Originally Posted by
John Martin
.... I fully realize that I'll have to do lots of cranking when the weather moderates. My Europe tour will start in late May.
During winter I spend an hour on an exercise bike at a gym, typically three times a week. But, that does not train my body to handle the longer endurance rides where I am relying on fats instead of carbs for fuel, so as early as I can get out in spring, I am doing multi-hour rides to build up endurance capacity. I will be out in spring before all the snow melts.