Originally Posted by zensuit
No man...100K at 17 MPH is pretty strong. I averaged about 19.5 during my racing days...on race day you get3-4 MPH more...and sometimes even better just from the adrenaline. It's pretty easy to hold 24 MPH in a draft...a lot harder to bang away all day long at 20 MPH into the wind...that's why those TDF guys look like they are out for a lunch ride when they are tucked into the pack and cruising...it's just a different deal.
Whew! Thanks. Here I am sitting thinking to myself, yep I'm doing alright and then a post like this comes along and I'm like, "ah crap! You gotta be kidding me, right?" I'll head out for my usual ride on Saturday secure in the knowledge that I'm not a snail.
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