Routes of all evil — why you should try a bit of deviation if you want to be a better rider Tweaking where you ride can deliver performance gains cycling
I bet you only have around six training routes that you use regularly.If you think I may not have got that right here’s a useful exercise. Go to the website, allow it to link to your Strava profile and look at the heatmap it produces. You’ll almost certainly see the thickest lines along a limited number of roads showing that you're largely doing the same rides over and over.
So what happens if you ride the same roads, same hill in the same direction? Essentially you become good at riding certain gradients for certain lengths of time, used to getting a tail wind home, and may lack the ability to deal with the unexpected.
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