It\’s about more than wheels.

We hear all the time about the need for balance in our lives. Just as we have to balance on two wheels while riding a bicycle, we must strike a balance between cycling activities and everything else: job, family, and so on.

Find out here how some people have managed to do it. They\’re way ahead of me!

Training 15-20 hours a week in addition to a full-time job is more than I can do. Between the road bike and the hybrid, the most I\’m likely to get in is  10-11 hours a week; maybe twelve.

Then there\’s balance within cyclist training: enough intense work to bring about improvement; but not going hard every day. All hard, all the time is the fast track to exhaustion; burnout; injury; and even loss of interest in cycling😢

At the same time, a cyclist who is serious about training must guard against falling into the \”sorta hard all the time\” trap. (Which is where I suspect I am!) Always riding at the same pace can get quite monotonous, and is likely to result in a rider becoming a so-called \”one-speed wonder\”.

And what of cyclists who have chronic health problems? For them, it\’s about more than wheels in a big way: there\’s at least one pro team out there made up exclusively of riders who have diabetes! Imagine managing a serious condition like diabetes with the demands of pro cycling. That must be quite a balancing act!