Mountain Bike Vs Road Bike Training

At a mountain bike race the gun goes off and everyone goes anaerobic within the first 500 meters and the pace stays fervent for the entire length of the race.

Mountain bike vs road bike training. One can now have 18 or more speeds road bikes are made for speed with narrow tires for. Others call it a 10 speed hello progress. A mountain bike is designed to be ridden on the difficult off road terrain so they re heavy on durability and control. The road bike was running standard road bike tires at about 80psi.

Mountain bike racing shoes are slightly more flexible at the toe to allow for walking but this is not an area in the shoe that affects power transmission. Average power for the mountain bike effort was 220 watts while on the road it was 246w. On a mountain bike some of the power you generate is absorbed by the bike via the front and rear suspension and softer lower pressure tires. Find a week night training series and go race your mountain bike.

The road bike compared to a mountain bike is a more efficient use of your energy. One interesting thing to note is that a lot of the speed difference in the test seemed to come in the first 10 yards along the test track as the bikes accelerated up to speed. The tires on a racing bike are narrow and run at a high pressure which reduces rolling resistance. I realized my training on the mountain bike had to emulate this.

However there were a dramatic number of efforts above 300w off road while the road climb needed a much. Energy is less wasted on a road bike due to the higher pressure tires with greater traction and a rigid frame. Based on the speed test i found the road bike rolled on average about 11 faster than the mountain bike. Best thought of as the halfway point between a road bike and a mountain bike a hybrid takes the comfy riding position of a mountain bike and pairs it with a lighter frame and fast rolling wheels.