Originally Posted by
guelerct
There must be a big wrold of road racing going on. I am in shape and can't comprehend some of the cadences and mph's some of these posters boast about
ANyone else get discouraged about reading of people taking on hills at 20mph? Or keeping a 90 rpm cadence at 20 mph? Man, I need to stop reading these forums...
I just tell myself they have mis-calibrated computers. Seriously though, if you're worried about performance, the only comparison that really matters is yourself now compared with before. If you're improving great, if not, well, try to figure it out.
If I'm on flat ground (hard to find in eastern MA sometimes...lots of little hills) I like to push myself up to around 20 mph for short distances since the hybrid riders can't keep up for long due to poorer aerodynamics. Then I get passed like I'm sitting still by those skinny roadies on their carbon fiber wonder bikes.
