{"id":33870,"date":"2020-06-06T10:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-06T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=33870"},"modified":"2020-06-06T10:10:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-06T09:10:05","slug":"post-our-giro-ramp-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/06\/post-our-giro-ramp-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Post \u2018Our Giro\u2019 Ramp Test"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Having had a few relatively restful days after 3 weeks of riding a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/06\/week-3-of-our-giro\/\"> mini virtual grand tour<\/a>, I thought it was time to test my FTP with a ramp test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"361\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img_1815.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img_1815.jpg 361w, https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/img_1815-113x200.jpg 113w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As usual I calibrated everything, checked tyre pressures and got down to it. 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