Ridgeway
Veteran
- Location
- Lausanne, Switzerland
Happily grinding away at a decent rhythm yesterday on a long climb when i was passed by a young guy on an old 27" hardtail, shopping basket and all, he quite literally flew past me and i have to say that i was really shocked at his pace especially on a bike which was probably 7kgs heavier than an average road bike. Off he went up the hill and for a few seconds i ignorantly thought it was an adapted (discreet DIY) e-bike as there was a blanket wrapped up in the front basket, all a bit weird. A few KM up the climb i bumped into the same guy who was actually lost and so i gave him the directions he needed and as we road together for a few hundred metres, he added that he was a keen road cyclist but had borrowed the bike from the campsite he was staying on, i now realised that it was a pretty old Trek and probably even heavier than i''d anticipated and that the cyclist himself was nothing less than a racing snake. Off he shot again and even at +300w for the next 5mins there was no way i could follow, really this guy was fast and for all the carbon in the world i was never going to keep up. I met him at the top and we chatted for a few mins, seems he'd arrived about 15mins before me. And that blanket was just something to sit down on at the top i also noticed that he didn't even have a bottle on his bike or any drink at all.
So whilst i'm chasing a few grams here and an isotonic drink supplement there, it proves that if you have the legs and lungs then non of it really matters in the end Just a pleasure to see someone doing something so hard (to me) that is just a walk/ride in the park to them
So whilst i'm chasing a few grams here and an isotonic drink supplement there, it proves that if you have the legs and lungs then non of it really matters in the end Just a pleasure to see someone doing something so hard (to me) that is just a walk/ride in the park to them