Nate, The Race Lite Vredesteins are very weight competitive. I did not talk about those on this forum to avoid being called a weight weenie. Same great ride,...
There's a racing school of thought about distance training....you need to race distance to race distance. And pros uses races to train for races. Go down to ...
To ride "longer" distances "fast" requires riding longer distances fast. First, those are relative terms. What is long and what is fast for one person may...
Rob, good catch, you're right. For a ~70kg rider to hit 20minutes, they need to push about 310watts. That would imply a 4.2w/kg FTP, which is high cat 3/low...
I think the issue here is that there are many folks who are not as fast as you and Bruce, but are perfectly capable of completing the double in daylight,...
Katie, I agree. My point on the training rides (and you don't have to do mine, the flings will work, or Nick's, or any ride), is to get your heart rate up and...
Glad we all agree. While there are many variations on training, from spin class to hammerfest, the ingredients are pretty basic. But, I think we sometimes...
I've always said C+ riders can do the double. Training just makes it easier. After years of slow long distance training riding, I can say for certain it does...
Tom, Funny, your name come up riding with Aaron Sunday. Anyway, I would agree that you have to race distance to race distance, but for the double, I recommend...
Bruce, nobody on this forum, or anyone that I know of, is saying to train by riding long and slow. Who says that? I have never heard it. RAAM starts today....
I spent all last summer riding long and slow until people like Joe G ("those are trash miles"), Bruce, and my friend Andy told me I was being stupid. I agree...
Bruce and Kate and all, Thanks for this good discussion. I'll have to try the grapes. And Bruce, as you now know (with my flat bars, upside down bar ends,...
No, did not see Bob Sunday. He is a strong rider. He rode with us the entire 125, and we had dropped some of the riders who have done brevets! He is an A...
So tonight's training ride averaged 20.9 from the parking lot to the final sprint. After doing the double, I felt I was in the best form so far this season....
Bruce, Very much in agreement with the train hard on shorter distances for one shot double. The people who go on to do the ultramarathon things, like several...
Tom, Sounds about right. I think 50-60 miles is a good distance in general for a ride. 66 miles is 1/3 of a double. A riders tend to do 60-65 on a normal ...
Victor and I are going to race the Saratoga 12. Anyone want to join us? http://www.adkultracycling.com/saratoga24/index.htm Kate Marshall 13 North Highland...
Kate, I am in Madison Wisconsin that weekend, at a family event to which I'm committed. I'd never keep up with you two anyway, but I'd have enjoyed crewing...
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." T.S.Elliot Doesn't anyone want to do this race? Come on, it could be fun! ...
Good thing we rode last sunday! Today has been much worse! Rain in the morning, then repeated rain this afternoon. If anyone is thinking about next weekend,...
Please check ride schedule for July 5th, Aaron Stern posted a double century ride for that day from Suny Purchase at 6:00AM. Art. ... From: fmaclach Date:...
I saw that as well, but apparently the Times is not good on math. They are recommending (correctly) that you do 5-6 intervals each session, 3 sessions a week. ...
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