CompuTrainer Ride of the Week: Felog’s False Flats
Every race has got ’em. Those infuriating patches where we stare in wonder at our bike computers as they report decreasing speed despite maintaining power and effort. False Flats. Just the phrase is enough to conjure another F-word. False flats remind us that not all elevation change comes in big leaps. Sometimes, we climb a hill 1-2% at a time. After two years competing in Ironman Lake Placid, I’ve learned quite a bit about how false flats will try to get the best of you. But–and this is a really important “but”– false flats represent an opportunity if we train …