How to ride 26 mph with minimal effort

Thats why I never raced. Drafting with friends for fun yes, but drafting to win is just such a foul disgusting thing. I only made no draft triathlon races.

I can walk at 4.9 mph for about an hour and 26 minutes before I go into a painful flight or flight response. I have gone through the same thing with my XL GIANT at 28 mph. The walking is far more stressful and more work. You can always push harder.

Get a very long downhill. Next question.

You made a 10 min video on basic drafting and basic positioning?

I'm a 220lb rider with a relatively wide body and even though drafting helps me immensely, the benefits aren't quite as high. When drafting behind a 'normal' rider at 25 mph, I need to be putting out over 280 watts to keep up and even the slightest fallback of a few feet requires a much higher spike to catch up. On the other hand, everyone loves following me!

In our evening time trial series on a 8.4 mile sporting course ( up and down ) Harry Tanfield maintains 30 mph riding alone. You may know of him ?

bro all i can see is camel toe

or get a motorcyle. lol

Easy to go 26 mph, just go down hill! :-)

I don’t drive so trying to find a group is really hard

Good presentation!!

I remember about 6 years ago I was riding on the Sacramento bike trial and a group of riders rode by me they were going at a good pace. So I just tucked in the back and let them pull me through. Drifting can save you a lot of energy.

i thought you said 26 km/h 💀

Ask yourself one question. And then ask yourself one more question ha ha

bro amazing content. can you put a action cam for your gears like the cassete

I found this trying to find a slow safe bike.

Great video 👌

From someone who just jumped on a beginner racing bicycle to get a change from running every now and then: This looks insane! You're telling me you're going 35 km/h for extended periods of time and that's bad? I guess everybody is judging themselves pretty hard in their own niche :D

I can't understand how racers agree how to ride as a group (ie) who is in front

This is why I ride an E bike. 😂

ride in group as well as solo. I prefer solo. it is a t my own pace. however group ring pushing my limits in speed and distance. when I get back to my solo ride on a ride I know. I am faster . I dont carte about power meters. they are for tech idiots along with heart monitor and all the crap.. I ride to enjoy. when you start making it all tech and diagnose your computer afterwards. you really should not be riding . because you dont really understand what its all about. and before you challenge me. I ride all over Europe including the MALLORCA 312. ( possibly the hardest race ever.

You’re not drafting properly. The distance to the guy in front of you is much too big. Reduce by at least 50%.

Great video. I haven't raced in 13 years, but man this makes me want to get back into it. Without racing, you have no idea how powerful a good slipstream is. The combination of the commentary, video, power, heart rate and speed. Feels like super Mario.

191W will get you to about 19.5mph. Not 15mph. Big difference, since 15mph requires only about 100W.

Took me a few tries, but I finally broke an hour in a 40 k time trial. That's 26 mph. Without drafting. On the Moriarity, NM course. Thing is, the record is around 47 minutes! John Frey held the record for a long time.

What kind of power meters do you use

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So the lead guy is taking the beating.... how long does he go before switching...

Im 10 and i once went 26mph

I wonder how accurate is this power meter. On video u can see sometimes u barely start pedaling and vat shows already around 200 - 300 like its nothing

Great job. Fun, instructional video. It's weird to see guys with flashing lights in this race, but just plain scary to see that the course is apparently open to vehicular traffic...that must cause some Uncle Fester moments.

what is "miles" ? ...

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If one person how fast you can go for one hour

As a non cyclist, I would’ve never guessed that drafting played that large of a role. Cool stuff

Mph omegalul its 2023 learn metric like a normal human being

At 56 years old, I ride solo about 98% of the time. This year, 2023 I have been able to hit average speeds of 22.5 mph on my aluminum bikes, including a Canyon Grail gravel bike along 35 - 40 mile rides.

Ride a fixed gear with a ratio that works with you and youll be flying

Wow, fast race. What's even scarier is how a top 200 pro could sprint drop everyone here and then remain off the front maintaining 300 to 400 watts for a hella long time. EPO is amazing.

Wow

Two shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be two. Three shalt thou not count, neither count thou one, excepting that thou then proceed to two.

serious question, i ride solo down here in soflo, i avg about 20.5 MPH on 25-30 mile solo rides... you think thats decent enough to ride group rides?

Great video and effort. I really love watching your videos. How do you make the cycling data overlay the video?

Guys use km per hour

I love the content! This is a wonderful channel!

Good stuff. Are you cat5 or is that just the name of this particular training program, because those speeds sound more like cat 123?Unless it’s just so flat that it changes the average speed that much. Or it could be that bikes are much more aero than 10+ years ago. I remember averaging around 27 for an official, one or two hill, office park race (this looked more like a group ride on an open course at race pace) when riding 3/4. And that perfectly summed up what you’re saying. Riding with 4/5 sucked because they are so inefficient, especially, ESPECIALLY in the corners, whereas riding in 1, 2, 3 had far fewer unnecessary accelerations and corners were more like a school of fish than the most direct line, which often created chaos. There’s a typical misunderstanding in 4/5 that “hold your line” means YOUR chosen line. It does not mean that, which would mean you’re cutting people off.

I love watching those numbers when bridging to a breakaway. Modern bike tech has gone wild in the last two decades. Wireless shifting, tubeless tires, and all metrics being recorded in real time (with corresponding footage of terrain.). Great video!

I have a question for more experienced riders, is 25mph top speed good for a 15 year old(on a mountain bike) on flat terrain?
Ive been riding my bike 4 times a week ever since i got it a year ago, i went out with a group of people most had roadbikes and i was surprised when i passed them all.

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