uva0224 wrote:
I suck on the bike. 56m should take me 3hours on a good day.
Is there any tip/training plan to move me to 20 mph club in 2 month.
I have about 6-8 hours to spend in the bike every week...
Can't believe nobody has mentioned optimizing setup, and since you didn't mention if you have picked all the fruit off that tree...
1. You likely need to improve your position on the bike, and your ability to hold said position. 2 months is fairly reasonable for this. Find the fitter in your area who can get this done. (0.5-1+ mph?)
2. Race kit--find the aerosuit thread. Tight, non-wrinkling fabric is your friend. (0-1 mph)
3. Aero helmet. Many good options, but hard to tell what's optimal. But most likely beat the pants off of standard helmets. (0-1 mph)
4. Tires--Just get the Conti 4000S. Yes, they're expensive. Even if you use butyl tubes because it's hard to install latex correctly (apologies for insulting the cycling gods), you probably see a modest boost over most of the training tires out there. (0.5 mph)
5. Front wheel--get a deep front wheel. Heck, there are some stealth-aero front wheels that aren't deep like the HED Belgium C2+, you probably aren't giving up much over 40k to much deeper rims if you believe the data from the flo cycling guys; but it's hella faster than the box rims that come stock. I think Dan even wrote an article about this years ago. (0-0.5 mph)
And train. 6-8 h/wk is a good chunk, and you should be able to see good improvement off that. I'll defer to the coaches on the best ways to apportion your time for workouts. I'm guessing it'll be ride alot, mostly steady, sometimes hard.
Now you'll be going 22 mph. G'luck -J
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