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@Ed Yeah that does look like a good idea as my flexability has gone down hill badly. I'll try to get it done each night
@mikec I don't have any rollers sadly, that would be ideal at the moment. A friend of mine has an eliptical trainer which could have some carry-over. At least I could get my heart rate up at any time of the day. Would this be any good?
@pistaboy I went out for a ride today but I have recently moved to a very hilly area of surrey --- Godalming, near Guildford and not far from many of the good road cycling routes around Shere, Box HIll etc. The hills are killing me and I can't ride at a smooth pace, it's max efforts going up, near death recovery in the drops freewheeling on the way down (well, once I've been riding for a bit) and a bit of smooth riding in between.
I'm in a great place for road cycling so I need to get back to using it before I'm back in London in September. Would I be better off going steady on an elliptical trainer or hitting the hills on my road bike? There are some routes where I can ride on flatter sections of road but the backroutes in this are a great for cycling and so free from the annoyance of cars. I'm guessing anything on the bike will be better but I can really get some controled training done on the elliptical jobby --- long steady mixed with sprint intervals. Damn I wish I'd bought rollers a few months back when I was considering it...