The best cycling tips in the world...ever!
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I usually wake up 2-4 times in the AM before a race, so I now make that work for me. I keep a small cooler filled with Yogurt smothies (53g carbs each) next to the bed and I'll each time I wake up I'll drink one and go back to sleep. By the time I get out of bed and get the race I'm fairly loaded with carbs and sugar.
In case, you haven't realized, sugar can be converted into energy output, and in fact, it's a much quicker source of energy than carbohydrates and gets into the system faster.
From what I remember about nutrition in high school, carbohydrates are converted into sugar and burned during a mostly aerobic race whereas sugar itself can be digested and used much quicker and they are very useful for getting the energy needed for powerful sprints and attacking efforts. That's why many cyclists will have a bottle of half soda and half water for the end of the race when they need the caffeine and the sugar needed for the sprint.
Thomas Davis
When you hit a hill, keep the speed as high as possible then when it's too hard on your legs to keep that speed at that gear, shift down to a lower gear and pedal faster, you'll notice that you go over the hill much faster than you would if you had shifted down early. You lose speed if you shift down too early and you've already lost half the battle with the hill.
Thomas Davis
Thomas Davis
Originally posted by Guest
Always wear a T-shirt under your cycling jersey. This will provide some protection to shoulders etc. in the case of a fall. Also helps absorb sweat which will feel better than a soaked jersey.
But not a cotton or cotton mix t-shirt , it has to be " transpirable " as the Spanish say ( don´t know the English word ) or you well feel awful - always 100% synthetic .
For long Rides: rub some uttlerly smooth on your inner thighs.
Practice Pace line riding and echelon riding for windy days.
Position yourself right behind or just beside the strong sprinters at the last 400m of the race draft as long as you can and don't full-out spring until you hit the 200m mark (saves strength and keeps you from peaking in you sprint.
Also Never, Never stop pedaling until after you pass the line!
Enjoy.
Practice Pace line riding and echelon riding for windy days.
Position yourself right behind or just beside the strong sprinters at the last 400m of the race draft as long as you can and don't full-out spring until you hit the 200m mark (saves strength and keeps you from peaking in you sprint.
Also Never, Never stop pedaling until after you pass the line!
Enjoy.
What you just said made absolutely no sense at all, first off, the job for water is to keep the body cool when it's trying to keep cool so using cool or cold water inherently lowers the body temperature and may give you a respite in the sweating. Simple thermodynamics.
You say that the body absorbs cold liquid faster then you say that it needs to use more energy to bring it back to body temp. That makes no sense at all. You're saying one thing and saying another at the same time. One person might interpret it to mean that they should drink water at room temp. Another might interpret to mean that they drink water cold. Think about it, you're outside on a hot day, you're not working out, you want warm water or cold water? 95 percent of the people in Tucson, AZ on a hot day will say, give me the bloody cold water!
Thomas Davis
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