Apart from climbing intervals and weight training how else can I improve my climbing on road?
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Lighter weight wheelset such as mavic ssc sl. Stiffer cranks and bb such as fsa team issue's or dura ace 9 spd, and if your rich, go for 10 spd. Having a bike right at the 15lb limit really makes a difference too 🙂
Good luck!
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catch said:
Apart from climbing intervals and weight training how else can I improve my climbing on road?
give up weight training
ric
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ricstern said:
give up weight training
ric
Why do you say give up weight training - does that not help?
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catch said:
Why do you say give up weight training - does that not help?
read one of the myriad of threads in the training forum about weights/gym work.
basically it's detrimental to endurance cycling performance
ric
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ricstern said:
read one of the myriad of threads in the training forum about weights/gym work.
basically it's detrimental to endurance cycling performance
ric
How about for Mountain Biking? -
catch said:
Apart from climbing intervals and weight training how else can I improve my climbing on road?
Optimize your power to weight ratio. And make your bike as light as possible. -
1. Ride on mountain roads.
2. Lose weight while maintaining power (see number 1).
3. When you are really lean and mean spend some extra cash on lightening the bike (mainly bling! factor).
Oh, and genetics do help.
Beyond that, no secrets and/or shortcuts to climbing well. 😄
Enjoy!
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micjohns said:
How about for Mountain Biking?
the same. not much use
ric
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