Escapee.. Posted November 19, 2012 Share Serious Question:And I want a sound, scientific answer please. Why do the guys on the road bikes suffer up the hills, and us on the MTB's kill them?We passed 100's of road bikes up the hills, felt like we were on EPO. What's the explanation for this? You are on EPO =Bones= 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 19, 2012 Share You are on EPO then I would have done much better yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChUkKy Posted November 19, 2012 Share Serious Question:And I want a sound, scientific answer please. Why do the guys on the road bikes suffer up the hills, and us on the MTB's kill them?We passed 100's of road bikes up the hills, felt like we were on EPO. What's the explanation for this? I thought you were joking at the start when you told me it will happen... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayleyearth Posted November 19, 2012 Share Serious Question:And I want a sound, scientific answer please. Why do the guys on the road bikes suffer up the hills, and us on the MTB's kill them?We passed 100's of road bikes up the hills, felt like we were on EPO. What's the explanation for this? one simple word: gears Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcza Posted November 19, 2012 Share Hey StevieL!nice of you to say HI!Sorry i missed you at the start, I was a few rows from the front, i had to go back to get my water bottles from the car,so i was a little later then i was planning.... i finished in 3:00:58 damn chain came off on the bumpy downhill on Malibongwe, and struggled a little to get it back on, lost the bunch and the 2 after mine the illusive sub 3! so close, but yet so far!!!! i see you got your sub 3 ! well done! So close!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dino Posted November 19, 2012 Share Serious Question:And I want a sound, scientific answer please. Why do the guys on the road bikes suffer up the hills, and us on the MTB's kill them?We passed 100's of road bikes up the hills, felt like we were on EPO. What's the explanation for this? Not sure if i can give you a "scientific" answer, but in my opinion it has to do with strength and power output. Mountainbikers are used to riding hills covered in sand, rocks and mud, so you need a lot more power to get up those hills.If you are used to riding through peanut butter (mud like we had on the berg and bush) and suddenly you ride on smooth tar it feels super easy. ChUkKy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 19, 2012 Share one simple word: gears Ok - but we both run gears - so what makes the MTB gears "more efficient" up the hills? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andydude Posted November 19, 2012 Share Not sure if i can give you a "scientific" answer, but in my opinion it has to do with strength and power output. Mountainbikers are used to riding hills covered in sand, rocks and mud, so you need a lot more power to get up those hills.If you are used to riding through peanut butter (mud like we had on the berg and bush) and suddenly you ride on smooth tar it feels super easy. Then they would be quicker on flats and downhills too. Maybe it was just a case of wrong seeding? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stranger Thinkbike Posted November 19, 2012 Share http://forum.thinkbi...rshalling/page2 Hey thanks for the concern. It was bad day all round yesterday for some. This is my 7th year as a Marshal for this race, and I have never seen so many downs. Think Bike has 2 Marshals down. One hit a pedestrian on the way to the event and another went down when he hit a double bump, got a tank slapper and it got away from him. The pedestrain and our Marshals got away lucky with minor injuries, No 2 however has a badly shattered leg, a broken wrist and a written off bike. There was a reported 100 plus incidents, severity 3 or over. I personally attended several crashes that involved serious injury. we can only speculate why the higher incident rate, but, the wind, the heat and the genral deteriotion of the roads could all be contributing factors. Strangely, we have had years with more incidents, but they were smaller severities. Think Bike, sends our best wishes to all that had an incident. =Bones=, TALUS, Rob22 and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Lofthouse Posted November 19, 2012 Share I can only assume (sorry, no solid scientific analysis here) that the gearing and wheel size plays a part. I too experienced the "flying up hills" syndrome, albeit at relative speeds. All I would do is pick a low gear and spin all the way up. Of course, starting in AA meant that I encountered more people trying to grind up climbs on their big rings than should be allowed in civilised society, not to mention those that tried spinning in granny-1 - no hill on that route warrants such a low gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W@nna-BE Posted November 19, 2012 Share 58 seconds out .... Oh well, always next year...yah ...... cant wait for next year hahahaha, my chain coming off is not what aggravates me, but my mind set change when i thought i would not make sub3, i forgot about the downhill past Kyalami!!! if i had just not "given up" for those few km's before the downhill!! i would have made it! oh well, next year i must go for 2:50 if they keep the route the same!still a PB for me, and a PB in average speed overall so pretty happy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyatt Earp Posted November 19, 2012 Share The scientific answer is beer.Roadies drink wine and mountain bikers drink beer. Warrior Princess, =Bones= and ChUkKy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kosmonooit Posted November 19, 2012 Share Serious Question:And I want a sound, scientific answer please. Why do the guys on the road bikes suffer up the hills, and us on the MTB's kill them?We passed 100's of road bikes up the hills, felt like we were on EPO. What's the explanation for this? Two reasons (maybe) 1) Cassette size: lot of road bikes only have 11-25, and low cadence really slow you down2) mtb'ers learn to love uphills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 19, 2012 Share I can only assume (sorry, no solid scientific analysis here) that the gearing and wheel size plays a part. I too experienced the "flying up hills" syndrome, albeit at relative speeds. All I would do is pick a low gear and spin all the way up. Of course, starting in AA meant that I encountered more people trying to grind up climbs on their big rings than should be allowed in civilised society, not to mention those that tried spinning in granny-1 - no hill on that route warrants such a low gear. What we notice is that we aren't even in granny gears, and still out pedal on the uphill.I saw a whole bunch falling behind that stay with us on the flats,and descents, but on any sort of uphill they drop 50-100m behind. ChUkKy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
W@nna-BE Posted November 19, 2012 Share So close!! but yet so far....... technically 364 days far hahahah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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