What has helped your cycling improve the most?

[Snugglebum]

The question is a bit backwards for me. Nothing has helped improve my cycling other than more cycling!

But cycling enriches me loads. It encourages me not to smoke (perpetual ex smoker these last two years). Ensures I'm active every single day no matter what. It's great for my reflexes and general awareness.

And the more I do it, the better I am at doing it.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Losing over 8 stone, turbo trainers, joining a club, mixing disciplines(I MTB and ride CX, occasionally race) and my garmin

 

[windyrider]

Decent indoor trainer, a proper coach, diet, bikes, decent clothing, French cycling club, learning French :-), Mountains do not forget mountains and riding definitely riding the bikes, riding them quite a lot. Bugger missed out coffee. Music that's essential, what turbo session would work without music ??

 

[ColinJ]

Losing 4.5 stone in weight and riding regularly. Weight is very important on my rides because they nearly all feature thousands of feet of climbing, some very steep.

 

[tyred]

Learning to ignore the cycle computer and all other facts and figures and just riding my bike if, when and how I liked certainly improved my cycling enjoyment.

 

[Bollo]

Learning to ignore the cycle computer and all other facts and figures and just riding my bike if, when and how I liked certainly improved my cycling enjoyment.

Getting all into the numbers and paying slavish attention to the cycle computer

 

[tyred]

Getting all into the numbers and paying slavish attention to the cycle computer

Well, whatever makes you happy. Now get back to playing with spreadsheets!

 

[Bollo]

Well, whatever makes you happy. Now get back to playing with spreadsheets!

Speadsheets!? Good god man, it's not 1997!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I didn't know there was anything wrong with my cycling until I started to read CC

 

[PaulSecteur]

Breathing.

I used to breath at the top of my lungs - sort of keeping them full and only exhaling as much as I thought I needed.

Now I make sure I exhale as much as I can and the inhale looks after itself.

 

[ayceejay]

8 stone is 112 lbs how is it possible to lose that much without having something, like a leg removed?

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

8 stone is 112 lbs how is it possible to lose that much without having something, like a leg removed?

Penis reduction

 

[ColinJ]

8 stone is 112 lbs how is it possible to lose that much without having something, like a leg removed?

By starting off at least 8 stone overweight?

I have lost well over 4 stone and intend to lose another stone so that would be about 5 in total and there are lots of people much fatter than I was!

 

[ayceejay]

This is taking the thread off topic but I have 20 lbs in excess weight and hardly any of that is willy
I lose three pounds and then put it back on again so how do/did you do it? Should I start another thread?

 

[LocalLad]

This is taking the thread off topic but I have 20 lbs in excess weight and hardly any of that is willy
I lose three pounds and then put it back on again so how do/did you do it? Should I start another thread?

Do you really have that as excess? The reason I ask is that the heavier you are, the easier it is to lose weight. If you were 10St over weight, bet it would drop off you, but if that's all you have, you might struggle