Hi everyone...
After about a 3 year break in cycling, I am getting back into the sport. My training schedule at the moment consists of 80-150 miles of riding per week. I can usualy maintain an average speed of 18-20 mph when riding by myself and the few times I've ridden in a group I can maintain an average speed of 22-26 mph. I haven't worked on my sprinting very much since I'm still early in my training, but the few times I've checked I can get up to ~35mph. I used to race mountain bikes 4-5 years ago, I mainly competed in the sport class. I would like to start road racing next year but am not sure what category I should start in? What are the average course lengths for various catagories? And what speed do the different cat groups normaly ride at?
Any help and/or advice is much appreciated
After about a 3 year break in cycling, I am getting back into the sport. My training schedule at the moment consists of 80-150 miles of riding per week. I can usualy maintain an average speed of 18-20 mph when riding by myself and the few times I've ridden in a group I can maintain an average speed of 22-26 mph. I haven't worked on my sprinting very much since I'm still early in my training, but the few times I've checked I can get up to ~35mph. I used to race mountain bikes 4-5 years ago, I mainly competed in the sport class. I would like to start road racing next year but am not sure what category I should start in? What are the average course lengths for various catagories? And what speed do the different cat groups normaly ride at?
Any help and/or advice is much appreciated