Originally Posted by
DrIsotope
IME, significantly higher average speed on flatter routes, even +100 miles. As someone else mentioned, it's basically impossible to make up time lost climbing while descending, unless we could magically get the hill to be longer on the way down than it was on the way up. But this is for someone +200lbs... for a 140lb guy, it might be very different.
From two rides in the same week:
70.3 miles, 1,378ft^, avg. HR 145bpm, 215W avg. power, TRIMP 357, avg. speed 19.0mph
46.2 miles, 5,059ft^, avg. HR 145bpm, 216W avg. power, TRIMP 343, avg. speed 13.2mph
I'm pretty sure
this is the typical case. I'd risk even saying it's a
general principle.
The following statement seems
odd:
Originally Posted by
WNCGoater
Without getting into specifics I believe the flat ride is no easier than the other.
Last edited by njkayaker; 12-06-17 at 10:59 AM.