite. At least one...