Just recently I bought this book because my bike skills are not at the level I want it to be. After a season of cyclocross, it became even obvious that turns are my weak point. I was lucky enough that my cardio is strong so I was able to compensate for it. I know that won't work next year because I'm moving up a level and all those guys are strong. Now that it is the offseason there is no better time to work on weaknesses. Actually it is not a bad thing since I usually end up liking my weaknesses and they end up as a strength like slopers and scary topouts in climbing. I was horrible at those but after working on them, it turns out I do well at them and now I like them.
I'm only on chapter 4 and in the last 3 rides, my times have already improved. The funny part is that my times on climbs have been faster and that's my strong point. This should be interesting to see how I can put this all together. At the end of last cross season I was in the bottom third of Men's B. Maybe if I learn these skills I could be in the upper half at the start of the season. That would be very cool. Still seven months away.
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