Can't stand boxers, so I'll stick with going commando in my sexy Lycra.
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Can't stand boxers, so I'll stick with going commando in my sexy Lycra.
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I don't think he was digging at you. A century with those average speeds is phenomenal; he's saying that tomorrow his legs won't work.
I don't know the "tomorrow I'm going to try and go more than 100 metres"
Seems aimed at me as if I mansged 20mph avg over 100 metres.
anyway theres a screenshot above showing one of the paths going across the moor for 2 miles or so look how flat it is....
You guys could probably do 30mph avg eash doing laps around the moor paths
I think you're overestimating speeds. I doubt any of us could average 30mph over any appreciable distance on the flat. Maybe touch or Berger or one of the other guys who races.
Not even close.
Fully kitted up on my TT bike with aerobars, skinsuit, pointy helmet, aero overshoes, etc i can average just under 26mph over 10 miles.
20mph sounds fairly quick for somebody new to cycling to do on a hybrid. Are you sure it's not 20kmph? (if it gave your total in kilometres its likely to give speed in the same way?). It's not impossible though, especially on a flat road, so you could be right.
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Sitting at 20mph is pretty easy but doing that as an average over a bigger distance gets harder.
I think I'm 'ok' and been cycling for a few years and averaged about 18mph over 58 miles.
Fraser I'm sure looking at Strava you averaged about 31.9mph over the 5 miles from the end of the clunche road down the 77. Was chatting to Graham Mercer from Icarus racing today about the race and said you guys were shifting and he was ******!
I think I'm 'ok' and been cycling for a few years and averaged about 18mph over 58 miles.
Fraser I'm sure looking at Strava you averaged about 31.9mph over the 5 miles from the end of the clunche road down the 77. Was chatting to Graham Mercer from Icarus racing today about the race and said you guys were shifting and he was ******!
Yeah, i was in the break there, i think there was 7-8 of us and we were all working pretty well together. That, combined with a tailwind and a decent surface, meant the speed along that section was really high.
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wish I could do 18 mph average
Im getting better, my average speeds are going up slightly, doing 15/16 now with the odd 14mph depending on hills
I set out at 6.30am this morning to try and do a sub-3h solo L2B which would have been an average of 17.5mph.
Despite pushing myself I only did it in 3:10 averaging 16.8
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/341726884
Despite pushing myself I only did it in 3:10 averaging 16.8
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/341726884
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