jonny jeez
Legendary Member
- Location
- Chislehurst, Kent, UK
The worst part of my ride home is a long section of fairly busy road that runs through a very un-romantic area and is frequented by both large HGV's and a ferocious headwind.
its not fun.
but last Tuesday it became a playground (for the first time) as i managed, successfully, to draft a bus on and off for about a mile. Too make it even more fun, I was drafting alongside another rider (who had clearly done this a lot more than me as I was caught out at least twice and had to get out of his way). The two of us were freewheeling along at nearly 30mph at one point, for a couple of hundred yards.
I'm not sure if i saved any energy as I had to really pump to keep up with the bus as it accelerated away from a standing start, but either way it made the dullest part of my run home much more fun.
Still luvin’ the buses.
its not fun.
but last Tuesday it became a playground (for the first time) as i managed, successfully, to draft a bus on and off for about a mile. Too make it even more fun, I was drafting alongside another rider (who had clearly done this a lot more than me as I was caught out at least twice and had to get out of his way). The two of us were freewheeling along at nearly 30mph at one point, for a couple of hundred yards.
I'm not sure if i saved any energy as I had to really pump to keep up with the bus as it accelerated away from a standing start, but either way it made the dullest part of my run home much more fun.
Still luvin’ the buses.