Biking Newbie- Average Starting Performance and Expected Improvement.

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03-28-14, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by gamby

What a nice thread this is!

Yes and no. When the OP posts once, gets lots of feedback, and then a couple of days later hasn't responded to anything at all, I begin to think that we're being trolled. But maybe that's just me.

03-28-14, 03:40 AM

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You will go 14 miles in 40 minutes and weigh 165 lbs on September 3, 2015.

03-28-14, 03:46 AM

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Originally Posted by KantoBoy

this plus any past experiences doing exercise/sports.

Correct.
Any experience with any (physically demanding) sport will increase your chance of being good at other (physically demanding) sports.
There's a guy at my tri club who used to be one of the best Belgian runners and he won the first triathlon he ever took part in, mainly by having incredible stamina and endurance.