Bloody weather is going to drive me indoors!

[Accy cyclist]

It sounds like you have the resistance too high rather than too low!

Try setting the trainer to a resistance that you can only pedal against to a maximum cadence of (say) 50-60 rpm and pedal at that rate for as long as you can. By definition, if that is the quickest you can pedal then you are working as hard as you can and therefore your heart rate will shoot up. If your heart rate has not shot up, why wouldn't you be able to pedal faster?

I'll try that next time,though it wont be for a long while if i can help it. I hate indoor cycling.

 

[marcg868]

Getting Pretty bored of it now to be honest. Not seen a decent sunny day since I came home from Rhodes on the 14th October.
Gonna try a short ride today about 1500/1600 when it's supposed to stop lashing it down.

 

[briantrumpet]

Getting Pretty bored of it now to be honest. Not seen a decent sunny day since I came home from Rhodes on the 14th October.
Gonna try a short ride today about 1500/1600 when it's supposed to stop lashing it down.

The weather doesn't normally get to me, but it's the almost complete lack of sun, and day after day of really dark grey weather that's taken the spring out of my step. I think the number of hours of sun is in single figures for the entire past month or so. If the sun has come out, I must have blinked....

 

[steveindenmark]

Just getting over hurricane Gorm in Denmark. Its sunny and windy today but it was howling last night.

 

[Brandane]

Thank you, weather. My weight has just crashed through the 13 stone mark again (on the way UP, that is!) after managing to keep it just over 12.5 stone for most of the year. Turbos do not appeal, I had one once and after using it about 3 times it was left to gather dust for a year before being sold.

 

[marcg868]

I'd much rather have cold,frosty and dry. Don't do snow unless I'm off work.
Summer was incredibly poor up here in East Lancs and I think there has been one or two weeks of decent sunshine.
2013 was quite good except I missed most of it due to a knee injury/fractured leg.
Summer 2014 I ruptured my Achilles' tendon and it was quite sunny.
This year injury free and the weathers gash.

 

[nickyboy]

Just getting over hurricane Gorm in Denmark. Its sunny and windy today but it was howling last night.

Gorm-less here

Gonna do a hilly 50km this pm if it stays dry. Did an hour on the turbo yesterday but clearing up the pool of sweat afterwards is no fun.

 

[hopless500]

The weather is unrelentingly $hite here, so the Wisp is going to be heading upstairs to the trainer this weekend. Only got a few weeks to get some practice in for cycling in Thailand.

 

[loveandpeace1]

Weather not to bad in Cardiff. Winds 30mph. Temp 13.8°C. Dry

 

[Heisenberg71]

The weather is unrelentingly $hite here, so the Wisp is going to be heading upstairs to the trainer this weekend. Only got a few weeks to get some practice in for cycling in Thailand.

It's alright for some
Any spare tickets?

 

[hopless500]

It's alright for some
Any spare tickets?

We don't have any but I'm sure the airline do

 

[hopless500]

Look at it from the negative side - I'm going to have to cycle my backside off in the next few weeks on the trainer.

 

[mjr]

Over here in exactly-as-flat-as-you-think Norfolk (the west), it's not been too bad yet. The group has cancelled one ride and shortened a couple of others but we've been out most weeks as scheduled and I've been riding most days. Sunday was a challenge but rideable. One deflation and no other incident among the group.

I'm surprised so many are hiding indoors, but I admit I'm riding the roadster with 37mm tyres on rather than the wobbly-in-crosswinds road bike.

 

[Hyslop]

Well and truly fed up here! It must be almost 5 weeks since weve had the sort of weather that makes you want to go out.Either wind or heavy rain.or,oh happy day, a combination of both.Worse still there seems to be no likelihood of respite in the next week.That and the short days and the whole thing is becoming a tad depressing.Still,the turbo is getting a hammering,and it was worth buying a turbo tyre!(£9.99 @ Halfords-beat the LBS by £20).Mind you,Ive saved a fair amount on new winter kit,and the way things are going,I shall be able to afford an entire range of Assos summer gear.Ah,I felt a little cheered there,then I remembered Christmas is stil to come!!!

 

[User16625]

Cant wait for the climate to change, I think we are all fed up of it the way it is right now. I want the climate to change in such a way we get a decent amount of sunny days but not so many we suffer drought.