That was fun. That gravel bike has the downtube filled with concrete though on the pavemment. I had no warm up but the first half of the course the pace was a bit hot but then it settled down a bit.
So this is my second ride with you guys and I'm trying to get a feel for the groups. Is there generally a w/kg range for the pace or is it just a "figure it out as we go" kinda thing?
I still haven't figured out the math behind this - there is some combo of slowing down the leaders by adding a headwind factor and boosting the back when putting in an effort above the short term average. In other words, if falling off the back, a good dig will shoot you back up to the group. Ya can't get too far off the front either, system will make it hurt - which is the point i guess.
This wind factor makes the power numbers real for each person. It would mess up strava segments if it boosted the back too much.
in general, we've been soft pedaling after the top of the climbs to regroup.
This is where w/kg makes the biggest difference. In the flats, it is more wattage and drafting.
which is why we should stick bill out front, and make him pull us around!
Joy was doing a workout during the group ride last week (?) - this is interesting, as the workouts ignore the terrain because they want a specific cadence/power.
Now add that to the ride banding. quite a bit going on to render it as staying in the group. On the other hand, how they render it, vs the numbers on the screen
might only be loosely related....
