Fat Birds Guide to Road Riding Techniques

By SheCycles

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Welcome to the Fat Birds Road Riding Techniques series, a four part series or articles to help you ride your road bike faster, smoother and better. Useful information for riders who ride on the road and want to ride in a group, learn to paceline and ride through-and-off or learn some race tactics.

We've got useful tips from the Fat Birds Women's race team too, the first article in the series is how to Ride in a group followed by number 2 on how to ride "through and off", making the right gear selection and cadence. Next up is article number 3, about how to climb and descend better.

Article 4 in the series will follow shortly, so stay posted to www.shecycles.com for more fun and speed on the road!

Click here for more information about the Fat Birds Team.

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Lisa Jarvis

Posted: 21/06/07 23:55:14 14

Hiya ive only been seriously riding for around 4-5 months road riding that is. Im just wondered does sprinting improve with time, cause i dont feel like i have the power or energy to sprint hard and if i do attempt it i run out of energy very quickly, and take ages to recouperate back to a good pace. Any advice for training would be appreciated.

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