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I'm struggling to find a piece of road that's suitable to test IRL
https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/find-a-course
Ideally, pick one fairly close to home on which somebody is running an evening TT, pay your money and pin on a number. The only way you'll ever know what you can do in a time trial is to ride time trial.
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I'm struggling to find a piece of road that's suitable to test IRL, but decided to check my fitness on the turbo. Went 'almost' all out - didn't throw up, but flagged a little toward the end. My resting heartrate is in the low 50's, but goes quite high during exercise, peaking around 200/205.
Too poor at the moment for a power meter so struggling to make sense of this:
Elite Crono Fluid Elastogel turbo, so I have no idea what power/effort I'm really applying.
Warmed up for 10 minutes 20mph average (avg hr 161), then tried a virtual 10 mile TT. Excuses aside, like bad tempo while wiping the sweat, I managed 25:58 moving time (26:02 total), so average of 23.1mph. Average cadence 95, average heartrate 194.
I'll try test it in real-world later this week, but is there a tech sheet anywhere for turbo-vs-road effort? Just so I know if the reality is I'll be slower on the road.