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So I basically cheated along a few segments tonight and still didn't get anywhere near the top!! coming onto a round about before a long stretch of road, I joined behind a tractor towing a trailer. Channeling my inner Guy Martin I tucked in behind the trailer. I was mainly doing this to avoid a heavy headwind and rain but stuck behind for maybe 3 miles.
It was great fun I must say but I did think there would be a touch of guilt about nicking someones KOM. Turns out I was still not even close. Really makes me question how some people clock such fast times. I'm guessing it must be group riding?
It was great fun I must say but I did think there would be a touch of guilt about nicking someones KOM. Turns out I was still not even close. Really makes me question how some people clock such fast times. I'm guessing it must be group riding?
It is exactly that.
3.9 mile segment near me at the end of our club run, my best time with a group nailing it is around 9 mins @ circa 30 mph average - on my own best I can do is around 10 mins circa 25mph average. When you factor in wind and pace of the group at any given time, there is around a 2 to 3 minute difference.
3.9 mile segment near me at the end of our club run, my best time with a group nailing it is around 9 mins @ circa 30 mph average - on my own best I can do is around 10 mins circa 25mph average. When you factor in wind and pace of the group at any given time, there is around a 2 to 3 minute difference.
I picked up 2 KOMs on Wednesday by drafting a bin lorry up a hill taking 7 seconds off the previous KOM, it was a complete fluke as the lights were in our favour too... I got as close to the lorry as I felt was comfortable and was feathering the brake for most of the time, its not like I was holding on to it!. Its amazing how quickly you lose the draft though once out of the slipstream and then you drop backwardsat an alarming rate.. as for the KOM, I dont feel that guilty, others TTT their way to a KOM or get lucky behind vehicles, its just luck.
http://app.strava.com/segments/3417123/
http://app.strava.com/segments/3417123/
pablo said:
I picked up 2 KOMs on Wednesday by drafting a bin lorry up a hill taking 7 seconds off the previous KOM, it was a complete fluke as the lights were in our favour too... I got as close to the lorry as I felt was comfortable and was feathering the brake for most of the time, its not like I was holding on to it!. Its amazing how quickly you lose the draft though once out of the slipstream and then you drop backwardsat an alarming rate.. as for the KOM, I dont feel that guilty, others TTT their way to a KOM or get lucky behind vehicles, its just luck.
http://app.strava.com/segments/3417123/
Hmmmmmm?http://app.strava.com/segments/3417123/
Drafting a bin lorry? Smells like fun.
Not.
The only segment wiping needs to be a like / dislike button for areas with excess segments, with the least popular being culled. e.g my local landmark the Cat and fiddle climb has 20 odd segments on it, most of which are utter toss. Sadly, the proper one (atrighi Bicnchi's to the pub) is now hidden because the rubbish "part of a hill" segments have more riders (naturally, they're 1/2 a mile each not 7 miles).
I mainly care about my own PR, but also whether I can beat that skinny bugger James from purchasing. If his best time (1 min faster than my PR) was to be removed by some sort of auto kill, then suddenly I would be above him -and that would take all the fun out of it IMO.
I mainly care about my own PR, but also whether I can beat that skinny bugger James from purchasing. If his best time (1 min faster than my PR) was to be removed by some sort of auto kill, then suddenly I would be above him -and that would take all the fun out of it IMO.
okgo said:
Everyday is a School day- I did not know that, am now expecting a thread of VAM scores to appear :-) (My best is a poor 900 something)
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