Originally Posted by existence
ok lets pretend you were 25 (relatively new to road cycling) but not new to elite sport and you wanted to have a real serious 'crack' at the road cycling caper...where would you start in terms of a pathway to the top?
how would you play it? local cycling club first? which one? why? charity rides? can anyone help from that perspective? i know some of you guys (and girls) are a wealth of knowledge!!! please share

i know nothing


You need to hook up with Royale and go riding with him. He's nearly stopped hassling me to go riding with him now, and he's 26-7 and twice as fast as me anyway.
Then we could put you on a mountainbike and I'd be half-way towards putting an enduro team together!
Cunning plan, m'lud!