Personal Best !

[J4CKO]

18 mph average tonight on the way home, beating my previous 17.5 last year on the hybrid, ok, will admit to a favourable wind, if not exactly a strong tailwind.

I think its a combination of it being light, me having lost a few pounds and doing every day on the bike, plus now having a road bike. I wonder if loosing the other 20 or so pounds I want to lose will make enough of a difference to get to a 20 mph average, am keen to improve further and lose weight as a doing a version of the Coast to Coast with some "proper" cyclists from work (as opposed to me, a podgy communting chancer), they have extended the route a bit and I think they set quite a high standard, hence the motivation B)

Yes, I was still careful and didnt take any big risks.

 

[Tynan]

no such thing as a strong tailwind is there

bravo anyway, it all counts, where is this. the red lights in London sadly make this sort of thing fairly meaningless around here

 

[J4CKO]

no such thing as a strong tailwind is there

bravo anyway, it all counts, where is this. the red lights in London sadly make this sort of thing fairly meaningless around here

Yes, I am lucky and my semi rural commute flatters a little as there are no lights and not many junctions, downsides are crap surfaces.

Just interested to see how losing weight and getting fitter will improve my speed, its a good way to tell but it doesnt pay to get to wrapped up in it.

 

[GrasB]

no such thing as a strong tailwind is there

Yeah there is, that's when you turn 120 degrees after a descent into a climb only to look down & find you're going quicker up hill than you were down hill... or when you manage to average the thick end of 30mph for 10 miles after struggling to get into double figures when sprinting in the opposite direction.

 

[J4CKO]

Yeah there is, that's when you turn 120 degrees after a descent into a climb only to look down & find you're going quicker up hill than you were down hill... or when you manage to average the thick end of 30mph for 10 miles after struggling to get into double figures when sprinting in the opposite direction.

It wasnt one of those, have had that about twice !

Tonights was a change from slogging into a headwind.

 

[hackbike 666]

*Sigh* how I wish I was young again and post this bawlocks.

 

[J4CKO]

Im 39, probably old enough to know better but you need to take your physical acheivements where you can when you are knocking 40, im probably fitter now than I have ever been.

 

[2Loose]

I thought the wind always hit you in the face

 

[hackbike 666]

Im 39, probably old enough to know better but you need to take your physical acheivements where you can when you are knocking 40, im probably fitter now than I have ever been.

Well done...sorry im jealous.I just found the ride home hard going and felt like $h1£ for the first 15 minutes.

It's normally like this now...so no more beatings of my PB.

 

[Tynan]

Yeah there is, that's when you turn 120 degrees after a descent into a climb only to look down & find you're going quicker up hill than you were down hill... or when you manage to average the thick end of 30mph for 10 miles after struggling to get into double figures when sprinting in the opposite direction.

that's just 'christ I'm flying'

 

[GrasB]

It wasnt one of those, have had that about twice !

Tonights was a change from slogging into a headwind.

Yeah, rather rare but a handful of days a year are like that.

 

[fossyant]

Had a good run between two sites this afternoon........... At first site..said I'd need to be at site 2 in 17 mins..... oh don't get killed........... git....

Mentioned I might be late for the last 'meeting' a few day's earlier.....

Left the first site at 2.45pm......... had a meeting 5 miles away at 3.00pm.........

Slight tail wind, limited to 74" fixed.......... hammered it.......really.............. got to work, changed....got to meeting...... 3.07 pm............... looking a bit flushed, bottle of water in hand...no-one said a word.......................

Apologised at the end............... still out of breath..............

 

[fossyant]

PS less than 15 mins PB site to site 5 miles with traffic lights........ i.e. wait included...oh..chuffed...... my body thought different though.............

 

[potsy]

Im 39, probably old enough to know better but you need to take your physical acheivements where you can when you are knocking 40, im probably fitter now than I have ever been.

39!!! you old git
I'm thinking like you jacko.once I lose x amount of weight will I get up that particular hill without feeling like I've just climbed Everest,I'm averaging 13-14mph now for my commute so hoping that will improve too.
hackbike-take that greentyre off and you might beat your PB yet

 

[fossyant]

J4CKO's 39.... youngster.......

40 and going out big style.......................here..ahem..........