Imagine what you will be able to do when you get some more race experience. Very impressive!
Clearly you need more bottle holders.
hi larry perhaps your tactic was to be as light as possible early on and then collect your fuel bottle???Clearly you need more bottle holders.
More amazing is the number of DF riders with incredibly poor fitting bikes; I'm always amazed at the number of people over extending their legs
) to start out with a full load in your gut one hour before your race started and fuel load on the bike. that way you can settle into your rhythm and settle the nerves. no matter how many of these races or rides you do you will likely always be nervous albeit with less issue the more experienced you get. without doubt every early start always leaves your stomach somewhat churned. this tends to disappear after a couple of hours of habit riding .
Ratz, I've got room to carry 5 bottles and can easily go about 5-6 hours on them, but we decided I should only carry 2 to lighten the load and always take 1 every 25 miles and have one for backup.Clearly you need more bottle holders.
I don't think the effect of the peleton is that much. In my testing, I can usually maintain 25mph on about 200 watts with those wheels. When I recently did a 100K on an enclosed track I was able to maintain close to 27 on about 230. So, I would say I had not stabilized yet, and in essence had some stored up momentum that I let trickle down as I slipped into the pace-line. I went back and looked at the data for that stretch. Garmin has my average during the 50 second or so chase at 288 watts. I think it is higher than would normally be to maintain the average speed because of the power that it also took to accelerate from the slower speed.
