burnthesheep wrote:
trail wrote:
Slug wrote:
It's not news to me. Ever since I was little I saw sneaky little ways slow people would do to try and win races. At first it was trivial stuff like cutting corners, you know, shit kids do when they think no one will know. Then they do other sneaky little things like trying to block others, pull on their arms, hang their elbows out, not keeping their lane... shit like that.
Cycling does the same. They get a team of riders to pull a sprinter to a good position to sprint from, and even go so far as to hang their arms out, block other riders from a good position, and recently, not keep their lane to send other racers into the stands.
Nah, I'd rather ride alone.
And since this is a triathlon forum where many of the races are non drafting and more of an individual sport, not a cycling forum, I figured there would be a bit more pride in a person's individual ability.
Go ahead on though braddah. Get all up in that ass you stud muffin.
You're taking Strava *waaay* too seriously.
If you like pure individual effort, then target steep climbs where drafting doesn't really help.
Way I see it, he can still get them. TT bike still is a huge equalizer. It's just not a super popular hobby in the US, and not everyone rides their tri or TT bike balls to the wall downhill and around corners like they do in pro TT's. Even if you're weak, riding it like you stole it is worth tangible time.
The lap record for the flatter local RR is just shy of 28mph for the P/1/2 race. That's about the WORST situation for a local trying for a solo segment time. Going against a P/1/2 category on a pretty flat race course. 28mph might be a stretch for most solo on a TT bike, but it's not out of the realm of possibility at all. We've got locals doing around 27mph on similar routes for a Covid segment TT contest on only like 260w. I'd bet 310 to 320w for 30min would do it. That's not unreasonable at all for a road race segment.
The more people I encounter the more I love my cats.