Tips/Training- The Church of the Big Ring

Listen and Learn...

Posted by The Rev in Sermons, Tips/Training on March 8, 2011 | 1 Comment

When I was a young Cat 4 and learning the ropes, I quickly found a secret source of information. I would listen to the Cat 1-2 guys on my team as the debriefed after the races. I listened to how the race went down, who did what right, who did what wrong and when the winning move went. This stuff was gold, it was like being in a Masters level trig class after barely passing Math 101. I soak ed it all in even if i didn’t really fullt grap the lessons yet. As I read the Alexi Grewal interview in Velonews it reminded me of my eavesdropping all those years ago. I found myself...

Lessons of The Koppenberg...

Posted by The Rev in Sermons, Tips/Training on November 2, 2010 | No Comments

8, that is how many wins Sven Nys has at the Koppenberg Cross. I would argue that Koppenberg is probably the hardest course the big guns face all season. It is always muddy, the uphills are low cadence grinders, the downhills are “hang off your seat and hope for the best” tests of courage. Pretty much every challange one can imagne is present on that fabled and cursed course. Last year we saw then World Champ Neils Albert decimating everyone in the early season, this year the same story with World Champ Zdenek Stybar. All the while everyone is wondering is Nys finally...