[Bent] A + ride report

[sfriedlander2 at aol.com]

21 mph average for 27.8 miles is pretty impressive! I once averaged 21.7 on my F40, but that was only for 3 miles. One thing that's fun about riding with a fast group of uprights is that they don't realize that bents are fast. I did a B ride a few weeks ago and averaged 17.1 on my V3 (with front fairing). One of the other riders said "you must really be in great shape." Little did he realize that the other riders were probably all in better shape than me. It's all about the bike.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: JOHN TETZ <jgtetz at msn.com>
To: NY/NJ/CT/PA Metro Area Recumbent Society (MARS) <bent at list.marsride.org>
Sent: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:11 pm
Subject: Re: [Bent] A + ride report




I did an A+ ride with a group consisting  of  40s to mid 50s and they do the exact route every Thur evening. 

Some are active racers and are excellent pace liners.  

 

I have been wanting to see what I can do with them so I got my VFS streamliner out. 

 

Conclusion. As good as this streamliner is it simply cant make up enough for age. 

 

I stayed with them for about 14 miles but couldn't keep up at 27, 28 mph along a flat section. 

So I cut off just before a steep but short hilly section and got back on the ride route. 

I figured they would catch me so I continued to push. 

 

I got back to the parking lot and less than 5 minutes they came rolling in. 

I averaged 21 for 27.8 miles. They ave
raged 22 + for 29.5 miles. 

 

It’s a good thing I did this before I get old . Ha. 

 

John Tetz 




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