Bespoke Words
By Jenny Drinkwater
Epico
Entrevista con Kristen Faulkner. Ciclista profesional del equipo Team Bike Exchange —
“There’s no denying that even a casual Sunday spin comes with unforeseen challenges. It is a matter of calling on your experience and knowing how to tackle the terrain. As an amateur, it inevitably helps to know how to deal with a puncture should you be so unlucky, which again comes down to preparation and practice. Whether you cycle professionally or not, road and riding conditions are often factors that lie well out of your control, and we cannot plan for every eventuality. Temperature changes (for better or worse) and road surface quality are things both professional and amateur cyclists must know how to adapt to, and the better we know how to adapt, the more energy we save for those all-important pushes later on. A big part of this preparation is also knowing how to fuel your body correctly, something professional cyclists are all too aware of.”
“There’s no denying that even a casual Sunday spin comes with unforeseen challenges. It is a matter of calling on your experience and knowing how to tackle the terrain. As an amateur, it inevitably helps to know how to deal with a puncture should you be so unlucky, which again comes down to preparation and practice. Whether you cycle professionally or not, road and riding conditions are often factors that lie well out of your control, and we cannot plan for every eventuality. Temperature changes (for better or worse) and road surface quality are things both professional and amateur cyclists must know how to adapt to, and the better we know how to adapt, the more energy we save for those all-important pushes later on. A big part of this preparation is also knowing how to fuel your body correctly, something professional cyclists are all too aware of.”