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CXRAndy

Guru
Location
Lincs
Ive just been out this morning on my shopper SS(71") for an hour Im coming back from illness and lack of training. I headed out into the wind and had a few drags to climb which had my cadence drop quite low, Im guessing because I dont use any sensors, 40-45 rpm on the climbs. On my return its either slightly downhill or flat mostly. I completed the route which was 19miles spot on the hour. I must of been quite slow outward of 9..7 miles and bit quicker homeward.

I was passed by a guy training on his TT bike homeward- he didn't streak away from me so I must of been around 20mph in the last 4 miles. I know I would of been much faster on my geared bike, the climbs would of done at 85rpm and having a bigger gearing for downhills would of streaked away from my SS bike.
 

Emile Flournoy

Formerly known as Yellow-Road
Location
Covington
Fixed could well be faster. A fixie climbs like a rat up a drainpipe and you don't lose that much time on descents. I did the Dunwich Dynamo on fixed twice and those were the easiest and fastest runs of the lot.

I love the accuracy of the analogy "rat up a drain pipe".
 
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