Searched high and low and I can't find a good thread on racing via Rouvy, which has forcibly gained popularity because of the Ironman VR series.
I've done a few now and I just wanted to gut check my observations vs all of your collective experiences:
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I've done a few now and I just wanted to gut check my observations vs all of your collective experiences:
- Courses are WAY more hilly than real life (made the dead flat Eagleman course look hilly). Not a complaint just an observation.
- Downhill you carry very little momentum. Soft pedaling loses about half my speed. My only real complaint.
- Bikes (TT v Road) make no difference. If I'm right in glad about this. Fairer race.
- There is something I'm missing, because on flats there is often nothing I can do to catch someone off the front even though their W/KG is noticably lower. What's the part of the speed calculation I'm not thinking of?
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