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Training Tips Booklet-Observer Newspaper

  • 11-01-2009 3:31pm
    #1
    ChipPanBuddha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭


    There's a training tips booklet in today's edition of the paper. Tips from Team GB (Cooke, Wiggins, Hoy and co). Also has some advice on Triathlon and Rowing.


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  • #2
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    That's weird. The Observer have exactly the same thing today, i.e. with contributions from Hoy, Cooke, Wiggins etc.


  • #3
    ChipPanBuddha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 56 ✭✭ChipPanBuddha


    el tonto wrote: »
    That's weird. The Observer have exactly the same thing today, i.e. with contributions from Hoy, Cooke, Wiggins etc.
    Sorry, I meant to say the Observer! Bought both papers and mixed up which one it had come with. Corrected the thread title.


  • #4
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    They all seem to be available here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/cycling


  • #5
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,234 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    Nicole Cooke wrote:
    The height of the handlebars depends on the type of bike you have, the kind of riding you are going to do and how flexible your back is.

    To find the best height, try bending over to touch your toes while keeping your legs straight. If you struggle to touch your toes, then you should start with your handlebars higher than your saddle. If you can touch your toes, try having your bars at a similar height to your saddle. If you can put your palm on the floor, set your handlebars lower than your saddle.

    Hmmmm.


  • #6
    DirkVoodoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,505 ✭✭✭✭DirkVoodoo


    Yeah, that was in the Bible according to lance which my brother got me. Not sure I agree with it either. I have pretty limited flexibility, am about an inch off touching my toes and yet my saddle sits a couple of inches higher than my handlebars without too much difficulty. I can only imagine the elaborate system of levers and pulleys I would need to raise my stem up to a height that matches my optimum saddle height.

    I can only imagine what might happen to my paltry speeds if I were to actually lose this vital aerodynamic edge and sit up a bit more.

    I think a level setting of saddle-handlebar is a good place to start out. Of course, this is for a road bike, which Nicole neglects to mention in her "one-fit-all" system.


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  • #7
    markyboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 297 ✭✭markyboy


    http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/series/getting-fit


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