Gino,
Great advice. Probably implied in your first comment, but intervals
are critical to increasing speed and ability to deal with rapid
changes in pace in group rides/races. Even on organized century
rides/brevets etc, if you are getting dropped from a paceline it is
probably because you coukld
If I were to give advice, which I don't claim to be qualified to give,
I'd say do the following if you're looking to be faster:
1) train to ride fast. Shorter rides at higher intensity. Ride a lot. Hard.
2) light wheels and tires
3) ditch the big touring rack, and use it for camping/touring
4) use
on 4/26/10 9:10 AM, Darin G. at dbg...@mac.com wrote:
> Alright, this will probably sound un-Rivish,...please don't pick my
> bones over. I'm new to this type of bicycle.
>
> I need my commuter/tourer Sam to go faster, if possible. I have a
> slate of century rides and a 200 km brevet lined up
Up My Sam
To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com
Date: Monday, April 26, 2010, 12:17 PM
Don't know if it'll give you ~2mph , but I'd ditch the JB Blues. Either go
with Greens, or better yet Grand Bois Cypres 31s. Those are the nicest rolling
tires I even ever had the privile
Don't know if it'll give you ~2mph , but I'd ditch the JB Blues. Either go
with Greens, or better yet Grand Bois Cypres 31s. Those are the nicest
rolling tires I even ever had the privilege of using. I found them too
delicate for day in and day out use, but I think they would shine on the
events
Alright, this will probably sound un-Rivish,...please don't pick my
bones over. I'm new to this type of bicycle.
I need my commuter/tourer Sam to go faster, if possible. I have a
slate of century rides and a 200 km brevet lined up for the summer and
I'm being dropped by my riding companions who
