Rollapaluza BHM 2012 Thurs 23rd Feb

Feb.

What time of the year are we looking at Rapsac?

get training PB

^ He's got plenty of time, it'll be a great way to disburse the hog fest that is Christmas. Get on the turbo and do intervals including 23 second sprints in a low gear and you will see an improvement.

I have held 180rpm for a minute, is this acceptable or do I need to go faster?

says a previous Rollapaluza winner.

My leg speed is shocking at the moment.

I have held 180rpm for a minute, is this acceptable or do I need to go faster?

No and yes, respectively.

The races are not a minute long and the winners average around 200-220 depending on how fast they are.

Hmmm I will test the leg speed over 30 seconds, I reckon I can do 252.75 on my rollers

That puts you squarely in pro territory, the highest we have event had is 247rpm* and that was Matt Crampton. Craig Maclean, Chris Hoy, Pete Mitchell, Matt Rotherham and a whole host of others haven't managed to reach Crampton's maximum.

I'm not saying you can't/won't but if you do you are in the very top percentile of cycling athletes that have been on our rollers.

Test your legs over 20s not 30s, if you can maintain that high a cadence you will cover 500m in a lot less than 30s.

*on average for 500m

Sounds like pastry's gonna own this time. Think I'll frock up and enter the girls competition instead

Sounds like pastry's gonna own this time. Think I'll frock up and enter the girls competition instead

Dude let's be realistic here, it's unlikely that I'll even turn up

Do a few sessions on the rollers though and see what difference it makes, I went from mid pack to very fast through by doing short intervals on a turbo. I can get it back* fairly quickly too with a week or two's worth of TT sessions.

• Not at the moment as I am recovering from a discectomy op & I can barely walk let alone cycle yet.........soon though.
  

Everyone forgetting about me and Tom being the dark horses in this last time?

You'll still be bitching about your injuries in Feb mate ;)

I'm already back on my bike boyo!

Do a few sessions on the rollers though and see what difference it makes, I went from mid pack to very fast through by doing short intervals on a turbo. I can get it back* fairly quickly too with a week or two's worth of TT sessions.

• Not at the moment as I am recovering from a discectomy op & I can barely walk let alone cycle yet.........soon though.
  

I normally do 30sec spins as fast as possible on the rollers during the race season, not really a normal part of my training and I'm not sure if it gives much benefit for racing, but it's just something else to do. Haven't actually measured my cadence though. Might train a bit and give it a go - would be interesting to see if I do alright given that I never trained for any roller race I've done.

That is generally why Trackies and BMX riders do well at our events, they (over) train their cadence as it affects their racing.

The GB track team have what they refer to as a clown bike which has 100mm cranks which they use to over train their cadence. Chris Hoy had the record on that a couple of years ago with a peak of 311 and all the top sprinters peak at over 300, which is far more than they ever get to in a race.

fockinell

s'zakly what I thought....

Please don't do it on a Thursday again! I don't wanna come straight from football!

ennit, friday or saturday night, get the weekend crowd watching

get a flyer up I will spam it to the local cycling clubs and push hard for some riders to attend

Could this be the long awaited showdown between Pistaboy and Pastry Lover?

get a flyer up I will spam it to the local cycling clubs and push hard for some riders to attend

i spammed the halesowen for the last one, and nobody even showed the slightest interest!