Hi everyone here, good to find a forum dedicated to Tokyo/Japan.
A bit about me, I'm in mid 40s, I didn't ride since I was a kid due to number of knee surgeries in my teens that I got from MTBs.
Since then I couldn't run and since I've only tried training bikes at gym, I thought I can't ride bikes either, although I could do weights/powerlifting.
Fast forward to couple months ago, I jumped on my mates bike and to my surprise my knee was fine riding his bike, next day I got myself a bike.
Since then I've realised I've no stamina (no surprises really) and with the rain, I got myself an indoor trainer and zwift to work on it (the costs keep adding up).
Currently my FTP is 151W and I can put some high watts for fraction of a second (my powerlifting days are long gone), but then I'm spent. I've started a training program 2 weeks ago on zwift and I hope that brings it up to some more respectable numbers in the not too distant future.
At 184cm my biggest issue right now is fit, finding shoes that fit me is a big challenge due to size and weird shape of my feet it seems. I've ordered fizik shoes from O/S after trying to find some in Japan, the shape fits me ok, but I can't slide cleats back far enough so balls of my feet align with pedal spindle. I'm already aware that I need a bike fit and possibly new saddle badly.
A bit about me, I'm in mid 40s, I didn't ride since I was a kid due to number of knee surgeries in my teens that I got from MTBs.
Since then I couldn't run and since I've only tried training bikes at gym, I thought I can't ride bikes either, although I could do weights/powerlifting.
Fast forward to couple months ago, I jumped on my mates bike and to my surprise my knee was fine riding his bike, next day I got myself a bike.
Since then I've realised I've no stamina (no surprises really) and with the rain, I got myself an indoor trainer and zwift to work on it (the costs keep adding up).
Currently my FTP is 151W and I can put some high watts for fraction of a second (my powerlifting days are long gone), but then I'm spent. I've started a training program 2 weeks ago on zwift and I hope that brings it up to some more respectable numbers in the not too distant future.
At 184cm my biggest issue right now is fit, finding shoes that fit me is a big challenge due to size and weird shape of my feet it seems. I've ordered fizik shoes from O/S after trying to find some in Japan, the shape fits me ok, but I can't slide cleats back far enough so balls of my feet align with pedal spindle. I'm already aware that I need a bike fit and possibly new saddle badly.