I reviewed the Obree Way last year, but it cost £30 (which was a bit pricey even for a good book.) But I see it’s available in paperback for £11.99 now. The Obree Way at Amazon.co.uk BTW: I follow Obree’s world speed record attempts with interest – blog at Cycling Weekley The Obree way is […]
Tag Archives | training
A Broken Pedal and A Happy New Year
A friend has recently got back into cycle cross after several years absence. He says he’s loving it, but the dire wet weather has contributed to a perennial sequence of mechanical failures. Rear derailleurs, chains, cranks – all have needed frequently changing in mud soaked Britain. I didn’t say anything, but I was feeling just […]
How Much Fitness is Lost from Winter Break?
Readers Question: Due to ice and work, I went three weeks without cycling and I seem to have slowed considerably in this time. I just got home and found that I was four minutes slower over a one-hour ride (very hilly). Maybe I could have gone slightly quicker, but this still seems a lot. In […]
Training in Richmond Park
Just last week, I was boasting about how mild the weather was – so it was only fitting I would spend all week, training indoors on the rollers. The temperature was pretty close to zero all week, so rather than risk the ice, I set up a little ipod player and pedalled away in the […]
How to Increase Average Speed Cycling?
Readers Question: I’m a commuter/leisure cyclist and I’m looking to getting into race fitness for a few sportives next year. I’ve never raced before and would like to know the best training methods to start increasing my fitness and speed. When I go out for a ride it’s usually only 20 miles and I ride […]
Normal Cycling for a Change
After a crazy couple of months preparing for the hill climb season, it was nice to return to being a ‘normal cyclist’ for a change. In the racing season, you seem to be either sprinting up hills until you can’t do any-more – or going out for one of those ‘boring’ recovery rides. Nice and […]
Turbo v Rollers
A turbo trainer is perhaps the easiest way to cycle stationary. Once fixed in, you should feel very stable. Rollers give quite a different experience. They are harder to get started and work more muscles. Essentially, if you want to do 100% max effort intervals – choose a turbo. If you want to spend quite […]
British Procycling Training Tips
Some training tips from Team Sky / British Cycling I’ve picked up from reading Cycling Weekly articles / interviews over past months and years. Some Training Principles Blocks of Three Days Often training is concentrated into blocks of three hard days, followed by one day of recovery, then another three days hard training. The recovery […]
Symptoms of Overtraining
Most very keen cyclist will have had those phases of trying to improve as quickly as they can. It is easy to be impatient and increase the intensity and duration of cycling too quickly; if you’re not careful this can lead to over-training. Though, I was given a clean bill of health following recent ‘chest […]
Tips for Recovery After Cycle Ride
(advanced recovery position) When we are training hard, we are stretching the muscles. Improvement comes when we allow the muscles to recover and grow stronger. Recovery is equally as important as the stress of training. After a particularly hard cycle ride, it’s tempting to shower, sit on the couch and stuff the closest and most […]
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Cat & Fiddle hill climb 2013
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Best Puncture Proof Tyres
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Cycling Rates by Country
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