Re: RE: Re: Today's Ride

On Sun Jun 22 10:39:33 2025 Jeff Liebermann  wrote:

On Sun, 22 Jun 2025 16:17:20 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
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On Sat Jun 21 20:12:02 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:

On 6/21/2025 4:59 PM, cyclintom wrote:

We had a 25 mph headwind all the way out with 35 mph gusts.I wouold be riding along working pretty hard at 12.5 mph and as the gusts hit I would be instantly at 11 mph. Normally this would be somewhat compensated for by a tailwind on the way back but I guess it was more a cross wind as we turned back.

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Congratulations! 12.5 mph into a 25 mph headwind takes quite a bit of
power, something close to 400 Watts. I'm very amazed a guy your age can
do that!
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23 miles and average speed of only 8.18 miles per hour average ...

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Ah. 8.18 mph sounds much more believable. That might be around 200 Watts.

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What do you know about the conditions? Must you and Liebermann always pretend to be experts about things you know nothing of?

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My alleged lack of expertise has no effect on your intelligence or
expertise.  I could be a Nobel Prize winner or a complete idiot and
you would still be Tom, who can't discuss technical calculations and
who delivers insults in place of knowledge.
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Tom:  Do you really believe that insulting people will make you seem
smarter?  Judging by your over-use of the phrase "always pretend to be
experts about things you know nothing of", it's quite possible.

 Liebermann, I am not insulting you,...