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Nice but recumbent bikes are the quickest on road or track.
nicko has a PhD in counting if you didn't know. You won't beat him on that maths stuff especially if he has a calculator to hand. He can even do the thing so that when you turn the calculator upside down it spells boobless. True Story
so yes i take your point that he didn't average 30 for the entire race. thanks for making that clear to me.
And it was less than half the length Rochey was talking about. So yes, an example of a far shorter and slower race definitely proves your point 😕
21-22 solo is [s]fine[/s] bloody fast.
Few riders can happily knock out >21mph average on their tod. I assume you are one of these few though!
iainc - what is your start time? Too early and you'll either be left standing or you'll knacker yourself trying to keep up with the fast guys. Go off too late and it'll be hard to get into a similarly-paced group.
Nice but recumbent bikes are the quickest on road or track.
I think you'll find motorbikes are the quickest. And the beard is optional.
druidh - a few of us are going off in a group at 0658, but we are not expecting to necesarily stay together depending on how folks feel on the day
While we're chin-stroking at average speeds, can anyone tell me what's going on with the top 8 or so here?
http://app.strava.com/segments/630236
:-O
I've just had a look at the top one. If you study the GPS trace, you'll see that it's jumping around. Looks like it is trying to adjust the track so that the rider is on the nearby road (some Garmins will do this if not set up accordingly - might happen with other devices too). So - all the speeds are wrong.Mike_D - Member
While we're chin-stroking at average speeds, can anyone tell me what's going on with the top 8 or so here?
njee. get over it.
Ooo, good comeback! 🙂
ainc - the simple answer is 'yes'. If you do manage to get on the back of a group... don't forget to do your turn at the front. If you can't keep up the required speed at the front... you probably have no place in that particular group.Or just wheel suck your way around...
Hmmph 👿 perfectly describes my average race. I'm usually one of just three working in our trailing bunch until the last lap when every other wheelsucker sprints past for 11th. To me that's a pointless race for a pointless position.
Die trying and all that.
Totally agree! Get so frustrated with people doing that in crits, or if you do get a break, someone with no jump will try to bridge, and just drag the group back up to the bunch!
While we're chin-stroking at average speeds, can anyone tell me what's going on with the top 8 or so here?
Completely messed up gps/Strava combi. See anything wrong with the fastest guy (Carl Dolan) on this section of Boxhill?
http://app.strava.com/segments/713142