GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
Would you need a shower after standing infront of a window with the full sun for 10-15 min? That's about the level of sweating I experience.Lets hope your colleagues agree with that!
Why commuting gets no easier
- Thread starter Thomk
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Holdsworth
Guru
- Location
- Crewe, Cheshire
Probably
I sweat a lot with minimal or no exertion, keeping 15mph, or sometimes less, on my commute leaves me VERY damp when I arrive at work.
GrasB
Veteran
- Location
- Nr Cambridge
With things like this it's down to the individual, the riders strength & their physiology. For me 15-20mph is 70-130 watts, my natural cruising power is about 200-225w & I could double that ave power over the sort of distances (as long as I didn't mind arriving looking like I'd jumped in a swimming pool). If I wasn't as strong a rider I couldn't push out that 70-130w without getting hot & bothered.
Andrew_Culture
Internet Marketing bod
- Location
- The People's Republic Of Suffolk.
Probably
I sweat a lot with minimal or no exertion, keeping 15mph, or sometimes less, on my commute leaves me VERY damp when I arrive at work.
Ditto. I just popped to Aldi to buy some cycling gear and stocked up on air-fresheners to stash under my desk. Mind you, I also fart a lot.
Andrew_P
In between here and there
About 18 months ago my commute was painful, very painful. My target for a good time would have been under an hour and five mins. I was only doing one way 5-6 days a week.
Now it is not painful at all, apart from occasional Friday legs. My target PB moving time is now 45 minutes. I nearly always work at 70-80% effort, that has become a habit and now and feels natural. The hill I used to walk half way I am now 8th fastest up out of 108 riders on Strava
My HRR has gone from 20 odd BPM at the lights at the top of a high HR climb to 60-70 bpm HRR. I have lost close to 5 stone and all due to treating most of my commutes as a Gym session. At 47 I am pretty proud of that, if you cant tell from this post lol!
For me the key to this was doing miles all through the winter, and not hibernating.
Now it is not painful at all, apart from occasional Friday legs. My target PB moving time is now 45 minutes. I nearly always work at 70-80% effort, that has become a habit and now and feels natural. The hill I used to walk half way I am now 8th fastest up out of 108 riders on Strava
My HRR has gone from 20 odd BPM at the lights at the top of a high HR climb to 60-70 bpm HRR. I have lost close to 5 stone and all due to treating most of my commutes as a Gym session. At 47 I am pretty proud of that, if you cant tell from this post lol!
For me the key to this was doing miles all through the winter, and not hibernating.
