Re: Junk miles

I often treat my commute like a TT and given the right condiions have covered my 13 km urban commute in as little as 23 minutes... that gives me an average speed of 33 kmh over that distance. This ride normally takes me between 25 and 30 minutes in the summer as it's not every day you manage to hit every light and manage to avoid traffic snarls.

Commuting accounts for 12 of the 16 thousand kilometres I rode in 07 and during some of those other 4000 kilometres I was able to pull off a sub hour 35... on a fixed gear touring bike that has no carbon and very little else but steel in it's construction. It hits the curb at 32 pounds before I add a speck of gear.

I will be back on those roads next summer and will be looking to improve on that with a much lighter, albeit geared road bike and will also see what I can do on my fixed road bike... these are both significantly lighter than the touring bike and run taller gears.

I figure all those junk miles must have something to do with how I ride and I do put in as many miles as many good road cyclists and ride moire than most people I know.

But I'm still a Fred.

I don't drive and ride or was riding every day until I was sidelined with a back injury.