ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
The 3 busy valley roads out of town are much flatter but even they have undulations which catch me out. I hadn't realised how much I subconsciously try to ride at a certain cadence rather than a certain effort. If I don't watch my power and/or heart rate all the time, on reviewing my ride later I usually find that I averaged around 175 W rather than my goal of 145-150 W because the effort crept up every time that the gradient increased and the instantaneous power ranged from 0 to 300+W.
I like our hills but I do wish that I also had a few very quiet, flattish routes nearby. I have to travel over an hour by train to get to them (Cheshire, the Vale of York, or the Fylde (out Blackpool way)).
