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TdF and recumbents
On Jul 29, 7:15*am, "Edward Dolan" wrote:
"Qui si parla Campagnolo" wrote in ... On Jul 27, 11:01 am, Tom Sherman wrote: aka Andres Muro wrote: There are a couple of guys that ride recumbents and show up to up to our weekend rides occasionally. One of them would never be able to keep up with our group and the other could on regular bikes. With recumbents they keep up with the group without problems. One of them takes pulls at 25+ mile per hour without braking a sweat. On flats, recumbents transform average cyclists into animals. The lower the recumbents the faster these guys become. One has a very low racing recumbents and he built an aero contraption in the back. He goes really fast in that apparatus and because he is very low, it is hard to draft him. He makes a great training partner. It's sort of like motor pacing. On hills, he slows down quite a bit though. It is not just the weight. His racing recumbent is not that heavy. For the sake of argument, let us assume that that a particular recumbent is 20% faster on the flats and equal on the climbs to the group members' uprights. If the recumbent rider is just the equal of the group on the flats, that means he is a considerably weaker rider, so it is no wonder he gets dropped on the hills. What is being demonstrated is not the poor climbing ability of the recumbent (which is typically the false conclusion made by the upright riders), but rather its performance advantage on flatter terrain. "For the sake of argument"..boy, that speaks volumes......... There is no recumbent that is 20% faster than an upright on the flats everything else being equal. At best, it is possible that a recumbent will be only ever so slightly faster than an upright on the flats, but even that is debatable. What is not debatable is how freaking slow they are climbing hills, even small hills. Case closed as far as I am concerned. Regards, Ed Dolan the Great - Minnesota aka Saint Edward the Great - Order of the Perpetual Sorrows - Minnesota I guess that sound is the my point whizzing over you head |
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