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Ken_Buckley

@y2kenb

Cycling Coach, Elite Cyclist, 2017 National and European Masters Crit Champ, British Landspeed Record Holder

 Reading, UK
buckleyperformancecoaching.co.uk
Joined July 2009
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One of the problems: More is better until it’s not. 🙆 N=15, 20-min test after a given workload, taken every ~+16 CTL points. 🙋How much drop in durability are you willing to accept?
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So as promised. Thread no. 1. on the dreaded LT1. I will try and keep these pretty brief, address some common misconceptions and give some practical points (I hope) So, LT1, or Lactate Threshold 1. Sometimes called the Aerobic Threshold (although I think that is a bad name) 1/
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You don't need to train ⬇️ LT1 to ⬆️ pwr/speed at LT1 You don't need to train at/⬇️ FTP to ⬆️ FTP You don't need to train at VO2max to ⬆️ VO2max You don't need to train at FatMax to ⬆️ FatMax Aerobic capacity/fitness is a multitude of variables. There are many ways to improve it
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'30,000 people are killed or seriously injured on our roads every year, less than 3 involving a cyclist' Former Olympic cycling champion Chris Boardman spoke to #BBCBreakfast about Government plans to make causing death or serious injury by dangerous or careless cycling an offence bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-6…
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I don’t believe in growth taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2024…. Growth cannot make mostly people happy. Meeting everyone’s needs can. So why do politicians focus on growth?
I don’t believe in growth

I don’t believe in growth

I don’t believe in growth as an economic panacea. There, I’ve said it, and most economist will be horrified. Why say so now? Because Rachael Reeves, referred to growth 58 times in her Mais lecture...

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The UK is failing so badly that there is, in fact, almost no institution of government within it that I am convinced should survive as it is now. Let's start with the constitution, and the fact that we have not got one. I am incredibly keen on that changing.
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Along with fellow Active Travel Commissioners @Ed_Clancy, @DameSarahStorey & @simonobtv1, I've written to @RishiSunak about the Plan for Drivers. We believe the most effective plan for drivers will be to get right behind the Government’s own Gear Change plan. Here's why 🧵👇
Dear Prime Minister We are writing in relation to your recently published “Plan for Drivers”. We write as Active Travel Commissioners representing Mayors of Combined Authorities, but we also write as drivers. We believe the most effective plan for drivers will be to get right behind the Government’s Gear Change plan. There are some very real challenges in local transport and a key one is ensuring the existing road network does not suffer huge congestion, bringing disbenefits to communities and to the economy. The politics of our respective Mayors may differ but the fact that Gear Change has been welcomed and united transport experts shows that it is the kind of long-term policy thinking that we need.

ALT Dear Prime Minister We are writing in relation to your recently published “Plan for Drivers”. We write as Active Travel Commissioners representing Mayors of Combined Authorities, but we also write as drivers. We believe the most effective plan for drivers will be to get right behind the Government’s Gear Change plan. There are some very real challenges in local transport and a key one is ensuring the existing road network does not suffer huge congestion, bringing disbenefits to communities and to the economy. The politics of our respective Mayors may differ but the fact that Gear Change has been welcomed and united transport experts shows that it is the kind of long-term policy thinking that we need.

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👀 @UCI_cycling chrishallrides.com/stories-p…

The World Champs Project | Chris Hall Rides

Starting on the 28th July I will be beginning my World Champs Project. I plan to use this ride to celebrate the history of the cycling World Championships and cycle a route connecting together all of...

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REPORT: Veteran rider Richard Oakes (Team Ohten Aveas) took victory by just three seconds in the Icknield RC 10, while Linda Dewhurst (Team Milton Keynes) was a clear winner in the women’s event. cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/rac…
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our car insurance renewal is up 55% on last year, the best deal is 27% more than last year. No wonder there's inflation when this is how companies act. It's pure greed and absolute bullshit that their costs are up 30%. The reason they gave me for the increase was 'inflation' !!
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#greedflation tell me again how workers are responsible for this @bankofengland
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Replying to @ContiUK
@ContiUK for a couple of years now I’ve sworn by your cycling tyres. The gp5000 tubeless tyre has been awesome until you updated it to the gp5000s. I’ve had 3 tyres in a row completely fail on their first ride out now. (1)
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It’s cost me hundred of pounds to find this out and now I’m left with tyres I don’t trust and can’t safely ride. is there anything you can do to help me? (3)
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This video camera study showed that less than 5% of people on bikes break traffic laws while riding, yet 66% of people do so when driving. And if you REALLY want even MORE bike-riders to obey laws, build more protected bike infrastructure. Via @carltonreid forbes.com/sites/carltonreid…
Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study

Cyclists Break Far Fewer Road Rules Than Motorists, Finds New Video Study

Busting the myth of the "scofflaw cyclist" Danish Road Directorate studies reveal that while 66% of motorists routinely break road traffic laws only 5% of cyclists do so. Law breaking by cyclists is...

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#DomestiqueData by @LoosDieter The Lotto Dstny riders who are currently in 🇪🇸 Spain did a 5' & 20' test. The Classics squad also did 3x 30" sprints afterwards. Here's a table of the 5' & 20' tests. In this thread we'll analyse the results. 👇
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Zone 2 training is the new FTP. Everybody likes to say it, but nobody is 100% sure what it means 🫠
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Martin BS@MedBonnevie24 Nov 2022
💥 When Rønnestad & Hansen applied a scientific approach to train an amateur cyclist, his VO2 max increased from 73 to 87 ml/kg/min in 1 year (58 weeks). 🧵 Here is a thread on their approach... -> pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/2865…
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