Hippie has a new ride

[rchippie]

Originally Posted by Serum

Heya Mike!

If your up to 26mph average with that relative short training, you sure have got a tallent! I think it would be nice to do some races, seriously, those are very decent speeds.

I'm good for about 8500 km a year now, but my personal record stands at 36,5 km/h over a 30 km distance. (driving alone though) Granted, i never train for high speeds, my goal is to go as fast as possible with a lowest possible heartrate. (efficiency) i did train 'higher' though, untill my heart-issues happened. My new 'efficiency record' was 29,6 km/h over 68 km, with an average of 127 heartrate. (not bad, considering it took me 172bpm for about 7 years back. These relative 'slow' trainings enabled me to hold 45 km/h (28mph) for a longer distance. I now can enjoy a 'slow' training over a fast one. Don't know if you've noticed how a lower temperature causes your speed to go down and heartrate to go up? I'm stronger during the summer, with a bigger explosion/powerburst potential.

My best ride was 75 miles with a 20 mph average. The highest i have had my Heart rate was 186 Bpm. I recently changed my cassette. I went from a 11/23 to a straight block 12/21. Were i live is pretty dam flat. Depending how I'm feeling & the wind, i can usually keep it over 20 mph.