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 not cope wityh a change in pace.
Good luck and have fun. Intervals can suck, but they can also make short boring rides much more palatable (like to the grocery store and back...) Tarik On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Gino Zahnd <ginoza...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 a lighter wide-range compact double > 5) if you live where it doesn't rain in the summer (like we do in > California), ditch the fenders for the summer. > 6) save a quarter pound(er) on a Ti B17 > > But really, ride. And sportier wheels. And no huge touring rack. > > Go! > > > On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 9:10 AM, Darin G. <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 for the summer and >> I'm being dropped by my riding companions who are significantly less >> fit and heavier than I am, but are riding zippy road bikes (including >> my old Roubaix). I'm about 1.5 to 3 mph slower over the same course >> than I was on "road bike." I've never been a racer but I really don't >> want my centuries to take 7 hours and I don't think I can make up the >> difference with pure horsepower. I'm planning on a second bike to >> take on this duty, but that will be at least a year away. >> >> So, where would this group look to speed up my Sam? Wheels? Tires? >> I'm riding 36 spoke wheels with Jack Brown Blues. And if it just >> can't be done, tell me so and I'll practice smelling the flowers until >> I can come up with the appropriate tool for the described job. >> >> D.G. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Tarik Saleh tas at tariksaleh dot com in los alamos, po box 208, 87544 http://tariksaleh.com all sorts of bikes blog: http://tsaleh.blogspot.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
