On a flat course with the wind against you just enough to make it somewhat more challenging
On a flat course with the wind against you just enough to make it somewhat more challenging
It's an easy 1 hour on a time trial or road bike. 45-50 minutes if you take some drugs. 40-45 minutes if you do it in a pack.
Even going with no wind it gets very challenging once you are moving quick due to drag.
I have a TT bike and could hit that in 1:05 with no wind and I am a fat tri homo.
ThunderThighs wrote:
It's an easy 1 hour on a time trial or road bike. 45-50 minutes if you take some drugs. 40-45 minutes if you do it in a pack.
26 mph for one hour is easy on a road bike?
disgraceful_admin wrote:
ThunderThighs wrote:It's an easy 1 hour on a time trial or road bike. 45-50 minutes if you take some drugs. 40-45 minutes if you do it in a pack.
26 mph for one hour is easy on a road bike?
not without clip on bars.
he prob rides a huffy that fast though . . . this is letsrun
disgraceful_admin wrote:
ThunderThighs wrote:It's an easy 1 hour on a time trial or road bike. 45-50 minutes if you take some drugs. 40-45 minutes if you do it in a pack.
26 mph for one hour is easy on a road bike?
It's easily if you actually know how to ride a road bike properly with aero wheels and have a bit of decent training. For the runners on here, they would die from the strain of the effort because they don't know how to ride properly.
26 miles in an hour is not an "easy" accomplishment on either a road or TT bike, especially solo and not in a peloton. I am an amateur Cat 3 racer and could do this on my TT bike in 56 minutes all out, so an hour would still be pushing pretty hard. I could not hold that pace for an hour solo on my road bike. Never tried but I'm guessing all out 63-65 minutes all out on my road bike.
ThunderThighs wrote:
disgraceful_admin wrote:26 mph for one hour is easy on a road bike?
It's easily if you actually know how to ride a road bike properly with aero wheels and have a bit of decent training. For the runners on here, they would die from the strain of the effort because they don't know how to ride properly.
Oh, I also add that 26 mph on a road bike is recovery pace for me on flat ground if I'm riding with other people. No joke.
You guys are being way too generous. I think 85% of you would not go sub 1 hour. Not going to happen on a road bike for sure unless you're a professional. In the triathlons I have done, the top bike splits for the 40k are averaging in the 26-27 mph range. Runners that don't train in cycling would probably average 22 mph.....
Skeletor Webb wrote:
26 miles in an hour is not an "easy" accomplishment on either a road or TT bike, especially solo and not in a peloton. I am an amateur Cat 3 racer and could do this on my TT bike in 56 minutes all out, so an hour would still be pushing pretty hard. I could not hold that pace for an hour solo on my road bike. Never tried but I'm guessing all out 63-65 minutes all out on my road bike.
Don't be a runner, use some aero wheels, an aero helmet and a skinsuit. For a middle of the pack Cat 3 racer, you should easily be able to do 26 mph on a full TT setup and easily do it at threshold power solo on a road bike.
Cicirunner wrote:
You guys are being way too generous. I think 85% of you would not go sub 1 hour. Not going to happen on a road bike for sure unless you're a professional. In the triathlons I have done, the top bike splits for the 40k are averaging in the 26-27 mph range. Runners that don't train in cycling would probably average 22 mph.....
Of course it won't happen if you don't have cycling legs and use 1980s bike gear. But if you have some decent bike training and choose the proper aero gear for the road bike, sub 1 hour is definitely doable by most athletic people. Plus, there is one simple trick to getting this done on a road bike
Think it would probably take me 2-3 hours or something crazy.
Biking is not my forte.
ThunderThighs wrote:
Oh, I also add that 26 mph on a road bike is recovery pace for me on flat ground if I'm riding with other people. No joke.
Utterly unimpressive.
ddddddddddddddddddddd wrote:
ThunderThighs wrote:Oh, I also add that 26 mph on a road bike is recovery pace for me on flat ground if I'm riding with other people. No joke.
Utterly unimpressive.
I'll put it in terms that runners can understand: A 2 minute 18 second mile is recovery pace for me with a pack of people.
Well, I've done 22.02 mph for 28miles, so I guess that's 1:11:26 for a marathon split.
That was out-and-back on a roadie without aero advantages. Light wind (3-4 mph cross/headwind on the way out) and as flat as I could find (+/- 12 feet per mile).
Let's assume you mean solo and Merckx style. Normally you can figure a 2-2.5 mph boost from getting on a TT rig and donning full aero kit (once you've practiced enough to get the optimal combination of power/comfort/aero advantage in a TT position), maybe 4-5 mph faster than solo when drafting in the sweet spot in a peloton on flat roads.
I wouldn't even time anything into the wind. I'm only in shape when there's a tailwind.
ThunderThighs wrote:
ddddddddddddddddddddd wrote:Utterly unimpressive.
I'll put it in terms that runners can understand: A 2 minute 18 second mile is recovery pace for me with a pack of people.
Sure, with a pack of people. But that's not what you originally claimed. You said solo 26 mph for an hour was easy. Now, you're saying in a pack of people. Huge difference.
ThunderThighs wrote:
It's an easy 1 hour on a time trial or road bike. 45-50 minutes if you take some drugs. 40-45 minutes if you do it in a pack.
ThunderThighs wrote:
ddddddddddddddddddddd wrote:Utterly unimpressive.
I'll put it in terms that runners can understand: A 2 minute 18 second mile is recovery pace for me with a pack of people.
I'll put it in terms that cyclists can understand: utterly unimpressive.
ddddddddddddddddddddd wrote:
I'll put it in terms that cyclists can understand: utterly unimpressive.
Well, I'm not doped up on drugs like all the marathoners are so forgive my human performances.
ThunderThighs wrote:
ddddddddddddddddddddd wrote:I'll put it in terms that cyclists can understand: utterly unimpressive.
Well, I'm not doped up on drugs like all the marathoners are so forgive my human performances.
Dude you're drafting at least 80% of the time and you guys are still going 26? Not impressive.
ThunderThighs wrote:
It's an easy 1 hour on a time trial or road bike. 45-50 minutes if you take some drugs. 40-45 minutes if you do it in a pack.
Please tell us what your 20k or 40k TT PR is. I'd really like to know.