All About Competitive Cycling : Training for Road Races in Competitive Cycling

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Riding your bike on hills is an important way to build your endurance and train for road races. Learn how to train for competitive cycling road races in this free educational sports video on bicycling.Expert: Sal Collura Contact: www.velotv.net Bio: Sal Collura has been racing bikes at the elite level for 20 years. He placed 5th overall in the Criterium rankings for the State of Oregon in 2007, and 3rd overall in 2006. Filmmaker: Sal Collura


25 Responses to “All About Competitive Cycling : Training for Road Races in Competitive Cycling”

  1. Anonymous says:

    ill send you some info

  2. Anonymous says:

    dont hit the hill as hard as you can you will blow out and suffer. the best thing to do is get spinning a low gear around 200 meters before the start and hold your cadence for as long as your can and try not to shift into a lower gear. get your pedaling in sync with breathing in out left right etc.

  3. Anonymous says:

    a track bike or a road bike?

  4. Anonymous says:

    you in missouri? i’d ride with you

  5. Anonymous says:

    specialized, giant, cannondale, orbea, look, felt….each of these has entry level bikes….from light weight aluminum to carbon fiber….pick you poison. I personally own a giant roadbike, and mountain bike…and also just picked up a full carbon mountain race bike….they all have their own special things these companies do to them, shoot me a message and i can help you from here if you need it

  6. Anonymous says:

    ill ride your ass too the ground.

  7. Anonymous says:

    Great ideas. Thanks.

  8. Anonymous says:

    Thank you very much. very good information. I’ll do what you said.

  9. Anonymous says:

    i really love cycling and im a little over weight and i really real,ly want to get into this at the moment i have a mountain bike but i need a race bike. pleae help me i do know know any good/bad manufacturers and im getting my bike for christmas. my money line is around £1200 max. and im 13 too im 5ft7 but the rate im growing il be about 5ft8/9 at chrsitmas . what do u recomend i do?

  10. Anonymous says:

    are you in baguio city po? :)

  11. Anonymous says:

    i got a orbea orca w/ campagnolo super record gruppo.. who wants to ride w/ me???

  12. Anonymous says:

    wanna ride w/ me??? im from the philippines

  13. Anonymous says:

    :O!!!!!!!!!! can i borrow it?

  14. Anonymous says:

    i have a top bike a trek madone 6.9 pro red 2009

    but u can get a good bike to start for a good price

  15. Anonymous says:

    What kind of a bike is it? Im looking to get into road racing but need a racing bike! I only have a commuter bike

  16. Anonymous says:

    anybody out there livin in the philippines? particularly baguio city? i need sumone to ride with and who can push me past my limits…hills here are crazy (up to 30% grade)! but i love it! :)

  17. Anonymous says:

    im not ridin

    im waiting for my new bike

    maybe arriving friday

    its killing me not riding all this time

  18. Anonymous says:

    I went 50 miles today in the mountains ( not hills ) for a time of 1 hour and 42 mins. This is right under 30 miles an hour. Anyone in the boone NC area let me know if you wanna make a team. I ride almost every single day

  19. Anonymous says:

    Come on down to Orange County in California and ride with Como Street. If you can make it here your doing it right.

  20. Anonymous says:

    Yesyerday I was out there in 107′ weather…

  21. Anonymous says:

    pasadena guy maybe we could go to the la marathon that be so cool

  22. Anonymous says:

    I just started too dude, I live in Los Angeles too. Let me know if your still looking for guys, I usually ride at Pasadena

  23. Anonymous says:

    i just started who want to make a team i live in los angeles….

  24. Anonymous says:

    i try to be good in runner and climber

    most of time i just train hills ;) i train 1.30 /2.00 hours every day ;)

    im 6 feet 3 and 168lbs who s a good weight between runner and climber

  25. Anonymous says:

    Good points. Not going uphill in a big big gear: That will just add bulk and/or give you knee pain. But, you should try and charge up the hill as rapidly as you can. This will also force you to pedal CONTINUOUSLY. I used to be a runner. And one thing about running, you have to keep it up constantly. (Unless you do “run/walk” to get into shape.) Cyclists, even if they don’t admit it, spend a lot of time coasting (sleeping.) Charging up hills forces them to work constantly.

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