We kid but that is for real @Dairyman #s. He was on the best zwift race teams, does a ton of lifting and very focused on segments. He doesn’tbrace outside much and but him and I won the last bearscat team race and he gave Monty fits the next year at bearscat 50 ss. He is mega powerful on the flats but equally a steing mtb rider. At medfor mayhem it came down to him, Galletta and patrick collins in the sprint. I believe at one point he was trying for 5 w/kg
This is what I am talking about
Yeah... Nesh and some parts of Pennypack are rough for GPS tracking. I've mentioned that to newbies at Nesh - forget trying to follow Trail Forks - the trails are too close together for the GPS to accurately show where you are. Your best bet is to ride a lot with someone who knows the trails until you learn them. It took about 10 rides following Workboot before I could confidently ride the "standard" lap at Nesh solo.
More devoted? Probably bot but I love competition! Dan G and I went at it for about 2 years after meeting and if I showed you where some of the road segments were then to where they are now you would be shocked. I’m talking hills too, not just flat stuff. https://strava.app.link/RphyTWid9rb I mean just look at the power in the top ten in this segment. I want to say most are with a PM. Dons, Derek, Mine, Tony’s, Jim’s…this was us pushing each other over and over
Funny you mention that... during my last ride at the Shed, part of the ride was a long slog up Fishing Creek Rd. About 30 min of misery on my enduro bike. I do see a lot of road riders on the paved roads (Fishing Creek is now basically gravel). If I lived around there, I'd definitely road ride there. That would be a lot of climbing.
Every ride I do here with the exception of an occasional sunday ride is ratio as they call it. More than 1k climbing per 10 miles. Most are more like 10 miles 1.25k climbing
So I did the steuctured stuff for two years with arias and saw gains but much stronger now winging it so bot sure that always applies. More important is doing z1,z2 or z5 when u should. Z3/4 are garbage unless racing.
Agreed.... Reason why I almost never try for road KOMs anymore... if I do happen to be on my road bike I'm probably doing a structured workout... And I would rather do 5x5@x power for all 5... Not one great one and 4 pieces of shit
Why can’t you do 5x “up 53 the hard way” seg as repeats? The rabbit is what does it for me. I don’t chase prs but chasing the kom always makes u dig deep.
Very simple... I want to be steady state and controlled for 5 min.... When I'm in xc shape... I can do 5x5 @395-400w... I want to see 400 w at minute 25 when I'm done... Not 200w and be dragging ass. Bc I spent 4 min at 600 watts... It's a 25 min effort and I want all 25 minutes to be quality.
Agreed but the right grafe/length hill will give the same result.
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Not gonna lie, reading this thread since the 1st post had me go after a segment this morning. KOM is held by a teammate. I've been riding my geared HT as a road bike and it was around 5:15am. I would not attempt this during the day as there are 3, maybe 4 stop signs and it's basically "Main St." Got close to the Top 10, but not paying for Strava to see where I stand, but I'm close.
Using all the lights this morning - John D's 18.6 mi mountain bike ride
Practice for Bear Creek night race
Not gonna lie, reading this thread since the 1st post had me go after a segment this morning. KOM is held by a teammate. I've been riding my geared HT as a road bike and it was around 5:15am. I would not attempt this during the day as there are 3, maybe 4 stop signs and it's basically "Main St." Got close to the Top 10, but not paying for Strava to see where I stand, but I'm close.
Using all the lights this morning - John D's 18.6 mi mountain bike ride
Practice for Bear Creek night race
