New Posts For Thread: HoDhttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hodHi mate, I'm planning on doing the Etape du Tour in 2013. Wondered if you had any advice. I'm pretty much a total novice, having only taken up cycling in March despite having been into pro cycling for a while. This basically came about because my mathttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=525531405#525531405Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:24:27 -0500Right, we've got places reserved for the Etape . Looks a particularly nasty final climb.https://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=525513585#525513585Right, we've got places reserved for the Etape . Looks a particularly nasty final climb.Sat, 27 Oct 2012 06:26:42 -0500Just a quick update on this:-Just got back from Tenerife where we went for a week to get a bit of sun and get on the bikes. We also went there to climb Mount Teide, which is the biggest mountain in Spain and the biggest volcano in Europe. You cant gehttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=524744447#524744447Just a quick update on this:-Just got back from Tenerife where we went for a week to get a bit of sun and get on the bikes. We also went there to climb Mount Teide, which is the biggest mountain in Spain and the biggest volcano in Europe. You cant geThu, 04 Oct 2012 03:24:15 -0500well done mate, keep it uphttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=523663677#523663677well done mate, keep it upFri, 31 Aug 2012 21:29:45 -0500heroic. careful u dont get too skinnyhttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=523649499#523649499heroic. careful u dont get too skinnyFri, 31 Aug 2012 14:22:38 -0500Did Whinlatter Pass on Monday in ridiculous rain, did it once from each direction. Couldnt believe how much steeper it was going East to West. And did Cat and Fiddle tonight, that was a lovely climb, and my first Cat 2!So that's the two main climbs ohttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=523621725#523621725Did Whinlatter Pass on Monday in ridiculous rain, did it once from each direction. Couldnt believe how much steeper it was going East to West. And did Cat and Fiddle tonight, that was a lovely climb, and my first Cat 2!So that's the two main climbs oThu, 30 Aug 2012 17:49:29 -0500Thought I'd update you lot on how we've been getting on. Did 30.6 miles round Frodsham tonight, which took 2 hours 2 minutes, giving us an average speed of 15.1mph. There's just over 2,000 feet of climbing in that circuit, but its lumpy rather than ahttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=523360595#523360595Thought I'd update you lot on how we've been getting on. Did 30.6 miles round Frodsham tonight, which took 2 hours 2 minutes, giving us an average speed of 15.1mph. There's just over 2,000 feet of climbing in that circuit, but its lumpy rather than aThu, 23 Aug 2012 16:25:40 -0500I have never done the etape but have ridden most of the cols over the years.Even when i was racing i found all the tour big climbs very hard.Its the constant gradient that gets you feels like its getting steeper but its your legs going.Agree with thehttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=522056561#522056561I have never done the etape but have ridden most of the cols over the years.Even when i was racing i found all the tour big climbs very hard.Its the constant gradient that gets you feels like its getting steeper but its your legs going.Agree with theThu, 19 Jul 2012 14:04:18 -0500If you have a standard 53/39, you can still get the equivalent of the bottom gear on a triple with a 12-25 cassette by fitting a mountain bike cassette 11-34. The bad thing is you can't use big cog on front and back (but why would you?) and you havehttps://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=522036209#522036209If you have a standard 53/39, you can still get the equivalent of the bottom gear on a triple with a 12-25 cassette by fitting a mountain bike cassette 11-34. The bad thing is you can't use big cog on front and back (but why would you?) and you haveThu, 19 Jul 2012 03:22:15 -0500Thanks, HistoryMaker and all. It isnt ego, its ignorance.https://community.betfair.com/other_sports/go/thread/view/94142/29238039/hod?post_id=521999579#521999579Thanks, HistoryMaker and all. It isnt ego, its ignorance.Wed, 18 Jul 2012 04:27:59 -0500