Progress in Cadence and Endurance

I am still riding 20km five times a week except that it seems slightly heavier on both knees with the Mountain bike tyres instead of road tyres. I will probably improve on my spin at 90-100 rpm with various gear ratios to build on my endurance while picking up speed steadily. The CS600 Polar Heart Rate Monitor (HRM) has been a useful tool providing me vital Heart Rate (HR), Cadence, Speed, Distance and Time information. I have just got the device working after my bike technician Yong fixed the cadence and speed sensors. I just followed the instructions on the product manual and it worked fine.

I realised that I am probably dehydrated during the ride resulting in a higher HR and decreasing preformance after riding for 15km during each session. I shall download the data from the CS600 to have a look at the data before progressing to harder work-loads.

There is talk of doing a double session to mimic travel to work (20km one way). I think that would have to wait as I may need to improve my fitness to ensure that I am fit enough for extra training.