Complete noob roller help
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Hi, folks.
I've been cycling for 5 or 6 years, but my balance, comparatively speaking is still crap. Even with a good fit, I'm still less comfortable int e drops than I could be on steep descents, and you won't see me going hands-free while I make myself a four-course meal, like folks in the PBP. But I'm working on it.
Along the way, I've discovered the velodrome, and it's great. I even bought a set of rollers to help me work on balance and cadence through the winter, and I thought "I'll have to pay a lot more atention than I do on the CycleOps, where I can sleep through 100 miles..."
SO true. Like, way too much so. At this point, I have a hand on the wall pretty much the entire time, which is only maybe 90 seconds per shot. Once I get up to a decent cadence (maybe 85 rpm), it gets a little less squirrely, but not close to the point where I'd feel comfortable with both hands on the bars.
Do I just keep this up, and try to stay on a little bit longer each time, and maybe get my hand off the wall a little bit longer as well, until I'm eventually one of those folks at the track who bunny hops te bike up and starts hammering with no hands on the var someday? I'm totally OK with that, if it's the way to go. I really feel like even at my advanced age (48) for starting this, if I get the balance and funky fixed gear feel under control and hammer my squats and general cycling over the fall and winter, I can have some good Cat4 fun next season.
Thank you!
I've been cycling for 5 or 6 years, but my balance, comparatively speaking is still crap. Even with a good fit, I'm still less comfortable int e drops than I could be on steep descents, and you won't see me going hands-free while I make myself a four-course meal, like folks in the PBP. But I'm working on it.
Along the way, I've discovered the velodrome, and it's great. I even bought a set of rollers to help me work on balance and cadence through the winter, and I thought "I'll have to pay a lot more atention than I do on the CycleOps, where I can sleep through 100 miles..."
SO true. Like, way too much so. At this point, I have a hand on the wall pretty much the entire time, which is only maybe 90 seconds per shot. Once I get up to a decent cadence (maybe 85 rpm), it gets a little less squirrely, but not close to the point where I'd feel comfortable with both hands on the bars.
Do I just keep this up, and try to stay on a little bit longer each time, and maybe get my hand off the wall a little bit longer as well, until I'm eventually one of those folks at the track who bunny hops te bike up and starts hammering with no hands on the var someday? I'm totally OK with that, if it's the way to go. I really feel like even at my advanced age (48) for starting this, if I get the balance and funky fixed gear feel under control and hammer my squats and general cycling over the fall and winter, I can have some good Cat4 fun next season.
Thank you!