eldudino
Bike Fluffer
I met an old roadie at the weekend, former racer who was telling me all sorts of stories about racing on the continent and how things were done back then. He must have been in his late 60's at least and we got onto the topic of bikes. He said two things will make you significantly quicker: rider weight and the amount of time spent in the saddle. He said he'd never been fitter than in the early sixties when he was cycling to university in Edinburgh from Bathgate, around about 50 miles, 3 days a week, he also said without the rest days (Tues&Thurs) he wouldn't have been as good. We were sat in a cafe, about 25 miles from Glasgow and Stirling where each of us had come from, and he put away some pancakes and the biggest chocolate/raisin/nut bar I'd ever seen, and he told me himself he only weighs 53kgs! I'm sure if I'd have followed him he'd soon have lost me.