Originally Posted by
goingmissing
Lol, already CbadRider and beezaur have conflicting points. Beezaur said I could with regular cycling, just not as fast as intervals. And your saying there is no way. . . .
Riding a lot will improve your speed some, especially starting from scratch. I don't think CbadRider would refute that.
I'm not saying thet will increase your speed
a lot, just some. If you want large increases in speed, you have to ride fast. That means riding fast at first only for short times. That is more or less what an interval is: riding fast in bursts interspersed by rests at lower speeds. Hills do the same thing, but trading climbing effort for speed.
So, I think we are saying the same thing in different ways.
Could anyone link something reputable, maybe a journal article, or well-known cyclist?
@beezaur, the ride has 2 stop signs, and 1 stop light. That's it. Quite a bit of it is low-grade hill, so I'm thinking that should help get me in shape. Way back will definitely be faster though, as there is a rise in elevation along the way there, and a decrease on the way back.
And fair enough, theres not a big different between 25km/h and 30km/h. I was really just wondering if I would improve, however gradual the improvement might be, or if I had to do intervals for example to get my speed up.
Pushing it will make you improve. Doing intervals or hills will make you improve the fastest. By "hill" I mean something fairly steep, think two or three times walking speed or thereabouts with a hard effort.
There is a book, Time Crunched Cyclist, or something like that, which has had good reviews here.