Cyclo-computer makes me tired

"jj" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Turns out the new computer is reading higher avg speed than the old one,
and instead of being 0.7mph faster, I was actually 0.3mph slower. That's
the pits, because seeing the new speed made me really push it to the end.
Arrrrgh! ;-)

So now I'm confused -and- tired. (I need a nap) Z-z-z-z-z...

LOL! Slightly tangental but:

The book value for my bike wheel size was about 25mm less than actual when I
rolled the bike along a tape measure.

It made a whopping 2% difference in speed and distance - though in this
case, in my favour. 🙂

Try measuring the wheel circumference... maybe you'll gain back the speed
with the actual measured value.

Chris

jj wrote:
:: Didn't put a cadence computer on my roadbike when I got it figuring
:: that 6 months of working on spinning up and cadence on the old bike
:: gave me a good enough idea of the 'right' cadence. It's not good to
:: become a slave to the computer. (ri-i-ight!)
::
:: When my regular handlebar computer quit working in the middle of
:: this past weekend's long ride, I figured I'd just go ahead and get
:: another one with cadence - redundancy would be the primary reason,
:: though. (uh-huh)
::
:: So-o-o, come to find out I'm drudging along at 70-75, and even
:: though my rides are empirically better than last month in distance
:: and time, I feel now like I'm riding through quicksand, lol.
::
:: Ignorance was bliss.
::
:: Today, I had the new computer set to read average speed and cadence,
:: the old one to show time and mph. Though I'm feeling a bit leaden
:: from the weekend's hard ride and climbing it looks like I'm on track
:: to set a new record for the course. So I crank it up and call for
:: Scottie to channel all the impulse power to the warp nacelles. ;-D
::
:: Turns out the new computer is reading higher avg speed than the old
:: one, and instead of being 0.7mph faster, I was actually 0.3mph
:: slower. That's the pits, because seeing the new speed made me really
:: push it to the end. Arrrrgh! ;-)
::
:: So now I'm confused -and- tired. (I need a nap) Z-z-z-z-z...
::
:: jj

Hey Badge, try not to make things too technical man...it does get tiring,
sometimes.

I've been thinking about getting a second bike...one with just regular
pedals so I can hope on it in normal clothes just for an hour's worth of
riding. My habits with riding have become to focused and training oriented
that I fear I'm killing off the fun aspects of it. Heck, if I can't get in
2.5 hours on the bike at a shot, I don't even go. Somehow, that ain't
right.