Re: Who will win RTL, Geared or Non-Geared Teams?



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I've been having trouble maintaining 15 mph (24.1 kmph) on rides, and I
seem to average 14mph on the rolling terrain around my parts (los
gatos, Saratoga, cupertino, corralitos, etc). Sounds like I'll be too
slow to keep up!

One thing I noticed; on yesterday's ride I recall one hill I previously
did with 125s. I had blazed up one hill maintaining 10mph, and with the
guni / 150's, I could barely get it up at 7mph. I drop a lot of speed
on the hills; I just don't have the endurance to spin the wheel that
fast when in 1-1.

On Saturday's ride I averaged a bit over 10mph over 29 miles, which is
super slow! The one real hill we hit killed my time (I think it was
3000').

corbin


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corbin wrote:
> On Saturday's ride I averaged a bit over 10mph over 29 miles, which is
> super slow! The one real hill we hit killed my time (I think it was
> 3000').
> corbin



Yeah you were super slow as a slug. You should learn to ride faster. :)
Then again the ride was 29 miles, 3500' climbing including long
sustained sections above 10% (more like 13%). Maybe you shouldn't've
stopped those two times to rest. Slow slow slow.

Another thing you screwed up on was leaving before I even finished the
ride - you missed the beers and games party afterwards!

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nathan wrote:
> Yeah you were super slow as a slug. You should learn to ride faster. :)
> Then again the ride was 29 miles, 3500' climbing including long
> sustained sections above 10% (more like 13%). Maybe you shouldn't've
> stopped those two times to rest. Slow slow slow.
>
> Another thing you screwed up on was leaving before I even finished the
> ride - you missed the beers and games party afterwards!
>
> ---Nathan



Yeah, I'm working on getting faster! Sorry I ditched you guys on
Sunday's ride, but I had to keep a fast pace up to really get some good
training in. It took me 2hrs 5 minutes to complete the 30? (with white
rd) miles. I need to look at my cyclometer to find my average speed and
the real distance.

coribn


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And the answer is 2- a team with both geared and ungeared unicycles.
However, that can be debated, as The German Speeders probably spent 95%
of the time on the 36" Sclumpfs. They did get out a couple of fixie
36'ers for the climbs and also the criterium.


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