Originally Posted by
Surrealdeal
I'm not sure if you were kidding or not but I was amused by this statement either way. Still, I was thinking along these lines this morning as I had an atypical ride in where there was less than a two minute difference between my total elapsed & moving times (Read: my foot only touched the ground twice in 20 miles). My overall (elapsed) average predictably took a noticeable jump and my moving average was modestly higher than normal as well. That time we spend starting and stopping does come into play.
On the
other hand, when you brake sharply you're wasting all that energy you spent accelerating. These days I just coast in easy, within reason, and spend that energy on the slowest portions instead, uphill for example. I think that's the most efficient, which leads to the lowest overall times.