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Now imagine running UP that course...after you've already run 120 miles! Through Death Valley and Panamint Valley...
Paying for those 43mm tires. Everything's a compromise.Next day, lots of the small muscles around the knee were feeling it...like I had just walked an extra long way downhill.
Why do you think this has much to do with it?Paying for those 43mm tires. Everything's a compromise.
I saw some highlights of this. I swear there was, maybe in another stage, Tadej Podacar or whoever took a bad line on a descent, fell, and the guy leading actually held up to wait for him and they first bumped.Paying for those 43mm tires. Everything's a compromise.
Hey, did you guys see that little MTBer Pidcock embarrass the roadies on the descent in the Tour yesterday? Those guys couldn't find the line in a turn if it was painted. Combined with the guy who won San Remo this Spring by using a dropper post for the descent this is a signal that going forward you're gonna have to know how to ride a bike to win, not just be a fitness dork.
The 43s may suit your riding. You may like the comfort and perceived stability. But don't kid yourself about their efficiency compared to something like a 25mm GP5000. Significantly more rolling resistance and aero drag. You won't see any racers running those. In fact, they almost all use 25mm GP5000s.
Saturday did Paradise loop with Friend #1 and #2...both road bicyclists who like to go fast. I was last the entire time.
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I'm not buying the "you're feeling the bigger tire in your knee" argument. A lot of the guys that I ride with have more or less given up on their road bikes and are riding gravel bikes for most paved excursions (saving the roadie gear for the big epic rides and riding gravel bikes on everything else) and currently the're gravitating to 650 wheels and big tires - 50mm or so is common. Surprisingly, the big tires don't show much downside in terms of rolling resistance, I certainly don't notice a difference in their pace.Are you thinking tire width is the root of the knee pain because I am exerting more force to rolling and air-resistance and not due to me exerting the same force as always over a longer distance (which for this 50+ mile distance is about 5x more than my usual bike ride and 2x more than my usual "long" ride)?
That is what I am getting from your earlier comment: Paying for those 43mm tires.
For certain, when it comes to gear/sports (or gear/life), everything is a compromise....which is why I probably need to more slowly increase my distance, give my parts more time to get 'fit'.
How long did the 50+ mile take?
I didn't bring a watch, don't use bike computer, and we stopped a few times, so....if I make a reasonable guess (in part based on Friend #1 telling me my average pace was 15 mph in the flats), and it was 50 miles long, then 3.6 hrs if I never stopped.
PS
There are some bicycle radar zone that tell you your speed. At one point I was doing 18 mph on gentle incline, but had wind at my back, and on Valencia St through the Mission, if you stay at 13 mph, the lights are timed for you.....going had no problem doing that going (actually have to brake to stay under), but coming home, was dragging my butt and missed about half of them, so slower than 13 mph on way home.