This Hill climb race in Cardiff had me trying out a new pacing strategy. In this video I take you through my ride and effort as well as comparing the performance to that of the same race last year. Makes for interesting data!
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19 Comments
I hate going up this climb
Nice one Ed.
Congratulations on the win! I find the discussion of your pacing strategies to be very interesting. I recall the RAAM legend Pete Penseyres (from the 1980s) discussing his strategy (and the math behind it) of the gains he could make in overall time by increasing his climbing speed by 1 mph over increasing his time on the flats by 1.5 or 2. Of course with your climbs being so much shorter, the differences in time saved would be less, however, I believe that they theory of making the gains where you would otherwise be slower (and accumulating more time) would outweigh the gains by going slightly faster where you are already faster (and accumulating less time). As you noted, this theory goes out the window on a perfectly steady gradient….just go harder the entire time!
Great work Ed & liking the one by, oh the 4K video looks ace too.
Cheers on the Win!!! 🍻🚵 Very interesting to hear your thoughts on the effort, enjoy your content!
Cool vid Ed, I always enjoy it when you break down data. I would argue, though, that there quite clearly is right and wrong in this case. Especially if the climb is a straight forward as you describe. I think your suggestion of 430/500(ish) sounds very close to your optimal strategy. I don't know your critical watts, but I would I would be surprised if your optimal strategy is not around high z6 for 1k and mid z7 for the final k, translating to 2 mins around 430 and 500 for 2,5-3 mins. It would be really interesting to see you try out different tactics for the climb.
Oh, and don't forget to do the Pogi-Pantani-comparison climbs you spoke to the Cade-guys about. Would also be amazing content. Oh, and please consider discarding the camera, it's too Busta Rhymes for me.
All the best, Niklas
Nice effort, Ed. It was risky, but I support the experiment with pacing – you never know until you try. I suppose it could be done in training vs on race day but if it wasn't a target race for the year, doing it in race is fine as well. Separately, I can't link to the video due to comment restrictions but the guy at NorCal Cycling has a very good video on getting the best out of your insta360 camera footage by optimizing the mount location. NorCal Cyling video titled "360 cameras are finally good… but you have to mount them correctly"
LOL. 2 other hill climbers have overtaken cars this year too. It's the latest trend. They were Kieran Wynne-Cattanach in one of the Macc Wheelers ones and Bhima Bowden in the Manchester Wheelers Brickworks. Don't know the circumstances behind them but that's gotta be one hell of an adrenaline rush!
Well done!
Great stuff my guy! Love the strategy discussion, super interesting to see those efforts compared👍
kudos
On my local climb i have my pb set, when doing kind of 2min/1min intervals. After many trys i can't reach that time trying to go steady from the start on. I think it is very dependent on the type of rider you are too.
Don't forget aero gains 😊
Fair play Ed you were all shapes cycling up there
Looks a cracking van life setup and well done Ed 👏
Fab vid as always🤘 Considered elliptical ring? Rode a mate’s 1-by elliptical and was a great feeling. Interestingly was even more pronounced when I went back to my bike it felt as though something was missing..
Nice one Ed. Great to see you turning out for this event again 👌🙂
Ed Laverack climbing out of the saddle??!! What's occurring!
Congrats !!
Too many moving parts and variables (Weight, weather, bike setup, fitness on race day … etc)
Just like I learned in running, and just like Phil G. said, the best way to manage effort is to split it in three thirds. The first third is slowest and the last third is the fastest or hardest.