Glentress Red - Best Time
boyfriday
Posts: 103
Guys,
Just looking to get an idea of how quick people that race actually are, having never witnessed it up close.
I normally ride with friends and the rides tend to be full of stopping and starting and generally just enjoying the day out. However, i had a few days off last week and went to Glentress on my own (cycling down from Edinburgh and then back).
I decided after loading up on breakfast to give the red route a blast without stopping or unclipping from the pedals in order to see how fast i could do it (starting from the Hub at the bottom and finishing there also).
I posted a time that i think was fairly respectable (given the 26 miles cycle there and the impending 26 mile cycle back), but just wonder what sorts of times people that compete in sxc races would post for that course.
I'm hoping to enter the Dalbeattie SXC event and i'm swaying towards the "sport" category on the basis of previous posts on the SXC standards, but just wondering how my time would compare with racers (now that i have a comparitor as i presume a lot of folk will have completed this course).
Time was 1hr 15mins (19km) incidentally (which may be quite good, or terribly bad - i don't really know).
Many thanks
Just looking to get an idea of how quick people that race actually are, having never witnessed it up close.
I normally ride with friends and the rides tend to be full of stopping and starting and generally just enjoying the day out. However, i had a few days off last week and went to Glentress on my own (cycling down from Edinburgh and then back).
I decided after loading up on breakfast to give the red route a blast without stopping or unclipping from the pedals in order to see how fast i could do it (starting from the Hub at the bottom and finishing there also).
I posted a time that i think was fairly respectable (given the 26 miles cycle there and the impending 26 mile cycle back), but just wonder what sorts of times people that compete in sxc races would post for that course.
I'm hoping to enter the Dalbeattie SXC event and i'm swaying towards the "sport" category on the basis of previous posts on the SXC standards, but just wondering how my time would compare with racers (now that i have a comparitor as i presume a lot of folk will have completed this course).
Time was 1hr 15mins (19km) incidentally (which may be quite good, or terribly bad - i don't really know).
Many thanks
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Can't believe you cycled from edinburgh! I done it once and never again! Our usual time is between 1hr 5mins - 1hr 40mins. Dependant on how many stops there are/how slow my mates are.0
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Well that to me seems a good time! Sounds like you would be averaging around 14km Around 10mph. Which considering you cycled from Edinburgh, and considering the red route isn't a simple fire-road route, sounds a good time.
But i agree, no idea how fast people could cycle it... :roll:0
