Mel Erickson said:
Let's see. After riding a "recovery" ride at 22-24mph for awhile you picked it up to 30mph for about 5 minutes to shake a wheel sucker. During that five minutes you would have covered 2.5 miles. Fabian Cancellara, two time world time trial champion, did the 2.1 mile prologue in the Tour of California in 3:51 at a speed of 32.7mph. How come you're not on a pro team?
LOL...I love how everybody is an expert here and knows the exact riding conditions each person rides at. Nice assumption there...Everybody here is not only an expert...but a psychic as well. Color me impressed :thumbsup:
With that said there was a bit of a tailwind.
My tempo pace on a regular road bike on a flat with low wind is 21-22 mph...on a TT bike it's 22-24 mph...on a slight downhill or a slight wind at my back it's 24-26 mph+ on my TT bike.
And yes, on a recovery ride on the road I was on, at the time, my pace varied between 22-24 mph and I was keeping my Heart Rate between 117 and 130 up until said "Wheelsucker" decided to jump on my wheel. And yes...for 5 minutes I can hold 30 mph on a TT bike by my self on a flat road with no problem (without my aero equipment)...longer than that and it becomes a problem.
BTW...the section I was on was about 6 miles in length and I was about 1/2 way through it when said "Wheelsucker" jumped on my wheel. Shortly after that I was off the main route and didn't have to worry about it again.
BTW...Part 2...Noboby else on the route did what this guy did which is why I'll consider him an idiot. The rest were smart enough to figure it out, he wasn't!
Thanks for your input though :thumbsup:
Addendum: Just an FYI...My recovery ride was 29.67 miles in length with a mix of country roads and city riding. I averaged 20.2 mph (max was 39.0) with an average HR of 125 BPM. Basically a nice easy 1.5'ish hour ride for me on my TT bike....a recovery ride for me.
I'm also a TT guy and was part of a State champion TTT team this year...so holding a fast steady pace is what I train for. Again, thanks for playing.