Originally Posted by
waterrockets
One thing I've done on my lunch SST group rides is to drop off the back until they are 20 seconds ahead of me. Then I bridge up, recover, repeat. They're moving around 20-21mph the whole time, so it's a quicker bridge than in a race.
yep - I don't have the success stories of attacking/bridging like you guys do, but I over last fall/winter I used to practice this in group rides when the group was moving at 20-22. I'd give them between 20" and 40" before hitting it hard as aero of a position as I could manage... it did great things for my legs and I was able to make the group rides a harder workout without annoying people by pulling all the time.
I wasn't able to translate the bridge/attacks into race form (I didn't get to race at all this last year) but I could feel the difference in my legs and I am sure that it would have made a difference.
I'll try again this winter for next spring.