Originally Posted by
dmanthree
I'll have to test that. I've never coasted that slow so I'll give it a shot next ride. Interesting...
If you climb a decent hill and at less than 17mph, a somewhat natural IRL experience at the top when you hit flat or go back down might be to take a little break.
I might think that those that also partake of the longer (eg. 100+ km) endurance rides, and as field is strung out and if you're solo, not having to pedal 100% of the time over the 2.5hr experience would be nice. Fwiw, a 17mph pace for a solo riding 65kg rider is about 2wkg, so there should definitely be a market for this. IMO they should drop the rule to say 10mph.