Comments on: Biggerexia http://ride.forgecycle.com/2012/07/25/biggerexia/ Just Keep Pedaling Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:09:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: amewhaAdam http://ride.forgecycle.com/2012/07/25/biggerexia/#comment-522 amewhaAdam Thu, 26 Jul 2012 12:52:00 +0000 http://ride.forgecycle.com/?p=33#comment-522 One other thing about this year’s Tour, specifically about the Sky team was a comment that was made during the race that they (Sky) raised (had?) enough money to have the entire team fully train at high altitudes and climbs in the same program that normally only the leader, and maybe his lieutenant would go though. I found that very interesting and it explained some of why the Sky team seemed to always have 4 or 5 riders along the front even in mountain stages. I wonder if more teams will look to do this, and if we might see more young riders that would not otherwise get to see this training turn into world class bike riders.

On the side of performance, after riding home in two consecutive massive headwinds in the past two days I think it is time to retire my current biking jacket. The flapping, sail like qualities of a jacket large enough that it still fit pretty well when I was up at 240lbs felt like it was dragging me to a stop. I think it is time to take a trip to MEC and find something a little more form fitting. (But not Lycra shorts form fitting). Hopefully they still come in fluorescent lime-green as they should, (The proper colour for biking jackets, not fire engines)

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