Originally Posted by
BFisher
Way to go! Yesterday I hit the road with this thread in mind. I am surrounded by hills, but can get a relatively flat ride in down here in the valley. At one hour in I was at exactly 17 miles, and the 40k speed was 16.9mph, 1 hr. 28 min. Elevation gain was about 770 ft, I think. The killer is the stop lights and stop signs. Just too many for me to keep much of a higher pace.
Yeah, stops can kill the pace quickly. As I think about today I had 8 stop signs on the route. But with Utah adopting the "Idaho Stop" I was able to clear all but 3 of them today. A few I can't see well at so I have to slow down some and be ready to brake fast. If I hit cars at all then for sure I'd not pull off the pace unless I found a lot more speed on the route.