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About 4 hours! 😯 😆
BUT i do more of the techy stuff than Obi 😉
I tend to stop after about 3 laps of the Black. I need cake by then.
😉
Diane - there is no techy stuff on the black.
My folks live nearby, so when I take the kids we park at the Buzzards and then do the Red/Black from there, finishing at the cafe. And then I ride back to get the car...
For me though its not how far, but what gear I can use. Initially it took the granny on parts (especially the old fire-road section), but now I use the big ring on a lot of it, or the middle worse case.
[i]For me though its not how far, but what gear I can use[/i]
That was the goal one of the BikeVillage guides used to use out in Les Arcs. A particular fireroad climb where he'd already done things like fastest time etc but where his goal was to do it in 44/12. He managed 44/13 when I was out there (I could only do 44/15 😳 ) but setting various targets like that helped him vary his routine a bit.
Obi - yeah i know
Although, being the height you are i suppose any drop looks big to you.
I decided to be sad enough to try this at the weekend and scored a 6 as I rode to the top without ever unclipping...however that's not a good measure of fitness tbh coz it took me an hour to get to the top so I aint that fit, can just keep pedalling at a measured sensible pace