Muscle Fatigue

[Thorn]

While I wouldn't claim to have hills of your caliber in my local routes, when the routes go pancake flat, I hurt more. I blame the lack of position change up. When I'm riding rolling terrain I stand more (little hills, stops, etc) and when I'm climbing I'm more apt to change my position more often.

I also tend to lean towards masher not spinner so on the flats when I'm going 30-45 minutes at a 90-100 rpm cadence with no variation....blah...it just isn't my legs' nature....I'm learning to remember to stand some and play with the gears.

As for the right spinnerval? Aero I or II -- nothing like 5 minute reps in the same gear at a high candence to mimic that long flat stretch. Or, the Lake Placid virtual reality. I swear out of the 2:50-ish minutes 2+ hours are at small-15 90-100 rpm....I do a little happy dance when he finally switches to the big ring.

[Selkie]

I forgot about the Lake Placid ride. You're right, Thorn, but the Three Bears at the end always do me in!! LOL

[RoadRaven]

I forgot about the Lake Placid ride. You're right, Thorn, but the Three Bears at the end always do me in!! LOL

Hehehehehehe... everytime I see someone post about Lake Placid, all I can think about is the classic, funny horror movie (gotta love the old woman spunk in that movie...).
Hope any of you riding near Lake Placid don't have any encounters with overgrown crocs or gators!