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Old 06-28-22, 11:04 AM
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taking equipment out of the equation... the motor and how you use it.
rolling terrain (Central Park) requires a good knowledge of your status and capabilities. burning matches to jam a hill/rise is often paid for on the flat...
maybe you're not in as good cycling fitness as you think you are?
if you and other's are yoyo-ing, and maintaining the same general pace for the loop, then you're all making the same mistakes, differently...
get an HRM, learn more about yourself and current state, time your park loops... if you want to get 'faster'...
cadence and spinning/gear selection helps smooth out the lumpy profile.
'aero' is quite and increasingly more important anytime you're over 15 mph...
... I do know Central Park - started my riding/training/racing there back in the mid 60's... I can still picture, in mind's eye, most every section, boat house to Museum, Harlem back to 59th...
the loop cutoffs and shorter sections...
horse **** on the lower park road... LOL!
Central Park is one of those rides where 'free-wheeling' is always slow... fastest always requires some level of pedal pressure...
Ride On
Yuri
EDIT: 'Rail Trails', by their nature are mostly flat... any grades are gradual railway grades for what were trains...

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