Mountain Biking

[Rockram]

Heard the ride was nice.They got some rain too cool down also.

Personally I enjoyed last year's route more.

[richiepooh]

When is the next ride?

[VexXx Dogg]

Ride was nice. That rain was a tease tho. Soaked me down and then the sun came back with a vengence. Hate riding with soggy shoes

Last year was more bush and more hills. Guess they made it a little easier.

The next big ride is in 2 weeks or so. T
The pride of paria. Not CSCC, but another club. It's 100k from paria suites and makes a huge loop through point and the southern peninsula. Lots of hillclimbs. Never did it, but I don't have the time for that whole day ride on that Sunday.

[TurboSingh12]

When is the next ride?

On the 13th October from Paria Suit from 7am

[ismithx]

Ride was nice man. I cap out in grande because my thighs started to cramp, that's the first time in my life I've had a muscle cramp. That was like 65/80km.

[VexXx Dogg]

Ride was nice man. I cap out in grande because my thighs started to cramp, that's the first time in my life I've had a muscle cramp. That was like 65/80km.

Well done! dsi you'll finish next time

[ismithx]

Thanks! Waterloo to grande is actually a long distance even if you driving if you study it

[TurboSingh12]

Ride was nice man. I cap out in grande because my thighs started to cramp, that's the first time in my life I've had a muscle cramp. That was like 65/80km.

Saw in a video someone fell off his bike catching cramps.Was that you?

[ismithx]

Ride was nice man. I cap out in grande because my thighs started to cramp, that's the first time in my life I've had a muscle cramp. That was like 65/80km.

Saw in a video someone fell off his bike catching cramps.Was that you?

Nah that was someone else, I was still able to get off gracefully before I ran out of steam

[Redman]

I have nothing but respect for allyuh fellas.
Allyuhismadmantho

[De Dragon]

I have nothing but respect for allyuh fellas.
Allyuhismadmantho

Maybe if you trained a bit more, you too could be "mad" too?

[PariaMan]

Mount St Catherine. A true mountain stage

[Redman]

I have nothing but respect for allyuh fellas.
Allyuhismadmantho

Maybe if you trained a bit more, you too could be "mad" too?

Im making my way back to 20k a day Im at 15 -thats mad enough for now

[VexXx Dogg]

I have nothing but respect for allyuh fellas.
Allyuhismadmantho

Maybe if you trained a bit more, you too could be "mad" too?

Im making my way back to 20k a day Im at 15 -thats mad enough for now

Little by little bro.
Don't let ego or other people's opinions drive you. Push yourself and have fun.

That's why I mostly ride solo. Few exceptions. I enjoy my own company more than the dick measuring contest that seems to happen with most groups

[Redman]

Thx man,

Im into the kettlebells - that is the priority this year-Im trying to own the 88.
The riding keeps the cardio in play and breaks the monotony

[De Dragon]

I have nothing but respect for allyuh fellas.
Allyuhismadmantho

Maybe if you trained a bit more, you too could be "mad" too?

Im making my way back to 20k a day Im at 15 -thats mad enough for now

Miles, or km's?

[Redman]

Aiming for 20Km.

[De Dragon]

Aiming for 20Km.

That's not bad IF you're riding everyday.

[Redman]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

[originalbling]

A small TTO team took part in the Caribbean Championship of Mountain Bike in the Dominican Republic this weekend gone.

Small vid of part of one trail, this was in the Constanza Hills at an elevation of about 1,200m

[VexXx Dogg]

A small TTO team took part in the Caribbean Championship of Mountain Bike in the Dominican Republic this weekend gone.

Small vid of part of one trail, this was in the Constanza Hills at an elevation of about 1,200m

Them folks have REALLLLL COJONES. Glad we had a contingent, how did team TTO do?

[zoom rader]

These are the photos from DR wirh the TT team

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[zoom rader]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

You need to ride at least 5 days a week if you want to get fit.
Use small gears learn to spin 90+ rpm ,never push. Start by doing endurance base easy rides, don't ride to tire yourself.
You should ride where you can hold a conversation with another rider and not get out of breath.
Aim to ride around 1.5 hrs a day and on weekends do 1.5 to 2.5 hr rides.

In cycling you go by time and not by miles. Cause you made ride 12 miles in an hr today but as you get fit you can easily do 20 miles in one hour.

If you can ride 25 plus miles in an hour, see me cause you can win the national road 40km time trial title.

