Cross-Training
Decided to try something a little, a lot actually, different from the regular routine of off-season training. I went out to the garage to hang the punching bag and gave it a go for about 15 minutes. Heart rate was up, breathing was increased, and upper body received a workout. Check, check, and check. This will be part of my new Mon-Wed-Fri workout to offset the days of riding rollers on Tues-Thur-Sat-Sun. I will add in a few other basics such as the jump rope, walking, and eventually running again.
The bag was actually a really good workout for the 15 minutes that I was out in the garage. Good focus exercise and a great stress reliever to boot. I'll have to talk with a buddy at work about increasing the workout time and methods too.
After the bag was done and put away, I decided to take some time to clarify a couple of things and take a picture to assist some of my impaired friends when it comes to viewing pictures. Here is a better angle of the Six13 next to the X-Fire to show the different angles and standover height. Notice that the toptube length is not much shorter on the X-Fire and that the overall cockpit length from saddle to stem is actually really close to a dead-on match. Couple of details. The Six13 is sitting on 700x23c slicks and is sporting a 120mm stem with a 575mm toptube. The X-Fire is sitting on 700x34c knobbies and is also sporting a 120mm although with a 560mm toptube. Overall difference of a mere 15mm. The handelbars on the X-Fire will also sit about 20mm higher than those on the Six13. There you are Mr. Plump and A. Lo., a better picture and even some details for you to digest.
Running out of space in the "bike room" again since I put the rollers in there. I have all but the Six13 on the wall to clear up as much floor space as possible but I could still use a few more square feet. Might be time to start pitching a few things out the door. Do I really need all of it anyway? Probably not.
Yet another very sweet buildup for a Pro-CX bike over at cyclingnews. This time it is Bart Wellens' Ridley X-Night. Very nice, I like.
The bag was actually a really good workout for the 15 minutes that I was out in the garage. Good focus exercise and a great stress reliever to boot. I'll have to talk with a buddy at work about increasing the workout time and methods too.
After the bag was done and put away, I decided to take some time to clarify a couple of things and take a picture to assist some of my impaired friends when it comes to viewing pictures. Here is a better angle of the Six13 next to the X-Fire to show the different angles and standover height. Notice that the toptube length is not much shorter on the X-Fire and that the overall cockpit length from saddle to stem is actually really close to a dead-on match. Couple of details. The Six13 is sitting on 700x23c slicks and is sporting a 120mm stem with a 575mm toptube. The X-Fire is sitting on 700x34c knobbies and is also sporting a 120mm although with a 560mm toptube. Overall difference of a mere 15mm. The handelbars on the X-Fire will also sit about 20mm higher than those on the Six13. There you are Mr. Plump and A. Lo., a better picture and even some details for you to digest.
Running out of space in the "bike room" again since I put the rollers in there. I have all but the Six13 on the wall to clear up as much floor space as possible but I could still use a few more square feet. Might be time to start pitching a few things out the door. Do I really need all of it anyway? Probably not.
Yet another very sweet buildup for a Pro-CX bike over at cyclingnews. This time it is Bart Wellens' Ridley X-Night. Very nice, I like.
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