Road Bike Training Winter

The cold winter months aren t exactly appealing riding conditions but you can t simply jump on your road bike in march.

Road bike training winter. Winter training to improve cycling performance is a bit of a necessary evil. Rather than risking your primary bike opt for. Adventure and gravel bikes are becoming increasingly common thanks to their wide tyres and. Crucially it s also a bike that you won t mind subjecting to those less than ideal conditions.

With a generous tyre clearance for better comfort and grip plus mudguard mounts these winter bikes will help to stave off the worst that winter has to throw at you. Weather and training demands dictate the properties of a winter bike. Winter bikes can really be anything. This week i discuss how a 76 year old woman trains for speed.

Your old road bike a cyclocross bike or even a mountain bike. Best winter road bike tyres 14 top rated road and gravel tyres for winter training and commuting the products mentioned in this article are selected or reviewed independently by our journalists. Next week i ll describe how a 62 year old man should train for climbing power. Elizabeth wicks just turned 76 trains for speed i ve been coaching.

Click here to s. Mudguards are its defining feature and wider winter tyres will offer improved comfort and puncture protection. It s a bike that will cope with wintry roads better than your best race or sportive machine. An adventure bike or gravel bike will certainly cope well with winter riding but will often lack the nimble ride feel of a bike built for the road.

Fat bikes are awesome but you don t necessarily need four inch tires to have a blast in the snow. Winter cycling can be rough on bikes though. By coach john hughes it depends on how much riding you did over the fall and what your objectives are.