mattobrien
Guru
- Location
- Sunny Suffolk
I do very little in the way of unstructured cycling with the vast majority of my riding being training sessions. Depending on the session and weather I will take different bikes. When training on the road ine of the biggest factors that helps me is having electric gears. It makes changes quicker and more accurate and means I can better hit my target power numbers.
the only bike I train on without electric gears is my Cervelo P2, although being a TT bike it is lever shift rather than a road brifter so it is pretty precise. The P2 is a much slower bike than my P5 and that is largely down to aero and tyres used. I don’t have racing tyres in my training bike. The other factor that would make my P2 quicker is a bigger chainring, it’s currently on a 52 and I’d quite like to change to a 56. The P5 has a 58 and 60 depending on course that I’m riding on.
the only bike I train on without electric gears is my Cervelo P2, although being a TT bike it is lever shift rather than a road brifter so it is pretty precise. The P2 is a much slower bike than my P5 and that is largely down to aero and tyres used. I don’t have racing tyres in my training bike. The other factor that would make my P2 quicker is a bigger chainring, it’s currently on a 52 and I’d quite like to change to a 56. The P5 has a 58 and 60 depending on course that I’m riding on.