Agree with Jim. Wheels have the 'most' impact, due to the physics of rotating weight. But at slower speeds, even that effect is relatively minimal (unless going from 25mm width to 23mm width with your tires)
You will get the biggest bang for the buck from interval training. To maintain the higher average speeds, you'll just have to ride faster. Overall weight is not a factor unless you decide to start racing, and even then it really won't matter until you reach CAT-1 or professional level where everyone is obsessed with being as light as possible. From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim Davis Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 8:35 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COWs] Time Trial Improvement? Wheels a little, but mostly is called training ________________________________ -----Original Message----- From: "Goocey M.K. Joshua" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: 05/14/10 08:24 Subject: [COWs] Time Trial Improvement? So, I rode my second time trial yesterday, and I recorded dramatic improvements. The improvements were so drastic that I wonder if I did something wrong. Or, is there an explanation I am missing. FACTS I rode the same 2 1/2 mile course for both TTs. I know that 3 miles is the ideal, but, for some reason that I can't remember, I had to do 2.5. The only changes: new carbon sole shoes, and a new wheel set. Here are the results MARCH 29, 2010 MilesTime Avg HRMax HR Avg MPHWind 2.59.0917718616.45 N 7 MPH MAY 13, 2010 Miles Time Avg HRMax HR Avg MPHWind 2.57.12.918019220.62 NE 7 MPH I crushed yesterdays TT compared to the March TT. I rode almost 2 minutes faster, and over 4 MPH faster. My Avg HR increased 3 BPM and my max HR increased the same. Would the new shoes, wheel set and increased HR account for such a massive gain? Goose Rev. Joshua M.K. Goocey Senior Minister First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 207 Tarboro St. N. Wilson, NC 27896 [email protected]<http://mailto:[email protected]> Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit. Will Durant, The Story of Philosophy On May 14, 2010, at 7:25 AM, Jim Davis wrote: Lets's meet at Starbucks 6:30 so we can carpool and caravan COW kit so we can represent. Sunday 2:00 Starbucks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<http://mailto:[email protected]>. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]<http://mailto:[email protected]>. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CyclistsOfWilson-COWs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cyclistsofwilson-cows?hl=en.
