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How to improve?
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Hopefully
pawl
Legendary Member
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- Desford Leicestershire
Good advice from booze and cake you won’t go far wrong
Just don’t drink to much booze or cake.
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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- Inside my skull
Where are you based, India?
Hungary
You friend has been cycling for a lot more than a month, though, yes?
You're doing great if you can already manage a couple of 30km rides per week after only a month's experience. Just keep riding and be patient, and the improvements in distance will come. Also, have a good rest from time to time - and I mean a full week. It's while you're resting that your muscles are rebuilding their tissues and improving in strength and efficiency, and that process will be held back if you keep riding without allowing enough rest - especially during your early days.
Speed and distance come with time. I was cycling for six months before I could start to significantly increase the distance that I was able to ride. Mountain bikes are also much harder work than a road bike, but that means you get fitter quicker.
The best advice I can give you is to ride little and often, if you live close enough to work/school to ride there during summer that's a great way to build up. Add in a couple of longer rides each week and you'll be surprised how things improve.
Don't forget to rest though, that's when your body adapts to what you've been asking it to do, if you don't rest, you just get over-tired, and then you will have trouble riding at all.
The best advice I can give you is to ride little and often, if you live close enough to work/school to ride there during summer that's a great way to build up. Add in a couple of longer rides each week and you'll be surprised how things improve.
Don't forget to rest though, that's when your body adapts to what you've been asking it to do, if you don't rest, you just get over-tired, and then you will have trouble riding at all.
derrick
The Glue that binds us together.
- Location
- On the edge of London
Find like minded people to ride with, Always nicer to ride with freinds.
Illaveago
Guru
- Location
- Chippenham,Wiltshire.
Wide bars , knobly tyres, and rough road surfaces can have an effect on your performance. Also check that you haven't got brakes that are binding or a slight buckle in your wheels. Lift your bike off the ground one wheel at a time to see if they spin freely and for how long .
