Fastest ride yet - Page 3

04-28-2004, 04:04 AM

Steve Knight <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]> wrote:
>
>>As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>
> you suck when we get winds I get some of it going to work and coming home. since
> I go two directions both ways. and I always get the wind going uphill. that
> really sucks (G)

Actually it sounds like it blows.

<ducks>

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Congratulations are in order for Tom Reid.

He says he just found out he is the winner of the 2021 Psychic of the
Year award.

04-28-2004, 07:08 AM

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:49:11 -0400, David Kerber <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
>long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
>trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
>about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
>season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
>was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

Great job, David!

-B

04-28-2004, 07:08 AM

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:49:11 -0400, David Kerber <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
>long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
>trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
>about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
>season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
>was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

Great job, David!

-B

04-28-2004, 07:08 AM

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:49:11 -0400, David Kerber <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
>long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
>trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
>about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
>season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
>was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

Great job, David!

-B

04-28-2004, 07:08 AM

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:49:11 -0400, David Kerber <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
>long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
>trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
>about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
>season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
>was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

Great job, David!

-B

04-28-2004, 07:08 AM

On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 07:49:11 -0400, David Kerber <[Only registered and activated users can see links. ]>
wrote:

>Considering that you're 20 years younger than me, you'll catch me before
>long; it's just a matter of your conditioning catching up with that
>trainer work I did during the winter. Last year at this time I was just
>about where you are now, because I didn't have the trainer. My early-
>season rides averaged around 14 to 14.5, and by the end of the summer I
>was at 16.5 on the same 12 to 20-mile routes.

Great job, David!

-B

04-28-2004, 07:35 AM

David Kerber wrote:

> With a little help from a southwest breeze, I set a personal best for
> average speed on one of my regular routes. The wind direction was such
> that most of the time when I was going into it, I was going downhill,
> and on the return leg I was going up the hills with the wind. That
> combination helped me average 17.1 for 14.7 miles. I've done better in
> races, but I've never averaged quite that fast on a routine ride.
>
> As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>

I ride a section thru the valley pretty often; a tail wind gets me an
average of 25 mph for about 8 miles, a head wind is more like 15 mph.
It matters little, I usually take that road in both directions during
the course of the ride.

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
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04-28-2004, 07:35 AM

David Kerber wrote:

> With a little help from a southwest breeze, I set a personal best for
> average speed on one of my regular routes. The wind direction was such
> that most of the time when I was going into it, I was going downhill,
> and on the return leg I was going up the hills with the wind. That
> combination helped me average 17.1 for 14.7 miles. I've done better in
> races, but I've never averaged quite that fast on a routine ride.
>
> As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>

I ride a section thru the valley pretty often; a tail wind gets me an
average of 25 mph for about 8 miles, a head wind is more like 15 mph.
It matters little, I usually take that road in both directions during
the course of the ride.

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
(remove ".nospam" to reply)

04-28-2004, 07:35 AM

David Kerber wrote:

> With a little help from a southwest breeze, I set a personal best for
> average speed on one of my regular routes. The wind direction was such
> that most of the time when I was going into it, I was going downhill,
> and on the return leg I was going up the hills with the wind. That
> combination helped me average 17.1 for 14.7 miles. I've done better in
> races, but I've never averaged quite that fast on a routine ride.
>
> As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>

I ride a section thru the valley pretty often; a tail wind gets me an
average of 25 mph for about 8 miles, a head wind is more like 15 mph.
It matters little, I usually take that road in both directions during
the course of the ride.

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
(remove ".nospam" to reply)

04-28-2004, 07:35 AM

David Kerber wrote:

> With a little help from a southwest breeze, I set a personal best for
> average speed on one of my regular routes. The wind direction was such
> that most of the time when I was going into it, I was going downhill,
> and on the return leg I was going up the hills with the wind. That
> combination helped me average 17.1 for 14.7 miles. I've done better in
> races, but I've never averaged quite that fast on a routine ride.
>
> As I've said before, tailwinds are a beautiful thing!
>

I ride a section thru the valley pretty often; a tail wind gets me an
average of 25 mph for about 8 miles, a head wind is more like 15 mph.
It matters little, I usually take that road in both directions during
the course of the ride.

--
Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
(remove ".nospam" to reply)