Am i good enough to start training professional/seriously
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Fenix wrote:It's pretty serious to have a power meter after just 6 months of riding.
Just go for it and see where you get to. Even if you don't make it good enough to be professional you can enjoy it.
Many people buy them straight away now they're so easy to access. I bought one after 6 months or so 5 years ago when they cost a bit more. Arguably the best time to buy one is straight away. Wish I had.Blog on my first and now second season of proper riding/racing - www.firstseasonracing.com0 -
okgo wrote:Fenix wrote:It's pretty serious to have a power meter after just 6 months of riding.
Just go for it and see where you get to. Even if you don't make it good enough to be professional you can enjoy it.
Many people buy them straight away now they're so easy to access. I bought one after 6 months or so 5 years ago when they cost a bit more. Arguably the best time to buy one is straight away. Wish I had.
The difference between top level amateur (by that I mean elite) and bottom level pro isn't all that large in cycling here to be honest. And lots of pro's have been beaten in races by lots of amateurs.
However, what david said about rings true, someone from a UK pro team will be on small money, but the gap from them to someone at sky who gets in the team for the big races is generally pretty large (with a few exceptions) and there isn't any money in it until you are world tour, and ideally not just a domestique.
The gap is usually quite evident at the British National Road champs, its basically the world tour boys that end up riding away and fighting it out among themselves.Blog on my first and now second season of proper riding/racing - www.firstseasonracing.com0 -
The issue with trying to get as good as you could be is you need to put a huge amount of dedication into it to the extent you are putting other important things in life on hold for a couple of years.
There is nothing wrong with that so long as you realise there are lots of people chasing the dream. I know a guy that has given up a professional job so he can race as a UK pro and works p/t in a bike shop to make ends meet. I've known people go out to Italy and France to race when it was patently obvious the top end they might reach was cannon fodder for the better UK pros. I'm sure anyone that has been around bike racing a while will know people with the same stories.
As I say so long as your eyes remain open nothing wrong in it, we all have to do something to fill the day.[Castle Donington Ladies FC - going up in '22]0 -
Join a club.
get fitter
keep the weight down
drink less booze
target getting not just your FTP up but your 1minute/ 2 minute/ 3 minute etc power up. do hill reps. learn how to sprint.
I tried all of that and got bored.
good luck.0 -
How is it going OP? A few months on - still as keen?0
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cougie wrote:How is it going OP? A few months on - still as keen?
Doing a stage at Sky, I've heard...left the forum March 20230 -
Unless you aspire to be a professional footballist.voodooman wrote:I wouldn't know about cycling in all honesty but...
Any sport at pro level is a very hard game indeed and you need to be able to push yourself to the absolute max regularly, whilst also living life of relative denial (training, diet, rest & recuperation) compared to your mates. The difference in many sports between top level amateur and bottom rung pro is huge. And each step up from there is huge.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
cougie wrote:How is it going OP? A few months on - still as keen?
We'll probably never know - he's not logged-in for three months..0
