Originally Posted by
fietsbob
ride with a fast group, paceline, dont fall off the back.. the people in front of you will leave a wind shadow to save work .
This i will agree with in part. find a group; i find that i never ride as fast as i can for a sustained amount of time when i am on my own, but when i am with a group of riders who are just a bit faster than myself i find that i ride faster for longer periods of time than i thought i could. this has been proven many times through research in psychology, want to go faster, ride next to someone.