[VexXx Dogg]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

You need to ride at least 5 days a week if you want to get fit.
Use small gears learn to spin 90+ rpm ,never push. Start by doing endurance base easy rides, don't ride to tire yourself.
You should ride where you can hold a conversation with another rider and not get out of breath.
Aim to ride around 1.5 hrs a day and on weekends do 1.5 to 2.5 hr rides.

In cycling you go by time and not by miles. Cause you made ride 12 miles in an hr today but as you get fit you can easily do 20 miles in one hour.

If you can ride 25 plus miles in an hour, see me cause you can win the national road 40km time trial title.

Zoomie you're a cyclist?
well gawddamn.

Agreed. I used to average 15-17kph on rides, that crept up to 20-22, (MTB) now I'm floating between 26-29. (Gravelbike)
That's on endurance rides for 3.5-4.5 hrs
If I ever switch to a full blow roadbike with 26c tires, I feel I could maintain mid 30's.

So far my fastest over mostly flat terrain was 30km in 1 hour flat. That's a little road circuit down by me - waterloo to couva twice

[zoom rader]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

You need to ride at least 5 days a week if you want to get fit.
Use small gears learn to spin 90+ rpm ,never push. Start by doing endurance base easy rides, don't ride to tire yourself.
You should ride where you can hold a conversation with another rider and not get out of breath.
Aim to ride around 1.5 hrs a day and on weekends do 1.5 to 2.5 hr rides.

In cycling you go by time and not by miles. Cause you made ride 12 miles in an hr today but as you get fit you can easily do 20 miles in one hour.

If you can ride 25 plus miles in an hour, see me cause you can win the national road 40km time trial title.

Zoomie you're a cyclist?
well gawddamn.

Agreed. I used to average 15-17kph on rides, that crept up to 20-22, (MTB) now I'm floating between 26-29. (Gravelbike)
That's on endurance rides for 3.5-4.5 hrs
If I ever switch to a full blow roadbike with 26c tires, I feel I could maintain mid 30's.

So far my fastest over mostly flat terrain was 30km in 1 hour flat. That's a little road circuit down by me - waterloo to couva twice

At your stage you have enough muscular endurance in your legs. If you want to increase your speed then you got to do whats know as VO2 max workouts. Its intervals where you you ride hard for over 30secs followed by 30 sec rest for a number of efforts. Its hard and have various workouts you can do. Do two sessions of 10 twice a week. Over 4 weeks your speed will increase somewhat. A rest day is needed inbetween cause its very hard on the body to recover. Riding hard means doing max efforts, some cyclist vomit at the end of the work out which means they are hitting the effort with the right intensity.

You can do 30sec by 30 sec rest
Or 1min by 1 min rest.

For mountain bikers best to do 30 secs or 1min workouts.

Mountain bikers and bmx racers normally have some very high wattage values.

Was a well known racing cyclists for donkey years, won a couple national titles at road and track cycling. Did stage racing abroad. Been a qualified UCI cycling coach for years. Kinda dropped out of the cycling scene due to pass jobs and time.

I could write a book on cycling, dopping and power meters.

[Redman]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

You need to ride at least 5 days a week if you want to get fit.
Use small gears learn to spin 90+ rpm ,never push. Start by doing endurance base easy rides, don't ride to tire yourself.
You should ride where you can hold a conversation with another rider and not get out of breath.
Aim to ride around 1.5 hrs a day and on weekends do 1.5 to 2.5 hr rides.

In cycling you go by time and not by miles. Cause you made ride 12 miles in an hr today but as you get fit you can easily do 20 miles in one hour.

If you can ride 25 plus miles in an hour, see me cause you can win the national road 40km time trial title.

Thank you for the advice.
Except for the miles thing-I sticking to the metric system for now

The ultimate goal is 20k 3-4 times a week alternating days with the KBs and get that 20k in under the hr
On KB days I would like to do a short ride 30 min or so.

[zoom rader]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

You need to ride at least 5 days a week if you want to get fit.
Use small gears learn to spin 90+ rpm ,never push. Start by doing endurance base easy rides, don't ride to tire yourself.
You should ride where you can hold a conversation with another rider and not get out of breath.
Aim to ride around 1.5 hrs a day and on weekends do 1.5 to 2.5 hr rides.

In cycling you go by time and not by miles. Cause you made ride 12 miles in an hr today but as you get fit you can easily do 20 miles in one hour.

If you can ride 25 plus miles in an hour, see me cause you can win the national road 40km time trial title.

Thank you for the advice.
Except for the miles thing-I sticking to the metric system for now

The ultimate goal is 20k 3-4 times a week alternating days with the KBs and get that 20k in under the hr
On KB days I would like to do a short ride 30 min or so.

