Two Wheel Blogs

And the bike won. Well, at least I couldn't get the PT working. It would start to work and then drop after only a couple of seconds. I didn't have time to fiddle with it so I just went out and did my workout. I am hoping the battery is going south and I will try to pick up some new ones tonight (I didn't have a spare with me Saturday).

But a good racer should be able to get in the ballpark when doing longer intervals. Saturday, my goal was to go to the local park and do a 2x20 around the ball field there. I put my cross clincher tires on my PT wheel and used an old front wheel. I inflated the tires to around 60 which is quite firm for these tires. Noticeably more firm than the Tufos that I have on my racing wheels (I inflate these to around 45 to 50). One lap consisted of heading down the right field line all the way out to outfield fence, riding along the fence and turning left down the left field line and then completing the lap after going behind home plate. You might think this course would be pretty smooth but the high pressure clinchers made it kind of rough. My HR got up to 170 after about half way and I had a high of 175. I was pretty tired afterwards. This workout actually felt very cross like and I was reminded of how I feel after halfway through a race!