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Tim Johnson climbs Mt Washington... in Winter

Posted February 26, 2016 02:43PM by Skye in the Cycling Forum

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Now that's braving the elements! I haven't tried fat biking yet, but it does look like fun
(except battling high winds on sheet ice, that part I could skip)

@timjohnsoncx: "Getting ready for this was a bit like launching into space. How cold is too cold? -20? -50? How much wind is too much wind? Will we cancel it if it’s 50 miles per hour? 80 miles per hour? All kinds of metrics that never enter into your daily ride or your weekend Saturday morning ride. Everything we were doing was really different. “When I won the Mt. Washington road race, I was on a 15-pound bike and Strava didn’t exist. For my winter attempt, I knew I’d be on a 29-pound fat bike wearing at least five extra pounds of winter gear. My best guess was that it could take up to two-and-a-half hours to do the climb depending on conditions. So I studied the Strava leaderboard to study rides that took that long, changes in wattage and heart rate in response to gradient to try to craft my strategy.” Fat Bike Vs Mt. Washington on #StravaStories. Photo from @nevinsphoto #FatBike #RedBull #strava

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