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https://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl General Category >> Ride Reports >> SUNUVA----what? https://rbentonline.org/YaBB.pl?num=1175829110 Message started by aikigreg on Apr 5th, 2007, 10:11pm |
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Title: SUNUVA----what? Post by aikigreg on Apr 5th, 2007, 10:11pm I joined Bud for the Texas Wheels ride tonight. The idea is to get ~30 miles done before dark. There were probably 12 of us I guess, includng RAAM competitor Mark Metcalf. We started down Lake Ridge doing a nice, comfy 22-23mph. I'm hanging out at the back of the pack and Bud is in the middle. Just as I decide to move up a few notches we get to a narrow stretch and go single file, so I figure I'll wait before I make my move. So, I'm looking out at the water and generally lollygagging with the comfy pace and when I look back, the pack is 30 yards ahead of me. Crap! They had kicked it up to 25-26mph. I gear up and hit 26-27 and start to gain some ground, then I get cut off by a car, which scared the crap out of me and I stopped pedalling. Had to downshift and by the time I got back up to speed, the pack was nearl a 1/4 mile ahead of me. Bud and the pack had dropped me like it was their JOB. :'( I tried to catch up but we hit a set of pretty tough hills and I lost sight of them. The scope of these hills were exactly like Cattle Baron road in Aledo, just a tiny bit shorter. I didn't know Ceder Hill has hills that serious. Since I had no idea what the route was, I eventually turned around ot try and catch another guy we had all dropped early on. I found him and continued on with him until he flatted and since it was getting dark and he was good I put the hammer down to get back to the marina before dark. Final result 32 miles at 17.5mph. definately my fastest average on the p-38. The paceline's average was 21.75 :o :o :o. Geez I need the lowracer back in a bad way! |
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Title: Re: SUNUVA----what? Post by Bud_Bent on Apr 5th, 2007, 10:46pm I knew the lead group of this ride would set a pretty good pace, but I didn't know it would be quite this fast. I rode 3 1/2 laps on the Joe Pool dam before the ride, so I could ride my age for the evening (56 miles on my 56th birthday). I averaged 16.9 mph for those miles. When the club ride started, I hung with the fast paceline until the first major hill, then got dropped like a rock. I would gain on them on the downhills, but lose more on the uphills. It's pretty tough to catch a paceline doing that kind of speed. I ended up averaging 19.1 mph for this part of the ride. My totals for the evening were 57.2 miles at a 17.9 mph average. Their route was some good hill training, but I didn't much like the traffic on it. If I join this group again, I'll probably split off into the lower traffic residential neighborhoods (like Mark did on Tuesday), whether any others in the group join or not. |
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Title: Re: SUNUVA----what? Post by Richard on Apr 6th, 2007, 9:24am Greg, I love your description of a comfy pace as 22-23 mph. :o :o. Makes me start to wheez just reading it! |
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Title: Re: SUNUVA----what? Post by aikigreg on Apr 6th, 2007, 10:30am Richard wrote:
8-) Well, comfy in the sense of effort. I was in a paceline with a little tailwind maybe. I was still in the middle ring, so you knwo there wasn't as much effort going. Once I got left, the finishing pace for the route says it all. :) Though I've found the best place for hill repeats for sure! |
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Title: Re: SUNUVA----what? Post by FlyingLaZBoy on Apr 10th, 2007, 8:34am There's something to be said for having a 15 pound bike when you're hill climbing... :( |
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Title: Re: SUNUVA----what? Post by aikigreg on Apr 10th, 2007, 3:28pm FlyingLaZBoy wrote:
And a 135 pound rider too. Their waists were smaller around than my quads.... :P |
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