Sleeping beauty

The Perfect Tire Pressure for Racing?

Bicycling.com posted a video they did during this year Tour de France, where they talk about tire pressure with a mechanic from the Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda team. Here's the gist of it (as I understood it):

• pressure in front is always 10 PSI lower than in the back
• road bike : 123 PSI (back) in good weather, 100 to 105 PSI (back) when raining
• tt bike: 137 to 145 PSI (back) in good weather

Obviously the limits for the (clincher) wheel/tire/tube needs to be respected, otherwise you'll kaboom! ... like I did a couple of weeks ago (woops!). 

Compression FTW!

The Curious Case of the Peal Izumi Jersey ...

Back in 1999, I brought a Pearl Izumi sleeve-less jersey which had that time (and location, I was in Hawai'i afterall ...) didn't strike me at particulary girly. It was hot and I was looking for a tight sleeve-less cycling shirt. It's only after a while that I started to question weither it was a girl jersey, a unisex or a male one. It does after-all have a certain floral theme, and the colors don't exactly scream male hormones ...

Over the years, I have worn it on occasions, feeling a little bit self conscious about it. Now, I'm not opposed to wearing some woman clothing, when the gender is not obvious, since I'm petite so they do fit better. But that jersey have always puzzled me ...

One thing I noticed yesterday, is that the name "Pearl Izumi" writting on the tab (located in the neck) is in pink color. That should indicate that this piece of clothing is for ladies, no? But then, why is the front zipper capable of going all the way down (like on a man jersey)? Should that be not limited to man jersey? Or maybe not ...

What do you think?

PS: I have searched Google for any trace of that jersey, but no luck

What to expect ...

So, what to expect from this blog? Well, the main subjects of this blog are the following:

• running
• cycling
• dualthlon training
• sport nutrition & gear
• veganism (and related subjects like Animal Intelligence)

For all subjects, I'll post on this blog:

• links (to web pages or videos)
• notes/tips (from podcast I listen to)
• pictures
• rides/runs/races reports

Overall, I hope to make this blog interesting, but my main focus is to use it as a stream of things I'm trying to learn and/or remember.

Fashion victim?

Training schedule reality check ...

Wade Wallace, over at Cycling Tips wrote a post on a training schedule which had me somewhat flabbergasted ... The total volume per week is over 18 hours! Granted, that's a cycling only training. Still, it's way more than what I'm doing currently. At best, I'm putting 7 hours per week on the bike (including commuting to worm 5 days a week) ...

Obvsiouly, I'm doing it wrong.