Downward said:I have done Bottom Of Clent (Nimmings Road A456) to bottom of clent going down the A456 towards Hagley (40mph Downhill) Turn off at the Aston Martin Garage up to Lower Clent and then a long slog up the hill to the top of Nimmings Road Car Park.
Then back down the hill to the start - 10 miles ish 1 hour.
marinyork said:I'm inclined to agree with jimboalee. However many hills or flat I seem to average more or less the same speed. On the other hand you could say I've been doing a lot more 1.0 or >1.0 grades when I used to do things like 0.1s so that's an improvement. Who knows.
Crackle said:Depends on the hills:-
20 mile course 4, 12-15 minute 8-10 % hills. Ave 13.7mph
24 mile course rolling short hills but continuous, ave 14.5mph
Flat 20 mile course ave 16.5 mph
Flat 40 mile course ave 16mph
punkypossum said:On an undulating route on a mountain bike with semi-slicks about 45mins to 50mins...an hour if I'm really taking it slowly ...
punkypossum said:On an undulating route on a mountain bike with semi-slicks about 45mins to 50mins...an hour if I'm really taking it slowly ...
Crackle said:Aye, but with no flat route as a comparison you haven't got a true picture. Jimboalee seems to be saying that the overall up/down elevation makes no difference to Ave speed but my experience says it does.
For the same amount of training I can do 20 miles with big climbs or 40 miles flat but not 20 miles climbing and 20 miles flat. Well I could but I would be flagging badly at the end.
Also, 20% climbs are really starting to create a lot of lactic acid and that takes a good few miles, once the climbings over, to get out the system; again for the same given amount of training.
Crackle said:Yeah but it doesn't actually matter what bloody speed you do. You, for instance, have more than proved your credentials with the rides you do, including your 100 which is 30 more than my longest day.
....and besides. You've got that chain to preserve