20km is about 12miles, just use a light gear and learn to spin. Let your cardiovascular system power your legs its easier on your body.

Do some long rides on the weekend, riding slow helps build new ways to fuel your leg muscles with oxygen.

[De Dragon]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

I can only dream of riding daily

[VexXx Dogg]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

You need to ride at least 5 days a week if you want to get fit.
Use small gears learn to spin 90+ rpm ,never push. Start by doing endurance base easy rides, don't ride to tire yourself.
You should ride where you can hold a conversation with another rider and not get out of breath.
Aim to ride around 1.5 hrs a day and on weekends do 1.5 to 2.5 hr rides.

In cycling you go by time and not by miles. Cause you made ride 12 miles in an hr today but as you get fit you can easily do 20 miles in one hour.

If you can ride 25 plus miles in an hour, see me cause you can win the national road 40km time trial title.

Zoomie you're a cyclist?
well gawddamn.

Agreed. I used to average 15-17kph on rides, that crept up to 20-22, (MTB) now I'm floating between 26-29. (Gravelbike)
That's on endurance rides for 3.5-4.5 hrs
If I ever switch to a full blow roadbike with 26c tires, I feel I could maintain mid 30's.

So far my fastest over mostly flat terrain was 30km in 1 hour flat. That's a little road circuit down by me - waterloo to couva twice

At your stage you have enough muscular endurance in your legs. If you want to increase your speed then you got to do whats know as VO2 max workouts. Its intervals where you you ride hard for over 30secs followed by 30 sec rest for a number of efforts. Its hard and have various workouts you can do. Do two sessions of 10 twice a week. Over 4 weeks your speed will increase somewhat. A rest day is needed inbetween cause its very hard on the body to recover. Riding hard means doing max efforts, some cyclist vomit at the end of the work out which means they are hitting the effort with the right intensity.

You can do 30sec by 30 sec rest
Or 1min by 1 min rest.

For mountain bikers best to do 30 secs or 1min workouts.

Mountain bikers and bmx racers normally have some very high wattage values.

Was a well known racing cyclists for donkey years, won a couple national titles at road and track cycling. Did stage racing abroad. Been a qualified UCI cycling coach for years. Kinda dropped out of the cycling scene due to pass jobs and time.

I could write a book on cycling, dopping and power meters.

hossss
cool stuff
thnx for the advice. I'm an amateur but getting faster is addictive!

[zoom rader]

Not everyday yet- but getting there

You need to ride at least 5 days a week if you want to get fit.
Use small gears learn to spin 90+ rpm ,never push. Start by doing endurance base easy rides, don't ride to tire yourself.
You should ride where you can hold a conversation with another rider and not get out of breath.
Aim to ride around 1.5 hrs a day and on weekends do 1.5 to 2.5 hr rides.

In cycling you go by time and not by miles. Cause you made ride 12 miles in an hr today but as you get fit you can easily do 20 miles in one hour.

If you can ride 25 plus miles in an hour, see me cause you can win the national road 40km time trial title.

Zoomie you're a cyclist?
well gawddamn.

Agreed. I used to average 15-17kph on rides, that crept up to 20-22, (MTB) now I'm floating between 26-29. (Gravelbike)
That's on endurance rides for 3.5-4.5 hrs
If I ever switch to a full blow roadbike with 26c tires, I feel I could maintain mid 30's.

So far my fastest over mostly flat terrain was 30km in 1 hour flat. That's a little road circuit down by me - waterloo to couva twice

At your stage you have enough muscular endurance in your legs. If you want to increase your speed then you got to do whats know as VO2 max workouts. Its intervals where you you ride hard for over 30secs followed by 30 sec rest for a number of efforts. Its hard and have various workouts you can do. Do two sessions of 10 twice a week. Over 4 weeks your speed will increase somewhat. A rest day is needed inbetween cause its very hard on the body to recover. Riding hard means doing max efforts, some cyclist vomit at the end of the work out which means they are hitting the effort with the right intensity.

You can do 30sec by 30 sec rest
Or 1min by 1 min rest.

For mountain bikers best to do 30 secs or 1min workouts.

Mountain bikers and bmx racers normally have some very high wattage values.

Was a well known racing cyclists for donkey years, won a couple national titles at road and track cycling. Did stage racing abroad. Been a qualified UCI cycling coach for years. Kinda dropped out of the cycling scene due to pass jobs and time.

I could write a book on cycling, dopping and power meters.

hossss
cool stuff
thnx for the advice. I'm an amateur but getting faster is addictive!

All the pros started off as amateurs.