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Dizeee said:
Therein lies the conflict, not once have I ever argued the opposite or suggested I was anything special. I may be guilty of under estimating the abilities of others but certainly not of over estimating the ability of myself.
Like you, I am doing rides I would not have been able to do a year ago, but I know full well I am still hovering around the middle of the overall capability stakes. Some days I seem to fly, other days I feel tired. Its all part of the sport I guess.
The thing is, you don't know what the overall spectrum of capability is, how are you defining this information?Like you, I am doing rides I would not have been able to do a year ago, but I know full well I am still hovering around the middle of the overall capability stakes. Some days I seem to fly, other days I feel tired. Its all part of the sport I guess.
You seem to be dissapointed that you're not amazing at the sport, despite being new to it, and not really training as such? You can probably get better than you are now, but how much better you can get is a bit of an unknown.
Edited by okgo on Monday 19th August 12:58
Jonnny said:
I thought he meant it as in it's a pretty decent average speed, and no one really commented about it.
Yes I think that is what he meant. Not that I needed the reassurance of any comments, was just adding some context to the improvement.Agree with Ben actually I think some times the shorter segments are ok, short sharp hills etc.
TKF said:
More a comment on the irrelevant willy waving that was evident in both posts.
They both did excellent times but somehow need validating by telling everyone about them.
Almost like there is no point shagging Cameron Diaz if you're not allowed to tell your mates about it.
If I had said 24 mph you'd have been fine with it, get over it.They both did excellent times but somehow need validating by telling everyone about them.
Almost like there is no point shagging Cameron Diaz if you're not allowed to tell your mates about it.
ALawson said:
As you say that is part of a TR loop starting at the top of beacon hill going to Odiham and back.
Does a TT bike really give you that much aero benifit? The Pedal Heaven riders obviously also do a fair bit of training around my area.
Yes HCC175 I think the course is?Does a TT bike really give you that much aero benifit? The Pedal Heaven riders obviously also do a fair bit of training around my area.
A tt course, a number on your back is quite a powerful thing, especially if you're only going for 20 odd mins! When I first did my club ten on my road bike (with zipps, skin suit) I did it in 22.15 (around 27mph avg) which of you asked me what I'd do beforehand if have never said 27 mph! Anyway I got a tt bike with all the gubbins and got a decent position and lowered my pb on that course to 20.15 which is just shy of 30mph avg. a tt set up can make a huge difference. But some people suffer putting out their best power in an aggressive position.
Bloody Pedalheaven, constantly turn up to races with 8 riders and dominate everything. I know a lot of them well, they're a v good team.
TKF said:
Dedicated if he's stopping at junctions at home.
I think he's riding it normally then just increasing the speeds before uploading. It's been shown that it's not digitalepo (no blips) but there must be simple ways of manipulating the data if you cared enough.
There are. A chap from our club did it the other day to show how easy it is to mess with the code/file or something. I think he's riding it normally then just increasing the speeds before uploading. It's been shown that it's not digitalepo (no blips) but there must be simple ways of manipulating the data if you cared enough.
Silver940 said:
Me too, is it so hard to believe? Lets face it they are used to riding for 5-6 hours and a pretty high pace and up some pretty big climbs, surely it's not unrealistic that if they made a shorter targeted attack on these segments it would be very doable?
Its possible, but unlikely, the people at the top of lots of the climbs are already pro riders or at the very least the very best domestic UK pro's/hill climb specialists.
ALawson said:
Where you coming from?
SW London.http://app.strava.com/activities/34009937
That was my route last time, but happy to deviate if there is some good stuff, had a rucksack that time, but won't most times.
Yes it was him, this is his website http://cycledr.com/
He was quite strong actually, of the 3 people we caught and passed he was the only one who latched onto our chaingang.
He was quite strong actually, of the 3 people we caught and passed he was the only one who latched onto our chaingang.
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