40km in one hour
06-16-07 | 04:44 AM
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Originally Posted by smoke
geez. i'm a dead man. the ohio TT championships are in a week. and everybody here is telling me i don't have a chance. i've never turned 25 mph in my life, and i've spent years trying. and that's not an exaggeration. I can turn 265 watts - how in the living hell can somebody put that out and go 55 or 56 and change, and i can't come close? i've got a TT bike; i'm aero; i'm good lookin'; i drink german beer when i carbo-load. why can't i do this?
06-16-07 | 04:49 AM
#29
Originally Posted by jrennie
If I weight in at 71kg and another guy is 68k but we average the same wattage and have the same air displacement then he would be faster, no?
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06-16-07 | 07:55 AM
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This is a walk down memeory lane. Haven't time trialed in a long, long time but back in my younger tri days 1 hour was our team standard for the 40k. 22 minutes on the swim and a 36 min 10k and viola a sub-2 hour olympic distance tri...Now need to see if I can just manage the bike part.
06-16-07 | 09:16 PM
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Florida State TT tomorrow. It'll be interesting to see how many people go under an hour. Hoping for NO wind, the course is flat.
Murphy's Law is in full effect so far:
I went out tonight for a spin with the race wheels on and promptly ran over something and cut a huge flap out of my rear Michelin Pro Race 2. Go back home, discover I don't have any 80mm valve length tubes for the Zipp wheel. Frantically call my friend the shop owner at home..luckily he had one in his van. Did I mention that this sucker is IMPOSSIBLE to get a tire on without one of those pliers gadgets? I have incipient blood blisters on my hands now.
Murphy's Law is in full effect so far:
I went out tonight for a spin with the race wheels on and promptly ran over something and cut a huge flap out of my rear Michelin Pro Race 2. Go back home, discover I don't have any 80mm valve length tubes for the Zipp wheel. Frantically call my friend the shop owner at home..luckily he had one in his van. Did I mention that this sucker is IMPOSSIBLE to get a tire on without one of those pliers gadgets? I have incipient blood blisters on my hands now.
06-16-07 | 11:29 PM
#32
Originally Posted by patentcad
The Fredometer just exploded.
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06-18-07 | 06:04 AM
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Originally Posted by waterrockets
I've never done it. I don't think I'd be anywhere near it if I tried. I can do an 8 mile loop at about at about 25.5 - 26, so that's not a good sign...
It's the wheels
06-18-07 | 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by DrWJODonnell
. My teammate who won the State championship did it in 52 and change with 303 watt average. I would guess that one realistically needs a threshold of greater than 250 watts to break it, and without aero equip, you need to be able to put out around 300.
