Originally Posted by
caloso
The thing about racing against Juniors is that they’re strong as hell, chase everything, and can’t corner to save their lives.
Juniors aren't the only ones who think the Apex is a trendy coffee bar.
Learning operational control of the machine, the basics of bike handling, pace-line dynamics and the racing line are given short shrift in all age cadres around here these days as if all that
matters is FTP and big watts. Even the most basic of skills are neglected, like Starting Off, something that is done at least
once per ride.
I was at a traffic light behind a local "pace-line" group which couldn't manage a good clean wobble-free "start" of six riders w/o looking looking like a herd of confused wandering mechanized sheep.
"Where's that off-side pedal? Let's look for awhile, it
must be here somewhere......"
"That's
way to big of a gear to start in.
Who put it there?"
"Wait for me, I had both feet flat on the ground when the light changed!"
"Baaahh..."
Some of these guys are very fit, quite strong and can't ride a straight line as if their life depends on it.
Oddly enough it does.
Juniors get a pass, young people are just building skills that take experience to develop.
Masters not so much.
-Bandera