So today I got out on the roadie for 12.2 miles and averaged 11.7 mph, give or take a few tenths...
...I'm puzzled, to say the least. I've been really concentrating on riding more and have been doing a fair share of rides at the C&O Canal, which doesn't have hardly any elevation changes, but the pedaling is constant. I went out today on the roadie and expected to see some sort of "reward" for my efforts in terms of an easier time out there but that was not the case. Instead, I was welcomed with sheer disappointment. We have a pretty nice sized hill in the neighborhood which I figured I was going to climb with aplomb, but it was anything but. I was winded, my legs felt wobbly, and it just took it out of me. What gives? I don't have this issue on my MTB, so why the roadie? Aren't roadies supposed to be faster/easier to pedal? How come I can ride harder on my MTB than what I can on a roadie?
