Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion:
Welcome to week three of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is one of my standby songs for cadence work: Devil Drums by Scooter. We primarily do cadence work for two reasons: 1) To build our cadence (foot speed); and 2) To build muscular coordination. I begin with the first round using a range for the cadence (ie 85-90) and then in the second round I use exact numbers. Tension on these drills should be moderate which I find to be 0.8-1.8 watts per pound of body weight of the rider, but of course that will vary by class and by rider. Some of the riders may find this work a little fast, so I may give two start points to the class depending on the riders (ie 80-85 or 90-95). This can end up with some additional cueing, but it can really help out the riders.
The timing for this song is:
Devil Drums by Scooter:
Apple Music
Spotify
Have fun with this song and enjoy the ride.
Ride Hard, Ride Well and Ride Often……Joey
Welcome to the The Weekly Ride by Cycling Fusion:
Paul Swift from BikeFit sent out an infographic showing proper wrist alignment – their example is for a mountain bike, but the concept is identical no matter what you're riding. If you've been to WSSC, BikeFit is the company who provides the very popular bicycle shoe cleat alignment / adjustment service.
Complaints about hand numbness are typically the result of riding with hyper-extended wrists. We've explored the need for proper hand position in detail here at ICI/PRO in these posts:
Correcting Student’s Form — Proper Hand Position
More on preventing carpal tunnel / hand numbness in your students
5 Tips that will help you (and your hands) feel more comfortable on your bike
Welcome to week two of Music to Mention. This week's music to mention is my new favorite finish. It incoporates cadence work, speed and we go both in the saddle and out of the saddle. The key to making this work is to have your riders add enough resistence to keep it challanging. I usually give them a few ranges in terms of watts: 80%-100% (of their body weight in watts), 100%-130% or 150%-175%, and then let them choose how hard they want to work today. If you bikes do not have power, you can always go with moderate, hard and very hard. I do not take my classes to breathless often, but this is one song where I will. Please, caution the riders to work at their own level.
The timing for this song is:
Get the PDF Here: BassExperiment
Bass eXperiment by XS Project:
Apple Music
Spotify
Have fun with this song and enjoy the ride.
Ride Hard, Ride Well and Ride Often……Joey