THere is a 'hack' that let's someone like you do about 1000 metres an hour easy at Z2 - at an average of about 30kph .... there's a little 'see-saw' on the epic KoM that you reach on Monster mash (I think that's the route) - it's got the potential to be boring but I've done it a few times as an interval session and I quite like it
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THere is a 'hack' that let's someone like you do about 1000 metres an hour easy at Z2 - at an average of about 30kph .... there's a little 'see-saw' on the epic KoM that you reach on Monster mash (I think that's the route) - it's got the potential to be boring but I've done it a few times as an interval session and I quite like it
Peter Salt
Bittersweet
- Location
- Yorkshire, UK
On the topic of grinds, I finally got the lightning aero sock thingy! 😅
Only thing left is upgrading the halo bikes, I suppose.
Only thing left is upgrading the halo bikes, I suppose.
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Rode the Four Horsemen course as a race today, 55 miles, almost 7000 feet of elevation gain. Only 11 riders in the pen and all the talk was like "not going to do a crazy fast start, going to pace it, leave something in the tank", which sounded good to me. I didn't realise though that it was A and B riders who were saying that until 9 of the 11 suddenly disappeared at the start doing 4-5 w/kg (all cats started together).
I got myself a nice lead over the only other rider in the 180 - 350 category, being 6+ minutes up at the bottom of the Alpe (having already done Hilly KOM, Volcano, Epic and Radio Tower) but it was at that point he started to reel me in. Now to be fair, he was 15kg lighter than me, but was taking anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds off me at every bend (depending on how long the segment was) and finally caught me at Bend 6. I knew I was never going to be able to hold his wheel, so I took a five minute break to top up my bottles and get a snack, then ploughed on.
All that climbing got me my upgrade to Level 5 on my climbing bike, but as I was only one and a half bends from the top, I didn't bother buying it there and then. Did the descent, cruised through the Jungle, headed to the finish line and ended up 9th (because of two retirements), 13 minutes behind my rival and 1 hour 45 mins behind the actual winner. Hey, I was only doing it for the badge anyway.
I got myself a nice lead over the only other rider in the 180 - 350 category, being 6+ minutes up at the bottom of the Alpe (having already done Hilly KOM, Volcano, Epic and Radio Tower) but it was at that point he started to reel me in. Now to be fair, he was 15kg lighter than me, but was taking anywhere between 10 and 30 seconds off me at every bend (depending on how long the segment was) and finally caught me at Bend 6. I knew I was never going to be able to hold his wheel, so I took a five minute break to top up my bottles and get a snack, then ploughed on.
All that climbing got me my upgrade to Level 5 on my climbing bike, but as I was only one and a half bends from the top, I didn't bother buying it there and then. Did the descent, cruised through the Jungle, headed to the finish line and ended up 9th (because of two retirements), 13 minutes behind my rival and 1 hour 45 mins behind the actual winner. Hey, I was only doing it for the badge anyway.
alex_cycles
Guru
- Location
- Oxfordshire
That's one of the routes I doubt I will ever bother with. Like the London PRL. Well done for doing it.
Well done on doing it ,I did it in an FRR race and after racing to the top of that Alpe I rolled down it and when I went to restart pedaling my legs wouldn't work the last flat draggy bit was the worse bit for me 😵💫. Me being stupid I carried on to get the 100km badge
steverob
Guru
- Location
- Buckinghamshire
Yeah, I probably wouldn't have done anything like this usually, but with my bike in the LBS and me needing to do a longer and more taxing ride, I thought that this was the least worst option. At least with there being other riders on the course (or in my case, one rider I could keep up with) it kept me honest about making an effort.
Have done the PRL Half and even added on a lap of Knightsbridge afterwards to round up the miles, but have no intention of ever doing the Full!
Legs
usually riding on Zwift or up steep hills...
- Location
- Staffordshire
Ive done the four horsemen. I felt good, powered up the Alpe (75 mins) catching loads of riders. Freewheeled back down, thats where my legs literally fell off. I struggled to the finish, being overtaken by many of those Id passed on the way up
Literally?!?! Are you sure?
that sounds painful!! Cracking effort.
Looks like I did it 4 years ago ... nearly 4 hours at 190 watts average ... I'm nowhere near that at the moment
