Hi and hope you're all well.
After a long stint off the road bike i dusted it down and went out for a ride on it today. During the winter i only use the MTB. It's always plastered in thick mud and can't bring myself to treat my gorgeous road bike to the same treatment.
Today however the weather and roads where unusually dry and out came the road bike.
I've forgotten how fast it is compared to the MTB. Its light as feather compared to the mud plugger, and with no energy sapping suspension or fat heavy tyres a found myself hammering speeds out that was long forgotten last summer. On one section of road i had the perfect conditions to put down the power. With a strong tail wind and recently resurfaced road i managed to average 25mph over 8 miles!!!!
At one point i hit a dizzying speed of 36 on the flat.
It was a different story on the way back though. The head wind was really strong and ended up on the drops trying to make myself as aerodynamic as possible whilst fighting the wind.
I was proud to smash multiple PR,s on Strava today.
Looking at the all time leader boards though i was well off the top "time wise" .
I've got to 11th on the all time leader boards of around 2000 cyclists along the different sections i did today, but the leaders are well in front and i cant understand how anybody could cycle that fast.
I was spinning the biggest gear today virtually all the way along the 8 miles at a good cadence but was nowhere near them. Goodness knows what gears they were pushing on there bikes or the speeds they where going at. After lugging the heavy old MTB around over winter, it felt like the anchor was released today. Come home feeling knackered but with the biggest grin ever. Really looking forward to the better weather to come were the road bike will be used every day.
All the very best,
Johnny
After a long stint off the road bike i dusted it down and went out for a ride on it today. During the winter i only use the MTB. It's always plastered in thick mud and can't bring myself to treat my gorgeous road bike to the same treatment.
Today however the weather and roads where unusually dry and out came the road bike.
I've forgotten how fast it is compared to the MTB. Its light as feather compared to the mud plugger, and with no energy sapping suspension or fat heavy tyres a found myself hammering speeds out that was long forgotten last summer. On one section of road i had the perfect conditions to put down the power. With a strong tail wind and recently resurfaced road i managed to average 25mph over 8 miles!!!!
At one point i hit a dizzying speed of 36 on the flat.
It was a different story on the way back though. The head wind was really strong and ended up on the drops trying to make myself as aerodynamic as possible whilst fighting the wind.
I was proud to smash multiple PR,s on Strava today.
Looking at the all time leader boards though i was well off the top "time wise" .
I've got to 11th on the all time leader boards of around 2000 cyclists along the different sections i did today, but the leaders are well in front and i cant understand how anybody could cycle that fast.
I was spinning the biggest gear today virtually all the way along the 8 miles at a good cadence but was nowhere near them. Goodness knows what gears they were pushing on there bikes or the speeds they where going at. After lugging the heavy old MTB around over winter, it felt like the anchor was released today. Come home feeling knackered but with the biggest grin ever. Really looking forward to the better weather to come were the road bike will be used every day.
All the very best,
Johnny