Choosing The Right Tracks To Build Up Your Speed
When you become a competitive biker, you learn to get used to the unique bike tracks,trails and competitions that are available all throughout the country. When you are looking for a good bike track to train on, you want to focus on three main components. These components include, consistency (also known as pace if you are a runner), distance and speed. When you are looking for consistency or distance, you want to focus on riding on a bike trail that is flat with low terrain, yet long in length. A good trail for this would be the Montour trail in Pittsburgh, PA, or also the trail that connects Pennsylvania with Washington, DC.
If you are trying to gain speed on a bike track however, you should locate a bike track nearest you that is slanted on the outer area of the track and flat as it runs towards the center of the track. This type of track is kind of designed like a roller derby rink, or an area with slanted floors. This type of track allows you to gain speed by going off the walls of the track in order to pick up acceleration towards to the flat area of the track.