Fitness 2014

[mongers]

Mongers, for a 3 hour bike ride, what kind of pace do you think you would hold on a flat track?

Hard to say, as most of my routes contains some or a considerable bit of off-road/forest/tracks. 

The above trip has a 15-20 minutes off-road section in the middle both ways, so it screws the average.

If I'm going somewhere with a time/appointment in mind and it's mainly road, I generally aim to stay above a 14 mph average and can keep that up for a fair few hours.

[mongers]

What part of the bike are you measuring to get the 20 inch/700 mm numbers?

700mm is the European messure for what are variously described as 28/29 or even 27inch tyres. The important thing is 700mm tyres fit on the standard 622mm wheel rims that are ubiqius for many road and hybrid/utility bikes. 

20 inch is the most common size for folding and bmx bikes tyres, though I think bmx tend to have wider wheel rims for fatter tyres, even though both types of bike have the same wheel rim diameters, something like 406mm.

[Maladict]

No new bike this year, one more year on the old one

First race is in three weeks, I should start to get some km's under my belt.

[mongers]

No new bike this year, one more year on the old one

First race is in three weeks, I should start to get some km's under my belt.

+1.   

[PDH]

Still too cold/icy here to bike more than in town to work.  I am waiting for a nice spell of better weather then I can start the circuit.

[Maladict]

Still too cold/icy here to bike more than in town to work.  I am waiting for a nice spell of better weather then I can start the circuit.

When is your trek across the mountains?

[PDH]

This year I am planning to do that late August.  By then the snow is gone and the water across the road is gone as well from the melt.  I actually only plan to go from base to summit then back.

[mongers]

This year I am planning to do that late August.  By then the snow is gone and the water across the road is gone as well from the melt.  I actually only plan to go from base to summit then back.

Sounds good; very different scale of climate/terrain in your neck of the woods, in comparison all I have to wait for is equivalent of just a few puddles to go.   

[PDH]

I am only going to the summit.  The full profile looks like this:

[mongers]

I am only going to the summit.  The full profile looks like this:

EEK.  :faints:



One of the largest hills around here is also at the 12 mile mark like yours, but I start at about 28 ft above sea-level and climb another 400ft, unlike your 3,000 on a base of 8,000.   

[Brazen]

I am only going to the summit.  The full profile looks like this:

I recommend coming back down again afterwards.

[Maladict]

I am only going to the summit.  The full profile looks like this:

you should totally do the whole thing.
And back again 

[Maladict]

I might give this a shot in June 

[PDH]

Screw that.

Oh, and B?  Coming down is easy...at least as long as I don't blow out or lose the brakes.

[mongers]

Mal is as insane (non-flat) as you are.