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williswillis
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Hi
Starting to get keen on road cycling, used to do a fair bit of mountain biking and have reasonable experience on the road.......
To start racing, how good do you have to be? :P
For example, what sort of average speed would you need to keep up on say.. a 50 mile route? etc
Also, any tips regarding training and general beginner stuff would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Starting to get keen on road cycling, used to do a fair bit of mountain biking and have reasonable experience on the road.......
To start racing, how good do you have to be? :P
For example, what sort of average speed would you need to keep up on say.. a 50 mile route? etc
Also, any tips regarding training and general beginner stuff would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

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If you do a fair bit of MTBing then aim for an average of 26mph0
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Also, is 19 too late for thinking seriously about road racing?0
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No 19 is not too old. Also, for a 50 mile road race average speeds are likely to be about 22 to 25 mph. But if you stay in the peloton, for 25% of the time you will be doing zero work, and for a good proportion of the rest of the time you will not be flat out, but drafting.0
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Sweet, cheers for the message.
how many hours/miles would need to be put in per week for training?0 -
williswillis wrote:Sweet, cheers for the message.
how many hours/miles would need to be put in per week for training?
2 hours of quality intervals will be better than 12 hours of junk miles - how long is a piece of string?
Get to a club and try yourself out on club runs - you'll soon find out if you are good enough to race.0