Arduous Exercise With Headwind – BionicOldGuy

On Thursday evening I mounted my 28″ wheel again on my recumbent with a heavy responsibility tire. I wished to attempt that set-up out off-road. Yesterday I took it to Coyote Valley Open House, Northeast of Morgan Hill, and it labored out advantageous, though I need to admit an upright bike with fats tires is best suited to this. I then headed up north in direction of San Jose on Santa Teresa boulevard. I used to be stunned how briskly the bike felt, theoretically it ought to be barely much less aerodynamic than my arrange with two 20″ wheels, though that is likely to be offset as a result of the 28″ rear wheel has a bit much less rolling resistance. After about 90 minutes I circled, and located a had a extreme headwind to struggle by way of to get residence. So this changed into a fairly robust exercise, with a mean coronary heart charge of 118. However I made it residence okay. Surprisingly, my common velocity was 12.6 mph which is a bit greater than I’ve been doing currently. So I assume 28/20 actually is quicker. Posted on Strava right here.