Oh man. There is a noticeable difference between road biking and mountain biking when you are talking about which part of your leg you use most. I've been road biking primarily for the last month and a half. I went and road the Bluff Creek mountain bike trail today and I feel some differences.
For the last year I've been primarily mountain biking. During good weather I would go to the Bluff Creek trail 2-3 times a week. Around the time I started this blog, a month ago, I changed over and started road biking more. I noticed my calf muscles really had to work much harder than before. But over the last month I got used to it and almost forgot about the difference.
After just a mile and a half of the Bluff Creek trail I could tell that my quad muscles were weaker from not mountain biking as often. I realize the importance of doing a lot of different cycling.
- Road biking builds calf muscles & high repetition endurance
- Mountain biking build quad muscles & power endurance
Cheers,
3 comments:
Such great advice. I shall use it everyday...
I was obviously high from a bike ride and just wanting to talk about something. Sometimes it is better for me to just be silent.
No! This is good learning for us all. With the rain lately, I bought a road bike to use as backup. This is great knowledge
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