Can you imagine a professional twiddling a granny gear up Alp D'Huez? Cue sound of peloton laughing...
What like Froomie does.
Can you imagine a professional twiddling a granny gear up Alp D'Huez? Cue sound of peloton laughing...
Well .. depends on your definition of "granny gear". A lot of the pros ride with 34/32 bottom on the big steep climbs, which is pretty standard for an ordinary joe road bike. Of course thats not the super low that you can get wth a touring triple, so Im not sure if it qualifies as a "granny gear"Can you imagine a professional twiddling a granny gear up Alp D'Huez? Cue sound of peloton laughing...
As well as supreme fitness and higher gearing there's also the big drafting effect of a large and very tightly packed peloton. Often you see riders cruising along happily relaxed and chatting and freewheeling at 40+ kmh in the shelter of the peloton.Amazing the speeds these guys get up to and it looks so casual and easy for them..
I’ve been watching the speed of pedal rotation they going at and l’m sure l go at a similar pedal speed but no way do l reach the speeds they do ..
Can someone explain why these cyclist go so much faster at what seems a similar pedal speed to us ..
I'm the opposite.......my CV system seems to be good but the old legs just don't want to work these days. Too many lower back/herniated disc/sciatic issues seem to have wrecked my leg strength.
Lovely low resting heart rate and it doesn't rise too much when exercising and I seem to recover quickly but legs just feel dead and heavy. Horrible.My cardio is ok i spose resting heart rate is around 70, with a bp of 105/67 at 53 with a abusive younger lifestyle.
Son in law, age 47, resting is 54.. His fitness is excellent.
Im usually exhausted after 20 mile chasing him.. To the point i struggle to lift my super light xc bike over gates!!
Bloody kids
As for your back, i think you do well, cant be much fun with constant back trouble.
I don't mind the "spinners are winners" gearing of them.But trying ot turn this at speed...nah.
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Not really as they have to be at least 6.8kg
Some of the riders weigh about 8st though which helps!
Pro’s often use compacts but only for certain stages. If you see a pro with a 34/50 28T .........“then you know it’s on like Monte Zoncolan!”Can you imagine a professional twiddling a granny gear up Alp D'Huez? Cue sound of peloton laughing...