Monthly Archives: August 2008

The Art of Cornering

Let’s talk about cornering.  I offer this because 1) I just raced a very technical crit – the North Boulder Criterium, and 2) a good friend of mine, who has recently started racing, just asked me for specific advice for taking high speed corners in the hopes of doing well in his local crit. 
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The acceleration tactic

My fitness has slowed a little the last two weeks.  I had been shooting for a big result in my local crit, the North Boulder Crit, literally one block from our house.  It’s my little TdF.  However, a trip to visit family on the Maine coast cost me 7 days of training.  Not feeling top [...]