Originally Posted by
Hypno Toad
I
think I'm taking this "dead horse" topic from a different angle. I'm not asking if my average speed is good, or trying to impress anybody with my speed (or lack there of). I'm analyzing my average speed with all of my bikes over a specific Strava segment.
I'm posting this to find out if I'm leaving any holes in my 'logic' as I analyze bikes and there relative speeds. Please look it over and let me know your thoughts.
For starters, I selected a
segment near my house that I ride a ton (354 times). The segment is long enough (1.4 miles) and diverse enough (hilly and twisty) to be a good caparison.
I'm gonna revisit this silly project this summer. I've added (and retired) a bike since this origianal post back in 2016. I'm up to 600+ rides on this segment, but it's no longer on my daily commuting route (I moved in 2018), but I'm still with in 5 miles of the segment. The goal for 2021 will be to ride a random-selected road bike (Felt, Mondonico, or new Bianchi) a couple times a month. I'm only looking for top end performance, so I'll target dry days and likely cherry-pick days with favorable winds. So some of my old data (commuting in the snow, rain, headwinds, ... ) will be included, but not really applicable. I plan to report all attempts, but focus on that top 20% stat. In addition to listing results by bike, I'll look at results per year too since I've been riding this segment for nearly 10 years.
The three bikes for this revisit:
1996 Mondonico - steel frame bike with original Campy Mirage ErgoPower group set
2013 Felt Z85 - AL frame bike with Shimano 105 group set
2021 Bianchi Infinito - CF frame with SRAM AXS group set
I'm interested to see how much different there is in these bikes that span 4 decades, and 3 different frame materials.
Some folks will find this interesting, and some will tell me it's all wrong and dumb (I'm sure they are right).