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Week 189 update of the Cycling Monks Strava Group. Week ending 14th January 2024.
Club Stats. 3201 members collectively rode 113966 km in 3188 rides, climbing 614147 metres in 5367 hours!
The number of members are up by 10 as compared to last week. The week saw everyone collectively ride less. With total distance, elevation gained, number of rides and time spent on the saddle were all down.
6 riders averaged more than 100 km a day.
1 rode a 800 and 28 rode at least a 200.
56 averaged above 30 kmph for the week.
14 climbed more than 4000 metres.
Incredible riding by everyone.
Kudos to all the riders who have been working hard on their saddles…
Leaderboard: Overall
6 riders averaged more than 100 km a day!
Shun Athi from Tamil Nadu was top of the charts. He rode an incredible 929 km. He was first last week as well.
In second place is Shaharudeen J from Kerala who rode 863 km in the week.
Third spot is taken by Jayaprakash Narayanasamy from Tamil Nadu. He rode 836 km.
Leaderboard: Women
The women’s leaderboard has gotten easier this week. To be in the top 10, you needed to ride 202+ km…
There are 15 women in the top 100 this week, 2 less than last week.
Naazia Farhein from Tamil Nadu was top of the charts this week. Riding an incredible 420 km. She is 29th overall.
Next up is Kamala R from Karnataka. Who rode an impressive 365 km. She is 42nd overall.
Third is Yogini Karpe from Maharashtra who rode 358 km. She is 45th overall.
Leaderboard: Longest Ride
A few long rides this week from the West Coast!
Top spot goes to Shaharudeen J from Kerala for the longest ride. He did a 808 km long ride!
Next up is Ivo Costa from Goa having done a 608 km long ride.
Third is Jayaprakash Narayanasamy from Tamil Nadu, who did a 604 km long ride.
Leaderboard: Fastest
The top 56 have been riding at a seriously impressive pace.
Fastest of the lot is Aali Abdullah from Tamil Nadu who averaged an incredible 36.9 kmph over the week!
Second fastest for the week is Sudhev MB from Kerala whose weekly average is a fantastic 36.6 kmph.
Third is Vikram Seth from Chandigarh averaging 36.5 kmph over the week.
Leaderboard: Queen/ King of the Mountain
The climbing leaderboard went to Tamil Nadu!
Climber of the week is Jayaprakash Narayanasamy from Tamil Nadu having climbed 9450 metres.
Second is Vasanth Kumar from Tamil Nadu who climbed 6816 metres.
Third is Murali Ramakrishnan from Telangana, who climbed 6336 metres during the week. He was second last week.
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We often see cyclists in India wearing running shoes while riding their bikes. More often than not, these shoes have laces, which are prone to opening. The laces if they get entangled with the moving parts of the bike, can lead to disastrous consequences.
And so we asked the Cycling Monks community, what type of shoes do they wear when out cycling?
Here’s what they said:
Interestingly a whopping 52% of respondents stated that they wear cycling specific shoes with cleats. A substantially large number of cyclists, at 28%, use running shoes, while the balance use trekking and other kinds of footwear.
This is quite an incredible ratio, because the majority of riders you see cycling on the road aren’t wearing cycling specific footwear.
It only goes to show that the Cycling Monks community is head and shoulders above the average Indian cyclist. Which is both heartening and disheartening.
Where do newer cyclists get their information from, who is there to guide them and in which direction must they look for learning the nuances of riding their bikes…
Results from Day 3
Men’s Elite – Road Race
Women’s Elite – Road Race
Sub-Junior Boys – Road Race
Day 2 Results which were missing till now!
Sub-Junior Boys – Team Time Trial
Women’s Junior – Team Time Trial
Thanks to Anirudh Chadha for the Results Updates!
kindly update the result for sub jr
Hi,
We will update it as soon as we get the final results for the Sub-Junior Boys Team Time Trial.
Thanks!
Winning photo of the Men’s Elite Road Race
Podium Results of the Race:
1st Manjeet Kumar RSPB
2nd Surya Thatu Maharashtra
3rd Sahil Kumar SSCBPhoto: Rahul Balakrishnan
Update: Anand V PattanashettiMore racing happening at the Road Nationals in Vijayapura, Karnataka.
A break of 2 is working hard at the front with a gap of 40+ seconds from the peloton in the Men’s Elite Race…
Simultaneously on course are the Sub-Junior Boys for their 40 km Mass Start Road Race…
Photos and Updates: Rahul Balakrishnan
Day 3
50 km into the Men’s Elite Race… Here’s a snap from the peloton…
Photos and Updates: Rahul Balakrishnan
More results from the second day of racing at the Indian National Road Cycling Championships
Men’s Junior Individual Time Trial
Youth Girls – Team Time Trial
Thanks to Imaad Sait for sharing the results.
