I agree with Grey the Wednesday night rides last year were very helpful, you can go at a faster pace and still be safe. Randy
On Feb 4, 3:09 pm, "Oak City Homes" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you foolishly subscribed to the Gyro email group. To post useless drivel to this group, send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] We love reading 3000 line messages so please don't bother trimming your replies. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
