My goal was 80 miles but I didn't get out early enough so I settled for 70 miles. They were good miles too! I didn't blow up and felt good at the end. Then it was off to the Great American Beer Festival.
I got new Aerobars for my bike this week too. I went for the T1 Vipers from Profile Design mostly as that's what the salesman said to take. I was a bit dubious of them but I have to say they are very handy. They took a bit of getting used to but when you have a head wind they help a lot. I also found that on downhill it was very easy to get fast as the bars put you in the aero position very easily.
They are a bit hard to maneuver on and it was hard to just stay in a straight line.
For the most part I used the bars and went at the same effort as sitting upright which resulted in an increase of speed of about 2mph. By mile 60 I was getting tired and used the bars to do the same speed with less effort. That was actually harder to do as it involved going at a slower tempo. The gears cant be changed from the bars.
Overall, if you ever have a head wind then get yourself some of these!
Wow, that is an amazingly far ride!!! Really cool that we can see the map.
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