Jim Gerwing
Well-Known Member
No comparison
First of all the data that you are able to share is really top notch. I had a good look at your road race info from last weekend which is similar I'm sure to the kind of feedback NASA gets on their astronauts and their environment. Amazing.
My only two points of reference are (a) last year's results. Last year I was able to equal or beat 40km/hr average speed over one hour 15 times. So it was not a one time flukey event (environmental conditions were superb and I had a favourite route that I knew intimately). Because of the pain and numbness of a one hour effort on a DF bike, I didn't want to go any farther at maximum effort. The comparison here being that I'm seeing similar results between bikes but too early to call it a fair comparison and all indications are favouring the Vendetta. (B) about 1,000km indoors on rollers on the Quest with three outdoor rides (and then I got the V). With all the shake down rides and skills needing to be learned and consolidated (adding clippless pedals and getting a drink from a water bottle without losing control) it's not so odd to see big improvements early (beware the principle of diminishing returns). I am pleasantly surprised to enjoy a 40km/hr ride this early in the season and this early on a machine that is going to take some getting used to.
On a tangental note, while waiting for the V, watching video of the V in motion I would fantasize about racing along at speed. In all my fantasies, I was never out of breath or hurting from effort. This, clearly, was hopeful fiction. If I'm going to surpass my current standard, it will be at the edge of aerobic capacity. It is about the bike And the rider And a flat, hard surfaced road And the weather conditions. But what fun.
First of all the data that you are able to share is really top notch. I had a good look at your road race info from last weekend which is similar I'm sure to the kind of feedback NASA gets on their astronauts and their environment. Amazing.
My only two points of reference are (a) last year's results. Last year I was able to equal or beat 40km/hr average speed over one hour 15 times. So it was not a one time flukey event (environmental conditions were superb and I had a favourite route that I knew intimately). Because of the pain and numbness of a one hour effort on a DF bike, I didn't want to go any farther at maximum effort. The comparison here being that I'm seeing similar results between bikes but too early to call it a fair comparison and all indications are favouring the Vendetta. (B) about 1,000km indoors on rollers on the Quest with three outdoor rides (and then I got the V). With all the shake down rides and skills needing to be learned and consolidated (adding clippless pedals and getting a drink from a water bottle without losing control) it's not so odd to see big improvements early (beware the principle of diminishing returns). I am pleasantly surprised to enjoy a 40km/hr ride this early in the season and this early on a machine that is going to take some getting used to.
On a tangental note, while waiting for the V, watching video of the V in motion I would fantasize about racing along at speed. In all my fantasies, I was never out of breath or hurting from effort. This, clearly, was hopeful fiction. If I'm going to surpass my current standard, it will be at the edge of aerobic capacity. It is about the bike And the rider And a flat, hard surfaced road And the weather conditions. But what fun.
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