HOW TO STAY SHARP...
Winter training is a commonly used phrase in biking, not just because riders need an excuse to go somewhere hot over winter, but because it’s important to keep your mind and the muscles you use for biking in good shape the whole year round. This is because having too much time away will affect your performance and no doubt your confidence when you do get back on the bike – meaning you’ll feel very rusty. So with most of your racing heroes off to Spain or Portugal for a month’s intensive MX riding before the season, or even the long haul to Texas for seven days of flat track racing with Colin Edwards at his boot camp, it all just seems a bit extreme (or just a dream) for club racers and track day riders to be doing the same – but twisting any
