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Any racers here?
Just wondered really as there is very little mention of it in the forums. Seems to be a few people doing sportive's, tri-athlons, audax or time trials.
Personally I do a few club time trials in summer but besides being a bit slow don't think I fancy being in such close proximity to a lot of cat 4's going for the same space.
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Hadnt ridden in an 'elite' style bunch before highclere yesterday, 3 or 4 inches between wheels. For a newbie to that style of riding like me it was quite a nervous experience but the gain you get from being so close to those in front is incredible.
In my wilder moments I quite fancy it, but I'd have to get a lot fitter first, and the whole thing of riding in a bunch seems to me to be a bit fraught.
Tootling along trying to beat my own times is the way I'm going for the time being.
I have done one triathlon...I crashed on the bike part though. It was terrible weather, very wet and windy. I was going along just fine but the next thing I knew I was on the ground. This could be a factor in my nervousness about cycling on roads.
Will do more this year though.
I stick to time trials and triathlons. Having done the ride with dave yesterday where several elite riders were riding I can see the massive gulf between my 'enthusiastic' level and the level they are at. Will be doing the Castle combe duo's with dave at point this summer and longer triathlons but want to get into some road racing, looks fun!
i've raced a few crits round the park (quite a steep learning curve there), and a week-long thing in Germany, a dozen or more 'cross races and over 20 years of mtb racing which comes to more than a few
Hi Lantern Rouge,
Do you do any training as well? Aside from lack of talent the big reason I've never done any competitive cycling is lack of time for training.
I try and do a big ride (or race)on a Sunday if possible. Tuesday evening TT during the summer. Try and get out on Wednesday morning or Thursday evening if I'm not working. And during the winter go on the rollers or turbo trainer.
Hi there, I do the club TT's in the summer, and ride the LVRC races as well to keep fit. If I get dropped I just carry on riding round meet with the next bunch and join on the back of them. It's amazing how fit you can get just doing a few races.
Used to road race, time trials, track and mountain bike racing in my teens, following a rather nasty crash I now ride for fun and fitness.
me neither, although i am tempted by the races up at the castle combe race cicuit that (i think) chippenham wheelers do - if you get dropped you can coast round and pick up the group when you get lapped!
done a few duathlons up there too, and i'll be time trialling a bit this year. but nothing to trouble the scorers...
not me, the odd time trial is the limit of my racing ambitions and i'm too old to start now