By Chris
Nice to see Bruce on the start line but neither of us were anticipating featuring in the results. Bruce has done minimal miles recently, similarly me. So it was a case of hoping we finished with the bunch and our dignity intact.
There was a pretty decent field of around 30 riders which would at least offer us the opportunity to hide in the bunch.
Things got off to a pretty quick start which seems to be the usual but there was no real let up for the duration of the race. Some new faces and the size of the bunch resulted in a pretty attacking race. So for the majority of the race we were strung out single file with the odd respite whenever a break away attempt was caught by the bunch.
Both Bruce and I
had a turn on the front, more to measure ourselves than anything. Bruce got away with another fellow for a bit but with the race averaging over 39km/h they, like all the other breaks, were never staying away.
So as anticipated, it came down to a bunch sprint and the Kewdale circuit is all about positioning on the last lap. Something neither Bruce nor I got right this week, both of us finishing just outside the top 10 with Bruce pipping at the line.
Both of us were happy to finish well and safely after a quick race.
Stats:
Duration: 44:42 min
Distance: 29.6 km
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|
Min |
Max |
Avg |
|
Power (W) |
0 |
883 |
195 |
|
Heart Rate (bpm) |
100 |
185 |
153 |
|
Cadence (rpm) |
31 |
209 ?? |
94 |
|
Speed (km/h) |
8.5 |
52.4 |
39.8 |
The image below is my Power/Heart data from the race and shows the variability of the work in a criterium. I haven’t included speed or cadence for clarity.
good effort guys. dumb questions – what’s the yellow/red lines stand for? i’m guessing power or heart rate? bit hard to tell from these old eyes. 😉
Yellow is power, scale is on the left
Red is HR, scale on the right
if you double click on the image it opens up larger and it’s clearer
good work Chris, its good to check out things liek that from people you know. I may have to invest in one of those 🙂
If the red line was power, Chris would have a sponsored trip to Ventoux courtesy of CSC Saxo bank next July!
Hey Chris, I take it that you are using a PowerTap? The max cadence ALWAYS is astromonically out if you are only using the hub to sense the cadence – either that or you can manually smooth out the variations.
You really need to invest in the cadence kit…!
I am simon, but I swap the wheel between a few bikes (2 road & 1 x dodgy TT) which would mean multiple cadence sensors.
I don’t typically rely on it unless i am doing leg speed work and am happy to live with the “error”.
Yeah – PowerTaps are a bit funny with the “virtual” cadence algorithm – Mine always max’s at 220RPM pretty much every ride – The “error” just looks messy in +WKO when you do a cadence distribution chart. The “error” never displays on the head unit and only become seen when you down load the data .. just an annoying artifact i guess.