{"id":13802,"date":"2025-07-23T15:54:28","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T13:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?p=13802"},"modified":"2025-07-28T10:21:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T08:21:33","slug":"the-tuesday-solo-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/the-tuesday-solo-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tuesday Solo Ride"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

Yesterday I didn’t dress for cycling. My plan was to see if I could get the power meter to work and then go for a short ride. In the end I found that as one device failed to detect them I would try a second. The second worked after a few seconds. I calibrated the pedal, and then I went for a short ride.<\/p>\n

The short ride I speak of became a longer ride. At first it was a small loop, and then I headed downhill before heading towards the road where I had seen two women walking with donkeys a week or so ago. I turned left, and then I road along the contours towards a Moulin before eventually heading upwards. I headed towards L’Isle before changing my mind about heading up towards the Col. II turned left, and then followed a cycling route towards Montricher before heading back down.<\/p>\n

During the trip down I crossed the Mardistes cycling their loop. At the time I was tempted to try to join them. When I looked at the stats for some of the people who flew by I saw that they were cycling at an average speed of 31 km\/h or more. I would have to work hard to keep up with this group.<\/p>\n

There is bias in the data. Those that share their rides are probably strong riders, and those that were in the main group were possibly riding at a pace I can keep up with. I saw them and felt the desire to ride with a group.<\/p>\n

Riding at 100 Watts<\/h2>\n

IIn the rolling hills above Morges it is challenging to ride at 100 watts. Either you’re going down a hill and there is little need to pedal, or you’re going up a steep hill which requires 200-300 watts. I also found that I was riding into the wind while heading up towards L’Isle. As soon as you’re fighting the wind you make more effort.<\/p>\n

Usually I ride without a power meter so I have no idea of how much power I am putting out. I haven’t had power data since I was Zwifting so this has been my first time looking at a power curve since 2018. My peak is half as strong as iit was but I suspect that this is due to wearing barefoot trail glove 7 on clipless pedals.<\/p>\n

And Finally<\/h2>\n

I could ride near Nyon tonight but I don’t want to go towards Nyon during Pal\u00e9o. I was hit by a car when driving the scooter by a Caribana festival goer. I don’t want to repeat that experience again with a festival goer for Pal\u00e9o. They also announce rain, and logistically it would not be fun, getting to Nyon.<\/p>\n

If the forecast for tomorrow is wrong then I would like to try a loop that I have partially ridden iin the past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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