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Where are the holes in the tube in relation to the rim/tire?  That should give you a good idea at the cause.  I had a couple of flats while on the trainer (gasp!!) a few years ago.  Turns out it was an extremely small staple that was stuck in the tire.  You couldn't see it or feel it when inspecting the tire, but I suppose when the tube is inflated and the roller of the trainer is pressing firmly against the tire, the point of the staple comes out just enough.

Mele Kalikimaka, Joyeux Noël, and Merry Christmas everyone!

Friend Fred. You can lock things down to "Friends" or "Friend of Friend" for seeing, friend requests, and messages. About everyone here has friended him so should be able to find you from there.

300w for 112 miles would be impressive!  Most of the pro power files that are posted from Kona seem to be in the 270-290w range if memory serves me.

The 910 will work fine with a powertap but if what you are after is maps and navigation, you might want to look at a used 800.  I've seen several on the ST classifieds lately in the $220 range.  I've been thinking of getting one for the maps as well.  Anyone have experience with that?  I know Fred has one.

Marc, how well do you feel that 385 estimates FTP for you?  Just running the numbers though my head it seems like I would be in a world of hurt by the time I got up around those numbers!

The guys riding at that power level tend to have an FTP starting around 390 and go up from there.  The professionals riding at a bit higher IF than most age groupers as they're better conditioned for it (much bigger volumes) and are side splits take substantially less time for them. Usually 4:30 or less unless the course is quite hard. The guys doing it also tend to be larger. Starting around Arend's size and getting more to my size. If you can do this, yeah, you would have a fair shot at winning the age group. 

I was 2:37 on 202w AP that year at MT.

http://www.strava.com/activities/183973374 - that is Fred's 5:09 for the full IMMT this year on 209w.  I'm going to guess you need 220w+ to get down around 5:00-5:05.

Warning:  First World Problems rant ahead! 

I am a lucky duck and The Better Half got me a 920xt for Christmas (suh-weet! I already love this thing).

However, I'm now in the middle of Garmin hell.  I transferred over to Garmin Express from ANT+ and seem to have lost all my files from my current 910xt (and can't get any files off my 800 onto Garmin Connect or Training Peaks - never mind that TP counts all my swims as runs for TSS and runs as swims for TSS - talk about some messed up numbers!). And I have several months of stuff that I'd like to get onto GC and TP.

I suppose that if I had switched as soon as Garmin Express came out and worked diligently to get all my files on all the online repositories and curated all the data right as I did the workouts, I'd be all good.  Buuuuuut, I have been a bit lazy and just logging here and on Strava.  Now that I'm back into more serious training, I'd like to use TP again.

Ugh - I think I'm going to have to do more work getting the electronica back in order than getting my FTP back where it should be (or at least not so in the basement anymore).  Any suggestions?

Like I said, first world problem, huh? 

Happy Boxing Day!

Matt

I'm ~165 or a bit less at race weight and went 2:29 on a flat course last June in Grand Rapids on 206W avg and 210 weighted average (al la Strava).  Was easy to maintain a low VI with only a few rollers mid-course.  James, I recall you're bigger than I am, but think Marc's on with the W/kg estimate (course, conditions and such matter some, of course).

The bike will be something of a focus for me this late winter/spring, as long as I can find some places to ride around here without getting keeled.  I'm way off where I need to be for race season (can't even think about a 5 hr IM!). 

Matt

Matt, do you have the Garmin -> TP auto sync setup so that when Garmin Express uploads to GC it gets sent over?  Are the old files still on the 910 or stored on your computer only?

if you have everything on Strava, you could use www.tapiriik.com to sync everything from Strava to both GC and TP but keep in mind you can't choose what to sync, it will do everything.