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Conference noted::bicycle

Title:	Bicycling
Notice:	Bicycling for Fun
Moderator:	JAMIN::WASSER

Created:	Mon Apr 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3214
Total number of notes:	31946

1390.0. "Advice for a Novice ;-)" by EXIT26::SAARINEN () Thu Dec 28 1989 16:10

I was on my stationary bike last night, and using my
imagination to it fullest extent, I pictured myself
at the Tour de France '89, on the Champs Elysees, gripping
tightly on my Profile aero bars, blasting thru the
last time trial at a record breaking pace. Plus trying to
stay warm in my apartment...brrr.

Well Greg LeMond as we all know rode the last 15.5 mile time trial
at the TdF in 26.9409 minutes, averaging a speed of 34.52 mph.

On my Cateye bike computer, as I was hammering thru the
streets of Paris, with the crowds cheering me on...I noticed that
at the 26.9409 minute mark, I had gone 12.95 miles... and at the
30 minute mark, when I *quit* no matter what, I had only gone 14.40 miles.
1.1 mile short.

Should I have worn an Aero helmet and cut off my beard to
get a more aerodynamic advantage?

-Arthur

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
1390.1		AD::KREIDER		`Thu Dec 28 1989 16:31`	5
	By all means ...Yes. Shave your beard AND your legs too! The French would not take kindly to a hairy-legged cyclist :) /scott
1390.2	You must take course and conditions into account, also screaming fans.	CLYPPR::FISHER	Pat Pending	`Thu Dec 28 1989 16:33`	5
	No. You should have openned the windows and put a book under the back of the trainer so that you would also have had a slight tailwind and a downhill course. ed
1390.3	Look out Greg!!!	EXIT26::SAARINEN		`Fri Dec 29 1989 15:55`	16
	Thanks for the insights ya'lll I appreciate them...and I'll be sure to add them to my training schedule. Look out Greg... ;-) But in all seriousness... chokehackcough Does anyone know...if there is any records for stationary bicycle riding...??? Such as...someone riding for eight days straight on a turbo trainer to simulate like a RAAM crossing or something braindead like that? Just wondering. -Arthur
1390.4	roller record?	SUSHI::KMACDONALD		`Fri Dec 29 1989 16:33`	8
	> Does anyone know...if there is any records for stationary bicycle > riding...??? Such as...someone riding for eight days straight on Well, there is a 24-hr roller record, if that helps.... I read a story about it some years ago. As I recall, John Howard set a new record of something like 450 (?) miles in a 24 hr. period. may or may not still be current.... ken
1390.5	everything counts	NOVA::FISHER	Pat Pending	`Fri Dec 29 1989 21:25`	9
	Some other of Greg's advantages occurred to me while riding today (in Charlotte with John). The humidity is higher in Paris. The advantage of time-trialing in damp air is discussed in another note in this conference. Also, did you have an aero seatpost? Did you attend to your shoelaces? Use a disk wheel or two? ed
1390.6	Another Roller Record	MCIS2::DELORIEA	Work starts Jan 8th	`Tue Jan 02 1990 13:19`	1
	129.1 mph on rollers by Jim Baker of Tucson, Ar.
1390.7	NINTENDO knows how to do it right..ask them..	SALEM::SEGUIN		`Thu Feb 15 1990 03:25`	5
	Hey, maybe NINTENDO can find the market for your idea..after all if you were to place the stationery bike in front of a television set, preferably the 56" screen, you could actually find yourself pedalling through the streets of Paris...