ejd_mil wrote:
Adult onset cyclist here. My bike handling skills (esp descending and managing rough roads) are lagging my cyclr fitness by a healthy margin. Furthermore, My confidence has taken very big step backs after my first and second bike accident (second one involving several nights in the ICU).
For those of you that had relatively modest bike handling skills and/or bike confidence, how did you go about improving? What worked? What didn't ?
Thanks
Had a Mexican teammate that ultimately lost his spot on the team because he couldn’t descend well enough to stay with us on group rides or the break away in major races. The team directors had said if they had a world tour budget they would have paid for him to ride in the back of a moto through the mountains to get a feel for it. I always imagined poor Luis strapped to the back of a moto GP bike as they flew down some pass in Colorado. Anyway if you know anyone that you trust with a moto that might be an option to try.