You are reading a single comment by @BringMeMyFix and its replies.
Click here to read the full conversation.
London Fixed Gear and Single-Speed is a community of predominantly fixed gear and single-speed cyclists in and around London, UK.
This site is supported almost exclusively by donations. Please consider donating a small amount regularly.
@BringMeMyFix
Thanks. Regarding the 20-40mph jump, surely it's still within the scope of elite trackies if they've dropped back a couple of bike lengths so that they can jump into the slipstream of the rider ahead?
I don't think the snap capabilities are limited to the elite anyway, just the genetically predisposed with a moderate dose of specificity in their riding (but yes, 40mph is a world apart from 35mph). The elite part is the ability to consolidate a number of skills/abilities: snap, top end speed, sustained power at higher cadences, optimising biomechanical aerodynamics, tactics, mental attrition, blah blah blah.
Regarding the rollers, there's plenty of times where that 'getting up to speed a couple of hundredths of seconds sooner' is enough to mentally break your opposition when they sense you're ahead (or sneak a glance over their shoulder at the clock) - but it's moot as RPLZ use identical set-ups apart from frame size.