A nice reply back from an experienced rider. Many of these things Andy has
been echoing to us for some time now on some of our "training rides".
----- Original Message -----
From: "Diana Conn" <[email protected]>
To: "'Oak City Homes'" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:57 AM
Subject: RE: [Gyros: 12296] Group Riding
> OMG....this is killing me. I think I busted a gut. I expect some
> improvement when I do this ride again.------ The trick is NOT to keep the
> same speed, but to keep the same EFFORT
>
> "Steady" and "Tempo" - Back in the day ('76-'79) when we had evening
> training sessions at the Velodrome, we learned quickly what those two
> words
> meant. If you were at the front of a pace line and you heard Jack Simes'
> uttering one of those words, it meant that you were not keeping the same
> pace that the pace line had been moving at. "Steady" meant that you were
> picking the pace up too quickly (keep it steady) and "Tempo" meant that
> you
> were slowing down (pick up the tempo). Either one causes problems for the
> pace line. A steady pace helps keep things together. It works the same way
> on the road. Surging or inconsistent pace will shatter a pace line. The
> trick is NOT to keep the same speed, but to keep the same EFFORT. Knowing
> what that effort is as the pace line rolls up and down hills and is
> subjected to changes in wind direction and intensity is an acquired art,
> but
> there are a few tricks to learning how to do it. The effort to keep a
> steady
> pace increases as you reach the front, but as long as the grade and wind
> doesn't change, you just need to keep the same cadence once you are at the
> front. Just before you get back to the front, note your cadence and try to
> keep it up during your short time at the front. As you pull off, shift
> down
> one gear but keep the same cadence. This will start you back in the line
> but
> keep your legs from loading up. If the wind direction or grade change, try
> to feel for the pressure on the soles of your feet and in your quads as
> you
> try to gage the effort. You can use muscle feel as you would in finding
> the
> "pocket" as you try to keep it steady.
>
> Diana
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oak City Homes [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 04, 2009 11:53 AM
> To: David LeDuc; Diana Conn
> Subject: Fw: [Gyros: 12296] Group Riding
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tony" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 2:31 PM
> Subject: [Gyros: 12296] Group Riding
>
>
>>
>> Good info just to reinforce what we try to do on our all rides.
>>
>> http://www.spectrum-cycles.com/67.htm
>>
>> We can all learn from this.
>>
>> Don't forget that we have "Riding the Paceline" on the Training page of
>> our
>> website too.
>>
>> (Thanks Rob for sending this).
>> Tony
>>
>>
>> >>
>>
>
>
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