Road Bike Racing - help with off season choice
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bad_mojo
09-19-08, 05:49 PM
Which of these two would be better for off-season training?
An entry-level cyclocross bike
or
A power-tap.
Opinions? There are three cross races a week here -- two informal ones on weeknights and one on saturdays.
CycloCross - the technique/skills will serve you well back on the road, plus you get to race through the winter pressure free
Then next year get the PT, if it still seems important enough
daytonian
09-19-08, 07:00 PM
CycloCross - the technique/skills will serve you well back on the road, plus you get to race through the winter pressure free
Then next year get the PT, if it still seems important enough
not even close
get the p-tap with cyclingpeaks and use them now to get training focused.
king-tony
09-19-08, 07:40 PM
Power Tap. Cross is certainly good for conditioning, but you would mainly be doing base over the next few months and cross is not what I would call steady state training. PT can be used year round to help your performance and racing.
Niether. Get a fixed gear and ride it all winter.
I vote Powertap. You can figure out your weaknesses in the offseason and try to improve them through specific power training.
powertap. you'll need all winter to figure out how to use it properly.;)
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