Originally Posted by
thump55
For some reason, I often find myself doing math problems in my head while I ride, like:
- How many pedal strokes will I take on this ride?
- That water stop just took 4-1/2 minutes...how fast to I need to ride to make that time up?
- If I need to be home at 3, and I am riding into this headwind at x mph, how far can I go and still make it home in time?
- How much further will the outer end of one of my spokes travel on this ride than the inner end?
I don't recommend thinking about these things on purpose...it's just where my mind goes.
Yep ... I'm busy thinking math when I cycle too.
I'm often thinking things like ... my goal distance is 160 km. 1/7th of 160 km is just under 23 km. Therefore, I am now 1/7th of the way through this ride.
And I've done rides into howling headwinds where I've calculated that at the pace I'm going it will be an hour before I get to the next town ... and half an hour later, I do the calculation again, and it will still be another hour before I get to that town ... and half an hour later, I do the calculation again, and it will still be another hour before I get to that town ..........