Will mountain biking help

andrew@snowrace

Hello I am currently training for a couple of road challenges but am getting a little board of the turbo. Would a good workout off road be of simillar benifit not seen this on here or other forums so very keen to find out if this variation is a goer or not. Andy

sub55

Well get off the turbo and get on the road then.
I see your in Abergavenny, its not exactly the arctic out there today.
Fundamentally, any form of physical exertion is going to be better than lounging around eating cake .
However, if your challenge is riding a road bike on the road ,the best form of training is going to be riding a road bike on the road.

GiantMike

andrew@snowrace wrote:

Hello I am currently training for a couple of road challenges but am getting a little board of the turbo. Would a good workout off road be of simillar benifit not seen this on here or other forums so very keen to find out if this variation is a goer or not. Andy

MTBing will help as long as you work as hard as you would on the road. It's easy to spend a lot of time coasting/descending on a MTB.

Whenever I ride my MTB I try to use the climbs as hard intervals and the descents as recovery. Most MTBers use the descents as fun and the climbs as a slow laborious way of getting to the fun bit again.

What road challenges are you training for?

amaferanga

Most of my training this winter has been on the turbo, but this is now the second week when all of my training has been on the road. If you can get away from work at 5pm then you can get a good ride in before it even gets dark and its been mostly pretty mild of late for this time of year. 14 odd degrees predicted for the next few days so no excuse not to be out. Early morning rides are also a good way to get the miles in - I've been out at 7am a couple of times this week.

andrew@snowrace

Thanks for the advice folks reading between the lines I am going to have to push quite hard and lock out my granny cog if I want to use a bit of off road for variation in my preperation. Will try a 50 miler this weekend I'll take the heart monitor and try to stick to 160 or so. Andy