Riding cues #3

24/03/26 15:12 Filed in: Riding

Many cyclists are only happy if they're going hard. The reality is that most of the time most people training are going way too hard. It makes you tired so you suffer for the rest of the day and suffer in the next training session (thereby not achieving what you hope to achieve in that session).

An easy ride should be so easy that you can sing while you are riding. I often talk about "the singing test" because a recovery ride should be ridden at the singing speed - slow enough that you can always have enough breath for a song. A zone 1 training ride then becomes the talking test. If you are unable to speak in whole sentences, then you are likely going too hard.

Think about those cues the next time you are training. Can you sing or talk? I'd bet not.

Michael Hanslip Coaching

If you want to go faster, you have to pedal harder

Riding cues #3