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hah, thanks for the confidence boost tester :). I was a little reserved heading down the sliproad and a bit slow getting on to four went ways RB - dropped to 14 mph waiting for a car. I couldnt handle the tailwind out, at times the revs went up to 130-140 and i couldnt stay on the aero bars - too low and short. It felt like i was trying to do the plank the whole way round which distracted me a little from what my legs were doing. I think i have a new appreciation of the difficulty - not that i underestimated it. Grey Turnocks advice was along the lines of i use a freewheel- he set a 54 something. I kind of see the E2 as everest - tourists, where as the MG event is more like K2, slightly more nutty, bit of a killer etc
neilbah-
thanks for the confidence boost tester :)
You're welcome :)
What cranks are you using? If I thought I was going to get under on my normal bike, gearing would be 100"/177.5mm. To match that gain ratio on MG, it would be 72"/127.5mm. The shortest I've gone is 140mm, and they still felt pretty soft on 72", equivalent to 91" on my normal cranks. There are other potential gains to be had from short cranks; I couldn't find them when on free-choice gearing, but YMMV -
Gray Turnock is ridiculous, his cadence in MG events is incomprehensible.
I think he is half washing machine.
gbj_tester
tbc
As any experienced tester knows, 35s is an eternity. 1:0:03 is frustrating, 1:0:35 is down to you not being good enough 🙂
Back in the olden days one of our club members did a 1:0:xx at least once a year for several years before finally getting under for the first time.