If successful Roadriding was a 10 piece Jigsaw puzzle - what would you 10 pieces be?



Bigbananabike

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Hi.
I've been having some thoughts around jigsaws as life analogies(our 3 year old son is enjoying them so we've been helping him and buying more etc).

If we had 10 key parts to our road training / racing - what would they be?

It might help us to isolate the really important aspects - so the aspects on the extremes can get forgotten about, i.e. would a tyre that weighs 10 grams less than the tyre I already have matter?(no).

Fire away, Paul :)
 
Bigbananabike said:
Hi.
I've been having some thoughts around jigsaws as life analogies(our 3 year old son is enjoying them so we've been helping him and buying more etc).

If we had 10 key parts to our road training / racing - what would they be?

It might help us to isolate the really important aspects - so the aspects on the extremes can get forgotten about, i.e. would a tyre that weighs 10 grams less than the tyre I already have matter?(no).

Fire away, Paul :)

1. Enthusiasm/motivation. It's the key ingredient. Without it nothing else happens.
2. Determination...the ability to persevere when things get tough or go wrong.
3. Good genes.
4. A stable lifestyle that provides the time and resources for proper training.
5. A supportive family.
6. A sensible training plan.
7. A cycling organization or group of friends to train and race with.
8. Reliable, reasonably competitive equipment.
9. Good weather and terrain or the ability to travel to good weather and terrain.
10. Luck.
 
Global warming = more training days

Disposable water bottles = saves time

Cycling specific roads built through virgin rain forest

A fleet of Hummers (with leather seats) for support on the rain forest road

An endless supply of Milkduds and the supply chain to get them to you

Ivory to bribe the warloards controlling the indigenous peoples along the route, whom would like nothing more than to shrink your head and eat you.

A fleet of C-130s to spray the surrounding rain forest with DDT. Nothing can ruin a training program faster than a case of malaria.

Carbon nanotubes, lots of carbon nanotubes

Gatorade

Jeff Corwin
 
Xsmoker said:
Global warming = more training days

Disposable water bottles = saves time

Cycling specific roads built through virgin rain forest

A fleet of Hummers (with leather seats) for support on the rain forest road

An endless supply of Milkduds and the supply chain to get them to you

Ivory to bribe the warloards controlling the indigenous peoples along the route, whom would like nothing more than to shrink your head and eat you.

A fleet of C-130s to spray the surrounding rain forest with DDT. Nothing can ruin a training program faster than a case of malaria.

Carbon nanotubes, lots of carbon nanotubes

Gatorade

Jeff Corwin
I found that for longer rides the arctic fox fur padding works best, but that would make it #11 on the list.
 
Xsmoker said:
Global warming = more training days

Disposable water bottles = saves time

Cycling specific roads built through virgin rain forest

A fleet of Hummers (with leather seats) for support on the rain forest road

An endless supply of Milkduds and the supply chain to get them to you

Ivory to bribe the warloards controlling the indigenous peoples along the route, whom would like nothing more than to shrink your head and eat you.

A fleet of C-130s to spray the surrounding rain forest with DDT. Nothing can ruin a training program faster than a case of malaria.

Carbon nanotubes, lots of carbon nanotubes

Gatorade

Jeff Corwin
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Wow, are you sure you're not George W Bush posting - that 'screw the world' attitude has his feel to it.
 
1. Time

2. Kurt Kinetic Road Machine

3. Big Fan

4. Towel

5. Water/Raw Honey/Gatorade

6. MSM/HA/Vit C/Calcium Citrate/Vit D/Vita Lea

7. Coffee

8. Measurable Improvement

9. Riding buddy or group with slightly higher FTP than me

10. The latest tips from the Cycling Cyborgs on the forum
 
Bigbananabike said:
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Wow, are you sure you're not George W Bush posting - that 'screw the world' attitude has his feel to it.
No Al, I'm GWB. He's just plain old Jeff Corwin.
 

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