Some people may also get KOMs because they have the money for very expensive bikes that do most of the work for them.
Kawasaki maybe
Some people may also get KOMs because they have the money for very expensive bikes that do most of the work for them.
Some people may also get KOMs because they have the money for very expensive bikes that do most of the work for them.
Way back when I was a runner I noticed that my marathon time (just over 4 hours) was roughly double what proper athletes can do (just over two hours) I've since noticed that approximate doubling factor repeated quite frequently. I cruise at a bit over 20km/h; the peloton in the Tour de France cruises at 40-ish km/h. The winner of the recent 24 hour TT managed 850km, which is roughly double the the 400-ish km that I covered in 24 hours recently.
On Strava segments I've noticed that my times are very often double the leader's time (apart from ludicrously short ones where it's more because people are sprinting hell for leather and I'm freewheeling)
So no, I'm not bothered by KoMs!
Road koms tend to be set by lightweight riders with a huge tail wind riding in packs. It is unlikely you will get one, getting in the top 10 on less popular segments is a great achievement.
Yep lost one to him the other day (taken them from him in the past too mind) and Steve Lampier who rides for JLT Condor plays host to a lot of my local ones.Some of the KOMs round here are held by pro riders like Chris Opie.