Originally Posted by
MrBearSir
My handling isn't too bad, but I have no experience with pack riding. Which I guess just occurred to me as being pretty key haha.
Would I gain these skills from club riding or something? Cause that's another problem of mine. I'm having a hard time finding a group to ride with.
Not to mention I'm afraid of that too haa
god im a wreck
Yeah, I'm going to have to agree...if you've never ridden in a pack you might not want to jump straight into a race.
I started riding in May of '05 with my first group ride in July of '05. I've been doing group rides ever since going with faster and faster groups. Some of the group rides were training rides where I was eventually dropped. Last year I did my longest ride yet...150 miles with nearly 8000ft of climbing.
Next weekend will be my first training crit and I'm stronger now than any previous year. Yesterday I did 4x5 minute intervals at 294w each; I'm sure there will be Cat 5 riders who are much stronger.
This should put things into some sort of perspective.