Ryder Hesjedal

invictus43

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Congrats to Ryder Hejsedal..first Canadian winner of one of the three grand tours..the Giro d'Italia.. That's the equivalent to winning the Moto GP world championship... Former mountain biker I might add... :-D
 
Congratulations!!! As a former road racer myself, it's nice to see a Canadian win a big tour. He must of kicked a** in the ITT today to make up the time deficit!
 
He did enough. Rodriguez though did a really very good TT for himself..he's not that good at it and he made it VERY close! So great race all around..really great competitors. Congrats to all those guys that can manage to finish that race, let alone compete. Superhuman..
 
This was a great result personally and for Canadian cycling. 6 hours, 55 minutes on yesterday's mountain stage:shock:
 
Dropped in to Dundas off the escarpment on my ride today and stopped at Domestique-Cafe Cyclo Sportif for a coffee and the place was abuzz with the good news.

http://pedalmag.com/?p=17887
 
as a follower of cycling since the 1980s, i never thought this day would come. congratulations to ryder. . .you've done canada proud. . .
 
Holy Time Trial batman!

28km in 34 minutes?

Dammit!

Don't even bother..they're ridiculous. I can grind out 300 watts for about 5 mins..these guys do 400 watts for an hour..peaking at over 1000 watts. Now I'm no great fit cyclist..but I know a guy who was and his best TT was about 40km/h..12th in the province..these guys are doing 54km/h.. Just as an example..they're pushing a 53-17 on 4-6% grades..
 
Don't even bother..they're ridiculous. I can grind out 300 watts for about 5 mins..these guys do 400 watts for an hour..peaking at over 1000 watts. Now I'm no great fit cyclist..but I know a guy who was and his best TT was about 40km/h..12th in the province..these guys are doing 54km/h.. Just as an example..they're pushing a 53-17 on 4-6% grades..

40km/hr over what distance?

My last road ride was 37km @ 34.5km/hr. Fairly windy day. Northbound, slightly uphill with a tail wind, cruising was 46-48km/hr. Southbound, slightly downhill with a head wind was 30-32km/hr. I think on a calm day I could probably average 36-37km/hr over that run.
 
Provincial record for the 40 is what, about 51 min. and change?
 
40km/hr over what distance?

My last road ride was 37km @ 34.5km/hr. Fairly windy day. Northbound, slightly uphill with a tail wind, cruising was 46-48km/hr. Southbound, slightly downhill with a head wind was 30-32km/hr. I think on a calm day I could probably average 36-37km/hr over that run.

That was the provincial TT championship..so they were 40km back then. My buddy finished in about 57mins..so just over 40km/h..
 
That's how I ride now, more or less. No drafting or tactics in the du/tri rides except I would not have to save anything for the run.

There are a lot of subtleties that can make you faster. Position is important..takes a lot of flexibility to achieve the optimum position. Sometimes takes years to get to where you need to be. Pedalling mechanics..still remember when Miguel Indurain caught and passed Lance Armstrong back in..1997?..like Lance was tied to a tree..he improved his TT technique a lot after seeing that..
 
The Provincials are on August 26, 2012 somewhere in southern Ontario..they haven't announced it yet I don't think..
 
Here's Indurain passing Armstrong...keep in mind, Indurain started 1 or 2 mins behind Armstrong...
[video=youtube;HmR9k8UAohs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmR9k8UAohs[/video]
 
There are a lot of subtleties that can make you faster. Position is important..takes a lot of flexibility to achieve the optimum position. Sometimes takes years to get to where you need to be. Pedalling mechanics..still remember when Miguel Indurain caught and passed Lance Armstrong back in..1997?..like Lance was tied to a tree..he improved his TT technique a lot after seeing that..

I know I still have room to improve but I'm not terrible as of now. Saving up for a Felt B2 or perhaps a Cannondale Slice with some fancy wheels for 2013. If I can keep up with my training, get stronger, and get a more slippery bike I should be able to challenge for fastest overall (for the ride portion) of the sprint duathlons.
 
I know I still have room to improve but I'm not terrible as of now. Saving up for a Felt B2 or perhaps a Cannondale Slice with some fancy wheels for 2013. If I can keep up with my training, get stronger, and get a more slippery bike I should be able to challenge for fastest overall (for the ride portion) of the sprint duathlons.

For TT, it's all in the wheels and bars..I'm not sure if disc rear is legal still in Ontario..but get the most aero wheels you can afford..then get your elbows in and back flat.. The weight and aero of the actual bike frame isn't nearly as relevant.
 
For TT, it's all in the wheels and bars..I'm not sure if disc rear is legal still in Ontario..but get the most aero wheels you can afford..then get your elbows in and back flat.. The weight and aero of the actual bike frame isn't nearly as relevant.

Zipp 404 or 808 (or similar) or a combo is what I was thinking.
 
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