Originally Posted by
Homebrew01
If you should be doing a recovery ride, why are you riding with a fast group ? Ride solo for 45 minutes at an easy pace.
I think he does the same thing I do. He goes out with the fast group on their recovery day. Today I did the recovery ride with my group, the average speed for the fastest 30 minutes of the ride was 25 mph, it was a great workout for me, conversational for them. I wondered why they call that a recovery ride until I did the fast ride and had a 29 mph average when I went off the back in 5 miles.
finsfree, what group do you ride with?
I used to get dropped at first and then found out not getting dropped consisted more of technique than power. Don't leave gaps, don't leave the draft, keep a high cadence to make it easier to close gaps that do open, ride in the drops, avoid being behind short people or small women. Now I can finish the rides with no problem with no actual training besides going out a few times a week and getting dropped for a while.