The April Edition of the Saturn Cycling Team Newsletter is now available.
In it you will find:
Climbing to the Top - by Tom Danielson A Glossary of Tactics from the Director's Perspective - by Giana Roberge How to become a soigneur - by Mo Bruno and Neilie Fabian Reynolds Forks - by Ian Sherburne Behind the Scenes at the Sea Otter Classic and the Tour of Georgia And lots of cool pictures and interesting tips
The newsletter has this: Robert Herdegen, a professor of psychology at Hampden-Sydney concluded in a study that cyclists who listened to the band Metallica while riding traveled 11 percent farther than those who listened to no music. However, Herdegen states, "Picking music you like is a more important factor in boosting performance than just music with a faster tempo." The 11% figure seems very high, but the concept seems legit to me. Greg
That's interesting. I used a walkman for years which I now traded in for a MP3 cd walkman which holds over 12 hours of music on one cd. When I play slower music I like, it's like having the brakes on especially when climbing. When I play my favorite new age rocker tunes I climb at a better rhythm then when I play slower tunes or no tunes at all. I don't like riding without tunes because then it's just the sound of the tires thrashing the pavement and the blood spurting in my head. But some mountain bike rides I go on have several spectacular waterfalls and the river has nice acoustics, so sometimes I just leave the walkman off. Of course Walkmans are illegal on the road but no big deal on trails.
Bruce
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The newsletter has this: Robert Herdegen, a professor of psychology at Hampden-Sydney concluded in
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study that cyclists who listened to the band Metallica while riding
traveled 11
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percent farther than those who listened to no music. However, Herdegen
states,
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"Picking music you like is a more important factor in boosting performance
than
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just music with a faster tempo." The 11% figure seems very high, but the concept seems legit to me. Greg
In Flames should make you go fast; I can't believe you've heard of them. Not a huge Metallica fan, but where would those bands be without 'em? You likely could use headphones in a TT. If you REALLY want to go fast, I would suggest Pantera.
James P. Spooner
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it's Metallica!...
So, what would Napalm Death, Sepultura, Deicide, Amon Amarth, In Flames or
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of the otherzillions of bands that make Metallica sound like The
Carpenters do
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for me? Can we use headphones in a TT? Greg Miller
