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Richard Goodman
Guest
Today I managed to beat my personal best on my 'new' bike for my 10.5 mile commute to work by over a
minute - under 37.5 min instead of 38.5 min set previously on my 'old' bike. Just a small
meaningless personal victory but I thought I'd share it with you anyway. Of course I know 37.5min
for 10.5 miles isn't that great, but considering the amount of other traffic, peds and traffic
lights you get in London is not easy to acheive - at least not for me! Anyway I drew some
satisfaction from a reasonably long stretch at over 30mph on the flat without the benefit of a
downhill (well, it was only a v e r y slight incline) or drafting (well, only other cars, not a bus
or anything like that) ;-). But what I want to know is, as new bikes are always supposed to be
faster than old bikes, why did it take so long (4 months) before I managed to do it ;-)?
Or could it be something to do with the fact that today, just for a change this morning, I tried
something new - I put my cycling jersey on over the top of my b*b tights, so the straps weren't
showing ;-)? I wondered whether this might avoid offending the PSF, but it was a bit itchy and even
more sweaty than usual so I don't think I'll do it again!
Rich
minute - under 37.5 min instead of 38.5 min set previously on my 'old' bike. Just a small
meaningless personal victory but I thought I'd share it with you anyway. Of course I know 37.5min
for 10.5 miles isn't that great, but considering the amount of other traffic, peds and traffic
lights you get in London is not easy to acheive - at least not for me! Anyway I drew some
satisfaction from a reasonably long stretch at over 30mph on the flat without the benefit of a
downhill (well, it was only a v e r y slight incline) or drafting (well, only other cars, not a bus
or anything like that) ;-). But what I want to know is, as new bikes are always supposed to be
faster than old bikes, why did it take so long (4 months) before I managed to do it ;-)?
Or could it be something to do with the fact that today, just for a change this morning, I tried
something new - I put my cycling jersey on over the top of my b*b tights, so the straps weren't
showing ;-)? I wondered whether this might avoid offending the PSF, but it was a bit itchy and even
more sweaty than usual so I don't think I'll do it again!
Rich