Is this good / average or poor?
Dex
Posts: 22
First ride with structured route and against clock.
Managed just over 17 miles in moderate wind in just under 59 minutes.
What does the jury suggest?
Managed just over 17 miles in moderate wind in just under 59 minutes.
What does the jury suggest?
0
Comments
-
-
Well, I think even over flat that's pretty bloody good.0
-
Well done indeed - I'd be happy with it...0
-
well done - the fun part will be doing it again and again and monitoring how you are improving. Keep a record of your times and the wind speed and direction, the met office website is reasonably good for checking local winds.0
-
Ride a local evening 10 and see how you really compare to othersDex wrote:What does the jury suggest?0 -
Bronzie wrote:
Ride a local evening 10 and see how you really compare to othersDex wrote:What does the jury suggest?
I did that ... and I came last
I'm going back tonight for another go but I am sure I will again be last; they all have big shaved legs and fancy low profile bikes with tri bars ....0 -
Bronzie wrote:
Ride a local evening 10 and see how you really compare to othersDex wrote:What does the jury suggest?
I did that ... and I came last with 27:58 (average 21.4mph)
I'm going back tonight for another go but I am sure I will again be last; they all have big shaved legs and fancy low profile bikes with tri bars ....0 -
27:58 and last is a bit of a bummer as thats a pretty good average, especially if it was a hilly course."I hold it true, what'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost;
Than never to have loved at all."
Alfred Tennyson0 -
nolf wrote:27:58 and last is a bit of a bummer as thats a pretty good average, especially if it was a hilly course.
Course is pretty flat apart from a flyover over an A road.
They are all just good and I am a beginner and the wrong side of 40...
I don't mind coming last as I know I could stuff them all at sailing
which is my sport; the cycling is just for fun & fitness.
I hope to do better tonight but I suspect I will still be last ... bloody windy again ... usually I hope for wind.0 -
Managed 27:09 this week ... only one person overtook me this time 0
-
Just enjoy it for what it is. And if they beat you, who cares? You're making your own achievements right now.0
-
azzerb wrote:Just enjoy it for what it is. And if they beat you, who cares? You're making your own achievements right now.
As I said I have no problem coming last ... this is just training for sailing for me ...
I hope not to be last by the end of the summer though ...0 -
Stick a set of clip on aerobars on your bike and you'll go at least 1 minute faster....musto_skiff wrote:Bronzie wrote:
Ride a local evening 10 and see how you really compare to othersDex wrote:What does the jury suggest?
I did that ... and I came last with 27:58 (average 21.4mph)
I'm going back tonight for another go but I am sure I will again be last; they all have big shaved legs and fancy low profile bikes with tri bars ....
Then you'll get hooked
0 -
Alex_Simmons/RST wrote:
Stick a set of clip on aerobars on your bike and you'll go at least 1 minute faster....musto_skiff wrote:Bronzie wrote:
Ride a local evening 10 and see how you really compare to othersDex wrote:What does the jury suggest?
I did that ... and I came last with 27:58 (average 21.4mph)
I'm going back tonight for another go but I am sure I will again be last; they all have big shaved legs and fancy low profile bikes with tri bars ....
Do they really make that much difference :shock: ?0 -
Yep - good aero position is worth at least 1 min over 10 miles compared to riding on the dropsmusto_skiff wrote:Do they really make that much difference :shock: ?
Musto, you knocked 40 secs off your time in a week - that's great improvement which is all you should be concerned with at the minute - you won't be last in a few weeks time if you can keep it going the right direction, although obviously the improvements come in increasinly small increments. Learning how to pace your effort together with improving fitness will knock another couple of minutes off your time by the end of the summer if you plug away at it.
Don't be phased by shaved legs either - they are just posers (like me) 0 -
Bronzie wrote:
Yep - good aero position is worth at least 1 min over 10 miles compared to riding on the dropsmusto_skiff wrote:Do they really make that much difference :shock: ?
Musto, you knocked 40 secs off your time in a week
49!!!
I think I pushed harder and it was less windy; but still windy ...
Can you get these bars that are easy to put on/take off as I don't want them all the time, can anyone recommend some?0 -
Yeah baby - you got the bug!musto_skiff wrote:49!!!
The Profile bars are pretty good value clip-ons.
But remember that to get a good position for TTing you will probably need to move your saddle forward so your hips are further over the bottom bracket - otherwise you'll be too strecthed out and won't be able to get the power out as the angle between your torso and hips will be too acute.
Try it without moving the saddle at first to see how you get on as its a faff to keep moving the saddle about, but the quick solution is to buy a 2nd seat-pin with a forward angle in it and saddle and just swap these over when you clip the bars on.0 -
Bronzie wrote:
Yeah baby - you got the bug!musto_skiff wrote:49!!!
The Profile bars are pretty good value clip-ons.
They don't look very adjustable ... 0
