Originally Posted by KiddSisko

Funny! But seriously, the concept of adding weight to train for a race probably isn't a good idea. From what I understand about high performance intensity, a body's tolerance for pain during a max performance is regulated by the brain, and the brain is programmed by repetition. You don't want to give the brain any reason to have to recalculate as you're demanding max performance. Weight around ankles (or in a backpack), would change the calculation of all the subtle nerve impulses which feed to the brain. The same would apply to the training bike used, would it not? In other words, training on a 26 lb bike would not be the best idea if your race bike is 14 lbs. Perhaps a few lbs won't make much of a difference, but a 10 lb weight change might be enough for the brain to stumble. Any merit to this theory?