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CHOP ... they call it a Chop :)

Watched and enjoyed despite the lack of apostrophe in the title. Close call though 😎

Interesting to know a little more about the china domestic scene. Now I realise why panda podium struggles keeping up with demand for handlebars. What’s the update on wheeltop? Really interested in that, could be a god send for my old Rim brake propel which I love and wouldn’t mind upgrading a bit.

Yo Max, stamina is usually an estimate of how much you have left in the tank. Think of it like your match box. If it's 100% you're fresh, you can crank it out, the lower your stamina goes, the less you (supposedly) can push. The 3.2 and 4.5, etc numbers are just zone numbers. There's always a range, you'll see the same on Garmin, they also show Zone 4.x. It's just a way to show you how close you are to going out of the zone. Say you're doing FTP/Aerobic capacity training, you'll want to be in the Zone 4.0 - 4.9 range! Hope this helps!

Hello. Will there be a review of the iGPSport radar?

My ears were burning...

iClimb feature?

Your fatty friend is fat, but he’s kinda not. Hard to explain 🤔

Cheers for showing me around Max, was a great ride! Now you'll have to come out to Xiamen for some mountains.

Been in shanghai for a while. Hope you can visit Max.

I see this in my race C , i dropped out after 10 minutes. Making it way harder for C riders only 18 riders showed. I noticed on there stats some are A and B's. If it's just all C riders I can usually get in the top 10 which took me over year of hard for someone who's almost 60!

Current ftp is 4.7w/kg self coached.. goal for 2025 is to pass that 5 w/kg barrier! 🤞

Ride at your own pace or find a group that you feel comfortable with . Either way there will always be someone faster than you and slower than you . Enjoy cycling and never feel bad for not being able to keep up .

My bike fitter cut the seat tube.

I have a sl7 and I don’t think to upgrade for now

Not trying to tell you how to suck eggs, but have you tried spraying soapy water on tubeless tyres to seat them? I use baby shampoo, 2 tea spoons in 250ml water, spray the tyre, it helps to get them on by hand and seat with the flash charger, no need fir messy sealant everywhere 👌

Love those glasses. Anyone know the brand? Thanks in advance

nice channel. Would be cool if you used also kph because miles well.. only you guys can get it. I'm at the same situation than you atm, i'm too slow in turns, round abouts, descents, I need to pull massive watts to get back in a wheel, that's so unecessary. I've done an ultra endurance event and lost maybe 150 positions in descents, got dropped of groups because of it. If the group is too fast for you I think you just tell them you're going to sit last wheel for a bit at the start and see how it goes, eventually take pulls later on, they should understand your situation, this way you can last longer and get more out of these rides

i managed it a few years ago in my late 40's. not too fussed now as it took over my life. i now sit at around 3.5w/kg and im far happier. good luck in your quest.

I believe my boss attended this. We are a Japanese asset manager and it was a pretty big deal.

Would be nice with some subtitles on the coach

Meanwhile I am currently at 4w/kg at 200 watts. I know that its a great feat but somewhat I feel lacking.

The watts/kg is a very misleading metrics in cycling especially for amateurs. Your heart and lung won't get bigger or smaller with your body weight -- to be precisely the fat weight. They are independent of each other. You should tackle those two things separately. You should focus more on the absolute power or absolute VO2max when you talk about "training", and treat the weight problem separately. You train to increase the absolute power, not to lose weight. You diet for weight, and should not expect a power increase. IF you gain 10% power and in the same time gain 10% weight, does that mean your training is ineffective? No way. Or the other way around if you lose 5% power but also lost 10% weight (for example, from sickness), does that mean your training is successful? No way, your training probably is wrong. If you treat these two problems separately you'll be much more peace of mind and have a much more cleared view of how to access the training progress and not to get too frustrated or confused. That watts/kg only works well because all those pros are all on their individual edge -- when you compare Pogacha's edge with Jonnas's edge, this is very useful. But for someone who's not on the edge, just use the raw power when talking about "training". BTW your power is already very good. 360W is not something that is easily achievable for most people. That means if you somehow survived a labor camp and starved to 60kg or something you'll be at the pro level. You can just diet to get that watts/kg -- no training involved. But you also have to know that's not a fitness/training gain. It's just weight loss which is a different process.

