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So why am I going off on one I hear you ask? Well I'm 2016 I'll be doing the 305km dragon devil ride on the s2. has anyone ridden it recently? I'd appreciate any advice
I did it this year, but on my Planet X and not my S2. It's a long day in the saddle, but as long as you pace yourself it's not too bad. The 25% climb up the Devil's Elbow (comes at around the 200km mark, I think) is steep (obviously) but it's quite short. Make sure you get the pasta at the Devil route only stop (both there and back - you visit it twice). Certainly helped keep me going.
I found that the Devil Route was up towards the upper limit of what I could do and still enjoy it as a ride (I did it in 12h37m overall, 11h43m moving time). The Alpenbrevet Platintour was definitely on the other side of that dividing line...
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Ok with the season nearly over (only two more sportives left, both of which I'll do on another bike) it's time to set new targets and see how the s2 can be improved.
This year's target was to do the C2C (hardknot etc) in under 10 hours. We finished in just under 11 (including stops) without any real injury, so I'm pleased.
Lessons learnt: 1) never ride up 30% inclines. They are just stupid, and it seems that no amount of weight saving on the bike or indeed my body make it any easier.
2) carbon rims are rubbish - what goes up, must come down. Although @HoKe said that the sight of me tail whipping the s2 down hardknot looked impressive, I was infact MELTING the rear rim.
3)spin to win.... Er no - if anything the 50-34 was too compact for climbing. Meaning that I was forever hanging on to the big ring on climbs and then trying to shift at too low cadence. Unfortunately in the world of Q rings that automatically results in losing the chain.
4)aero really is EVERYTHING - apart from the steepest climbs which are few and far between, I quickly realised I needed to spend the rest of the time on the drops with the elbows in. Over a 10 hour ride, it made a huge difference.
So why am I going off on one I hear you ask? Well I'm 2016 I'll be doing the 305km dragon devil ride on the s2. has anyone ridden it recently? I'd appreciate any advice