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training on a mountain bike vs racing bike


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Presies Amoryns. Die fiets is swaarder en jy word sterker.

 

Nogtans' date=' vind ek dit snaaks dat Shane van 'n mtb na 'n "road bike" wil gaan. Meestal is dit die omkeer.

 
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Yup.....

Deamon said it too.  The top MTB dudes all do their training on the road.  Ask any "good" mountainbiker......http://s3.amazonaws.com/advrider/peepwall.gif 

 

Road makes you stronger and faster.
MTB makes you slow.

 

 

 

 
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Floyd wasn't a world Champ' date=' he was a bloody good Mtb'er however. It was the Chicken (Mickael Rasmussen)?that was World Champ in '99, also Cadel Evans, phenomenal Mtb'er, in fact there are quite a few of them in the pro-tour.[/quote']

 

 

 

smiley9.gif Ag skies man, some says tamytoe some says tamatoe, same difference.

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That said' date=' the two makes great cross training for each other. Go have a look at the top XC racers they all do alot of distance training on roadbikes.
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Floyd Landis was Mtb world champ, i think. and that other valverde dude also comes from a mtb background. sure theres a few more.


Micheal Rasmussen as well. Both are great for training find a balance as to what works for you and go for it.

 

Hmm... remember Rasmussen's TT in the TdF last year? Not much of his MTB skill on show there!
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Last year I decided to buy a MTB and do my base offroad. What a f*up, It made me as slow as Sias on the Minki thread.

 

If you are a roadie, you can use the MTB for LSD, but don't do your base in the bush, it does not work
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Yeah it's quite weird, when you ride on the Mtb you tend to ride harder than on the road but it's just a sustained output whereas for road racing you need to be able to develop rapid spikes in speed which you don't really get off-road? Well that's how I see it?

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I ride my MTB around the suburb during the week as its easier to jump onto the pavement to avoid the cars!!

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CAADman, I agree - a roadbike just can't get out of a taxi's way fast enough.

 

I have to spend at least SOME time on the raodbike, though ... otherwise my back gets sore; the geometry differs too much :-(

 

 

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