Re: Bicycle race training technique

On 2/12/2025 2:50 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:

On 2/12/2025 1:59 PM, Roger Merriman wrote:

Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com> wrote:

On Wed, 12 Feb 2025 04:36:08 -0500, Catrike Ryder
<Soloman@old.bikers.org> wrote:
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Riding among cars and trucks is likely to cause one to inhale CO.

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We were discussing testing for CO inhalation for better performance in
bicycle racing.  Bicycle races are normally not conducted in heavy
traffic.
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No though UK Time Trials are often on large roads, the fastest of them are
fast because of that ie getting drag from the passing traffic!
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These generally aren’t the sort of roads people normally go looking for a
leisure ride but for a race..
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Roger Merriman
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+1
When I was young the British TT records were all faster than
Olympic/World TT records.
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 To be fair I don’t think they are UCI? Or maybe that’s just the hill
climbers hence the 5KG or less bikes being used!
 Roger Merriman
 

UCI didn't have a bike weight rule then and TT distances are same or easily calculable for average speed across similar distances.
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