I am still at 3.2 w/kg god help me!I am targetting 3.5w/kg, following you has been motivating.

Did I miss what the starting watts/kg were at? I saw the 270 FTP but may have missed the body weight or w/kg. I also wrongly assumed this video might actually show some results than just a coach generically talking about the universally accepted 80/20 principle. I just started seriously cycling and training in March after being a running hobbiest. Through 80/20 structured training I moved from 3 w/kg to 3.6 w/kg over 4ish months.

I attempted Chase the Sun last month and had to bail out at halfway because of dehydration trying to follow people that were fitter and faster than me and not looking after myself. Think you just have to go at your own speed on these events and if that lines you up in a group all the better if not solo and enjoy the day out.

5.1 for me. I once wanted to be at 4w/kg so bad, and I’m just here to say to the boys you can do it and then some. Keep pushing, keep focus. Get a coach and get a realistic race weight. If I can do it so can you.

47 years old and currently at 3.7w/kg after 23 years off the bike, smoking, drinking, no cardio, asthma (which i never had as a teenager racing), basically a mess, been back on bike 2.5 years but have only been doing structured training since Feb, so basically 5 months, weight back down to 66kg, lift weights aswel as ride, approx 8hrs a week over 5 or 6 days ride time (all I can do due to work commitments), looking to get to 5w/kg

Strict lower to mid zone 2 for 2 weeks with fasting or carb restriction, then a load of rice, potatoes and beetroot for two days, then an FTP test!

I have the same gold! For me now i am at 217what FTP. ( i use the 20mins test PS. the ramptest is not good i'am 25watts higher. ) I'am 48yo at 1m68 for 70kg, For my training inside i use the free app MyWhoosh and i use the FTP builder training.

Ftp is everything but its a goal to strive for. I've been pretty focused on my coaches plan for nearly a year now and the improvement are massive. But you have to make some sacrifices. I was a lighter guy a year ago from being a long distance runner but now I've gained some more muscle and my tt times which is my focus have lowered and lowered. So good luck and enjoy the process 👍

Do 2-3 sweet spot workouts a week. That'll get you to a 4 w/kg FTP

at what W/kg number do you start. I have seen those 270 W - but at which body weight?

Good luck mate. You've got this one I'm sure. Sticking to the program is key.

Race craft and skills is important, in Zwift as in real life. Don‘t be ashamed to race C when you feel like it, especially if cat B races is a cross-eyed sufferfest for you where you don‘t learn much. After all Zwift is a game, and fun is important. People have their opinions and judgements, but you just do you 🙂

