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    Can cycling beginner improve uphill performance?

    Thank you . I guess my body is not that much used to cycling, as I do mybe 3 runs per year! I think there is nothing wrong with my bike. I go 10-15kmh with my family, relaxed. If I try to go more full, I can reach 25, 30 kmh for few minutes in the right road. I just need to go to bike more...
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    Can cycling beginner improve uphill performance?

    @IndianCyclist Than you very much for your detailed analysis. You asked about running. I also dont do too well at running. I dont run too often but my estimate is that I would run 10km in maybe 1 hour, not better. I am rather tall (1,85M), with quite skinny thighs, and they seem to be...
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    Can cycling beginner improve uphill performance?

    Hello, I like cycling as a relaxed activity, being in the nature,riding through some beautiful landscape in your own pace, but boy those hills, I never liked them ,and with age even less. I ride bike not very often, mabe every year some very slow, family pace rides about 10 - 15 kmh in flat...
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    2021 Giro CQ Game

    Thanks to Armchair cyclist for organizing this. It has quite complicated scoring,but our job as managers was done on the start day and now wecan just cheer and it not time consuming. Only other cycling fantasy I played till now had totaly different format. I wont say it was better,but managers...
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    Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

    yeah, could be. Till about 17 or 18th stage it was alway in interviews "I want yellow". Then maybe PR department requested to tone it down (because od Roglic popularity, also good tactical move to pretend he will only defend) and then for 2 stage it was only "I am satisfied with second".
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    Teams & Riders Tadej Pogačar discussion thread

    Reading some interviews and found 2 short, but completely opposite things TP said before saturday. First one, for cycling news interview, that was for public: " “Before the time trial, I thought I was going to finish second and I was happy with that result and the best young rider jersey. The...