I have now (temporarily I hope) left the fell runners of Gryffindor and joined the bikers of Slytherin and have got a brand new bike to boot!
I’ve commenced cracking out some miles and managed to reach (but not sustain for long) a sprint speed of a ‘massive’ 29.3 mph of the straight coming back from Ribblehead, just before Selside. Presumably that’s pretty average? I heard somewhere that the average speed of the winner of the TdF was something like 25 mph for the whole caboodle!
The fastest average speed for the TdF was 25.9 mph, surprise, surprise, by Lance Armstrong!
Oh, I nearly forgot the important bit. What bike did you end up with Fellbeast?
Last edited by Llani Boy; 12-02-2021 at 11:40 AM.
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
Very nice. A friend of mine has had one for a few years and he loves it.
Have you got the 11/34 cassette for those steeper on/off road surprises?
Visibility good except in Hill Fog
I have no idea what an 11/34 cassette is to be honest . It’s the bog stand 2 front cogs, 10 back and I bang it in the heaviest gear I can get up each hill in obviously...
Haha thanks for the power calculating link but I think I’ll just do it the old fashioned way of whether my legs hurt or not.
I knew cycling was geeky and techy but, boy, have I been surprised. I had no idea for instance that shimano drop bar gears were controlled on the brake handles (and the little flappers within) and for the first ride on my new bike I firstly had to find the gears and then work out, while on the saddle, how they actually worked.
Also I now already want to upgrade my bike with a drop seat, which only yesterday morning I hadn’t even realised existed.
What else do I really really need?
A pointy helmet and tri-bars.
And then probably...
another bike. Or a tandem if you only want half another bike - only 16 months until the next Church Stretton Tandem Triathlon. A race that should be on everyone's bucket list.