Recent content by JayKosta

it could be the head tube bearings (or maybe even wheel bearings). With bike fully stopped and front brake held tight, can you feel or hear any 'ticks' or movement, when you try to push the bike forward & backwards?

watts/kg, endurance and recovery, ability to withstand pain.

Cardio and aerobic training is certainly necessary for long duration events. But for maximum speed and power it is necessary to do some amount of high intensity training - it could be high intensity intervals, high intensity moderate duration, etc. In race situations, there are times when it is...

Things such as sleep, diet, 'other physical work', seasonal allergies, etc. can all affect your day-to-day performance. Even simple things such as early morning sunlight disturbing your sleep pattern.

I have gotten good results in avoiding leg cramps while sleeping after long duration work or exercise by taking several Calcium / Magnesium / Zinc pills a few hours apart before going to sleep - not in excess of the recommend dosage, on easy days I only take 1 pill per day.

For recreational riding I usually have my hands on the bars near the stem - that gives me a fairly upright comfortable position. For faster riding, hands are on the brake hoods and I am leaning forward a bit. I rarely ride with my hands very low on the drops of the bars.

'old school' guideline for stem to saddle nose distance is that with your elbow on the saddle nose, your finger tips should reach the bars near the stem. Some adjustment can be done with moving the saddle on the seatpost. YOU need to determine what torso angle works for your particular body...

When I have gotten those notices, there's usually a button to click for something like 'what is the problem', Or when clicking on 'ignore warning' it then shows the certificate that is causing the problem BEFORE actually going to the questionable website. What is the website that seems to be...

Is there anything odd about the time / day / year setting on your computer? Those 'certificate errors' are often due to certificates that have expired, or when the name on the cert doesn't match the website.

sprint8.com or Sprint8 on instagram / facebook I do the workout on an elliptical machine (Matrix Ascent at local YMCA). Sprint intensity interval training (SIT) might be dangerous to do out on the road - the 30s intervals are done at true 'max intensity' which causes extreme short term...

I think the term 'work quantity tolerated' is a measure of how intense and for how long you are willing to push yourself. Some people are willing and able to tolerate the discomfort of hard exercise more than others. It would be interesting to know how the rating number (18) was derived...

The most comfortable saddle that I've used is the 'old school' Brooks B72 . I used it (years ago) on a 2-day (100 miles per day) ride on single speed balloon tire coaster brake Rollfast (with handle bar streamers). I have 2 of them, 1 on the Rollfast and the other on an old 10-speed .

Watts are understood by most people (in the US at least) because light bulbs, power tools, etc. all have a watt rating and people have gotten an approximate mental concept of watts as a measure of 'power' - whether it is the number of watts that a rider is capable of producing in a short sprint...

If you are doing long duration exercise sessions then it's important to be getting calories DURING the session. I recommend food or drinks with lots of calories, but minimal 'high fructose corn syrup', and minimal fat. Choose the product by its nutritional value and your willingness to consume...

Have you compared the spoke tension between the 2 wheels? Might even be caused by the surface finish of the spokes where they rub against each other. If spoke tension seems the same, then I'd try a tiny drop of oil at the spokes crossing locations. Might also be axle bearing creaking.