I previously had a T1500 and really liked that bike but sold it to build up an Aethos, but I have since sold that frame and just built up a T1550 Disc with Hyper D45 to go along with my MY22 Scott Foil RC. Both the Scott Foil RC and T1550 are last gen aero bikes in that they are pure aero bikes not all arounders and the the frames weigh 1200g-1300g, not superlight. In terms of speed or at least the perceptions of speed the Winspace feels much stiffer out of the saddle when sprinting but like your review or Norcal's review alluded to is almost borderline too stiff especially with regular clinchers. My MY22 Foil while still plenty stiff is a lot more forgiving in the rear granted it is setup with Elite Wheel Drive wheels and tubeless tires. The two bikes are set up fairly identical in that the main components are Force AXS D2 like yours but I am using Red cassettes and chains for both my bikes. Both my bikes are using BBinfinite one piece ceramic bottom brackets which I highly recommend, but the MY22 Foil RC is a using an older Red GXP crankset and the T1550 is using the Force D2 DUB crankset. Both bikes are have BBInfinite ceramic jockey wheels, but the Foil is using the standard size and the T1550 is using the slightly oversized ones. As I mentioned before I had the previous T1500 and I will say the graphics or aesthetics are 1000 times better on the T1550 BUT I was kind of saddened that my fork wasn't 100% cleanly painted on the T1550. Wherever they masked off for the white stripes at the bottom of the fork was pretty sloppy in that there was a bit of jagged edges, hard edges, or even tiny chips. Granted these are mostly in the inside of the fork where you would have to be looking for imperfections. I will say my Scott has a much more dynamic and higher quality paint job granted even that bike shipped with a 5mm-6mm paint chip on the inside of the fork. Sadly I think the 2nd gen T1550 looks to have better paint options, granted I have no clue is quality wise how they are. I mentioned in another post that the seatpost on my build was at it's max insertion, but for me I still needed a touch of insertion for a proper fit, thus I brought my seatpost to a LBS and they cut 20mm off for $20, thus this gives me at least 1/2" of room in case my seatpost slips. The bike with pedals, cages, mouts, sensors, single side power meter weighs 16.5lbs with clinchers and TPU tubes with the only real weight weenie parts being the Galfer Wave CL rotors and my Berk padded saddle. In contrast my MY22 Foil RC weighs 17.5lbs but that has tubeless tires and a much heavier saddle. All in all when I went to go pickup my T1550 from the shop since I had it built up there maybe 3-4 people came up to me to admire the bike and told me how much they liked it and even recognized Winspace from maybe your channel or GC Performance or whoever, however when I went to a different shop (Trek dealer) to get my seatpost cut the service manager made a remark, "is that an Alibaba bike", and "you got to watch out for those bikes, we get a lot of bikes like that that fail", and "the UCI sticker doesn't matter". I am not denying that buying a big Western brand has its merits especially when it comes to RMA or possible getting parts long term, but in terms of reliability or tolerances I found the T1500, T1550, and the Hyper wheels to be 95%+ the quality and performance of ANY big name brand bike. IMO the T1500 series or really any Winspace is so good it allows you to build bikes that compete with big Western brands at much lower prices or it allows you to build bikes with better components. My T1550 not including labor would have been $6K in parts granted a ceramic BB and jockey wheels and Red chains and cassette are not necessary but at that price really the only bikes that are offering similar value are Canyon with the Ultimate or their previous gen Aeroad or the new Trek Madone SL 7 Gen 8 which doesn't come with a power meter and is 17.38lbs stock and is $6500.

Oh no! Not the fun stuff!

Can you tell us here you are starting? I'm guessing around 3.70 to 3.75 as you look around 72kg. If the number is private then forgive the question. I'm not 100% sure what is off limits in the cycling world either.

Use TrainerRoad - a proper training platform!

You can get to 4w/kg by just riding consistently, you don’t need to do anything special. If you want to reach 5w/kg or more, than you need to put in some serious work and dedication

I am frankly a little shocked that you tapped out at 160+ HR. Isn’t that z3/ threshold? I’m pretty sure that you had more to give tbh.

Sorry to say that ramp test is not accurate for ftp (1h, even 30 minutes). If you are anaerobically oriented ramp test FTP will be too high. I can realistically hold 30W less than my ramp test FTP durations

This is my project for the upcoming winter-/indoor seasean as well. I managed to get to 3,7-3,8 w/kg late Spring this year but a fear that this has dropped a bit! Closing in on being 60 years old it might be a real struggle to get to 4,0 w/kg, giving the amount of time I have to train for this, but I will not let it go without giving it a serious try! You, on the other hand, I'm sure will make it! Looking forward to follow your progression and hopefully I will see you back on Zwift. 🙂

Super excited to see how you get on Max, you can keep us abreast of your progress. Enjoy the journey, we'll be watching 😁

You are saying here that lower cadence focuses more on building leg strength. I have plenty of strength but run out of breath far too easily. I can't figure out how to best improve how long I can go without running out of breath. I often hear Zone 2 is optimal for building the heart and cardiovascular system, but definitions vary widely anywhere from 60-80% max heart rate. I also know you can reach Zone 2 with many very different combinations of cadence, resistance, and duration. Since lower cadence more increases muscle, what cadence do you think most increases heart size and cardiovascular adaptations? Should I focus on increasing cadence or duration to most increase heart size and cardiovascular adaptations? What heart rate percent range do you think maximizes heart adaptations?

Looking forward to seeing the prescribed training plan 🙂

On Zwift,The Grade climb will now automatically calculate your FTP. Have you tried it and if so what do you think. As a 57 kg 57 year old every day cyclist my best( Standing all the way cause it works for me )is 266 W FTP or 307w for the climb at 11.11 It can be done 4wkg !!

My was able to do that after losing all my upper body muscles lol, and doing 400-800 TSS a week

Looking forward to your training plan and accomplishments that you will achieve with it!