Today, I did 28.939124 mph average for my six hour base training ride in zone 2. I start ramping up next month. My rooster is 8.5 inches. I don't know what that is in metric.
Damn, Dave, you must have really been spinning that granny gear!daveryanwyoming said:... till we hit the first big climbs. Ones, twos, threes, fours, fives, master 35s, master 45s, tandems... I looked down at one point and saw we were doing 51 mph ... -Dave
Everytime I'm sleep deprived, I seemed to ride better on our Sun morning training rides. Weird!dsschanze said:Depends on day and how much sleep I got the night before (effects on HR).
I've had a couple of those but not quite that extreme. Stopping unexpectedly is much more fun than going fastFelt_Rider said:The only impressive number I could state at the moment is 40 to 0 in less than 2 seconds. The result was not good.
Here is a picture of that episode. (Select the Speed menu on the left.)AngryPenguin said:I've had a couple of those but not quite that extreme. Stopping unexpectedly is much more fun than going fast
If you tick the heartrate box your heart stopped when you crashedFelt_Rider said:Here is a picture of that episode. (Select the Speed menu on the left.)
This year I would like to climb that hill at 7+ pace and hopefully not crash going down the other side.
Yep, it is the Edge 305, but I suppose the HR strap was not getting good contact in that flat line. This is what the ride would have looked like without the crash.AngryPenguin said:If you tick the heartrate box your heart stopped when you crashed
Thats a very cool website, will have to get one of those Garmin thingys.
If you were riding alone for this (not in a group or behind a derny), and weren't riding on a 170km downhill ride, or with a wind behind you this is improbable.tarmacguy said:did a 170 km training ride on the weekend, with an average speed of 35.2..supose thats pretty good
Dave, your wife's a bit of a hammer too, if Wyoming as as hilly as rumoured. Now if your kid's tricylcle time is in double digits, that's pretty impressive too.daveryanwyoming said:I think Alex summed it up best, but here's some more data:
Yeah, I'm blowin' my own horn a bit, but FWIW those aren't really fast times and I'm not winning most of my races. The fast guys are a lot faster and I was half an hour slower than the guy that won my race on Saturday.
- Fun social rides with my wife: 16-18 mph average speed
- Typical training rides: 19-21 mph average door to door 22-25 mph during 20 minute threshold efforts
- Century rides: 18-20 mph average speed (these are for fun and training)
- Road races: 20-24 mph average depending on course and group tactics
- Crits: 24-28 mph average speed
- Flat Time Trials: 24-28 mph depending on length, wind and road surface
- Best long ride ever 21.2 mph average speed for 206 miles and 7500 feet of climbing this past weekend in a sanctioned race from Logan Utah to Jackson Wyoming.
-Dave
Wyoming's got its hills, but Jackson Hole is either pretty flat or straight up and down depending on the road you choose. Her game is hockey and telemark skiing, I wouldn't want to stand in front of one of her slapshots.....But she really tears up fresh powder, the attached shot is a typical day of spring backcountry skiing under blue skies. Believe it or not, there's more to life than cyclingkopride said:Dave, your wife's a bit of a hammer too, if Wyoming as as hilly as rumoured. ...
daveryanwyoming said:there's more to life than cycling
-Dave
I looked up the power file from my own 172 km solo ride I did at the end of September. I averaged 33 km/h, but this includes riding out of a major city and back downtown, which takes a good 1.25 hours, each way. This really impacts your average power and speed.BullGod said:If you were riding alone for this (not in a group or behind a derny), and weren't riding on a 170km downhill ride, or with a wind behind you this is improbable.
Unless of course you are a really good pro. (or drafting one)
With a group, on a flat ride, without too much wind this is plausible, but alone? No way.
How do I know? I ride elites in Holland, which is totally flat, (although very windy) and it's considered "good form" for an elite rider riding alone (on a not windy day) to get a shade under 3 hours for a 100km training ride. another 70km on that, with a higher speed? alone? Sorry.....
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