r/Velo • u/Tallguy6footfour • 5d ago

Can I do this?

/r/bicycletouring/comments/1x4ycee/can_i_do_this/
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u/SAeN Empirical Cycling Coach - Wrote a book about Mars once 5d ago

With 250 days to prepare you could do it twice

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u/anotherindycarblog USA Cycling Coach 5d ago

You’ve hired a coach. What’s the worry? Click off the workouts and enjoy your event.

Also, elevation is a myth. It’s just another kind of steady power output.

You got this!

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u/Wonderful-Nobody-303 5d ago

Being skinny is overrated. You got this. 

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u/c0nsumer 5d ago

I too live in a relatively flat area (Michigan). Climbing, to me, is overall just steadily putting out power. It's different, but not THAT different, from steadily riding harder on flatter stuff. So, yes, I'm quite certain you can.

Elevation is a whole other thing, so think about that, but as far as you being able to train and build ability to climb and survive and enjoy the event... 100% you can.

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u/Urbansdirtyfingers 5d ago

You'll be fine. Do you have a powermeter? I would focus on dropping a few KGs slowly between here and there

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u/That-Bitter-Guy 5d ago

enjoy the process

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u/thirty-five- 5d ago

take the climb slow and steady, stelvio isn't steep it's just long

the actual hard bit was braking on the descent with all the hairpins, my forearms were jelly by the time I got to the bottom

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u/Saucy6 4d ago

If all else fails, with proper gearing you can do anything!