Tips from the Pros...

Cajun
Cajun Posts: 1,048
edited February 2008 in Road beginners
There is a FREE download of an eBook titled: " 29 Pro Cycling Secrets for Roadies" at
http://www.roadbikerider.com/index.htm You will have to register, but you will not receive any spam. The download is a composite of tips by various Pros to help cyclist.

PART 1: TECHNIQUES
Think like a climber … Greg LeMond
Optimum body weight … LeMond
Climbing tactics … LeMond
Climbing position … Bobby Julich
Climbing cadence and style … Julich
Sticking with the climbers … Julich
Riding in the rain … Ron Kiefel
Riding in the dirt … Kiefel
Adding variety to group rides … John Teaford
Sprinting … David Phinney
Raising your cadence … Craig Griffin
Pedaling in circles … LeMond
Getting an aero advantage … Andy Pruitt
Countersteering in corners … Phinney
Group riding skills … Jeanne Golay

PART 2: TRAINING
Planning the season … Tyler Hamilton
Time budgeting … Karen Kurreck
The 10-hour training week … Connie Carpenter Phinney
The key to Lance’s training … Chris Carmichael
Modern pro training … Dr. Max Testa
Training with weights … Testa
Speedwork for everyone … Pete Penseyres
Alternative to heart rate training … Dean Golich
Block training … Golich
Developing greater power … Carmichael
The importance of rest … Wolfram Lindner
Riding rollers for recovery … Lindner
On-bike recovery … Hamilton
Bonus! How NOT to lose weight
Cajun

Comments

  • Doobz
    Doobz Posts: 2,800
    nice one dude.. gives me something to read at work :)

    regards
    doobz
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  • phreak
    phreak Posts: 2,941
    Nice one :)
  • nolf
    nolf Posts: 1,287
    Yeah that's really interesting- thanks for the tip!

    I especially like the group ride suggestions- ride in a single pace line on a quiet road and the man at the back has to attack and go all the way to the front- repeat with every man at the back.

    Kind of like a reverse chaingang I guess.
    "I hold it true, what'er befall;
    I feel it, when I sorrow most;
    'Tis better to have loved and lost;
    Than never to have loved at all."

    Alfred Tennyson