I have recently joined my local cycling club on several of it's rides and have been pleased with certain aspects of my performance and less pleased with others. As a cyclist who is covering between 150- 200 miles a week spread out through the week i was interested to know how i would fare compared to riders in a more organised setting as before last month i had never ridden in formation at all and have enjoyed the cafe stops and workout i get during the ride.
Anyway to start with the good news. As im fairly light for my height i did better than i expected in climbing but found myself really lacking confidence and speed when descending. I would like to know if anyone has any advice on how to improve descending speed and confidence as i find that i tend to have to really push myself to catch up to the rest of the group after anything other than a short descent.
Anyway to start with the good news. As im fairly light for my height i did better than i expected in climbing but found myself really lacking confidence and speed when descending. I would like to know if anyone has any advice on how to improve descending speed and confidence as i find that i tend to have to really push myself to catch up to the rest of the group after anything other than a short descent.