Originally Posted by
hobkirk
According to some training books I'm reading (my best is just over 16, so I'm not an authority!), doing full-power short intervals once or twice a week is the best way to increase your speed. And high cadence is supposed to help (I'm a novice, I start to bounce above 104, but I averaged 90 RPM today - it seemed to help).
Exactly how do your intervals go? I may give it a try myself.
Back to the original poster:
Do you count warm-ups and cool-downs?
What kind of terrain do you ride?
Will Floyd Landis have anything to say about this?
I've broken the 15 MPH average speed barrier a few times (a racer I am not) which includes start to finish and stop lights, before I started Garmin-doping. However, I achieved those mind-boggling speeds by getting behind some diesel and hanging there for dear life.